1996 North American Touring Car Championship season

1996 NATCC season
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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.

Teams and drivers

Team	Car	No.	Drivers	Class	Rounds
Rod Millen Motorsports	Toyota Carina E	2	Rod Millen	C	1–4, 7–8, 15–16
Mirko Racing	Honda Accord	2	Albert Mirko	I	9–12, 15–16
Archer Petty Motorsports	BMW 320i	3	Steve Petty	I	1–2, 5–16
Leitzinger Racing	Ford Mondeo	5	Jeff Andretti	C	3–16
Leitzinger Racing	Ford Mondeo		Paul Charsley	C	11–12
Ecurie Atlanta	Mercedes-Benz 190E	6	Martin Stretton	I	1–2
PacWest Touring Car Group	Dodge Stratus	7	Dominic Dobson	C	All
PacWest Touring Car Group	Dodge Stratus	8	David Donohue	C	All
Delong Motorsports	BMW 320i	9	Jim Kenzie	I	7–8
Delong Motorsports	BMW 320i	10	Ed Delong	I	1–4, 7–8
TC Kline Racing	Honda Accord	12	Randy Pobst	C	All
TC Kline Racing	Honda Accord	21	Peter Hardman	C	1–14
Hartong Motorsports	BMW 320i	18	Darren Law	I	1–4, 7–8, 11–16
Motorsport Team Schemes	Vauxhall Cavalier	25	Nigel Smith	I	7–8, 11–12
Fastech Group	Ford Contour	27	Víctor González	C	5–6
Fastech Group	Ford Contour	27	David Welch	C	9–10, 15–16
Honda American Racing Team	Honda Accord	62	Forrest Granlund	C	1–2, 5–8
Honda American Racing Team	Honda Accord	62	Peter Cunningham	C	9–16
Metalcraft	Pontiac Sunfire	81	Dave Jolly	I	15–16

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	May 27	Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut	Dominic Dobson	David Donohue	PacWest Touring Car Group
2	May 27	Lime Rock Park	Lakeville, Connecticut	Dominic Dobson	Dominic Dobson	PacWest Touring Car Group
3	June 8	Belle Isle Park	Detroit, Michigan	Randy Pobst	Darren Law	Hartong Motorsports
4	June 8	Belle Isle Park	Detroit, Michigan	Darren Law	Dominic Dobson	PacWest Touring Car Group
5	June 22	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon	Randy Pobst	Randy Pobst	TC Kline Racing
6	June 22	Portland International Raceway	Portland, Oregon	Dominic Dobson	Randy Pobst	TC Kline Racing
7	July 13	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	Dominic Dobson	Randy Pobst	TC Kline Racing
8	July 13	Exhibition Place	Toronto, Ontario	Dominic Dobson	Peter Hardman	TC Kline Racing
9	August 3	Circuit Trois-Rivières	Trois-Rivières, Quebec	David Donohue	Dominic Dobson	PacWest Touring Car Group
10	August 4	Circuit Trois-Rivières	Trois-Rivières, Quebec	Randy Pobst	Randy Pobst	TC Kline Racing
11	August 10	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	Peter Cunningham	Peter Cunningham	Honda American Racing Team
12	August 10	Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course	Lexington, Ohio	Randy Pobst	Peter Cunningham	Honda American Racing Team
13	August 31	Concord Pacific Place	Vancouver, British Columbia	Dominic Dobson	Dominic Dobson	PacWest Touring Car Group
14	September 1	Concord Pacific Place	Vancouver, British Columbia	Dominic Dobson	Peter Cunningham	Honda American Racing Team
15	September 8	Laguna Seca Raceway	Monterey, California	Randy Pobst	Randy Pobst	TC Kline Racing
16	September 8	Laguna Seca Raceway	Monterey, California	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			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	11
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)
Blank	Not competing

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

References

↑ "Series announcement press release". Press release. Retrieved 24 December 2010.
↑ "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.
↑ Hnatiw, Tom. "Super Tourers to Appear at Portland International". Press release. Retrieved 24 December 2010.

External links

Super Touring championships

British Touring Car Championship	1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000

French Supertouring Championship	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Italian Superturismo Championship	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Touring Car World Cup	1993 1994 1995

South American Super Touring Car Championship	1997 1998 1999 2000

Japanese Touring Car Championship	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998

Super Tourenwagen Cup	1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999

Belgian Procar Championship	1994 1995 1996 1997

Swedish Touring Car Championship	1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

Campeonato de España de Turismos	1994 1995 1996 1997

Portuguese Touring Car Championship	1993 1994

Central European Supertouring Car Championship	1994 1995 1996

South African Touring Car Championship	1994 1995 1996

Asia-Pacific Touring Car Championship	1994 1996 1997 1998 1999

Australian Super Touring Championship	1993 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000–01 2002

North American Touring Car Championship	1996 1997

European Touring Car Championship	2000 2001

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