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
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.