1996 Las Vegas 500K

  1996–1997 Las Vegas

Race details
2nd Round of the 1996–97 Indy Racing League.
Date	September 15, 1996
Official name	Las Vegas 500K
Location	Las Vegas Motor Speedway
Course	Permanent racing facility 1.500 / 2.414 km
Distance	200 laps, 300.000 mi / 482.803 km
Weather	Dry
Pole
Driver	Arie Luyendyk	Treadway Racing
Time	23.842
Fastest Lap
Driver	Richie Hearn	Della Penna Motorsports
Time	24.636 (on lap 53 of 200)
Podium
First	Richie Hearn	Della Penna Motorsports
Second	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Team Scandia
Third	Mike Groff	Byrd-Cunningham

The 1996 Las Vegas 500K was the second round of the 1996-1997 Indy Racing League. The race was held on September 15, 1996 at the 1.500 mi (2.414 km) Las Vegas Motor Speedway in Clark County, Nevada.

Failed to qualify/Other entries

• Dave Steele for ABF Motorsports - took part in the practice sessions, but did not qualify for the race.

Race

Pos	No.	Driver	Team	Laps	Time/Retired	Grid	Laps Led	Points
1	4	Richie Hearn	Della Penna Motorsports	200	1:36:57.912	8	90	36
2	22	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	Team Scandia	200	+ 1.693	22	0	33
3	10	Mike Groff	Byrd-Cunningham Racing	199	+ 1 lap	6	0	32
4	21	Roberto Guerrero	Pagan Racing	198	+ 2 laps	9	0	31
5	33	Michele Alboreto	Team Scandia	197	+ 3 laps	18	0	30
6	12	Buzz Calkins	Bradley Motorsports	197	+ 3 laps	16	0	29
7	7	Eliseo Salazar	Team Scandia	196	+ 4 laps	13	0	28
8	54	Robbie Buhl	Beck Motorsports	195	+ 5 laps	15	0	27
9	40	Marco Greco	Team Scandia	191	+ 9 laps	24	0	26
10	34	Affonso Giaffone	Team Scandia	190	+ 10 laps	23	0	25
11	14	Davey Hamilton	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	187	+ 13 laps	5	0	24
12	6	Johnny O'Connell	Treadway Racing	183	Accident T4	11	3	23
13	27	Jim Guthrie	Blueprint Racing	182	+ 18 laps	19	0	22
14	50	Robby Gordon	Walker Racing	179	Wheel Bearing	3	60	21
15	18	John Paul, Jr.	PDM Racing	170	+ 30 laps	12	22	20
16	1	Scott Sharp	A. J. Foyt Enterprises	168	Wheel Bearing	7	0	19
17	3	Mark Dismore	Team Menard	149	Accident T4	10	0	18
18	30	Stan Wattles	McCormack Motorsports	119	Accident T4	21	0	17
19	15	Juan Carlos Carbonell	Tempero/Giuffre Racing	112	Overheating	28	0	16
20	5	Arie Luyendyk	Treadway Racing	106	Accident T1	1	25	17
21	2	Tony Stewart	Team Menard	77	Accident T2	2	0	14
22	64	Johnny Unser	Project Indy	67	Wheel Bearing	20	0	13
23	28	Tyce Carlson	PDM Racing	53	Accident T2	14	0	12
24	91	Buddy Lazier	Hemelgarn Racing	35	Handling	4	0	11
25	51	Eddie Cheever	Team Cheever	27	Accident T2	27	0	10
26	8	Stephan Gregoire	Team Scandia	27	Accident T2	25	0	9
27	9	Brad Murphey	Hemelgarn Racing	26	Accident T2	26	0	8
28	16	Johnny Parsons	Blueprint Racing	7	Accident T4	17	0	7

Race Leaders

Laps Leader 1-25 Arie Luynedyk 26-57 Robby Gordon 58-79 John Paul Jr 80-99 Robby Gordon 100-110 Richie Hearn 111 Johnny O'Connell 112-153 Richie Hearn 154-155 Johnny O'Connell 156-160 Richie Hearn 161-168 Robby Gordon 169-200 Richie Hearn

Caution Periods

There were 9 caution periods during the race, with a total of 83 laps under caution.

Laps	Cause
9-18	Johnny Parsons accident, turn 4
30-46	Murphey, Cheever, Gregoire accident, turn 2
55-62	Tyce Carlson accident, turn 2
78-87	Tony Stewart accident, turn 2
107-115	Arie Luyendyk accident, turn 1
125-138	Stan Wattles accident, turn 4
152-160	Mark Dismore accident, turn 4
162-165	Debris
185-186	Red Flag, Johnny O'Connell accident, turn 4

Standings after the race

Drivers' Championship standings

Pos	Driver	Points
1	Mike Groff	63
2=	Michele Alboreto	62
2=	Buzz Calkins	62
4	Roberto Guerrero	60
5	Richie Hearn	59

• Note: Only the top five positions are included for the standings.

References

External links

• IndyCar official website

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