1996 Atlantic Championship season
| 1996 Toyota Atlantic Championship season | |
|---|---|
| Player's Toyota Atlantic Championship | |
| Season | |
| Races | 12 |
| Start date | March 3rd |
| End date | September 7th |
| Awards | |
| Drivers' champion |  Patrick Carpentier |
| Chronology | |
| Previous season | Next season |
| 1995 | 1997 |
The 1996 Toyota Atlantic Championship season was the 23rd season of the 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 | Québéc | 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 | Québéc | 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 | Québéc | 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 |  | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Patrick Carpentier | Canada | Lynx Racing | Ralt | 239 | 14 | 16 | 21 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 | 22 |
| 2 | Lee Bentham | Canada | P-1 Racing | Ralt | 149 | 18 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | - | 14 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 11 |
| 3 | Paul Jasper | United States | BDJS | Ralt | 132 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 16 | - | 12 | 14 | 9 |
| 4 | Case Montgomery | United States | Dells Racing | Ralt | 129 | 9 | 22 | 10 | 16 | - | 16 | - | 11 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 16 |
| 5 | Jeret Schroeder | United States | Lynx Racing | Ralt | 77 | 12 | 4 | - | 10 | 16 | - | - | - | 16 | - | 5 | 14 |
| 6 | Anthony Lazzaro | United States | BG Performance Motorsport | Ralt | 75 | - | 6 | 11 | 21 | - | - | - | 5 | 10 | 6 | 12 | 4 |
| 7 | Alexandre Tagliani | Canada | P-1 Racing | Ralt | 70 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 8 | - | 2 | 6 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 4 | - |
| 8 | Eric Lang | United States | D&L Racing | Ralt | 60 | - | - | - | 9 | 9 | 12 | 3 | - | 6 | 10 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Michael David | United States | PDR Enterprises | Ralt | 58 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 6 | - | 6 | 4 | 5 | 2 | - |
| 10 | Stan Wattles | United States | Metro Racing | Ralt | 52 | - | - | - | 5 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 7 | - | - | - |
| 11 | Robert Sollenskog |  Sweden | BRS Motorsports | Ralt | 51 | 7 | 1 | - | 3 | - | 10 | 7 | 10 | - | 7 | - | 6 |
| 12 | Chuck West | United States | World Speed Motorsports | Ralt | 48 | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 16 | - | 10 |
| 13 | Cam Binder | Canada | Binder Racing | Ralt | 42 | - | - | 8 | - | 6 | 9 | - | - | 5 | 4 | 10 | - |
| 14 | Charles Nearburg | United States | NRC | Ralt | 41 | - | 8 | - | - | 10 | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | 12 |
| 15 | Tony Ave | United States | Olsson Engineering | Ralt | 31 | 20 | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 16 | Christian Vandal | Canada | RDS Motorsports | Ralt | 29 | 10 | - | 12 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 | Frank Allers | Canada | Johnston Engineering | Reynard | 25 | - | 5 | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 2 |
| 18 | Stuart Crow | United States | BDJS | Ralt | 24 | - | 7 | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | Mike Shank | United States | Shank Racing | Swift | 20 | - | - | 6 | - | 4 | - | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 20 | Martin Roy | Canada | ? | Raven | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 10 | 7 | - | - | - | - |
| 21 | Russ Bond | Canada | Team Sauce | Reynard | 17 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | - | - | - | - | 9 | - |
| 22 | Sergei Szortyka | United States | J&J Racing | Ralt | 17 | 3 | - | 4 | - | 7 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23 | Chris Smith | United States | Intercar Motorsports | Ralt | 15 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 24 | Ted Sahley | United States | Weld Motorsports | Reynard | 15 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 8 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - |
| 25 | Dave Cutler | United States | Dells Racing | Ralt | 15 | 4 | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 26 | Mike Agnifilo | United States | AER Enterprises | Swift | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| 27 | Bill Auberlen | United States | BDJS | Ralt | 11 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 28 | Mike Sauce | United States | Team Sauce | Reynard | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 7 | - |
| 29 | Joe Sposato | United States | Sposato Motor Racing | Ralt | 11 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 5 |
| 30 | Thane Sellers | United States | Team Sauce | Reynard | 10 | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 | David Pook | United States | Phillips Motorsports | Ralt | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - | - |
| 32 | Bernie Schuchmann | Canada | Schuchmann Motorsports | Swift | 8 | - | - | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 33 | Jim Ward | United States | Oppliger Motorsports | Ralt | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | - |
| 34 | Steve O'Hara | United States | Oppliger Motorsports | Ralt | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| 35 | Jimmy Pugliese | United States | Pugliese Motorsports | Swift | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 36 | Scott Wood | United States | Phillips Motorsports | Ralt | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 37 | Leandro Larrosa |  Argentina | Team Sauce | Reynard | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - |
| Zak Brown | United States | Intercar Motorsports | Ralt | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | |
| 39 | Bobby Scolo | United States | RMS Racing | Ralt | 2 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 40 | Joe Vantreese | United States | intercar | Ralt | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 41 | Brian French | United States | ? | Ralt | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| 42 | Bob Siska | United States | R.J.S. Motorsports | Ralt | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| 43 | Adam McMutrie | United States | ? | Swift | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bob McGregor | Canada | McGregor Racing | Reynard | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Mike Palumbo | United States | Palumbo Motorsports | Ralt | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
C2-Class championship
Points system see above.
| Place | Name | Country | Team | Chassis | Total Points | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mike Shank | United States | Shank Racing | Swift | 135 | 9 | - | 16 | 11 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 21 | 17 | 16 | - | - |
| 2 | Mike Sauce | United States | Team Sauce | Reynard | 109 | 11 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 11 | 12 | 11 | - | - | 14 | 12 |
| 3 | Jimmy Pugliese | United States | Pugliese Motorsports | Swift | 107 | 14 | - | 11 | 11 | 10 | - | 14 | 12 | 14 | - | 11 | 10 |
| 4 | Ted Sahley | United States | Weld Motorsports | Reynard | 106 | 21 | - | - | 21 | 12 | - | 16 | 15 | 21 | - | - | - |
| 5 | Russ Bond | Canada | Team Sauce | Reynard | 95 | 16 | 10 | 12 | - | 16 | 14 | - | 9 | - | - | 18 | - |
| 6 | Frank Allers | Canada | Johnston Engineering | Reynard | 89 | - | 22 | - | - | - | 9 | 16 | - | - | - | 20 | 22 |
| 7 | Bernie Schuchmann | Canada | Schuchmann Motorsports | Swift | 66 | 10 | 8 | 22 | 12 | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 8 | David Brien | United States | This Side Up Racing | Reynard | 52 | - | 14 | - | 16 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 |
| 9 | Thane Sellers | United States | Team Sauce | Reynard | 47 | - | - | - | - | 6 | 20 | 11 | 10 | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Mike Agnifilo | United States | AER Enterprises | Swift | 42 | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | 22 | 16 | - | - | - | - |
| 11 | Paul Raleigh | United States | ? | Swift | 25 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 9 | - |
| 12 | Dan Vosloo | United States | ? | Reynard | 24 | 12 | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 13 | Buddy Brundo | United States | Hammerhead Racing | Swift | 23 | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 14 |
| 14 | Brian Dunkel | United States | ? | Swift | 22 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | 10 | - |
| 15 | Leandro Larrosa | Argentina | Team Sauce | Reynard | 20 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 20 | - | - |
| 16 | Rick Ferguson | United States | ? | Swift | 16 | - | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Steve Hall | United States | ? | Reynard | 16 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | |
| 18 | Adam McMutrie | United States | ? | Swift | 14 | - | - | 14 | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 19 | Bob McGregor | Canada | McGregor Racing | Reynard | 12 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 12 | - |
| 20 | John Brooks | United States | Port-A-Pool Racing | Swift | 11 | - | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Brian Battaglia | United States | ? | Swift | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 11 | - | - | |
| 22 | Ron Caldwell | United States | Pugliese Motorsports | Swift | 9 | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 23 | John McCaig | Canada | 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
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