1996 Miller Genuine Draft 200

1996 Miller Genuine Draft 200

Race details
Race 7 of 16 in the 1996 IndyCar season
Date	June 2, 1996
Official name	Miller Genuine Draft 200
Location	Milwaukee Mile, West Allis, United States
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.000 mi / 1.609 km
Distance	200 laps 200 mi / 321.868 km
Weather	Temperatures reaching up to 80.1 °F (26.7 °C); wind speeds approaching 15 miles per hour (24 km/h) [1]
Pole position
Driver	Paul Tracy  (Penske Racing)
Time	176.058 mph
Driver
Podium
First	Michael Andretti  (Newman/Haas Racing)
Second	Al Unser Jr.  (Penske Racing)
Third	Paul Tracy  (Penske Racing)
Chronology
Previous Next 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

Finish	Grid	No	Name	Team	Chassis	Engine	Tire	Laps	Time/Status	Led	Points
1	5	6	Michael Andretti	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T96/00	Ford	G	200	1:33:32.649	59	20
2	11	2	Al Unser Jr.	Marlboro Team Penske	Penske PC-25	Mercedes-Benz	G	200	+0.146	98	17
3	1	3	Paul Tracy	Marlboro Team Penske	Penske PC-25	Mercedes-Benz	G	200	+0.940	43	15
4	2	9	Emerson Fittipaldi	Hogan-Penske Racing	Penske PC-25	Mercedes-Benz	G	200	+1.451	0	12
5	18	99	Greg Moore	Forsythe Racing	Reynard 96I	Mercedes-Benz	F	200	+24.580	0	10
6	3	11	Christian Fittipaldi	Newman/Haas Racing	Lola T96/00	Ford	G	199	+1 Lap	0	8
7	13	18	Bobby Rahal	Team Rahal	Reynard 96I	Mercedes-Benz	G	197	+3 Laps	0	6
8	16	31	André Ribeiro	Tasman Motorsports	Lola T96/00	Honda	F	197	+3 Laps	0	5
9	6	8	Gil de Ferran	Hall Racing	Reynard 96I	Honda	G	196	+4 Laps	0	4
10	14	12	Jimmy Vasser	Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard 96I	Honda	F	196	+4 Laps	0	3
11	17	32	Adrián Fernández	Tasman Motorsports	Lola T96/00	Honda	F	196	+4 Laps	0	2
12	15	20	Scott Pruett	Patrick Racing	Lola T96/00	Ford	F	196	+4 Laps	0	1
13	7	4	Alex Zanardi	Chip Ganassi Racing	Reynard 96I	Honda	F	195	+5 Laps	0	0
14	4	28	Bryan Herta	Team Rahal	Reynard 96I	Mercedes-Benz	G	195	+5 Laps	0	0
15	12	17	Maurício Gugelmin	PacWest Racing	Reynard 96I	Ford	G	194	+6 Laps	0	0
16	19	49	Parker Johnstone	Brix Comptech Racing	Reynard 96I	Honda	F	193	+7 Laps	0	0
17	10	5	Robby Gordon	Walker Racing	Reynard 96I	Ford	G	191	+9 Laps	0	0
18	22	25	Jeff Krosnoff	Arciero-Wells Racing	Reynard 96I	Toyota	F	191	+9 Laps	0	0
19	23	36	Juan Manuel Fangio II	All American Racers	Eagle Mk-V	Toyota	G	187	+13 Laps	0	0
20	25	10	Eddie Lawson	Galles Racing	Lola T96/00	Mercedes-Benz	G	184	+16 Laps	0	0
21	26	7	Eliseo Salazar	Scandia-Simon Racing	Lola T96/00	Ford	G	184	+16 Laps	0	0
22	9	21	Mark Blundell	PacWest Racing	Reynard 96I	Ford	G	183	Suspension	0	0
23	24	22	Michel Jourdain Jr.	Scandia-Simon Racing	Lola T96/00	Ford	G	182	+18 Laps	0	0
24	27	98	P. J. Jones	All American Racers	Eagle Mk-V	Toyota	G	181	+19 Laps	0	0
25	21	34	Roberto Moreno	Payton-Coyne Racing	Lola T96/00	Ford	F	179	+21 Laps	0	0
26	8	1	Raul Boesel	Brahma Sports Team	Reynard 96I	Ford	G	128	Crash	0	0
27	20	16	Stefan Johansson	Bettenhausen Motorsports	Reynard 96I	Mercedes-Benz	G	78	Handling	0	0
28	28	19	Hiro Matsushita	Payton-Coyne Racing	Lola T96/00	Ford	F	61	Exhaust	0	0
Source: [2] [3]

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

1. Jimmy Vasser 95 points
2. Al Unser Jr. 75 points
3. Scott Pruett 51 points
4. Michael Andretti 51 points
5. Greg Moore 46 points
6. Paul Tracy 45 points
7. André Ribeiro 43 points
8. Christian Fittipaldi 41 points
9. Gil de Ferran 41 points
10. Bobby Rahal 32 points

References

1. "1996 Miller Genuine Draft 200 weather information". Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
2. 1996 Miller Genuine Draft 200
3. 1996 Milwaukee Champ Cars