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 1–2, 4, 8 Archer Petty Motorsports BMW 318is 3 Steve Petty All Leitzinger Racing Ford Mondeo Ghia 5 Jeff Andretti C 2–8 Ecurie Atlanta Mercedes-Benz 190E 6 Martin Stretton 1 PacWest Touring Car Group Dodge Stratus 7 Dominic Dobson C All 8 David Donohue C All Mirko Racing Honda Accord 9 Albert Mirko 5–8 Delong Motorsports BMW 318is 10 Ed Delong 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 1–2, 4, 6–8 Motorsport Team Schemes Vauxhall Cavalier 25 Nigel Smith 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 8 Team Contour Racing Ford Contour 86 Chris Reinke 6–8 Icon Class C Constructor Independent

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

Round Date Circuit Location Pole position Winning driver Winning teamWinning ConstructorWinning IndependentWinning Independent Team1 1 May 27 Lime Rock Park Lakeville, Connecticut Dominic Dobson David Donohue PacWest Touring Car Group Dodge Steve PettyArcher Petty Motorsports 2 Dominic Dobson Dominic Dobson PacWest Touring Car Group Dodge Steve PettyArcher Petty Motorsports2 3 June 8 Raceway at Belle Isle Park Detroit, Michigan Randy Pobst Darren Law Hartong Motorsports Dodge Darren LawHartong Motorsports 4 Darren Law Dominic Dobson PacWest Touring Car Group Dodge Ed DelongDelong Motorsports3 5 June 22 Portland International Raceway Portland, Oregon Randy Pobst Randy Pobst TC Kline Racing Honda Steve PettyArcher Petty Motorsports 6 Dominic Dobson Randy Pobst TC Kline Racing HondaNone4 7 July 13 Toronto Street Circuit Toronto, Ontario Dominic Dobson Randy Pobst TC Kline Racing Honda Steve PettyArcher Petty Motorsports 8 Dominic Dobson Peter Hardman TC Kline Racing Honda Steve PettyArcher Petty Motorsports5 9 August 3 Circuit Trois-Rivières Trois-Rivières, Quebec David Donohue Dominic Dobson PacWest Touring Car Group Dodge Steve PettyArcher Petty Motorsports 10 August 4 Randy Pobst Randy Pobst TC Kline Racing Honda Steve PettyArcher Petty Motorsports6 11 August 10 Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course Lexington, Ohio Peter Cunningham Peter Cunningham Honda American Racing Team Honda Darren LawHartong Motorsports 12 Randy Pobst Peter Cunningham Honda American Racing Team Honda Darren LawHartong Motorsports7 13 August 31 Concord Pacific Place Vancouver, British Columbia Dominic Dobson Dominic Dobson PacWest Touring Car Group DodgeNone 14 September 1 Dominic Dobson Peter Cunningham Honda American Racing Team Honda Steve PettyArcher Petty Motorsports8 15 September 8 Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California Randy Pobst Randy Pobst TC Kline Racing Honda Darren LawHartong Motorsports 16 Peter Cunningham Peter Cunningham Honda American Racing Team Honda Darren LawHartong Motorsports

Championship standings

Drivers' Championship Pos Driver Class LRP DET POR TOR TRV MOH 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 MOH 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 notparticipate(DNP) Not competingIn-line notationBoldPole positionItalicsRan fastest race lap*Led most race laps

Manufacturers' Championship Pos Manufacturer LRP DET POR TOR TRV MOH 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 MOH VAN LAG Pts

See also 1996 IndyCar season 1996 Indy Lights season 1996 Formula Atlantic season

References

External links Results & points http://www.driverdb.com/standings/639-1996/