1996 - PPG Indy Car World Series - Indy Car Rio 400 Race Results

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1996 - Indy Car Rio 400 Race Results

Race Name - Indy Car Rio 400
Date - 3/17/1996
Race Track - Autodromo Nelson Piquet
Number of Starting Cars - 27
Laps Run - 133
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Alex Zanardi / 167.084 mph
Cautions - 11 cautions for 47 laps
Average Race Speed - 117.927 mph
Lead Changes - 5 Leader(s) with 8 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Alex Zanardi
Race Number - 2

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	3	Andr Ribeiro	LCI International	Lola	Honda	166.758
2	12	Al Unser Jr	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	163.824
3	10	Scott Pruett	Firestone/Patrick Racing	Lola	Ford	164.344
4	1	Alex Zanardi	Target	Reynard	Honda	167.084
5	27	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart/Budweiser	Lola	Ford
6	6	Bobby Rahal	Miller Genuine Draft	Reynard	Mercedes	165.514
7	26	Raul Boesel	Brahma Sports Car	Reynard	Ford
8	2	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda	166.952
9	14	Roberto Moreno	Data Control/MiJack	Lola	Ford	163.282
10	7	Gil de Ferran	Pennzoil Special	Reynard	Honda	165.208
11	13	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	163.439
12	23	Marco Greco	Cristal/Copec/Mobil 1	Lola	Ford	156.38
13	16	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Mercedes	163.083
14	8	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State	Lola	Honda	164.895
15	11	Robby Gordon	Valvoline/Cummins	Reynard	Ford	163.931
16	5	Parker Johnstone	Motorola	Reynard	Honda	165.518
17	24	Juan Manuel Fangio II	All American Racers	Eagle	Toyota	152.249
18	4	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	165.525
19	25	Paul Tracy	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes
20	17	Carlos Guerrero	Herdez	Lola	Ford	161.834
21	19	Eddie Lawson	Delco Electronics	Lola	Mercedes	161.568
22	15	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Lola	Ford	163.136
23	21	Stefan Johansson	Alumax Aluminum	Reynard	Mercedes	159.385
24	20	Hiro Matsushita	PanasonicDuskin	Lola	Ford	160.88
25	9	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood	Reynard	Ford	164.5
26	22	Jeff Krosnoff	Arciero/Wells Racing	Reynard	Toyota	158.732
27	18	Mark Blundell	VISA/PacWest	Reynard	Ford	161.678