1996 North American Touring Car Championship

The 1996 North American Touring Car Championship was the first season of the North American Touring Car Championship. The series was organized by CART, and ran to Super Touring regulations. 16 rounds at 8 race meetings were organized, all but two (Lime Rock and Trois-Rivières) supporting the CART IndyCar World Series.

1996 NATCC season
Previous: none Next: 1997

Teams and drivers
Team Car No. Drivers Class Rounds
Rod Millen Motorsports Toyota Carina E 2 Rod Millen C 1–2, 4, 8
Archer Petty Motorsports BMW 318is 3 Steve Petty I All
Leitzinger Racing Ford Mondeo Ghia 5 Jeff Andretti C 2–8
Ecurie Atlanta Mercedes-Benz 190E 6 Martin Stretton I 1
PacWest Touring Car Group Dodge Stratus 7 Dominic Dobson C All
8 David Donohue C All
Mirko Racing Honda Accord 9 Albert Mirko I 5-8
Delong Motorsports BMW 318is 10 Ed Delong I 1–2, 4
20 Jim Kenzie 4
TC Kline Racing Honda Accord 12 Randy Pobst C All
21 Peter Hardman C 1–7
Hartong Motorsports BMW 318is 18 Darren Law I 1–2, 4, 6–8
Motorsport Team Schemes Vauxhall Cavalier 25 Nigel Smith I 4, 6
Fastech Group Racing Ford Mondeo 27 Víctor González C 3
David Welch 5, 8
Paul Charsley 6
Honda American Racing Team Honda Accord 62 Forrest Granlund C 1, 3–4
Peter Cunningham 5–8
Metalcraft Pontiac Sunfire 81 Dave Jolly I 8
Team Contour Racing Ford Contour 86 Chris Reinke I 6–8
Icon Class
C Constructor
I Independent

Calendar

The calendar initially included an event at Charlotte Motor Speedway on May 20, as a support race for NASCAR's The Winston.[1] By December 14, 1995, Charlotte was dropped from the calendar, replaced with a doubleheader at the Molson Indy Vancouver.[2] The Portland event was added to the schedule on April 15.[3]

Round Date Circuit Location Pole position Winning driver Winning team
1 1 May 27 Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut Dominic Dobson David Donohue PacWest Touring Car Group
2 Dominic Dobson Dominic Dobson PacWest Touring Car Group
2 3 June 8 Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan Randy Pobst Darren Law Hartong Motorsports
4 Darren Law Dominic Dobson PacWest Touring Car Group
3 5 June 22 Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon Randy Pobst Randy Pobst TC Kline Racing
6 Dominic Dobson Randy Pobst TC Kline Racing
4 7 July 13 Exhibition Place Toronto, Ontario Dominic Dobson Randy Pobst TC Kline Racing
8 Dominic Dobson Peter Hardman TC Kline Racing
5 9 August 3 Circuit Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières, Quebec David Donohue Dominic Dobson PacWest Touring Car Group
10 August 4 Randy Pobst Randy Pobst TC Kline Racing
6 11 August 10 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio Peter Cunningham Peter Cunningham Honda American Racing Team
12 Randy Pobst Peter Cunningham Honda American Racing Team
7 13 August 31 Concord Pacific Place Vancouver, British Columbia Dominic Dobson Dominic Dobson PacWest Touring Car Group
14 September 1 Dominic Dobson Peter Cunningham Honda American Racing Team
8 15 September 8 Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California Randy Pobst Randy Pobst TC Kline Racing
16 Peter Cunningham Peter Cunningham Honda American Racing Team

Championship standings

Drivers Championship
Pos Driver Class LRP
 DET
 POR
 TOR
 TRV
 MDO
 VAN
 LAG
 Pts
1 Randy Pobst C 2 3 6 2 1* 1* 1 2* 3 1* 10 3* 2* 4 1* 2 282
2 Dominic Dobson C 3 1* 4 1* 4 5 2* 3 1* 2 3 4 1 5 3 9 241
3 David Donohue C 1* 2 2 4 2 4 3 4 7 8 2 6 4 2 5 4 221
4 Peter Hardman C 10 7 3 3 5 2 5 1 2 3 5 2 5 6 176
5 Peter Cunningham C 4 6 1* 1 3 1* 2 1* 145
6 Steve Petty I 5 6 DNS DNS 8 8 6 7 6 4 8 7 7 3 8 DNS 139
7 Jeff Andretti C 5 6 6 6 DNS DNS 9 5 6 10 6 7 9 5 106
8 Darren Law I 9 8 1* 8 9 8 4 5 8 DNS 7 6 95
9 Forrest Granlund C 4 4 3 3 5 7 78
10 Rod Millen C 8 5 8 5 4 6 4 10 63
11 David Welch C 5 7 6 3 48
12 Ed Delong I 7 9 7 7 8 9 47
13 Nigel Smith I 10 DNS 9 9 23
14 Víctor González C 7 7 20
15 Paul Charsley C 7 8 19
16 Albert Mirko I 8 DNS 11 11 10 7 17
17 Martin Stretton I 6 DNS 11
18 Dave Jolly I 11 8 6
NC Jim Kenzie I 11 DNS 0
NC Chris Reinke I DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS DNS 0
Pos Driver Class LRP
 DET
 POR
 TOR
 TRV
 MDO
 VAN
 LAG
 Pts
Color Result
Gold Winner
Silver 2nd place
Bronze 3rd place
Green 4th & 5th place
Light Blue 6th-10th place
Dark Blue Finished
(Outside Top 10)
Purple Did not finish
Red Did not qualify
(DNQ)
Brown Withdrawn
(Wth)
Black Disqualified
(DSQ)
White Did not start
(DNS)
Blank Did not
participate
(DNP)
Not competing
In-line notation
Bold Pole position
Italics Ran fastest race lap
* Led most race laps

Manufacturers Championship
Pos Manufacturer LRP
 DET
 POR
 TOR
 TRV
 MDO
 VAN
 LAG
 Pts
1 Honda 2 3 3 2 1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 2 1 1 1 298
2 Dodge 1 1 2 1 2 4 2 3 1 2 2 4 1 2 3 4 271
3 Ford 5 6 6 6 5 5 6 8 6 7 6 3 136
4 Toyota 8 5 8 5 4 6 4 10 63
Pos Manufacturer LRP
 DET
 POR
 TOR
 TRV
 MDO
 VAN
 LAG
 Pts

See also

References
  1. "Series announcement press release". Press release. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  2. "A synopsis of the North American Touring Car Championship press conference held December 14, 1995". Press release. North American Touring Car Championship. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
  3. Hnatiw, Tom. "Super Tourers to Appear at Portland International". Press release. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
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