1996 Atlantic Championship

February 2025 1996 Toyota Atlantic Championship Player's Toyota Atlantic Championship 12 March 3rd September 7th Canada Patrick Carpentier 1995 1997 The 1996 Toyota Atlantic Championship season was the 23rd season of the formula race car Atlantic Championship. It was contested over 12 races between March 3 and September 7, 1995. The Player's Toyota Atlantic Championship Drivers' Champion was Patrick Carpentier. All teams had to utilize Toyota engines. In C2-class 23 different drivers competed, but none of them for the whole season. Calendar Race No Track St/Prov Date Laps Distance Time Speed Winner Pole position Most leading laps Fastest race lap 1 Homestead Florida March 3, 1996 50 2.25302=112.651 km 0'40:51.71 165.413 km/h Tony Ave Lee Bentham Lee Bentham Lee Bentham 2 Long Beach California April 12, 1996 38 2.558787=97.233906 km 0'39:22.510 148.165 km/h Case Montgomery Case Montgomery Case Montgomery Jeret Schroeder 3 Nazareth Pennsylvania April 27, 1996 60 1.5223978=91.343868 km 0'31:32.191 173.787 km/h Patrick Carpentier Stuart Crow Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier 4 Milwaukee Wisconsin June 2, 1996 70 1.6607976=116.255832 km 0'34:32.196 201.970 km/h Anthony Lazzaro Paul Jasper Anthony Lazzaro Patrick Carpentier 5 Montréal Québec June 15, 1996 27 4.4207471=119.3601717 km 0'44:55.555 159.409 km/h Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier 6 Toronto Ontario July 13, 1996 39 2.8709912=111.9686568 km 1'00:24.901 111.199 km/h Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier Case Montgomery 7 Trois-Rivières Québec August 3, 1996 30 2.4236058=72.708174 km 0'34:14.401 127.409 km/h Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier 8 Trois-Rivières Québec August 4, 1996 40 2.4236058=96.944232 km 0'44:56.527 129.425 km/h Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier 9 Lexington Ohio August 10, 1996 30 3.620925=108.62775 km 0'42:30.775 153.310 km/h Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier Jeret Schroeder 10 Elkhart Lake Wisconsin August 18, 1996 17 6.4372=109.4324 km 0'36:01.501 182.261 km/h Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier Chuck West 11 Vancouver British Columbia August 31, 1996 38 2.7406379=104.1442402 km 0'49:04.866 127.313 km/h Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier 12 Monterey California September 7, 1996 28 3.6016134=100.8451752 km 0'44:29.641 135.989 km/h Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier Patrick Carpentier Note: Race 1 was held on a combination track; cars used the esses off the backstretch for safety reasons. Final points standings Driver Main championship For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 11 for fifth place, winding down to 1 point for 15th place. Lower placed drivers did not award points. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point). C2-class drivers were also able to score points in the main class. Place Name Country Team Chassis Total points USA USA USA USA CAN CAN CAN CAN USA USA CAN USA 1 Patrick Carpentier Lynx Racing Ralt 239 14 16 21 12 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 22 2 Lee Bentham P-1 Racing Ralt 149 18 10 14 14 14 - 14 12 12 14 16 11 3 Paul Jasper BDJS Ralt 132 6 12 9 12 12 14 16 16 - 12 14 9 4 Case Montgomery Dells Racing Ralt 129 9 22 10 16 - 16 - 11 14 9 6 16 5 Jeret Schroeder Lynx Racing Ralt 77 12 4 - 10 16 - - - 16 - 5 14 6 Anthony Lazzaro BG Performance Motorsport Ralt 75 - 6 11 21 - - - 5 10 6 12 4 7 Alexandre Tagliani P-1 Racing Ralt 70 5 9 2 8 - 2 6 14 9 11 4 - 8 Eric Lang D&L Racing Ralt 60 - - - 9 9 12 3 - 6 10 3 8 9 Michael David PDR Enterprises Ralt 58 8 11 5 6 5 6 - 6 4 5 2 - 10 Stan Wattles Metro Racing Ralt 52 - - - 5 8 11 12 9 7 - - - 11 Robert Sollenskog BRS Motorsports Ralt 51 7 1 - 3 - 10 7 10 - 7 - 6 12 Chuck West World Speed Motorsports Ralt 48 - 14 - - - - - - 8 16 - 10 13 Cam Binder Binder Racing Ralt 42 - - 8 - 6 9 - - 5 4 10 - 14 Charles Nearburg NRC Ralt 41 - 8 - - 10 - - - 11 - - 12 15 Tony Ave Olsson Engineering Ralt 31 20 - - - 11 - - - - - - - 16 Christian Vandal RDS Motorsports Ralt 29 10 - 12 7 - - - - - - - - 17 Frank Allers Johnston Engineering Reynard 25 - 5 - - - 7 - - - - 11 2 18 Stuart Crow BDJS Ralt 24 - 7 17 - - - - - - - - - 19 Mike Shank Shank Racing Swift 20 - - 6 - 4 - 1 8 1 - - - 20 Martin Roy ? Raven 17 - - - - - - 10 7 - - - - 21 Russ Bond Team Sauce Reynard 17 1 - - - 2 5 - - - - 9 - 22 Sergei Szortyka J&J Racing Ralt 17 3 - 4 - 7 3 - - - - - - 23 Chris Smith Intercar Motorsports Ralt 15 - - - - - - 11 4 - - - - 24 Ted Sahley Weld Motorsports Reynard 15 2 - - 1 - - 8 2 2 - - - 25 Dave Cutler Dells Racing Ralt 15 4 - 3 4 3 1 - - - - - - 26 Mike Agnifilo AER Enterprises Swift 13 - - - - - - 9 4 - - - - 27 Bill Auberlen BDJS Ralt 11 11 - - - - - - - - - - - 28 Mike Sauce Team Sauce Reynard 11 - - - - - - 4 - - - 7 - 29 Joe Sposato Sposato Motor Racing Ralt 11 - 3 - - - - - - 3 - - 5 30 Thane Sellers Team Sauce Reynard 10 - - - - - 8 2 - - - - - 31 David Pook Phillips Motorsports Ralt 8 - - - - - - - - - 8 - - 32 Bernie Schuchmann Schuchmann Motorsports Swift 8 - - 7 - 1 - - - - - - - 33 Jim Ward Oppliger Motorsports Ralt 8 - - - - - - - - - - 8 - 34 Steve O'Hara Oppliger Motorsports Ralt 7 - - - - - - - - - - - 7 35 Jimmy Pugliese Pugliese Motorsports Swift 5 - - - - - 5 - - - - - - 36 Scott Wood Phillips Motorsports Ralt 4 - - - - - 4 - - - - - - 37 Leandro Larrosa Team Sauce Reynard 3 - - - - - - - - - 3 - - Zak Brown Intercar Motorsports Ralt 3 - - - - - - - - - - - 3 39 Bobby Scolo RMS Racing Ralt 2 - 2 - - - - - - - - - - 40 Joe Vantreese intercar Ralt 2 - - - 2 - - - - - - - - 41 Brian French ? Ralt 2 - - - - - - - - - 2 - - 42 Bob Siska R.J.S. Motorsports Ralt 2 - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - 43 Adam McMutrie ? Swift 1 - - 1 - - - - - - - - - Bob McGregor McGregor Racing Reynard 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - Mike Palumbo Palumbo Motorsports Ralt 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 C2-Class championship Points system see above. Place Name Country Team Chassis Total points USA USA USA USA CAN CAN CAN CAN USA USA CAN USA 1 Mike Shank Shank Racing Swift 135 9 - 16 11 21 14 10 21 17 16 - - 2 Mike Sauce Team Sauce Reynard 109 11 7 10 14 7 11 12 11 - - 14 12 3 Jimmy Pugliese Pugliese Motorsports Swift 107 14 - 11 11 10 - 14 12 14 - 11 10 4 Ted Sahley Weld Motorsports Reynard 106 21 - - 21 12 - 16 15 21 - - - 5 Russ Bond Team Sauce Reynard 95 16 10 12 - 16 14 - 9 - - 18 - 6 Frank Allers Johnston Engineering Reynard 89 - 22 - - - 9 16 - - - 20 22 7 Bernie Schuchmann Schuchmann Motorsports Swift 66 10 8 22 12 14 - - - - - - - 8 David Brien This Side Up Racing Reynard 52 - 14 - 16 11 - - - - - - 11 9 Thane Sellers Team Sauce Reynard 47 - - - - 6 20 11 10 - - - - 10 Mike Agnifilo AER Enterprises Swift 42 - - - - 4 - 22 16 - - - - 11 Paul Raleigh ? Swift 25 - - - - - - - - - 16 9 - 12 Dan Vosloo ? Reynard 24 12 12 - - - - - - - - - - 13 Buddy Brundo Hammerhead Racing Swift 23 - 9 - - - - - - - - - 14 14 Brian Dunkel ? Swift 22 - - - - - - - - - 12 10 - 15 Leandro Larrosa Team Sauce Reynard 20 - - - - - - - - - 20 - - 16 Rick Ferguson ? Swift 16 - 16 - - - - - - - - - - Steve Hall ? Reynard 16 - - - - - - - - - - - 16 18 Adam McMutrie ? Swift 14 - - 14 - 11 - - - - - - - 19 Bob McGregor McGregor Racing Reynard 12 - - - - - - - - - - 12 - 20 John Brooks Port-A-Pool Racing Swift 11 - 11 - - - - - - - - - - Brian Battaglia ? Swift 11 - - - - - - - - - 11 - - 22 Ron Caldwell Pugliese Motorsports Swift 9 9 - - - - - - - - - - - 23 John McCaig Binder Racing Swift 8 - - - - 8 - - - - - - - Note: No more competitors in C2-class. See also 1996 IndyCar season 1996 Indy Lights season 1996 Indy Racing League season 1996–1997 Indy Racing League season External links ChampCarStats.com Atlantic Atlantic Season, 1996 Category:Atlantic Championship seasons Atlantic