1996 Indy Racing League standings

1996 season results

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Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s	Money	Avg. Start	Avg. Finish	Races Led	Races Led Most	X Led	Laps Led	Races Led Points	Avg % Led	% Beat	Fastest Laps	Laps	DNFs
1	Buzz Calkins	246	3	0	1	1	2	345553	7.33	8.00	1	1	1	130	3	21.67	70.83	1	541	1
1	Scott Sharp	246	3	0	0	1	2	330303	10.33	7.67	1	0	2	40	1	6.67	72.22	0	578	2
3	Robbie Buhl	240	3	0	0	1	2	322653	15.67	8.33	2	0	3	21	0	3.50	69.44	0	543	1
4	Roberto Guerrero	237	3	0	0	2	2	412003	3.67	8.67	1	1	3	47	0	7.83	68.06	0	484	2
4	Richie Hearn	237	3	0	0	2	2	484203	12.00	8.67	1	0	1	7	0	1.17	68.06	0	415	1
6	Mike Groff	228	3	0	0	1	2	279253	10.00	9.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	63.89	0	516	1
7	Arie Luyendyk	225	3	1	1	1	1	387503	8.00	10.33	1	1	4	122	0	20.33	61.11	1	481	2
8	Tony Stewart	204	3	0	0	1	1	349303	4.00	12.33	3	0	4	92	0	15.33	52.78	0	447	2
9	Davey Hamilton	192	3	0	0	0	0	261003	8.33	13.67	1	0	1	2	0	0.33	47.22	0	431	2
9	Johnny O'Connell	192	3	0	0	1	2	244303	18.00	13.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	47.22	0	439	1
11	Michele Alboreto	189	3	0	0	1	2	259203	15.67	14.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	45.83	0	428	1
12	Lyn St. James	186	3	0	0	0	1	240853	17.00	14.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	44.44	0	356	2
13	Stéphan Grégoire	165	3	0	0	0	1	231853	11.33	16.67	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	34.72	0	318	2
14	Buddy Lazier	159	2	1	1	1	1	1423854	3.00	9.00	2	0	6	71	0	17.75	68.63	0	261	1
15	John Paul, Jr.	153	3	0	0	0	1	227453	15.33	18.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	29.17	0	316	2
16	Eddie Cheever	147	2	0	0	0	1	249353	12.00	10.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	62.75	1	373	1
17	Johnny Parsons	141	3	0	0	0	0	237203	20.33	19.33	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	23.61	0	20	2
18	Scott Brayton	111	2	1	0	0	0	213500	7.50	16.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	22.50	0	175	2
19	Dave Kudrave	80	2	0	0	0	1	78250	19.00	15.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	30.00	0	172	2
20	Jim Guthrie	74	2	0	0	0	0	206453	18.50	16.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.51	0	259	2
20	Michel Jourdain, Jr.	74	2	0	0	0	0	226653	11.00	16.50	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	41.51	0	208	1
22	Fermín Vélez	60	2	0	0	0	0	210653	21.50	20.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	28.30	0	139	2
23	Eliseo Salazar	58	1	0	0	0	1	236653	3.00	6.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	84.38	0	197	1
24	Johnny Unser	56	2	0	0	0	1	188203	17.50	21.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	24.53	0	185	1
25	Stan Wattles	44	1	0	0	0	0	50000	8.00	13.00	1	0	1	2	0	0.50	36.84	0	144	1
26	Davy Jones	33	1	0	0	1	1	632503	2.00	2.00	1	0	5	46	0	23.00	96.88	0	200	0
27	Paul Durant	32	2	0	0	0	0	159153	20.00	27.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	1.89	0	10	2
28	Alessandro Zampedri	31	1	0	0	1	1	270853	7.00	4.00	1	0	1	20	0	10.00	90.63	0	199	1
29	Danny Ongais	28	1	0	0	0	1	228253	33.00	7.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	81.25	0	197	7
30	Hideshi Matsuda	27	1	0	0	0	1	233953	30.00	8.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	78.13	0	197	0
31	Scott Harrington	20	1	0	0	0	0	190753	32.00	15.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	56.25	0	150	1
32	Mark Dismore	16	1	0	0	0	0	161253	14.00	19.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	43.75	0	129	1
33	Joe Gosek	13	1	0	0	0	0	169653	31.00	22.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	34.38	0	106	1
34	Brad Murphey	12	1	0	0	0	0	177853	26.00	23.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	31.25	0	91	1
35	Racin Gardner	10	1	0	0	0	0	149853	25.00	25.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	25.00	0	76	1
36	Marco Greco	9	1	0	0	0	0	153303	22.00	26.00	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	21.88	0	64	1