1996 Indy 200 at Walt Disney World
| Race details | |
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| 1st round of the 1996 Indy Racing League season | |
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| Date | January 27, 1996 |
| Official name | Indy 200 at Walt Disney World |
| Location | Walt Disney World Speedway |
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.000 mi / 1.609 km |
| Distance | 200 laps 200.000 mi / 321.869 km |
| Weather | Dry with temperatures reaching up to 80.1 °F (26.7 °C); wind speeds reaching up to 13 miles per hour (21 km/h) |
| Pole position | |
| Driver | Buddy Lazier (Hemelgarn Racing) |
| Time | 19.847 |
| Fastest lap | |
| Driver | Buzz Calkins (Bradley Motorsports) |
| Time | 20.954 (on lap 188 of 200) |
| Podium | |
| First | Buzz Calkins (Bradley Motorsports) |
| Second | Tony Stewart (Team Menard) |
| Third | Robbie Buhl (Beck Motorsports) |
The 1996 Indy 200 at Walt Disney World was the first round of the 1996 Indy Racing League. The race was held on January 27, 1996, at the 1.000 mi (1.609 km) Walt Disney World Speedway in Bay Lake, Florida.
Indycar rookies Tony Stewart and Buzz Calkins emerged as race leaders most of the afternoon, while former CART veterans Eddie Cheever, Scott Brayton, Arie Luyendyk, and Buddy Lazier all fell by the wayside. On lap 189, Scott Sharp and Eddie Cheever tangled and crashed in turn one, which set up a restart with 6 laps to go. Calkins and Stewart restarted together nose-to-tail, and Calkins held off the challenge to win by 0.886 seconds.
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