1996 Jiffy Lube 300

Race 16 of 31

Loudon
300 laps
Time of race: 3:21:23
Average speed of winner: 98.954 mph
Margin of victory: 5.470 sec.
Lead changes: 23 among 15 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 49 laps
Lap leaders: Craven 1, Hamilton 2-29, G. Bodine 30-37, Hamilton 38-50, G. Bodine 51-56, Irvan 57-60, Martin 61-64, Irvan 65-69, Pressley 70-75, Musgrave 76-77, Pressley 78-118, Gordon 119-129, D. Waltrip 130, T. Labonte 131-160, Earnhardt 161-172, Benson 173-189, Gordon 190-237, Irvan 238-243, Jarrett 244-245, Rudd 246-251, Pressley 252, T. Labonte 253-276, Schrader 277, Irvan 278-300

Race notes: Terry Labonte took the points lead from Dale Earnhardt.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McReynolds	128.320	300	4	38	running	112625	180
2	10	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	128.221	300	1	2	running	59725	175
3	20	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Broome	127.795	300	1	6	running	49825	170
4	24	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	127.168	300	0	0	running	31600	160
5	12	Robert Pressley	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Leo Jackson	Petree	128.113	300	3	48	running	34825	160
6	23	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	127.589	300	2	54	running	42733	155
7	17	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	127.911	300	0	0	running	30725	146
8	8	Ken Schrader	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammer	128.303	300	1	1	running	27025	147
9	38	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	107.678	300	1	17	running	27825	143
10	31	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	126.437	300	0	0	running	30025	134
11	21	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Comstock	127.731	300	1	2	running	26425	135
12	5	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	David Smith	128.381	300	1	12	running	32225	132
13	32	Rick Mast	1	Hooters	Pontiac	Richard Jackson	Hamlin	126.249	299	0	0	running	26125	124
14	37	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	124.247	299	0	0	running	28325	121
15	7	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Andrews	128.316	299	2	14	running	26725	123
16	26	Brett Bodine	11	Lowe's	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	127.032	299	0	0	running	25125	115
17	29	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	126.833	299	0	0	running	24925	112
18	40	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	15	Hayes Modems	Ford	Moore	Means	provisional	299	0	0	running	24725	109
19	15	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D/T.I.C.	Ford	FilMar	Martin	128.014	299	0	0	running	17525	106
20	2	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	128.806	299	2	41	running	28625	108
21	33	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper		126.211	299	0	0	running	14000	100
22	28	Morgan Shepherd	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Selberg	126.939	299	0	0	running	17000	97
23	13	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	128.104	299	0	0	running	16800	94
24	18	Lake Speed	9	Spam	Ford	Melling	Long	127.902	299	0	0	running	23700	91
25	30	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	126.719	299	0	0	running	28800	88
26	1	Ricky Craven	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	129.379	299	1	1	running	29500	90
27	9	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	128.242	298	0	0	running	13375	82
28	4	Kyle Petty	42	Coors Light	Pontiac	SABCO	Woodruff	128.515	297	0	0	running	20275	79
29	14	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover	128.070	297	0	0	running	29775	76
30	35	Greg Sacks	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge	Ingle	125.686	295	0	0	running	20075	73
31	3	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Makar	128.624	289	0	0	running	30475	70
32	36	Randy MacDonald	78	Diamond Rio	Ford	Jim Wilson		125.488	288	0	0	running	12875	67
33	22	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	127.607	284	1	4	running	29575	69
34	16	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	127.988	253	2	59	ignition	35875	71
35	11	Joe Nemechek	87	Burger King	Chevrolet	Nemechek	Buice	128.191	197	0	0	accident	19575	58
36	39	Jeremy Mayfield	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	provisional	187	0	0	accident	12475	55
37	19	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Peterson	127.881	159	1	1	accident	19375	57
38	25	Derrike Cope	12	Badcock Home Furnishing	Ford	Allison	Fennig	127.163	68	0	0	engine	19125	49
39	34	Dave Marcis	71	Prodigy	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	126.103	54	0	0	engine	12125	46
40	27	John Andretti	37	Kmart/Little Caesar's	Ford	Kranefuss	Brewer	127.028	26	0	0	accident	19125	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Terry Labonte	2416	16	4	1	10	13
2	Dale Earnhardt	2398	16	1	2	11	12
3	Jeff Gordon	2300	16	4	5	10	12
4	Dale Jarrett	2204	16	0	2	6	9
5	Sterling Marlin	2054	16	0	2	4	7
6	Ricky Rudd	2033	16	0	0	3	9
7	Ken Schrader	2013	16	0	0	2	9
8	Ted Musgrave	1934	16	0	0	1	6
9	Rusty Wallace	1933	16	0	3	5	8
10	Mark Martin	1874	16	1	0	5	8
11	Bobby Hamilton	1871	16	1	0	1	4
12	Ernie Irvan	1858	16	1	1	6	8
13	Michael Waltrip	1831	16	0	0	1	7
14	Jeff Burton	1828	15	0	0	3	6
15	Ricky Craven	1807	16	2	0	2	4
16	Jimmy Spencer	1769	16	0	0	1	5
17	Bobby Labonte	1718	16	0	0	2	6
18	Rick Mast	1681	16	0	0	0	1
19	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	1594	15	0	0	1	2
20	Jeremy Mayfield	1557	16	0	0	2	2
21	Kyle Petty	1552	16	0	0	0	0
22	Brett Bodine	1490	16	0	0	0	1
23	Kenny Wallace	1468	16	0	0	0	1
24	Robert Pressley	1464	15	0	0	2	3
25	Hut Stricklin	1451	16	0	0	0	0