1996 Molson Indy Toronto

1996 CART race held at Toronto, Ontario, Canada March 2026 February 2025 Canada Toronto 250px|class=skin-invert July 14th 1996 1996 Molson Indy Toronto 11 16 PPG Indy Car World Series Exhibition Place, Toronto, Ontario, Canada Toronto Street Circuit 1.755 2.824 92 164.312 264.408 95 169.67 273.03 André Ribeiro Tasman Motorsports 0:58.06110.616 mph (178.0191959 kph) Brazil Adrián Fernández Tasman Motorsports Mexico Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Italy Bobby Rahal Team Rahal USA The 1996 Molson Indy Toronto was a CART race held on the street course at Toronto Street Circuit in Toronto, Ontario, Canada on July 14, 1996. The race was won by Adrian Fernandez, driving the #32 Lola/Honda for Tasman Motorsports (his first career win), but was marred by an accident late in the race which resulted in the deaths of rookie driver Jeff Krosnoff and a track worker. Qualifying Twenty-eight drivers qualified for the race. The front row consisted of polesitter Andre Ribeiro, driving the #31 Lola/Honda for Tasman Motorsports, and Alex Zanardi, driving the #4 Honda for Chip Ganassi Racing.http://www.racing-reference.info/race?s=2&series=R&id=1996-11 1996 Molson Indy Toronto - Racing-Reference.info racing-reference.info 2014-01-23 February 3, 2014 https://web.archive.org/web/20140203023358/http://www.racing-reference.info/race?s=2&series=R&id=1996-11 dead Lineup Pos No. Driver Tires Chassis Engine Team 1 31 BRA André Ribeiro Firestone Lola Honda Tasman Motorsports 2 4 ITA 1946 Alex Zanardi Firestone Reynard Honda Chip Ganassi Racing 3 32 MEX Adrián Fernández Firestone Lola Honda Tasman Motorsports 4 20 USA Scott Pruett Firestone Lola Cosworth Patrick Racing 5 99 CAN Greg Moore Firestone Reynard Cosworth Forsythe Racing 6 49 USA Parker Johnstone Firestone Reynard Honda Comptech Racing 7 2 USA Al Unser Jr. Goodyear Penske Mercedes-Benz Team Penske 8 18 USA Bobby Rahal Goodyear Reynard Mercedes-Benz Team Rahal 9 8 BRA Gil de Ferran Goodyear Reynard Honda Jim Hall Racing 10 6 USA Michael Andretti Goodyear Lola Cosworth Newman/Haas Racing 11 12 USA Jimmy Vasser Firestone Reynard Honda Chip Ganassi Racing 12 28 USA Bryan Herta Goodyear Reynard Mercedes-Benz Team Rahal 13 3 CAN Paul Tracy Goodyear Penske Mercedes-Benz Team Penske 14 11 BRA Christian Fittipaldi Goodyear Lola Cosworth Newman/Haas Racing 15 9 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi Goodyear Penske Mercedes-Benz Hogan/Penske Racing 16 21 UK Mark Blundell Goodyear Reynard Cosworth PacWest Racing 17 17 BRA Maurício Gugelmin Goodyear Reynard Cosworth PacWest Racing 18 5 USA Robby Gordon Goodyear Reynard Cosworth Walker Racing 19 1 BRA Raul Boesel Firestone Reynard Honda Brahma Sports Team/Team Green 20 25 USA Jeff Krosnoff Firestone Reynard Toyota Arciero-Wells Racing 21 16 SWE Stefan Johansson Goodyear Reynard Mercedes-Benz Bettenhausen Racing 22 34 BRA Roberto Moreno Goodyear Lola Cosworth Payton/Coyne Racing 23 15 CAN Scott Goodyear Goodyear Reynard Cosworth Walker Racing 24 10 USA Eddie Lawson Goodyear Lola Mercedes-Benz Galles Racing 25 98 USA P. J. Jones Goodyear Eagle Toyota All American Racers 26 44 USA Richie Hearn Goodyear Lola Cosworth Della Penna Motorsports 27 36 ARG 1861 Juan Manuel Fangio II Goodyear Eagle Toyota All American Racers 28 19 JPN 1947 Hiro Matsushita Firestone Lola Cosworth Payton/Coyne Racing Media coverage ABC carried the race in the United States, with Paul Page as the race announcer and former open-wheel series regular Danny Sullivan as the color analyst, with Gary Gerould and Jack Arute as pit reporters. In Canada, the race was carried live, flag-to-flag, on CBC with Brian Williams providing play-by-play and Bobby Unser as analyst. Jon Beekhuis and Ken Daniels served as pit reporters. In Europe, the race was carried over Eurosport which utilized ABC's feed. In Brazil, the race was carried live, flag-to-flag, on SBT with Teo José providing play-by-play and Dede Gomez as analyst. Luiz Carlos Azenha served as pit reporter. Race recap Although Ribeiro started on pole, Zanardi (who went on to win the series Rookie of the Year award) quickly passed him and led the first lap. He stayed in front until lap 37 when Greg Moore took the point, but regained the lead two laps later and held until lap 65. Bobby Rahal led lap 66 and Adrian Fernandez took the lead on lap 67. Moore got back in front on lap 68 and led for ten laps until Fernandez once again moved to the front on lap 78. Fatal incident On lap 91 of the scheduled 95-lap race, the accident that killed Krosnoff took place. With the field having been bunched up due to a restart a few laps prior, Krosnoff, Ribeiro, and Stefan Johansson were all multiple laps down at this point in the race but were still jockeying for position. Entering turn three of the track, the lapped car of Johansson tried to pass Gil de Ferran. Krosnoff was running next to Johansson and Ribeiro was ahead of all three of those cars. As Johansson made his turn to pass de Ferran, he clipped Krosnoff's car and sent it flying into the catch fencing lining the side of the course. Krosnoff's car's chassis disintegrated on impact with a tree next to catchfence and split into two pieces. The cockpit of the car landed on the opposite side of the track while the rear wheels and engine rolled forward into the runoff area. When the dust finally settled, both Johansson and Ribeiro had come to rest in the runoff area along with Emerson Fittipaldi, who had been collected by Johansson's car and the remnants of Krosnoff's car, while de Ferran was able to limp around to complete his lap. As the IndyCar safety crew tried to attend to the accident scene, which was littered with debris from Krosnoff's car, Eddie Lawson came barreling toward the scene unaware of what had just taken place. CART officials frantically waved to Lawson to tell him to slow down, which he did just before he reached the scene, and he was able to continue on through the partially blocked track. Shortly after this, CART officials threw a red flag along with the checkered flag, officially ending the race a few laps before its scheduled finish on lap 92. Krosnoff was removed from the wreck and transported to Toronto's Western Hospital where he was pronounced dead.http://www.theautochannel.com/news/date/19960715/news01238.html Jeff Krosnoff and Gary Arvin Die in Car Wreck at Molson Indy Toronto theautochannel.com 2014-01-23 Dr. Steve Olvey of the CART series and Dr. Hugh Scully of the race medical staff both spoke at the postrace press conference, where Olvey relayed the death was instantaneous and Scully reported that track worker Gary Arvin was also killed in the wreck as a result of being hit by Krosnoff's airborne car. Box score FinishGridNo Car numberNameTeamChassisEngineTireLapsref1 1Time/StatusLed Laps ledPoints Points include one bonus point for leading the most laps and one bonus point for qualifying on pole position 1 3 32 MEX Adrián Fernández Tasman Motorsports Lola T96/00 Honda Firestone 93 1:41:59.809 17 20 2 2 4 ITA 1946 Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 96I Honda Firestone 93 +1.951 63 17 3 8 18 USA Bobby Rahal Team Rahal Reynard 96I Mercedes-Benz Goodyear 93 +3.570 1 14 4 5 99 CAN Greg Moore Forsythe Racing Reynard 96I Mercedes-Benz Firestone 93 +4.326 12 12 5 13 3 CAN Paul Tracy Marlboro Team Penske Penske PC-25 Mercedes-Benz Goodyear 93 +5.071 0 10 6 12 28 USA Bryan Herta Team Rahal Reynard 96I Mercedes-Benz Goodyear 93 +5.689 0 8 7 14 11 BRA Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing Lola T96/00 Ford Goodyear 93 +7.313 0 6 8 11 12 USA Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 96I Honda Firestone 93 +8.458 0 5 9 18 5 USA Robby Gordon Walker Racing Reynard 96I Ford Goodyear 93 +18.321 0 4 10 4 20 USA Scott Pruett Patrick Racing Lola T96/00 Ford Firestone 93 +19.652 0 3 11 16 21 GBR Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Reynard 96I Ford Goodyear 92 +1 Lap 0 2 12 17 17 BRA Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Reynard 96I Ford Goodyear 92 +1 Lap 0 1 13 7 2 USA Al Unser Jr. Marlboro Team Penske Penske PC-25 Mercedes-Benz Goodyear 92 +1 Lap 0 0 14 15 9 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi Hogan-Penske Racing Penske PC-25 Mercedes-Benz Goodyear 90 Crash 0 0 15 24 10 USA Eddie Lawson Galles Racing Lola T96/00 Mercedes-Benz Goodyear 90 +3 Laps 0 0 16 20 25 USA Jeff Krosnoff Arciero-Wells Racing Reynard 96I Toyota Firestone 89 Fatal crash 0 0 17 21 16 SWE Stefan Johansson Bettenhausen Mototsports Reynard 96I Mercedes-Benz Goodyear 89 Crash 0 0 18 9 8 BRA Gil de Ferran Hall Racing Reynard 96I Honda Goodyear 89 +4 Laps 0 0 19 23 15 CAN Scott Goodyear Walker Racing Reynard 96I Ford Goodyear 89 +4 Laps 0 0 20 25 98 USA P. J. Jones All American Racers Eagle Mk-V Toyota Goodyear 89 +4 Laps 0 0 21 1 31 BRA André Ribeiro Tasman Motorsports Lola T96/00 Honda Firestone 88 Crash 0 1 22 10 6 USA Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing Lola T96/00 Ford Goodyear 82 Engine 0 0 23 22 34 BRA Roberto Moreno Payton-Coyne Racing Lola T96/00 Ford Firestone 52 Clutch 0 0 24 19 1 BRA Raul Boesel Brahma Sports Team Reynard 96I Ford Goodyear 50 Electrical 0 0 25 26 44 USA Richie Hearn Della Penna Motorsports Reynard 95I Ford Goodyear 50 Fatigue 0 0 26 6 49 USA Parker Johnstone Brix Comptech Racing Reynard 96I Honda Firestone 38 Suspension 0 0 27 28 19 JPN 1947 Hiro Matsushita Payton-Coyne Racing Lola T96/00 Ford Firestone 23 Water pump 0 0 28 27 36 ARG 1861 Juan Manuel Fangio II All American Racers Eagle Mk-V Toyota Goodyear 10 Clutch 0 0 Source:1996 Molson Indy Toronto1996 Toronto Champ Cars ref1 1 Race scheduled for 95 Laps, but ended two laps early due to Jeff Krosnoff's fatal accident. Race statistics Lap Leaders Laps Leader 1–36 Alex Zanardi 37–38 Greg Moore 39–65 Alex Zanardi 66 Bobby Rahal 67 Adrián Fernández 68–77 Greg Moore 78–93 Adrián Fernández Aftermath Krosnoff's death was the second in American open-wheel racing series in 1996, after Indy Racing League driver Scott Brayton was killed in practice for that year's Indianapolis 500. It was also the last death in what eventually became the Champ Car World Series until 1999- coincidentally, that year also featured two deaths as Gonzalo Rodriguez was killed in a practice crash at Laguna Seca and Greg Moore was killed during the Marlboro 500 at California Speedway. References IndyCar IndyCar World Series Molson Indy Toronto 1996 1996 Medic Drug Grand Prix of Cleveland 1996 Marlboro 500 1995 Molson Indy Toronto 1997 Molson Indy Toronto Molson Indy Toronto Molson Indy Toronto Category:Grand Prix of Toronto Molson Indy Toronto Molson Indy Toronto