Race details | |
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Race 3 of 16 in the 1996 IndyCar season | |
Date | 31 March, 1996 |
Official name | 1996 Bartercard Indycar Australia |
Location | Surfers Paradise Street Circuit Queensland, Australia |
Course | Temporary Street Circuit 2.795 mi / 4.498 km |
Distance | 65 laps 181.675 mi / 292.370 km |
Pole position | |
Driver | Jimmy Vasser (Target Chip Ganassi) |
Time | 1:35.940 |
Fastest lap | |
Driver | Jimmy Vasser (Target Chip Ganassi) |
Time | 1:37.854 (on lap 25 of 65) |
Podium | |
First | Jimmy Vasser (Target Chip Ganassi) |
Second | Scott Pruett (Forsythe Racing) |
Third | Greg Moore (Forsythe Racing) |
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