# 1996 Bartercard Indycar Australia

The 1996 Bartercard Indycar Australia was the third round of the 1996 CART World Series season, held on 31 March 1996 on the Surfers Paradise Street Circuit, Surfers Paradise, Australia.

## Qualifying results

| Pos | Name | Team | Car | Time |
| 1 | Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | Reynard 96I Honda | 1:35.265 |
| 2 | Scott Pruett | Patrick Racing | Lola T96/00 Ford XD Cosworth | 1:35.282 |
| 3 | Alex Zanardi | Chip Ganassi Racing | Reynard 96I Honda | 1:35.549 |
| 4 | Paul Tracy | Team Penske | Penske PC25-96 Mercedes-Benz | 1:35.987 |
| 5 | Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | Lola T96/00 Ford XD Cosworth | 1:36.721 |
| 6 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing | Lola T96/00 Ford XD Cosworth | 1:36.863 |
| 7 | Parker Johnstone | Comptech Racing | Reynard 96I Honda | 1:37.023 |
| 8 | Greg Moore | Forsythe Racing | Reynard 96I Ford XB Cosworth | 1:37.026 |
| 9 | André Ribeiro | Tasman Motorsports | Lola T96/00 Honda | 1:37.162 |
| 10 | Adrián Fernández | Tasman Motorsports | Lola T96/00 Honda | 1:37.195 |
| 11 | Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing | Reynard 96I Ford XB Cosworth | 1:37.311 |
| 12 | Gil de Ferran | Hall Racing | Reynard 96I Honda | 1:37.325 |
| 13 | Bobby Rahal | Team Rahal | Reynard 96I Mercedes-Benz | 1:37.642 |
| 14 | Robby Gordon | Walker Racing | Reynard 96I Ford XD Cosworth | 1:37.695 |
| 15 | Raul Boesel | Team Green | Reynard 96I Ford XD Cosworth | 1:37.809 |
| 16 | Al Unser Jr. | Team Penske | Penske PC25-96 Mercedes-Benz | 1:38.189 |
| 17 | Bryan Herta | Team Rahal | Reynard 96I Mercedes-Benz | 1:38.420 |
| 18 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Hogan Racing | Penske PC25-96 Mercedes-Benz | 1:38.588 |
| 19 | Roberto Moreno | Payton/Coyne Racing | Lola T96/00 Ford XB Cosworth | 1:38.940 |
| 20 | Stefan Johansson | Bettenhausen Racing | Reynard 96I Mercedes-Benz | 1:39.479 |
| 21 | Carlos Guerrero | Scandia/Simon Racing | Lola T96/00 Ford XB Cosworth | 1:40.478 |
| 22 | Eddie Lawson | Galles Racing International | Lola T96/00 Mercedes-Benz | 1:40.655 |
| 23 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | All American Racing | Eagle Mk. V Toyota | 1:41.902 |
| 24 | Jeff Krosnoff | Arciero-Wells Racing | Reynard 96I Toyota | 1:42.056 |
| 25 | Hiro Matsushita | Payton/Coyne Racing | Lola T96/00 Ford XB Cosworth | 1:42.921 |

## Race

| Pos | No | Driver | Team | Laps | Time/retired | Grid | Points |
| 1 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser | Chip Ganassi Racing | 65 | 2:00:46.856 | 1 | 22 |
| 2 | 20 | Scott Pruett | Patrick Racing | 65 | +7.7 secs | 2 | 16 |
| 3 | 99 | Greg Moore | Forsythe Racing | 65 | +12.3 secs | 8 | 14 |
| 4 | 17 | Maurício Gugelmin | PacWest Racing | 65 | +20.2 secs | 11 | 12 |
| 5 | 11 | Christian Fittipaldi | Newman-Haas Racing | 65 | +26.8 secs | 6 | 10 |
| 6 | 16 | Stefan Johansson | Bettenhausen Racing | 65 | +44.2 secs | 20 | 8 |
| 7 | 10 | Eddie Lawson | Galles Racing International | 65 | +1:06.3 secs | 22 | 6 |
| 8 | 31 | André Ribeiro | Tasman Motorsports | 65 | +1:45.0 secs | 9 | 5 |
| 9 | 2 | Al Unser Jr. | Team Penske | 64 | + 1 lap | 16 | 4 |
| 10 | 24 | Hiro Matsushita | Payton/Coyne Racing | 64 | + 1 lap | 25 | 3 |
| 11 | 8 | Gil de Ferran | Hall Racing | 63 | Fuel | 12 | 2 |
| 12 | 34 | Roberto Moreno | Payton/Coyne Racing | 61 | + 3 laps | 19 | 1 |
| 13 | 1 | Raul Boesel | Team Green | 60 | Fuel | 15 | |
| 14 | 22 | Carlos Guerrero | Scandia/Simon Racing | 48 | Contact | 21 | |
| 15 | 36 | Juan Manuel Fangio II | All American Racing | 46 | Fuel | 23 | |
| 16 | 5 | Robby Gordon | Walker Racing | 45 | Electrical | 14 | |
| 17 | 28 | Bryan Herta | Team Rahal | 40 | Pit fire | 17 | |
| 18 | 25 | Jeff Krosnoff | Arciero-Wells Racing | 38 | Contact | 24 | |
| 19 | 6 | Michael Andretti | Newman-Haas Racing | 36 | Electrical | 5 | |
| 20 | 18 | Bobby Rahal | Team Rahal | 33 | Transmission | 13 | |
| 21 | 4 | Alex Zanardi | Chip Ganassi Racing | 31 | Transmission | 3 | |
| 22 | 3 | Paul Tracy | Team Penske | 16 | Contact | 4 | |
| 23 | 32 | Adrián Fernández | Tasman Motorsports | 14 | Contact | 10 | |
| 24 | 49 | Parker Johnstone | Comptech Racing | 10 | Contact | 7 | |
| 25 | 9 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Hogan Racing | 8 | Engine | 18 | |