1996 Daytona 500

Race 1 of 31

Daytona
200 laps
Time of race: 3:14:25
Average speed of winner: 154.308 mph
Margin of victory: 0.12 sec.
Lead changes: 32 among 15 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 26 laps
Lap leaders: Earnhardt pole, Irvan 1-2, Schrader 3-4, Earnhardt 5-18, T. Labonte 19-22, Earnhardt 23-25, T. Labonte 26, Jarrett 27-28, T. Labonte 29, Pressley 30-33, M. Waltrip 34, Mayfield 35, Jarrett 36-37, T. Labonte 38-55, Stricklin 56, T. Labonte 57-76, Marlin 77-79, Andretti 80-93, Schrader 94-100, Andretti 101-109, Spencer 110, Elliott 111-131, B. Bodine 132, Elliott 133-140, Jarrett 141-144, Earnhardt 145-151, Jarrett 152-159, Earnhardt 160, Craven 161-166, Earnhardt 167-171, Schrader 172-174, Earnhardt 175-176, Jarrett 177-200

Race notes: Debut for Johnny Benson, Jr.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	189.330	200	5	40	running	360775	180
2	1	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	David Smith	189.510	200	6	32	running	215065	175
3	4	Ken Schrader	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammer	188.147	200	3	12	running	169547	170
4	15	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	184.824	200	0	0	running	118840	160
5	16	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	187.418	200	0	0	running	91702	155
6	9	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	15	Hayes Modems	Ford	Moore	Means	186.224	200	0	0	running	96720	150
7	20	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PRIMESTAR	Ford	Roush	Comstock	184.264	200	0	0	running	82712	146
8	21	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	187.426	200	2	29	running	78155	147
9	10	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Broome	186.189	200	0	0	running	79987	138
10	11	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	187.301	200	1	1	running	74255	139
11	19	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	186.556	200	1	1	running	66105	135
12	34	Jeff Purvis	44	MCA Records	Chevrolet	Finch		187.711	200	0	0	running	52262	127
13	36	Ricky Craven	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	186.970	200	1	6	running	63167	129
14	32	Lake Speed	9	Spam	Ford	Melling	Long	188.159	200	0	0	running	60445	121
15	23	Dave Marcis	71	Prodigy	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	185.839	200	0	0	running	52230	118
16	43	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	186.062	200	0	0	running	60142	115
17	35	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Makar	187.438	200	0	0	running	59715	112
18	29	Kyle Petty	42	Coors Light	Pontiac	SABCO	Woodruff	185.950	199	0	0	running	53870	109
19	14	Jeremy Mayfield	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	189.294	199	1	1	running	46482	111
20	39	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	186.089	199	0	0	running	53740	103
21	33	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D/T.I.C.	Ford	FilMar	Martin	188.045	199	0	0	running	40685	100
22	42	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	184.907	199	1	1	running	43675	102
23	27	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	186.834	197	0	0	running	51775	94
24	5	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	188.367	196	5	44	running	68570	101
25	18	Elton Sawyer	27	Blair Motorsports	Ford	David Blair	Mike Hill	188.147	196	0	0	running	40572	88
26	13	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	185.235	195	0	0	running	54860	85
27	26	Steve Grissom	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge	Ingle	185.851	191	0	0	running	49437	82
28	31	Rick Mast	1	Hooters	Pontiac	Richard Jackson	Hamlin	188.478	190	0	0	running	48782	79
29	40	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Peterson	185.970	180	0	0	handling	48220	76
30	25	Robert Pressley	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Leo Jackson	Petree	188.529	171	1	4	handling	48255	78
31	12	Morgan Shepherd	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Selberg	186.239	164	0	0	handling	43192	70
32	41	Brett Bodine	11	Lowe's	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	185.835	162	1	1	handling	44405	72
33	30	Chad Little	97	Sterling Cowboy	Pontiac	PPC		185.743	158	0	0	accident	37687	64
34	38	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Andrews	186.459	157	0	0	accident	44120	61
35	2	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McReynolds	189.366	145	1	2	running	85847	63
36	24	Loy Allen, Jr.	19	HealthSource	Ford	Mark Smith		186.471	135	0	0	accident	37192	55
37	17	Mike Wallace	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	186.386	135	0	0	accident	37237	52
38	6	John Andretti	37	Kmart/Little Caesar's	Ford	Kranefuss	Brewer	187.169	128	2	23	accident	57152	54
39	37	Joe Nemechek	87	Burger King	Chevrolet	Nemechek	Buice	186.737	86	0	0	handling	43302	46
40	3	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover	188.814	81	1	3	engine	70120	48
41	22	Derrike Cope	12	Mane 'N Tail	Ford	Allison	Fennig	184.843	53	0	0	accident	43752	40
42	8	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	188.588	13	0	0	handling	59052	37
43	28	Dick Trickle	63	Purina Hi Pro	Ford	Brittan Schnell		185.510	9	0	0	engine	36552	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Jarrett	180	1	0	1	1	1
2	Dale Earnhardt	175	1	1	0	1	1
3	Ken Schrader	170	1	0	0	1	1
4	Mark Martin	160	1	0	0	1	1
5	Jeff Burton	155	1	0	0	1	1
6	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	150	1	0	0	0	1
7	Bill Elliott	147	1	0	0	0	1
8	Ted Musgrave	146	1	0	0	0	1
9	Michael Waltrip	139	1	0	0	0	1
10	Ricky Rudd	138	1	0	0	0	1
11	Jimmy Spencer	135	1	0	0	0	0
12	Ricky Craven	129	1	0	0	0	0
13	Jeff Purvis	127	1	0	0	0	0
14	Lake Speed	121	1	0	0	0	0
15	Dave Marcis	118	1	0	0	0	0
16	Rusty Wallace	115	1	0	0	0	0
17	Bobby Labonte	112	1	0	0	0	0
18	Jeremy Mayfield	111	1	0	0	0	0
19	Kyle Petty	109	1	0	0	0	0
20	Bobby Hamilton	103	1	0	0	0	0
21	Hut Stricklin	102	1	0	0	0	0
22	Terry Labonte	101	1	0	0	0	0
23	Kenny Wallace	100	1	0	0	0	0
24	Johnny Benson, Jr.	94	1	0	0	0	0
25	Elton Sawyer	88	1	0	0	0	0