| series | Champcar complete |
| race |  Laguna Seca |
| year | 1996 |
| team | car | entry | driver | start | finish | chassis | engine | laps led | * | |
| Ganassi | 4 | Target | Alex Zanardi |  | 1 | 1 | Reynard 96i [022] | Honda HRH | 41 | |
| Team Rahal | 28 | Shell | Bryan Herta | | 2 | 2 | Reynard 96i | Mercedes IC108C | 41 | |
| Patrick | 20 | Firestone | Scott Pruett | | 10 | 3 | Lola T9600 | Ford XD | ||
| Ganassi | 12 | Target | Jimmy Vasser | | 5 | 4 | Reynard 96i | Honda HRH | 1 | |
| PacWest | 17 | Hollywood | Mauricio Gugelmin |  | 3 | 5 | Reynard 96i | Ford XB | ||
| Forsythe | 99 | Player's/Indeck | Greg Moore |  | 6 | 6 | Reynard 96i | Mercedes IC108C | ||
| Team Rahal | 18 | Miller Genuine Draft | Bobby Rahal | | 9 | 7 | Reynard 96i | Mercedes IC108C | ||
| Hogan | 9 | Mobil 1/Marlboro | Jan Magnussen |  | 16 | 8 | Penske PC-25/96 | Mercedes IC108C | ||
| Newman-Haas | 6 | Kmart/Texaco/Havoline | Michael Andretti | | 11 | 9 | Lola T9600 | Ford XD | ||
| Newman-Haas | 11 | Kmart/Budweiser | Christian Fittipaldi | | 8 | 10 | Lola T9600 | Ford XD | ||
| Tasman | 32 | Tecate/Quaker State | Adrian Fernandez |  | 20 | 11 | Lola T9600 | Honda HRH | ||
| Dale Coyne | 34 | Data Control/Payton-Coyne | Roberto Moreno | | 23 | 12 | Lola T9600 | Ford XB | ||
| Comptech | 49 | Motorola/Brix-Comptech | Parker Johnstone | | 12 | 13 | Reynard 96i | Honda HRH | ||
| Galles | 10 | Delco Electronics | Davy Jones | | 21 | 14 | Lola T9600 | Mercedes IC108C | ||
| Walker | 5 | Valvoline/Cummins | Robby Gordon | | 15 | 15 | Reynard 96i | Ford XD | ||
| Penske | 2 | Marlboro | Al Unser Jr. | | 13 | 16 | Penske PC-25/96 | Mercedes IC108C | ||
| Della Penna | 44 | Ralphs/Food 4 Less | Richie Hearn | | 24 | 17 | Reynard 95i | Ford XB | ||
| Walker | 15 | DuraBlend/Valvoline | Scott Goodyear | | 27 | 18 | Reynard 96i | Ford XB | ||
| Tasman | 31 | LCI | Andre Ribeiro | | 7 | 19 | Lola T9600 | Honda HRH | ||
| Team Green | 1 | Brahma | Raul Boesel | | 22 | 20 | Reynard 96i | Ford XD | ||
| Bettenhausen | 16 | Alumax Aluminium | Stefan Johansson |  | 19 | 21 | Reynard 96i | Mercedes IC108C | ||
| Arciero-Wells | 25 | MCI | Max Papis | | 17 | 22 | Reynard 96i | Toyota RV8A | ||
| Dale Coyne | 19 | Panasonic/Duskin/Payton-Coyne | Hiro Matsushita |  | 26 | 23 | Lola T9600 | Ford XB | ||
| PacWest | 21 | VISA | Mark Blundell |  | 4 | 24 | Reynard 96i | Ford XB | ||
| Hall Racing | 8 | Pennzoil | Gil De Ferran | | 14 | 25 | Reynard 96i | Honda HRH | ||
| Dick Simon | 22 | Herdez/Scandia-Simon | Michel Jourdain Jr. | | 25 | 26 | Lola T9600 | Ford XB | ||
| All American Racers | 98 | Castrol | PJ Jones | | 29 | 27 | Eagle Mk-V [004] | Toyota RV8A | ||
| All American Racers | 36 | Castrol | Juan Fangio II |  | 28 | 28 | Eagle Mk-V | Toyota RV8A | ||
| Penske | 3 | Marlboro | Paul Tracy | | 18 | 29 | Penske PC-25/96 | Mercedes IC108C |
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