LAS VEGAS 500K AT LAS VEGAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY, LAS VEGAS, NV - SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 15, 1996 QUAL. QUAL. LAPS RUNNING/ RACE TOTAL POINT FP SP CAR DRIVER CAR NAME YR/C/E/T TIME SPEED COMP REASON OUT PTS PTS. RANK PURSE 1 8 4 Richie Hearn Ralph's/Food4Less/Fuji Film 95/R/F/G 24.378 221.511 200 115.171 36 y 59 5 $120,000 2 22 22 Michel Jourdain,Jr. Herdez Viva Mexico! 94/L/F/G 25.398 212.615 200 Running 33 33 18 95,250 3 6 10 Mike Groff Jonathan Byrd's Cafeteria/Visionaire 95/R/F/F 24.285 222.359 199 Running 32 63 1 80,250 4 9 21 Roberto Guerrero Pennzoil Pagan Racing Ford 95/R/F/G 24.469 220.687 198 Running 31 60 4 75,000 5 18 33 Michele Alboreto Scandia Rio Hotel & Casino Perry Ellis 95/R/F/G 25.100 215.139 197 Running 30 62 2 55,500 Royal Purple 6 16 12 Buzz Calkins Bradley Motorsports/Bradley Food Marts 95/R/F/F 25.001 215.991 197 Running 29 62 34 7,500 7 13 7 Eliseo Salazar Cristal/Copec Mobil Scandia Xcel Alta 95/L/F/G 24.808 217.672 196 Running 28 54 64 6,500 8 15 54 Robbie Buhl Original Coors/Beck Motorsports 94/L/F/F 24.967 216.285 195 Running 27 40 11 25,750 9 24 40 Marco Greco Scandia International Sports Limited 95/L/F/G 25.691 210.190 191 Running 26 54 7 44,250 Perry Ellis 10 23 34 R Affonso Giaffone Hype/Quaker State/Scandia 94/L/F/G 25.563 211.243 190 Running 25 25 22 21,250 11 5 14 Davey Hamilton AJ Foyt Power Team Racing Lola 95/L/F/G 24.235 222.818 187 Running 24 54 8 44,250 12 11 6 Johnny O'Connell The Mi-Jack/Bryant Heating & Cooling 94/R/F/F 24.585 219.646 183 Accident 23 22 24 23,000 Special 13 19 27 R Jim Guthrie Team Blueprint Racing, Inc. 93/L/B/F 25.120 214.968 182 Running 22 34 17 20,000 14 3 50 Robby Gordon Valvoline Cummins Craftsman Special 95/R/F/G 24.175 223.371 179 Wheel Bearing 21 21 25 17,000 15 12 18 John Paul, Jr. V-Line Earl's Performance Products/ 93/L/M/G 24.604 219.477 170 Running 20 45 10 48,000 Crowne Plaza 16 7 1 Scott Sharp Conseco/AJ Foyt Racing Lola 95/L/F/G 24.288 222.332 168 Wheel Bearing 19 54 9 37,000 17 10 3 Mark Dismore Menards/Quaker State/Special 95/L/M/F 24.577 219.718 149 Accident 18 33 19 36,000 18 21 30 R Stan Wattles Spirit of San Antonio/McCormack 94/L/F/G 25.333 213.161 119 Accident 17 36 14 35,000 Motorsports 19 28 15 R J.C. Carbonell YPF/Sharp/Newsweek/Camare 93/L/B/G 29.800 181.208 112 Overheating 16 16 27 34,000 20 1 5 Arie Luyendyk The Mi-Jack/Bryant Heating & Cooling 95/R/F/F 23.842 226.491 106 Accident 17 x 39 12 53,000 Special 21 2 2 Tony Stewart Menards/Glidden/Special 95/L/M/F 24.083 224.225 77 Accident 14 38 13 32,000 22 20 64 Johnny Unser Ruger Titanium Hawaiian Tropic Project Indy 95/R/F/G 25.278 213.624 67 Wheel Bearing 13 13 29 10,000 23 14 28 R Tyce Carlson Earl's Performance Products/Harrah's Resorts 93L/M/G 24.828 217.496 53 Accident 12 36 15 34,500 24 4 91 Buddy Lazier Hemelgarn Racing/Delta Faucet 95/R/F/F 24.222 222.938 35 Handling 11 27 21 32,000 25 27 51 Eddie Cheever, Jr. First Plus Team Cheever 95/L/M/G 28.003 192.836 27 Accident 10 30 20 32,000 26 25 8 Stephan Gregoire Scandia Perry Ellis 95/L/F/G 25.717 209.978 27 Accident 9 36 16 10,000 27 26 9 R Brad Murphey Hemelgarn Racing 94/R/F/F 26.219 205.958 26 Accident 8 25 23 32,000 28 17 16 Johnny Parsons Team Blueprint Racing, Inc. 93/L/B/F 25.017 215.853 7 Accident 7 7 30 10,000 Time of Race: 2:36:17.345 Average Speed: 115.171 Margin of Victory: 1.693 seconds Lap Leaders: Luyendyk 1-25, Gordon 26-57, Paul, Jr. 58-79, Gordon 80-99, Hearn 100-110, O’Connell 111, Hearn 112-153, O’Connell 154-155, Hearn 156-160, Gordon 161-168, Hearn 169-200 Lap Leader Recap: Hearn 4 times for 90 laps, Gordon 4-60, Luyendyk 1-25, Paul, Jr. 1-22, O’Connell 2-3 Caution Flags: 9-18, Parsons accident; 30-46, Murphey, Cheever, Jr. & Gregoire accident; 55-62, Carlson accident; 78-87, Stewart accident; 107-115, Luyendyk accident; 125-138, Wattles accident; 152-160, Dismore accident; 162-165, debris; 185-186, Red flag, O’Connell accident; total 9-83 laps Fastest Lap: Richie Hearn (Lap 53, 219.191) Fastest Leading Lap: Robby Gordon (Lap 51, 217.453) Legend: R-IRL Rookie Chassis Legend: L-Lola; R-Reynard. Engine Legend: F-Ford Cosworth; M-Menard V6; B-Buick. Tire Legend: F-Firestone; G-Goodyear. x-2 points, PPG Pole y-1 point, most laps lead 89 .