PPG/INDYCAR: U.S. 500 Starting Lineup

05/22/96

ESPNNET published IndyCar's starting line-up for the U.S. 500, which will run on May 26, in direct competition with the Indy 500. The race will be held at the Michigan International Speedway. Here's the table (all cars are 1996 models):

Pos Car  Driver                 Country         Chassis-Engine   Qual Speed
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1  12   Jimmy Vasser	   	United States	Reynard-Honda	 232.025
2  32   Adrian Fernandez	Mexico		Reynard-Honda	 231.108
3  28   Bryan Herta	   	United States	Reynard-Mercedes 230.774
4   4 R Alex Zanardi,	   	Italy		Reynard-Honda	 230.751
5   2   Al Unser Jr.	   	United States	Penske-Mercedes	 230.213
6  31   Andre Ribeiro	   	Brazil		Lola-Honda	 229.710
7   3   Paul Tracy	        Canada		Penske-Mercedes	 228.980
8   9   Emerson Fittipaldi	Brazil		Penske-Mercedes	 227.816
9  20   Scott Pruett	   	United States	Lola-Ford	 227.718
10   1   Raul Boesel	   	Brazil		Reynard-Ford	 227.516
11   6   Michael Andretti	United States	Lola-Ford	 226.602
12  11   Christian Fittipaldi  	Brazil		Lola-Ford	 226.246
13   8   Gil de Ferran	   	Brazil		Reynard-Honda	 225.957
14  17   Mauricio Gugelmin	Brazil		Reynard-Ford	 225.625
15  18   Bobby Rahal	   	United States	Reynard-Mercedes 225.464
16  49   Parker Johnstone	United States	Reynard-Honda	 224.372
17  99 R Greg Moore	   	Canada		Reynard-Mercedes 224.025
18  10 R Eddie Lawson	   	United States	Lola-Mercedes	 221.618
19  21 R Mark Blundell	   	Britain		Reynard-Ford	 221.487
20  34   Roberto Moreno	   	Brazil		Lola-Ford	 221.447
21   5   Robby Gordon	   	United States	Reynard-Ford	 220.877
22  16   Stefan Johansson	Sweden		Reynard-Mercedes 219.081
23  15   Fredrik Ekblom	   	Sweden		Reynard-Ford	 218.501
24  25 R Jeff Krosnoff	   	United States	Reynard-Toyota	 217.341
25  19   Hiro Matsushita	Japan   	Lola-Ford	 216.048
26  36   Juan Manuel Fangio II 	Argentina	Eagle-Toyota	 209.476


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