1996 North American Touring Car Championship

none February 2025 1996 NATCC season none 1997 The 1996 North American Touring Car Championship was the first season of the North American Touring Car Championship. The series was organized by CART, and ran to Super Touring regulations. 16 rounds at 8 race meetings were organized, all but two (Lime Rock and Trois-Rivières) supporting the CART IndyCar World Series. Teams and drivers Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds Rod Millen Motorsports Toyota Carina E 2 NZL Rod Millen C 1–2, 4, 8 Archer Petty Motorsports BMW 318is 3 USA Steve Petty All Leitzinger Racing Ford Mondeo Ghia 5 USA Jeff Andretti C 2–8 Ecurie Atlanta Mercedes-Benz 190E 6 GBR Martin Stretton 1 PacWest Touring Car Group Dodge Stratus 7 USA Dominic Dobson C All 8 USA David Donohue C All Mirko Racing Honda Accord 9 GBR Albert Mirko 5–8 Delong Motorsports BMW 318is 10 CAN Ed Delong 1–2, 4 20 CAN Jim Kenzie 4 TC Kline Racing Honda Accord 12 USA Randy Pobst C All 21 GBR Peter Hardman C 1–7 Hartong Motorsports BMW 318is 18 USA Darren Law 1–2, 4, 6–8 Motorsport Team Schemes Vauxhall Cavalier 25 GBR Nigel Smith 4, 6 Fastech Group Racing Ford Mondeo 27 PUR Víctor González C 3 USA David Welch 5, 8 GBR Paul Charsley 6 Honda American Racing Team Honda Accord 62 USA Forrest Granlund C 1, 3–4 USA Peter Cunningham 5–8 Metalcraft Pontiac Sunfire 81 USA Dave Jolly 8 Team Contour Racing Ford Contour 86 USA Chris Reinke 6–8 Icon Class C Constructor Independent Calendar The calendar initially included an event at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 20, as a support race for NASCAR's The Winston.Series announcement press release http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=3243&FS=NATCC https://archive.today/20120711015020/http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=3243&FS=NATCC dead July 11, 2012 Press release 24 December 2010 By December 14, 1995, Charlotte was dropped from the calendar, replaced with a doubleheader at the Molson Indy Vancouver.A synopsis of the North American Touring Car Championship press conference held December 14, 1995 http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=4168&FS=NATCC Press release North American Touring Car Championship 24 December 2010 26 December 2005 https://web.archive.org/web/20051226214631/http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=4168&FS=NATCC dead The Portland event was added to the schedule on April 15.Hnatiw Tom Super Tourers to Appear at Portland International http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=5044&FS=NATCC https://archive.today/20120714130247/http://motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=5044&FS=NATCC dead July 14, 2012 Press release 24 December 2010 Round Date Circuit Location Pole position Winning driver Winning teamWinning ConstructorWinning IndependentWinning Independent Team1 1 May 27 USA Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut USA Dominic Dobson USA David Donohue PacWest Touring Car GroupUSA DodgeUSA Steve PettyArcher Petty Motorsports 2 USA Dominic Dobson USA Dominic Dobson PacWest Touring Car GroupUSA DodgeUSA Steve PettyArcher Petty Motorsports2 3 June 8 USA Raceway at Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan USA Randy Pobst USA Darren Law Hartong MotorsportsUSA DodgeUSA Darren LawHartong Motorsports 4 USA Darren Law USA Dominic Dobson PacWest Touring Car GroupUSA DodgeCAN Ed DelongDelong Motorsports3 5 June 22 USA Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon USA Randy Pobst USA Randy Pobst TC Kline RacingJPN 1947 HondaUSA Steve PettyArcher Petty Motorsports 6 USA Dominic Dobson USA Randy Pobst TC Kline RacingJPN 1947 HondaNone4 7 July 13 CAN Toronto Street Circuit Toronto, Ontario USA Dominic Dobson USA Randy Pobst TC Kline RacingJPN 1947 HondaUSA Steve PettyArcher Petty Motorsports 8 USA Dominic Dobson GBR Peter Hardman TC Kline RacingJPN 1947 HondaUSA Steve PettyArcher Petty Motorsports5 9 August 3 CAN Circuit Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières, Quebec USA David Donohue USA Dominic Dobson PacWest Touring Car GroupUSA DodgeUSA Steve PettyArcher Petty Motorsports 10 August 4 USA Randy Pobst USA Randy Pobst TC Kline RacingJPN 1947 HondaUSA Steve PettyArcher Petty Motorsports6 11 August 10 USA Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio USA Peter Cunningham USA Peter Cunningham Honda American Racing TeamJPN 1947 HondaUSA Darren LawHartong Motorsports 12 USA Randy Pobst USA Peter Cunningham Honda American Racing TeamJPN 1947 HondaUSA Darren LawHartong Motorsports7 13 August 31 CAN Concord Pacific Place Vancouver, British Columbia USA Dominic Dobson USA Dominic Dobson PacWest Touring Car GroupUSA DodgeNone 14 September 1 USA Dominic Dobson USA Peter Cunningham Honda American Racing TeamJPN 1947 HondaUSA Steve PettyArcher Petty Motorsports8 15 September 8 USA Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California USA Randy Pobst USA Randy Pobst TC Kline RacingJPN 1947 HondaUSA Darren LawHartong Motorsports 16 USA Peter Cunningham USA Peter Cunningham Honda American Racing TeamJPN 1947 HondaUSA Darren LawHartong Motorsports Championship standings Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Class LRPUSA DETUSA PORUSA TORCAN TRVCAN MOHUSA VANCAN LAGUSA Pts 1 USA Randy Pobst C 2 3 6 2 1* 1* 1 2* 3 1* 10 3* 2* 4 1* 2 282 2 USA Dominic Dobson C 3 1* 4 1* 4 5 2* 3 1* 2 3 4 1 5 3 9 241 3 USA David Donohue C 1* 2 2 4 2 4 3 4 7 8 2 6 4 2 5 4 221 4 GBR Peter Hardman C 10 7 3 3 5 2 5 1 2 3 5 2 5 6 176 5 USA Peter Cunningham C 4 6 1* 1 3 1* 2 1* 145 6 USA Steve Petty I 5 6 DNS DNS 8 8 6 7 6 4 8 7 7 3 8 DNS 139 7 USA Jeff Andretti C 5 6 6 6 DNS DNS 9 5 6 10 6 7 9 5 106 8 USA Darren Law I 9 8 1* 8 9 8 4 5 8 DNS 7 6 95 9 USA Forrest Granlund C 4 4 3 3 5 7 78 10 NZL Rod Millen C 8 5 8 5 4 6 4 10 63 11 USA David Welch C 5 7 6 3 48 12 CAN Ed Delong I 7 9 7 7 8 9 47 13 GBR Nigel Smith I 10 DNS 9 9 23 14 USA Víctor González C 7 7 20 15 GBR Paul Charsley C 7 8 19 16 GBR Albert Mirko I 8 DNS 11 11 10 7 17 17 USA Martin Stretton I 6 DNS 11 18 USA Dave Jolly I 11 8 6 NC CAN Jim Kenzie I 11 DNS 0 NC USA Chris Reinke I DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 0 Pos Driver Class LRPUSA DETUSA PORUSA TORCAN TRVCAN MOHUSA VANCAN LAGUSA Pts Color Result Gold Winner Silver 2nd place Bronze 3rd place Green 4th & 5th place Light Blue 6th-10th place Dark Blue Finished(Outside Top 10) Purple Did not finish Red Did not qualify(DNQ) Brown Withdrawn(Wth) Black Disqualified(DSQ) White Did not start(DNS) Blank Did notparticipate(DNP) Not competingIn-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race laps Manufacturers' Championship Pos Manufacturer LRPUSA DETUSA PORUSA TORCAN TRVCAN MOHUSA VANCAN LAGUSA Pts 1 JPN 1947 Honda 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 298 2 USA Dodge 1 1 2 1 2 4 2 3 1 2 2 4 1 2 3 4 271 3 USA Ford 5 6 6 6 5 5 6 8 6 7 6 3 136 4 JPN 1947 Toyota 8 5 8 5 4 6 4 10 63 Pos Manufacturer LRPUSA DETUSA PORUSA TORCAN TRVCAN MOHUSA VANCAN LAGUSA Pts See also 1996 IndyCar season 1996 Indy Lights season 1996 Formula Atlantic season References External links Results & points http://www.driverdb.com/standings/639-1996/ Category:North American Touring Car Championship Category:Seasons in touring car racing North American Touring Car Championship North American Touring Car Championship