1996 - PPG Indy Car World Series - Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Race Results

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1996 - Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach Race Results

Race Name - Toyota Grand Prix of Long Beach
Date - 4/14/1996
Race Track - Long Beach Street Circuit
Number of Starting Cars - 28
Laps Run - 105
Pole Winner / Pole Speed - Gil de Ferran / 109.639 mph
Cautions - 3 cautions for 16 laps
Average Race Speed - 96.281 mph
Lead Changes - 3 Leader(s) with 3 Lead Changes
Lap Leader - Gil de Ferran
Race Number - 4

Finish	Start	Driver	Sponsor (Owner)	Chassis	Engine	Qualify Speed
1	3	Jimmy Vasser	Target	Reynard	Honda	109.31
2	6	Parker Johnstone	Motorola	Reynard	Honda	108.715
3	9	Al Unser Jr	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	108.417
4	4	Paul Tracy	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	108.985
5	1	Gil de Ferran	Pennzoil Special	Reynard	Honda	109.639
6	13	Adrin Fernndez	Tecate/Quaker State	Lola	Honda	108.214
7	12	Michael Andretti	Kmart/Texaco Havoline	Lola	Ford	108.264
8	18	Roberto Moreno	Data Control/MiJack	Lola	Ford	107.555
9	24	Eddie Lawson	Delco Electronics	Lola	Mercedes	105.822
10	22	Richie Hearn	Ralphs Food 4 Less	Reynard	Ford	107.125
11	5	Scott Pruett	Firestone/Patrick Racing	Lola	Ford	108.91
12	17	Bryan Herta	Shell	Reynard	Mercedes	107.62
13	7	Robby Gordon	Valvoline/Cummins	Reynard	Ford	108.504
14	21	Bobby Rahal	Miller Genuine Draft	Reynard	Mercedes	107.268
15	11	Mauricio Gugelmin	Hollywood	Reynard	Ford
16	16	Raul Boesel	Brahma Sports Car	Reynard	Ford	107.947
17	28	Dennis Vitolo	SmithKline Beecham	Reynard	Ford	102.489
18	19	Teo Fabi	PacWest	Reynard	Ford	107.551
19	20	Stefan Johansson	Alumax Aluminum	Reynard	Mercedes	107.306
20	14	Emerson Fittipaldi	Marlboro	Penske	Mercedes	108.168
21	10	Christian Fittipaldi	Kmart/Budweiser	Lola	Ford	108.396
22	8	Greg Moore	Players/Indeck	Reynard	Ford	108.49
23	27	Michel Jourdain Jr	Herdez	Lola	Ford	102.566
24	2	Alex Zanardi	Target	Reynard	Honda	109.535
25	26	Juan Manuel Fangio II	All American Racers	Eagle	Toyota	104.934
26	23	Jeff Krosnoff	Arciero/Wells Racing	Reynard	Toyota	106.151
27	15	Andr Ribeiro	LCI International	Lola	Honda	108.1
28	25	Hiro Matsushita	PanasonicDuskin	Lola	Ford	105.332