Official Box Score 80th Indianapolis 500-Mile Race at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Sunday, May 26, 1996 Total Car Prize FP SP No. Driver Car Name Chassis/Engine Laps Status Money 1 5 91 Buddy Lazier Hemelgarn Racing-Delta Faucet-Montana Reynard/Ford Cosworth XB 200 147.956 $1,367,854 2 2 70 Davy Jones Delco Electronics High Tech Team Galles Lola/Mercedes Ilmor 200 147.948 632,503 3 15 4 R Richie Hearn Della Penna Mtspts. Ralph's Food 4 Less Fuji Reynard/Ford Cosworth XB 200 147.871 375,203 4 7 8 Alessandro Zampedri Mi-Jack/AGIP/Xcel Lola/Ford Cosworth XB 199 Accident 270,853 5 6 21 Roberto Guerrero WavePhore/Pennzoil Reynard/Ford Cosworth XB 198 Accident 315,503 6 3 7 Eliseo Salazar Cristal/Copec Mobil Lola/Ford Cosworth XB 197 Accident 226,653 7 33 32 Danny Ongais Glidden Menards Lola/Menard V6 197 Running 228,253 8 30 52 Hideshi Matsuda Team Taisan/Beck Motorsports Lola/Ford Cosworth XB 197 Running 233,953 9 23 54 R Robbie Buhl Original Coors/Beck Motorsports Lola/Ford Cosworth XB 197 Running 195,403 10 21 11 Scott Sharp Conseco AJ Foyt Racing Lola/Ford Cosworth XB 194 Running 202,053 11 4 3 Eddie Cheever Jr. Quaker State Menards Lola/Menard V6 189 Running 206,103 12 10 14 R Davey Hamilton AJ Foyt Copenhagen Racing Lola/Ford Cosworth XB 181 Running 184,003 13 8 22 R Michel Jourdain Jr. Herdez Quaker State/Viva Mexico! Lola/Ford Cosworth XB 177 Running 193,653 14 18 45 Lyn St. James Spirit of San Antonio Lola/Ford Cosworth XB 153 Accident 182,603 15 32 44 R Scott Harrington Gold Eagle/Mechanics Laundry/Harrington/LP Reynard/Ford Cosworth XB 150 Accident 190,753 16 20 5 W Arie Luyendyk Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria/Bryant H. & C. Reynard/Ford Cosworth XB 149 Damage 216,503 17 9 12 R Buzz Calkins Bradley Food Marts/Hoosier Lottery Reynard/Ford Cosworth XB 148 Brake 173,553 18 19 27 R Jim Guthrie Team Blueprint Racing Lola/Menard V6 144 Engine 168,453 19 14 30 R Mark Dismore Quaker State Menards Lola/Menard V6 129 Engine 161,253 20 11 60 Mike Groff Valvoline Cummins Craftsman Reynard/Ford Cosworth XB 122 Tire 158,503 21 28 34 R Fermin Velez Scandia/Xcel/Royal Purple Lola/Ford Cosworth XB 107 Engine Fire 176,653 22 31 43 R Joe Gosek Scandia/Fanatics Only/Xcel Lola/Ford Cosworth XB 106 Radiator 169,653 23 26 10 R Brad Murphey Hemelgarn Racing-Delta Faucet Reynard/Ford Cosworth XB 91 Suspension 177,853 24 1 20 R Tony Stewart Menards/Glidden/Quaker State Lola/Menard V6 82 Engine 222,053 25 25 90 R Racin Gardner Team Scandia/Slick Gardner Enterprises Lola/Ford Cosworth XB 76 Suspension 149,853 26 22 41 Marco Greco AJ Foyt Enterprises Lola/Ford Cosworth XB 64 Engine 153,303 27 13 9 Stephan Gregoire Hemelgarn Racing/Delta Faucet Reynard/Ford Cosworth XB 59 Coil fire 147,103 28 27 16 Johnny Parsons Team Blueprint Racing Lola/Menard V6 48 Radiator 161,203 29 29 75 R Johnny O'Connell Mechanics Laundry/Cunningham Reynard/Ford Cosworth XB 47 Fuel system 145,553 30 12 33 R Michele Alboreto Rio Hotel & Casino/Perry Ellis/Royal Purple Reynard/Ford Cosworth XB 43 Gear Box 144,953 31 17 18 John Paul Jr. V-Line/Earl's Perf. Prod./Crowne Plaza/Keco Lola/Menard V6 10 Ignition 144,203 32 24 96 R Paul Durant ABF Motorsports/Sunrise Rentals Lola/Buick 9 Engine 149,153 33 16 64 R Johnny Unser Ruger-Titanium/Project Indy Reynard/Ford Cosworth XB 0 Transmission 143,953 Total Purse $7,969,100
Time of Race: 3:22:45.753 Average Speed: 147.956 mph Margin of Victory: 0.695 sec Pole: #20 Tony Stewart (233.718, 2:34.440) Fastest Qualifier: #5 Arie Luyendyk (236.986, 2:31.908) Fastest Race Lap: 1996#3 Eddie Cheever Jr. (Race Lap 78, 236.103 mph, 38.119 sec.) Winning Car Owner: Hemelgarn Racing, Inc. Winning Chief Mechanic: Mark Shambarger Winning Tire: Firestone Rookie of Year: Tony Stewart Legend: R=Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Rookie; W=Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Former Winner
Lap Leaders: Stewart 1-31, Guerrero 32-37, Lazier 38-41, Stewart 42-54, Guerrero 55-70, Jones 71-86, Lazier 87-97, Jones 98-120, Lazier 121-133, Guerrero 134-158, Jones 159-160, Lazier 161-167, Jones 168-169, Zampedri 170-189, Jones 190-192, Lazier 193-200. Lap Leader Summary: Guerrero 3 times for 47 laps, Jones 5-46, Stewart 2-44, Lazier 5-43, Zampedri 1-20. Lead Changes: 15 among 5 drivers.
Caution Laps: 3-5, Debris; 11-16, #96 Durant, spin T3; 18-20, #32 Ongais, spin T3; 50-55, #16 Parsons, smoking; 69-73, Debris; 94-105, #10 Murphy, brushed wall T2; 119-124, #34 Velez, engine fire; 132-139, #30 Dismore, stopped backstretch; 162-168, #44 Harrington, #45 St. James, accident T2; 196-198, #11 Sharp, accident T2. Cautions: 10 for 59 laps.