Okay, qualifying's up:
Qualifying for the USAC Indy 200Code: Select all
1 Emerson Fittipaldi (Hogan Penske) 19.996
2 Michael Andretti (Newman/Haas Racing) 20.015
3 Adrian Fernandez (Target Chip Ganassi Racing) 20.154
4 Paul Tracy (Newman/Haas Racing) 20.217
5 Gil de Ferran (Team Rahal) 20.258
6 Derek Warwick (Bettenhausen Racing) 20.408
7 Alex Zanardi (Payton/Coyne Racing) 20.412
8 Naoki Hattori (Comptech Racing) 20.429
9 Mauricio Gugelmin (PacWest Racing) 20.451
10 Parker Johnstone (Comptech Racing) 20.455
11 Christian Fittipaldi (Newman/Haas Racing) 20.486
12 Luca Badoer (Brahma Team Green) 20.491
13 Andrea de Cesaris (Hogan Penske) 20.501
14 Jacques Villeneuve (Team Rahal) 20.532
15 Pierluigi Martini (Payton/Coyne Racing) 20.647
16 Tony Stewart (Brahma Team Green) 20.729
17 Juan Manuel Fangio II (Della Penna Racing) 20.764
18 Aguri Suzuki (Della Penna Racing) 20.845
19 Scott Sharp (A.J. Foyt Enterprises) 20.883
20 Kenny Bräck (Marlboro Team Penske) 20.923
21 Franck Freon (Comptech Racing) 20.970
22 Vincenzo Sospiri (Bettenhausen Racing) 20.974
23 Jan Magnussen (Forsythe Racing) 20.993
24 Arie Luyendyk (Team Menard) 21.008
25 Robby Gordon (PacWest Racing) 21.033
26 Roberto Moreno (A.J. Foyt Enterprises) 21.185
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27 Scott Goodyear (Team Menard) 21.207
28 Patrick Carpentier (Target Chip Ganassi Racing) 21.269
29 Greg Moore (Forsythe Racing) 21.281
30 Eddie Cheever (Team Menard) 21.633
31 Andrea Montermini (Target Chip Ganassi Racing) 21.697
32 Dario Franchitti (Marlboro Team Penske) 21.767
33 Perry McCarthy (A.J. Foyt Enterprises) 21.911
34 Jimmy Vasser (Team Rahal) 22.145
35 Mark Blundell (PacWest Racing) 22.224
36 Racin Gardner (Bettenhausen Racing) 22.763
Some surprise are there indeed. Like Target Chip Ganassi failing to qualify two of their cars, or likewise Team Menard. But such things can happen in a 12-lap qualy session (You should be glad that I didn't go for a four-lap qualifying
).
And while I'm at it, here are the race results of the USAC Indy 200.
Results of the USAC Indy 200 at World Disney World SpeedwayCode: Select all
1 Robby Gordon (PacWest Racing) 1:56:38.788
2 Pierluigi Martini (Payton/Coyne Racing) 1:57:07.428
3 Paul Tracy (Newman/Haas Racing) 1:57:15.462
4 Arie Luyendyk (Team Menard) 1 lap
5 Andrea de Cesaris (Hogan Penske) 2 laps
6 Adrian Fernandez (Target Chip Ganassi Racing) 2 laps
7 Alex Zanardi (Payton/Coyne Racing) 3 laps
8 Kenny Bräck (Marlboro Team Penske) 5 laps
Michael Andretti (Newman/Haas Racing) DNF lap 168
Jan Magnussen (Forsythe Racing) DNF lap 162
Derek Warwick (Bettenhausen Racing) DNF lap 158
Aguri Suzuki (Della Penna Racing) DNF lap 132
Emerson Fittipaldi (Hogan Penske) DNF lap 74
Naoki Hattori (Comptech Racing) DNF lap 74
Parker Johnstone (Comptech Racing) DNF lap 70
Scott Sharp (A.J. Foyt Enterprises) DNF lap 68
Roberto Moreno (A.J. Foyt Enterprises) DNF lap 66
Christian Fittipaldi (Newman/Haas Racing) DNF lap 56
Mauricio Gugelmin (PacWest Racing) DNF lap 41
Vincenzo Sospiri (Bettenhausen Racing) DNF lap 38
Jacques Villeneuve (Team Rahal) DNF lap 19
Luca Badoer (Brahma Team Green) DNF lap 13
Franck Freon (Comptech Racing) DNF lap 7
Tony Stewart (Brahma Team Green) DNF lap 6
Gil de Ferran (Team Rahal) DNF lap 2
Juan Manuel Fangio II (Della Penna Racing) DNF lap 1
The start of the 1996 racing season was pretty eventful. At very first lap, Juan Manuel Fangio II spun out at turn one, causing the first full-course yellow of the day. During the caution period, Gil de Ferran suffered from engine misfire, which would also end his day very early. The ensuring caution period was short, and the race went back to green on the forth lap. At the restart, Michael Andretti took the lead from Emerson Fittipaldi, and was about to build a large gap between him and Emmo. But at lap 6, Tony Stewart tried to pass Franck Freon, only to tangle with him. Stewart crashed at turn three, and was very infuriated with Freon. The Frenchman had to end his race at lap 7, because he damaged his rear suspension in the incident. Stewart tried to confront Freon, but the rookie from Indiana had to be seperated from Freon by pit crews from both teams.
After the race restarted on lap 10, Michael Andretti's lead was increasing, and Emerson Fittipaldi had a hard time to keep up with him. Meanwhile, Robby Gordon and Arie Luyendyk were rolling up the field from behind. Both could make up some ground, as the race went cautionless until lap 74, where a big accident happened. Naoki Hattori had made up enough ground to Emerson Fittipaldi, and wanted to pass him. Oddly enough, he tried it at the fast turn two. Fittipaldi tried to block Hattori's path, only for both to tangle and crashing very hard into the wall.
This should have handed the race victory to Michael Andretti, but Mario's son had his family's legendary misfortune, when his engine gave up on him at lap 168. Robby Gordon and Arie Luyendyk were fighting for the lead now, but Arie had to make a late stop under green, which ended up costing him a lap. Gordon on the other hand could cruise to an easy victory.
Points standings for the USAC Gold CrownCode: Select all
1. Robby Gordon (PacWest Racing) - 20pts.
2. Pierluigi Martini (Payton/Coyne Racing) - 16pts.
3. Paul Tracy (Newman/Haas Racing) - 14pts.
4. Arie Luyendyk (Team Menard) - 12pts.
5. Andrea de Cesaris (Hogan Penske) - 10pts.
6. Adrian Fernandez (Target Chip Ganassi Racing) - 8pts.
7. Alex Zanardi (Payton/Coyne Racing) - 6pts.
8. Kenny Bräck (Marlboro Team Penske) - 5pts.
9. Michael Andretti (Newman/Haas Racing) - 4pts.
10. Jan Magnussen (Forsythe Racing) - 3pts.
11. Derek Warwick (Bettenhausen Racing) - 2pts.
12. Aguri Suzuki (Della Penna Racing) - 1pts.
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Way to go Robby!
That makes me MMMMAAAAAAAAAAAAADDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD!
