• Source: 1996 Indy Lights season

The 1996 PPG/Firestone Indy Lights Championship Powered By Buick consisted of 12 races. Canadian David Empringham captured three wins on his way to the championship.




Team and driver chart


The following drivers and teams competed in the series:




Schedule






Race results






Race summaries






= Homestead race

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Held March 3 at Homestead-Miami Speedway. David Empringham won the pole.
Top Five Results

David Empringham
Chris Simmons
Mark Hotchkis
David DeSilva
Jeff Ward




= Long Beach race

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Held April 14 at Long Beach, California Street Course. Gualter Salles won the pole.
Top Five Results

David Empringham
Tony Kanaan
Gualter Salles
Hélio Castro-Neves
Alex Padilla




= Nazareth race

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Held April 28 at Nazareth Speedway. Claude Bourbonnais won the pole.
Top Five Results

David DeSilva
David Empringham
Mark Hotchkis
Chris Simmons
Jeff Ward




= Michigan race

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Held May 25 at Michigan International Speedway. David Empringham won the pole.
Top Five Results

David Empringham
Mark Hotchkis
Jeff Ward
Robby Unser
Hélio Castro-Neves




= Milwaukee race

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Held June 2 at The Milwaukee Mile. Mark Hotchkis won the pole.
Top Five Results

Mark Hotchkis
Greg Ray
David Empringham
Gualter Salles
Chris Simmons




= Detroit race

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Held June 9 at Belle Isle Raceway. David Empringham won the pole.
Top Five Results

Tony Kanaan
Alex Padilla
Claude Bourbonnais
José Luis Di Palma
Jaki Scheckter




= Portland race

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Held June 23 at Portland International Raceway. Tony Kanaan won the pole.
Top Five Results

Gualter Salles
Alex Padilla
David Empringham
Claude Bourbonnais
Tony Kanaan




= Cleveland race

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Held June 30 at Burke Lakefront Airport. Mark Hotchkis won the pole.
Top Five Results

Gualter Salles
Claude Bourbonnais
Hélio Castro-Neves
Nick Firestone
Hideki Noda




= Toronto race

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Held July 14 at Exhibition Place. Jeff Ward won the pole.
Top Five Results

Gualter Salles
Claude Bourbonnais
Hideki Noda
Shigeaki Hattori
Alex Padilla




= Trois-Rivières race

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Held August 4 at the Trois-Rivières, Quebec Street Circuit. Hélio Castro-Neves won the pole.
Top Five Results

Hélio Castro-Neves
Tony Kanaan
Alex Padilla
David Empringham
Bertrand Godin




= Vancouver race

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Held September 1 at Pacific Place. Jeff Ward won the pole.
Top Five Results

Claude Bourbonnais
Tony Kanaan
Jeff Hotchkis
Alex Padilla
David Empringham




= Laguna Seca race

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Held September 8 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Tony Kanaan won the pole.
Top Five Results

Tony Kanaan
Hélio Castro-Neves
Claude Bourbonnais
Alex Padilla
Jeff Ward




Championship standings






= Drivers' championship

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Scoring system

The driver who qualifies on pole is awarded one additional point.
An additional point is awarded to the driver who leads the most laps in a race.

Ties in points broken by number of wins, or best finishes.




References

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• Dan Wheldon
• Seri IndyCar
• McLaren
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• Nico Hülkenberg
• Jeff Gordon
• 1996 Indy Lights season
• Indy NXT
• 1996 PPG Indy Car World Series
• 1996 Indy Racing League
• 1996–97 Indy Racing League
• List of 1996 motorsport champions
• Oliver Askew
• Tony Renna
• IndyCar races in Las Vegas
• Molson Indy Vancouver