1996 Coca-Cola 600

Race 11 of 31

Charlotte
400 laps
Time of race: 4:03:56
Average speed of winner: 147.581 mph
Margin of victory: 11.982 sec
Lead changes: 20 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 35 laps
Lap leaders: Gordon pole, Craven 1-9, Gordon 10-19, T. Labonte 20-61, B. Labonte 62, Marcis 63-65, T. Labonte 66-82, Gordon 83-119, B. Labonte 120-130, Jarrett 131-142, Gordon 143-174, Jarrett 175-195, Gordon 196-213, Marlin 214-222, Gordon 223-226, Jarrett 227-271, Earnhardt 272-276, B. Labonte 277, Jarrett 278-336, Earnhardt 337-338, Jarrett 339-400

Race notes: Finale for Chuck Bown.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	15	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	181.366	400	5	199	running	165250	185
2	20	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	David Smith	181.026	400	2	7	running	97000	175
3	4	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	182.469	400	2	59	running	75300	170
4	1	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	183.773	400	5	101	running	118200	165
5	23	Ken Schrader	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammer	180.886	399	0	0	running	46350	155
6	36	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover	179.211	399	1	9	running	55100	155
7	7	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	181.971	399	0	0	running	43400	146
8	8	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	181.971	399	0	0	running	36500	142
9	22	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McReynolds	180.905	398	0	0	running	37000	138
10	31	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Andrews	179.778	398	0	0	running	36500	134
11	35	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	179.515	397	0	0	running	34150	130
12	26	Rick Mast	1	Hooters	Pontiac	Richard Jackson	Hamlin	180.620	397	0	0	running	29150	127
13	28	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Peterson	180.307	397	0	0	running	27700	124
14	14	Derrike Cope	12	Badcock Home Furnishing	Ford	Allison	Fennig	181.439	397	0	0	running	26450	121
15	30	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Broome	179.970	396	0	0	running	30620	118
16	21	Steve Grissom	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge	Ingle	180.989	395	0	0	running	24200	115
17	18	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	181.141	395	0	0	running	23350	112
18	13	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	181.488	395	0	0	running	15490	109
19	19	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	15	Hayes Modems	Ford	Moore	Means	181.044	393	0	0	running	21800	106
20	9	Dick Trickle	19	HealthSource	Ford	Mark Smith		181.892	392	0	0	running	16325	103
21	42	Elton Sawyer	27	David Blair Motorsports	Ford	David Blair	Mike Hill	provisional	392	0	0	running	13490	100
22	5	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Makar	182.395	391	3	13	running	26945	102
23	32	Kyle Petty	42	Coors Light	Pontiac	SABCO	Woodruff	179.730	391	0	0	running	19485	94
24	40	Brett Bodine	11	Lowe's	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	provisional	389	0	0	running	19220	91
25	33	Joe Nemechek	87	Burger King	Chevrolet	Nemechek	Buice	179.647	386	0	0	running	19210	88
26	17	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper		181.293	369	0	0	running	8680	85
27	3	John Andretti	37	Kmart/Little Caesar's	Ford	Kranefuss	Brewer	182.871	368	0	0	running	22170	82
28	25	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	180.747	364	0	0	running	11510	79
29	38	Morgan Shepherd	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Selberg	179.063	364	0	0	running	11480	76
30	39	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Comstock	provisional	352	0	0	running	18465	73
31	37	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	179.182	342	0	0	running	15455	70
32	16	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D/T.I.C.	Ford	FilMar	Martin	181.293	332	0	0	engine	8445	67
33	29	Robert Pressley	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Leo Jackson	Petree	180.030	310	0	0	running	15435	64
34	43	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	provisional	300	0	0	running	23425	61
35	10	Lake Speed	9	Spam	Ford	Melling	Long	181.818	213	0	0	handling	15720	58
36	12	Todd Bodine	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	181.568	209	0	0	accident	15415	55
37	2	Ricky Craven	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	182.877	193	1	9	accident	21415	57
38	11	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	181.598	192	0	0	accident	16400	49
39	27	Mike Wallace	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	180.313	189	0	0	oil pump	8400	46
40	41	Dave Marcis	71	Prodigy	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	provisional	138	1	3	accident	9300	48
41	24	Jeremy Mayfield	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	180.771	136	0	0	transmission	8400	40
42	34	Chuck Bown	95	Shoney's Inn	Ford	Sadler Brothers		179.647	68	0	0	handling	8400	37
43	6	Chad Little	97	Sterling Cowboy	Pontiac	ppc		182.070	0	0	0	oil pump	8400	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	1731	11	1	2	9	9
2	Dale Jarrett	1626	11	0	2	5	6
3	Terry Labonte	1595	11	4	1	7	8
4	Jeff Gordon	1534	11	1	3	7	8
5	Sterling Marlin	1448	11	0	1	2	5
6	Ricky Rudd	1407	11	0	0	1	6
7	Ken Schrader	1361	11	0	0	2	6
8	Mark Martin	1321	11	1	0	4	6
9	Rusty Wallace	1316	11	0	2	4	5
10	Ted Musgrave	1303	11	0	0	1	5
11	Ricky Craven	1301	11	1	0	2	4
12	Bobby Labonte	1278	11	0	0	1	5
13	Bobby Hamilton	1265	11	0	0	0	3
14	Michael Waltrip	1228	11	0	0	1	5
15	Rick Mast	1208	11	0	0	0	1
16	Jeff Burton	1159	10	0	0	2	3
17	Ernie Irvan	1157	11	1	0	2	4
18	Kyle Petty	1111	11	0	0	0	0
19	Jeremy Mayfield	1102	11	0	0	2	2
20	Kenny Wallace	1094	11	0	0	0	1
21	Jimmy Spencer	1071	11	0	0	0	1
22	Robert Pressley	1034	11	0	0	1	2
23	Darrell Waltrip	1034	11	0	0	0	0
24	Hut Stricklin	1027	11	0	0	0	0
25	Bill Elliott	1015	9	0	0	0	3