INDYCAR: Laguna Seca Friday practice

• tomh@motorsport.com (Tom Haapanen)
• MNI - Motorsport News International
• Sat Sep 14 23:30:08 EDT 1996

[The IndyCar results were unavailable on a timely basis due to technical
 difficulties with the EDS information system at Laguna Seca; they are being
 posted now for the sake of completeness.]


Pos  Driver                  Nat  Chassis-Engine           Time    Gap     Pct
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 1.  Alessandro Zanardi    I    Reynard 96-Honda-F     1:08.849
 2.  Jimmy Vasser          USA  Reynard 96-Honda-F     1:08.928  0.079   +0.11
 3.  Christian Fittipaldi  BR   Lola 96-Ford-G         1:08.977  0.049   +0.19
 4.  Bryan Herta           USA  Reynard 96-Mercedes-G  1:09.033  0.056   +0.27
 5.  Andre Ribeiro         BR   Lola 96-Honda-F        1:09.278  0.245   +0.62
 6.  Scott Pruett          USA  Lola 96-Ford-F         1:09.304  0.026   +0.66
 7.  Al Unser Jr.          USA  Penske 96-Mercedes-G   1:09.352  0.048   +0.73
 8.  Mark Blundell         GB   Reynard 96-Ford-G      1:09.392  0.040   +0.79
 9.  Parker Johnstone      USA  Reynard 96-Honda-F     1:09.488  0.096   +0.93
10.  Gil de Ferran         BR   Reynard 96-Honda-G     1:09.516  0.028   +0.97
11.  Stefan Johansson      S    Reynard 96-Mercedes-G  1:09.721  0.205   +1.27
12.  Robby Gordon          USA  Reynard 96-Ford-G      1:09.763  0.042   +1.33
13.  Mauricio Gugelmin     BR   Reynard 96-Ford-G      1:09.799  0.036   +1.38
14.  Bobby Rahal           USA  Reynard 96-Mercedes-G  1:09.846  0.047   +1.45
15.  Greg Moore            CDN  Reynard 96-Mercedes-F  1:09.905  0.059   +1.53
16.  Davy Jones            USA  Lola 96-Mercedes-G     1:09.950  0.045   +1.60
17.  Adrian Fernandez      MEX  Lola 96-Honda-F        1:10.003  0.053   +1.68
18.  Raul Boesel           BR   Reynard 96-Ford-G      1:10.208  0.205   +1.97
19.  Jan Magnussen         DK   Penske 96-Mercedes-G   1:10.268  0.060   +2.06
20.  Massimiliano Papis    I    Reynard 96-Toyota-F    1:10.314  0.046   +2.13
21.  Michael Andretti      USA  Lola 96-Ford-G         1:10.487  0.173   +2.38
22.  Paul Tracy            CDN  Penske 96-Mercedes-G   1:10.526  0.039   +2.44
23.  Roberto Moreno        BR   Lola 96-Ford-F         1:10.762  0.236   +2.78
24.  Hiro Matsushita       J    Lola 96-Ford-F         1:10.790  0.028   +2.82
25.  Scott Goodyear        CDN  Reynard 96-Ford-G      1:11.850  1.060   +4.36
26.  Michel Jourdain Jr.   MEX  Lola 96-Ford-G         1:12.212  0.362   +4.88
27.  Richie Hearn          USA  Reynard 95-Ford-G      1:12.255  0.043   +4.95
28.  Juan Manuel Fangio II ARG  Eagle 96-Toyota-G      1:12.989  0.734   +6.01
29.  PJ Jones              USA  Eagle 96-Toyota-G      1:13.471  0.482   +6.71