Indy Racing League 1996 – Standings

Pos.	Driver	Points	Races
1	Buzz Calkins 1 win	82	3
1	Scott Sharp	82	3
3	Robbie Buhl	80	3
4	Richie Hearn	79	3
5	Roberto Guerrero	79	3
6	Mike Groff	76	3
7	Arie Luyendyk 1 win	75	3
8	Tony Stewart	68	3
9	Johnny O'Connell	64	3
10	Davey Hamilton	64	3
11	Michele Alboreto	63	3
12	Lyn St.James	62	3
13	Stephane Gregoire	55	3
14	Buddy Lazier 1 win	53	2
15	John Paul jr.	51	3
16	Eddie Cheever	49	2
17	Johnny Parsons	47	3
18	David Kudrave	40	2
19	Michel Jourdain jr.	37	2
20	Jim Guthrie	37	2
21	Scott Brayton	37	2
22	Davy Jones	33	1
23	Alessandro Zampedri	31	1
24	Fermin Velez	30	2
25	Eliseo Salazar	29	1
26	Danny Ongais	28	1
27	Johnny Unser	28	2
28	Hideshi Matsuda	27	1
29	Stan Wattles	22	1
30	Scott Harrington	20	1
31	Mark Dismore	16	1
32	Paul Durant	16	2
33	Joe Gosek	13	1
34	Brad Murphey	12	1
35	Racing Gardner	10	1
36	Marco Greco	9	1

Position	1.35	2.33	3.32	4.31	5.30	6.29	7.28	8.27	9.26	10.25	11.24	12.23	13.22	14.21	15.20	16.19	17.18	18.17	19.16	20.15	21.14	22.13	23.12	24.11	25.10	26.9	27.8	28.7	29.6	30.5	31.4	32.3	33.2	34.1	35.1

Points by race

No. · Driver	Points	R1 Bay Lake (Walt Di…	R2 Phoenix (oval)	R3 Indianapolis (ova…
Dick Simon Racing
7E. Salazar	29	00	--	029
7/28F. Velez	30	--	016	014
8A. Zampedri	31	--	--	031
22M. Jourdain jr.	37	--	015	022
33M. Alboreto	63	031	027	--
33M. Alboreto	63	--	--	05
43J. Gosek	13	--	--	013
90L. St.James	62	027	014	--
90R. Gardner	10	--	--	010
A.J. Foyt Enterprises
11S. Sharp	82	--	033	--
11/41M. Groff	76	029	032	--
14D. Hamilton	64	023	018	023
41M. Greco	9	--	--	09
41/11S. Sharp	82	024	--	025
Team Menard
2S. Brayton	37	020	017	00
3E. Cheever	49	025	00	024
20T. Stewart	68	033	024	011
30M. Dismore	16	--	--	016
32D. Ongais	28	--	--	028
Hemelgarn Racing
9S. Gregoire	55	019	028	08
10B. Murphey	12	--	--	012
91B. Lazier	53	018	00	035
Beck Motorsports
52H. Matsuda	27	--	--	027
54R. Buhl	80	032	--	--
54R. Buhl	80	--	022	026
Della Penna Motorsports
4R. Hearn	79	016	031	032
44S. Harrington	20	--	--	020
Blueprint Racing
16J. Parsons	47	017	023	07
27J. Guthrie	37	--	020	017
36D. Drinan		--	00	00
Bradley Motorsports
12B. Calkins	82	035	029	018
Pagan Racing
21R. Guerrero	79	030	019	--
21R. Guerrero	79	--	--	030
99B. Boat		--	--	00
Treadway Racing
5A. Luyendyk	75	021	035	019
Byrd Cunningham Racing
75J. O'Connell	64	028	030	06
PDM Racing
18J. Paul jr.	51	026	--	--
18J. Paul jr.	51	--	021	04
Tempero/Giuffre Racing
15B. Tempero		00	--	--
25D. Kudrave	40	015	025	--
Galles Racing
70D. Jones	33	--	--	033
Project Indy
64J. Unser	28	--	026	02
Leigh Miller Racing
17S. Wattles	22	022	00	--
ZunneGroup Racing
45L. St.James	62	--	--	021
ABF Motorsports
96P. Durant	16	--	013	03
Walker Racing
60M. Groff	76	--	--	015
O'Brien Motorsports
26J. Buick		00	--	--
Brickell Racing
77B. Brickell		00	--	--
77T. Carlson		--	--	00
Rick DeLorto Racing
81R. de Lorto		00	--	--

Each cell: points from qualifying (small) and from the race (bold).