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United States Miller Genuine Draft 200 The Milwaukee Mile.svg June 2 1996 Miller Genuine Draft 200 7 16 IndyCar Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, United States Permanent racing facility 1.000 1.609 200 200 321.868 Temperatures reaching up to 80.1 F C; wind speeds approaching 15 mph km/hhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/WI/West%20Allis/1996-06-02 1996 Miller Genuine Draft 200 weather information Old Farmers' Almanac 2013-07-13 Paul Tracy Penske Racing 176.058 mph CAN Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing USA Al Unser Jr. Penske Racing USA Paul Tracy Penske Racing CAN 1995 1997
The 1996 Miller Genuine Draft 200 was a CART race that happened at the Milwaukee Mile. It happened on June 2, 1996. It was the 7th round of the 1996 IndyCar season.
Race
Lap 1
At the start of the race, Parker Johnstone spun at turn 2. The first full-course caution was out.
Lap 13
Top 6: Paul Tracy, Emerson Fittipaldi, Gil de Ferran, Christian Fittipaldi, Robby Gordon and Michael Andretti.
Lap 38
Michael Andretti takes the lead after overtaking Paul Tracy at turn 4.
Lap 71
Hiro Matsushita had a fire on the back of his car during his pitstop.
Lap 78
After pitstops, Al Unser Jr. leads, with Michael Andretti in second.
Lap 100
Halfway through -> Top 6: Al Unser Jr., Michael Andretti, Paul Tracy, Emerson Fittipaldi, Christian Fittipaldi and Greg Moore.
Lap 128
Second full course caution was out after Raul Boesel had a big crash on turn 2. The green flag came out at lap 148.
Lap 177
Top 6: Al Unser Jr., Michael Andretti, Emerson Fittipaldi, Paul Tracy, Greg Moore and Christian Fittipaldi.
Lap 183
Third full course caution came out, as Mark Blundell was the third victim of turn 2 wall.
Lap 195. 5 to go
The green flag came out. Michael Andretti took the lead from Al Unser Jr. The Penske Racing driver also lost second place for his teammate Paul Tracy.
Lap 197. 3 to go
Fourth full course caution came out, as Greg Moore nearly lost the car coming out turn 4. The restart came out at lap 199.
Lap 200. Last Lap
Fifth full-course caution. Parker Johnstone crashed at turn 3. Michael Andretti won under the yellow flag.
Box score
FinishGridNo Car numberNameTeamChassisEngineTireLapsTime/StatusLed Laps ledPoints Points include one bonus point for leading the most laps and one bonus point for qualifying on pole position 1 5 6 USA Michael Andretti Newman/Haas Racing Lola T96/00 Ford Goodyear 200 1:33:32.649 59 20 2 11 2 USA Al Unser Jr. Marlboro Team Penske Penske PC-25 Mercedes-Benz Goodyear 200 +0.146 98 17 3 1 3 CAN Paul Tracy Marlboro Team Penske Penske PC-25 Mercedes-Benz Goodyear 200 +0.940 43 15 4 2 9 BRA Emerson Fittipaldi Hogan-Penske Racing Penske PC-25 Mercedes-Benz Goodyear 200 +1.451 0 12 5 18 99 CAN Greg Moore Forsythe Racing Reynard 96I Mercedes-Benz Firestone 200 +24.580 0 10 6 3 11 BRA Christian Fittipaldi Newman/Haas Racing Lola T96/00 Ford Goodyear 199 +1 Lap 0 8 7 13 18 USA Bobby Rahal Team Rahal Reynard 96I Mercedes-Benz Goodyear 197 +3 Laps 0 6 8 16 31 BRA André Ribeiro Tasman Motorsports Lola T96/00 Honda Firestone 197 +3 Laps 0 5 9 6 8 BRA Gil de Ferran Hall Racing Reynard 96I Honda Goodyear 196 +4 Laps 0 4 10 14 12 USA Jimmy Vasser Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 96I Honda Firestone 196 +4 Laps 0 3 11 17 32 MEX Adrián Fernández Tasman Motorsports Lola T96/00 Honda Firestone 196 +4 Laps 0 2 12 15 20 USA Scott Pruett Patrick Racing Lola T96/00 Ford Firestone 196 +4 Laps 0 1 13 7 4 ITA Alex Zanardi Chip Ganassi Racing Reynard 96I Honda Firestone 195 +5 Laps 0 0 14 4 28 USA Bryan Herta Team Rahal Reynard 96I Mercedes-Benz Goodyear 195 +5 Laps 0 0 15 12 17 BRA Maurício Gugelmin PacWest Racing Reynard 96I Ford Goodyear 194 +6 Laps 0 0 16 19 49 USA Parker Johnstone Brix Comptech Racing Reynard 96I Honda Firestone 193 +7 Laps 0 0 17 10 5 USA Robby Gordon Walker Racing Reynard 96I Ford Goodyear 191 +9 Laps 0 0 18 22 25 USA Jeff Krosnoff Arciero-Wells Racing Reynard 96I Toyota Firestone 191 +9 Laps 0 0 19 23 36 ARG Juan Manuel Fangio II All American Racers Eagle Mk-V Toyota Goodyear 187 +13 Laps 0 0 20 25 10 USA Eddie Lawson Galles Racing Lola T96/00 Mercedes-Benz Goodyear 184 +16 Laps 0 0 21 26 7 CHI Eliseo Salazar Scandia-Simon Racing Lola T96/00 Ford Goodyear 184 +16 Laps 0 0 22 9 21 GBR Mark Blundell PacWest Racing Reynard 96I Ford Goodyear 183 Suspension 0 0 23 24 22 MEX Michel Jourdain Jr. Scandia-Simon Racing Lola T96/00 Ford Goodyear 182 +18 Laps 0 0 24 27 98 USA P. J. Jones All American Racers Eagle Mk-V Toyota Goodyear 181 +19 Laps 0 0 25 21 34 BRA Roberto Moreno Payton-Coyne Racing Lola T96/00 Ford Firestone 179 +21 Laps 0 0 26 8 1 BRA Raul Boesel Brahma Sports Team Reynard 96I Ford Goodyear 128 Crash 0 0 27 20 16 SWE Stefan Johansson Bettenhausen Motorsports Reynard 96I Mercedes-Benz Goodyear 78 Handling 0 0 28 28 19 JPN Hiro Matsushita Payton-Coyne Racing Lola T96/00 Ford Firestone 61 Exhaust 0 0 Source:1996 Miller Genuine Draft 2001996 Milwaukee Champ Cars
Race statistics
Lap Leaders Laps Leader 1–38 Paul Tracy 39–71 Michael Andretti 72–76 Paul Tracy 77–137 Al Unser Jr. 138–157 Michael Andretti 158–194 Al Unser Jr. 195–200 Michael Andretti
Cautions: 5 for 35 laps Laps Reason 1–4 Parker Johnstone spin turn 2 134–153 Raul Boesel crash turn 2 188–194 Mark Blundell brushed wall 197–199 Greg Moore spin turn 4 200 Parker Johnstone brushed wall turn 1
Point Standings
After 7 of 16 races
Jimmy Vasser 95 points
Al Unser Jr. 75 points
Scott Pruett 51 points
Michael Andretti 51 points
Greg Moore 46 points
Paul Tracy 45 points
André Ribeiro 43 points
Christian Fittipaldi 41 points
Gil de Ferran 41 points
Bobby Rahal 32 points
References
Miller Genuine Draft 200
Category:Milwaukee Indy 225
Miller Genuine Draft 200