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1996 Indy 200 at Walt Disney World

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Date
  
January 27, 1996

1996 Indy 200 at Walt Disney World

Official name
  
Indy 200 at Walt Disney World

Location
  
Walt Disney World Speedway

Course
  
Permanent racing facility 1.000 mi / 1.609 km

Distance
  
200 laps 200.000 mi / 321.869 km

Weather
  
Dry with temperatures reaching up to 80.1 °F (26.7 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 13 miles per hour (21 km/h)

The 1996 Indy 200 at Walt Disney World was the first round of the 1996 Indy Racing League. The race was held on January 27, 1996, at the 1.000 mi (1.609 km) Walt Disney World Speedway in Bay Lake, Florida.

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Failed to qualify or withdrew

  • Eliseo Salazar - for Team Scandia - Crashed in practice and was hospitalized with a leg injury.
  • Rick DeLorto R for Delorto Motorsports - Too slow - did not complete drivers test and was not allowed to qualify.
  • Bill Tempero for Tempero-Giuffre Racing - Too slow - did not complete drivers test and was not allowed to qualify
  • Butch Brickell R for Brickell Racing - Broke two vertebrae in a pre-season test crash on January 13.
  • Jim Buick for O'Brien Motorsports - Did not participated in drivers test and was not allowed to qualify.

    • Race

    Indycar rookies Tony Stewart and Buzz Calkins emerged as race leaders most of the afternoon, while former CART veterans Eddie Cheever, Scott Brayton, Arie Luyendyk, and Buddy Lazier all fell by the wayside. On lap 189, Scott Sharp and Eddie Cheever tangled and crashed in turn one, which set up a restart with 6 laps to go. Calkins and Stewart restarted together nose-to-tail, and Calkins held off the challenge to win by 0.886 seconds.

    References

    1996 Indy 200 at Walt Disney World Wikipedia
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