| series | Champcar current |
| race | Elkhart Lake |
| year | 1996 |
| team | car | entry | driver | start | finish | chassis | engine | laps led | * | |
| Newman-Haas | 6 | Kmart/Texaco/Havoline | Michael Andretti | | 3 | 1 | Lola T9600 [HU14] | Ford XD | 1 | |
| Team Rahal | 18 | Miller Genuine Draft | Bobby Rahal | | 9 | 2 | Reynard 96i | Mercedes IC108C | ||
| Ganassi | 4 | Target | Alex Zanardi | | 1 | 3 | Reynard 96i | Honda HRH | 9 | |
| Bettenhausen | 16 | Alumax Aluminium | Stefan Johansson | | 21 | 4 | Reynard 96i | Mercedes IC108C | ||
| Team Rahal | 28 | Shell | Bryan Herta | | 6 | 5 | Reynard 96i | Mercedes IC108C | ||
| Ganassi | 12 | Target | Jimmy Vasser | | 7 | 6 | Reynard 96i | Honda HRH | ||
| Patrick | 20 | Firestone | Scott Pruett | | 16 | 7 | Lola T9600 | Ford XD | ||
| All American Racers | 36 | Castrol | Juan Fangio II | | 24 | 8 | Eagle Mk-V | Toyota RV8A | ||
| Arciero-Wells | 25 | MCI | Max Papis | | 23 | 9 | Reynard 96i | Toyota RV8A | ||
| Penske | 2 | Marlboro | Al Unser Jr. | | 12 | 10 | Penske PC-25/96 | Mercedes IC108C | 25 | |
| Comptech | 49 | Motorola/Brix-Comptech | Parker Johnstone | | 20 | 11 | Reynard 96i | Honda HRH | ||
| Penske | 3 | Marlboro | Paul Tracy | | 8 | 12 | Penske PC-25/96 | Mercedes IC108C | ||
| Tasman | 32 | Tecate/Quaker State | Adrian Fernandez | | 14 | 13 | Lola T9600 | Honda HRH | ||
| Team Green | 1 | Brahma | Raul Boesel | | 17 | 14 | Reynard 96i | Ford XD | ||
| Dale Coyne | 19 | Panasonic/Duskin/Payton-Coyne | Hiro Matsushita | | 26 | 15 | Lola T9600 | Ford XB | ||
| Newman-Haas | 11 | Kmart/Budweiser | Christian Fittipaldi | | 4 | 16 | Lola T9600 | Ford XD | 15 | |
| Walker | 5 | Valvoline/Cummins | Robby Gordon | | 15 | 17 | Reynard 96i | Ford XD | ||
| All American Racers | 98 | Castrol | PJ Jones | | 25 | 18 | Eagle Mk-V [004] | Toyota RV8A | ||
| Tasman | 31 | LCI | Andre Ribeiro | | 18 | 19 | Lola T9600 | Honda HRH | ||
| PacWest | 21 | VISA | Mark Blundell | | 13 | 20 | Reynard 96i | Ford XB | ||
| PacWest | 17 | Hollywood | Mauricio Gugelmin | | 5 | 21 | Reynard 96i | Ford XB | ||
| Dale Coyne | 34 | Payton-Coyne/Data Control | Roberto Moreno | | 22 | 22 | Lola T9600 | Ford XB | ||
| Forsythe | 99 | Player's/Indeck | Greg Moore | | 11 | 23 | Reynard 96i | Mercedes IC108C | ||
| Galles | 10 | Delco Electronics | Davy Jones | | 19 | 24 | Lola T9600 | Mercedes IC108C | ||
| Hall Racing | 8 | Pennzoil | Gil De Ferran | | 2 | 25 | Reynard 96i | Honda HRH | ||
| Hogan | 9 | Mobil 1/Marlboro | Jan Magnussen | | 10 | 26 | Penske PC-25/96 | Mercedes IC108C |
