Final 1996 Point Standings (after 1996 Indy 500)

                      No. of   Running   Highest    Laps    Laps     Total
   Driver             Starts  at Finish  Finish     Led   Completed Points
 1 Buzz Calkins  *      3         2        1        130      541       246
 1 Scott Sharp   *      3         1        2         40      578       246
 3 Robbie Buhl          3         2        3         21      543       240
 4 Richie Hearn         3         2        3          7      415       237
 5 Roberto Guerrero     3         1        5         47      484       237
 6 Mike Groff           3         2        3          0      516       228
 7 Arie Luyendyk        3         1        1        122      481       225
 8 Tony Stewart         3         1        2         82      447       204
 9 Davey Hamilton       3         1       12          2      431       192
10 Johnny O'Connell     3         2        5          0      439       192
11 Michele Alboreto     3         2        4          0      428       189
12 Lyn St. James        3         1        8          0      356       186
13 Stephan Gregoire     3         1        7          0      317       165
14 Buddy Lazier         2         1        1         71      261       159
15 John Paul, Jr.       3         1        9          0      316       153
16 Eddie Cheever        2         1       10          0      373       147
17 Johnny Parsons       3         0       12          0      242       141
18 Dave Kudrave         2         0       10          0      172        80
19 Michel Jourdain, Jr. 2         1       13          0      208        74
20 Jim Guthrie          2         0       15          0      259        74
21 Scott Brayton        2         0       15          0      175        74
22 Fermin Velez         2         0       19          0      139        60
23 Eliseo Salazar       1         0        6          0      197        58
24 Johnny Unser         2         1        9          0      185        56
25 Stan Wattles         1         0       13          2      144        44
26 Davy Jones           1         1        2         46      200        33
27 Paul Durant          2         0       22          0       10        32
28 Alessandro Zampedri  1         0        4         20      199        31
29 Danny Ongais         1         1        7          0      197        28
30 Hideshi Matsuda      1         1        8          0      197        27
31 Scott Harrington     1         0       15          0      150        20
32 Racin Gardner        1         0       25          0       76        20
33 Mark Dismore         1         0       19          0      129        16
34 Joe Gosek            1         0       22          0      106        13
35 Brad Murphey         1         0       23          0       91        12
36 Marco Greco          1         0       26          0       64         9
37 Dan Drinan           0         0        0          0        0         0
38 Rick DeLorto         0         0        0          0        0         0
39 Bill Tempero         0         0        0          0        0         0
40 Jim Buick            0         0        0          0        0         0
41 Butch Brickell       0         0        0          0        0         0

* Co-Champions