1996 Miller 500

Race 12 of 31

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:04:25
Average speed of winner: 122.741 mph
Margin of victory: 3.9 sec.
Lead changes: 19 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 38 laps
Lap leaders: Gordon 1-68, Craven 69, Gordon 70-120, Irvan 121-130, Gordon 131-185, Irvan 186-190, Earnhardt 191, Andretti 192-193, Earnhardt 194-254, Jarrett 255-274, Earnhardt 275, Irvan 276, Andretti 277, Jarrett 278-339, Earnhardt 340-350, Jarrett 351, Earnhardt 352-362, Gordon 363-366, Earnhardt 367-371, Gordon 372-500

Race notes: Debut for Hermie Sadler.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	154.785	500	5	307	running	138730	185
2	4	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	153.662	500	0	0	running	57480	170
3	14	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	David Smith	152.840	500	6	90	running	60080	170
4	21	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McReynolds	152.085	500	3	16	running	42440	165
5	7	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Makar	153.198	499	0	0	running	42295	155
6	24	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	151.963	499	0	0	running	37215	150
7	8	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	153.172	499	0	0	running	33365	146
8	16	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Broome	152.672	499	0	0	running	32765	142
9	18	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	152.562	499	0	0	running	22115	138
10	31	Ken Schrader	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammer	151.732	499	0	0	running	32465	134
11	27	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	152.021	498	0	0	running	27365	130
12	39	Jeremy Mayfield	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	provisional	497	0	0	running	19765	127
13	20	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Comstock	152.091	497	0	0	running	26365	124
14	29	Ricky Craven	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	151.822	497	1	1	running	25965	126
15	33	Todd Bodine	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	151.815	496	0	0	running	26765	118
16	3	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	153.899	496	0	0	running	29490	115
17	23	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	151.989	496	0	0	running	26065	112
18	15	Kyle Petty	42	Coors Light	Pontiac	SABCO	Woodruff	152.801	496	0	0	running	24850	109
19	28	Mike Wallace	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	151.995	495	0	0	running	17665	106
20	9	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D/T.I.C.	Ford	FilMar	Martin	153.159	495	0	0	running	19315	103
21	38	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	151.394	495	0	0	running	24365	100
22	34	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	15	Hayes Modems	Ford	Moore	Means	151.534	493	0	0	running	24215	97
23	17	Derrike Cope	12	Badcock Home Furnishing	Ford	Allison	Fennig	152.581	492	0	0	running	24065	94
24	11	Brett Bodine	11	Lowe's	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	153.068	490	0	0	running	23915	91
25	36	Joe Nemechek	87	Burger King	Chevrolet	Nemechek	Buice	151.426	488	0	0	running	23940	88
26	32	Lake Speed	9	Spam	Ford	Melling	Long	151.662	481	0	0	running	23690	85
27	40	Greg Sacks	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Leo Jackson	Petree	provisional	480	0	0	running	24140	82
28	2	Dick Trickle	19	HealthSource	Ford	Mark Smith		153.912	471	0	0	running	13990	79
29	22	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper		152.085	467	0	0	running	13540	76
30	13	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Andrews	152.866	467	0	0	running	20490	73
31	42	Dave Marcis	71	Prodigy	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	provisional	452	0	0	running	13450	70
32	37	Morgan Shepherd	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Selberg	151.407	434	0	0	running	13380	67
33	25	John Andretti	37	Kmart/Little Caesar's	Ford	Kranefuss	Brewer	151.905	429	2	3	engine	20330	69
34	5	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	153.446	421	0	0	engine	13280	61
35	10	Rick Mast	1	Hooters	Pontiac	Richard Jackson	Hamlin	153.100	405	0	0	accident	20080	58
36	6	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	153.211	374	3	83	accident	22055	60
37	30	Hermie Sadler	26	Peebles	Chevrolet	William Slate		151.815	349	0	0	handling	13055	52
38	26	Gary Bradberry	95	Shoney's Inn	Ford	Sadler Brothers		152.304	345	0	0	engine	13055	49
39	41	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Peterson	provisional	229	0	0	handling	20055	46
40	12	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	152.918	219	0	0	engine	29855	43
41	19	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover	152.304	87	0	0	engine	29655	40
42	35	Steve Grissom	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge	Ingle	151.439	64	0	0	accident	20055	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	1901	12	1	2	10	10
2	Terry Labonte	1765	12	4	1	8	9
3	Jeff Gordon	1719	12	2	4	8	9
4	Dale Jarrett	1686	12	0	2	5	6
5	Ricky Rudd	1549	12	0	0	1	7
6	Ken Schrader	1495	12	0	0	2	7
7	Sterling Marlin	1488	12	0	1	2	5
8	Rusty Wallace	1462	12	0	2	4	6
9	Bobby Labonte	1433	12	0	0	2	6
10	Ricky Craven	1427	12	1	0	2	4
11	Ted Musgrave	1427	12	0	0	1	5
12	Bobby Hamilton	1365	12	0	0	0	3
13	Mark Martin	1364	12	1	0	4	6
14	Michael Waltrip	1358	12	0	0	1	5
15	Ernie Irvan	1322	12	1	0	3	5
16	Jeff Burton	1297	11	0	0	2	4
17	Rick Mast	1266	12	0	0	0	1
18	Jeremy Mayfield	1229	12	0	0	2	2
19	Jimmy Spencer	1221	12	0	0	0	2
20	Kyle Petty	1220	12	0	0	0	0
21	Kenny Wallace	1197	12	0	0	0	1
22	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	1107	11	0	0	1	2
23	Brett Bodine	1097	12	0	0	0	0
24	Hut Stricklin	1088	12	0	0	0	0
25	Darrell Waltrip	1080	12	0	0	0	0