1996 DieHard 500

Race 18 of 31

Talladega
129 laps
Time of race: 2:34:21
Average speed of winner: 133.387 mph
Margin of victory: 0.146 sec.
Lead changes: 24 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 35 laps
Lap leaders: Mayfield 1-12, Gordon 13-15, Earnhardt 16-26, Marcis 27, Jarrett 28-30, Earnhardt 31-36, Marlin 37-44, Gordon 45-57, Andretti 58-61, Pressley 62, Martin 63, Earnhardt 64-66, Marlin 67-77, Earnhardt 78-87, Gordon 88-97, Earnhardt 98-103, Marcis 104-105, Martin 106-111, Earnhardt 112-114, Gordon 115, Earnhardt 116, Irvan 117, Gordon 118-124, Jarrett 125-126, Gordon 127-129

Race notes: First pole for Jeremy Mayfield. Jeff Gordon took the points lead from Terry Labonte.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	191.417	129	6	37	running	272550	180
2	3	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	191.088	129	2	5	running	55070	175
3	8	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	189.959	129	2	7	running	53980	170
4	6	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McReynolds	190.412	129	1	1	running	44455	165
5	15	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	189.238	129	0	0	running	50025	155
6	40	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Andrews	provisional	129	0	0	running	40175	150
7	7	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	190.321	129	0	0	running	23475	146
8	24	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Makar	188.742	129	0	0	running	33425	142
9	9	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Peterson	189.913	129	0	0	running	27795	138
10	32	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	188.126	129	0	0	running	31925	134
11	21	Dave Marcis	71	Prodigy	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	188.842	129	2	3	running	19955	135
12	18	Kyle Petty	42	Coors Light	Pontiac	SABCO	Kennedy	189.047	129	0	0	running	26575	127
13	39	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	provisional	129	0	0	running	26255	124
14	36	Morgan Shepherd	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Selberg	187.923	129	0	0	running	18985	121
15	42	Joe Nemechek	87	Burger King	Chevrolet	Nemechek	Buice	provisional	129	0	0	running	26710	118
16	1	Jeremy Mayfield	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	192.370	129	1	12	running	24375	120
17	37	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	187.831	128	0	0	running	25110	112
18	10	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	189.748	128	0	0	running	25905	109
19	27	Ricky Craven	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	188.582	128	0	0	running	24625	106
20	12	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D/T.I.C.	Ford	FilMar	Martin	189.571	127	0	0	running	19085	103
21	31	Loy Allen, Jr.	19	HealthSource	Ford	Mark Smith		188.219	126	0	0	running	17005	100
22	41	Brett Bodine	11	Lowe's	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	provisional	126	0	0	running	23595	97
23	38	Gary Bradberry	95	Shoney's Inn	Ford	Sadler Brothers		187.735	121	0	0	running	13495	94
24	29	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	188.330	120	0	0	accident	29715	91
25	34	Greg Sacks	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge	Ingle	188.041	119	0	0	accident	23335	88
26	26	Ken Schrader	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammer	188.619	119	0	0	accident	23060	85
27	23	Derrike Cope	12	Badcock Home Furnishing	Ford	Allison	Fennig	188.745	117	0	0	accident	22490	82
28	4	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	David Smith	190.806	117	7	40	accident	31020	89
29	16	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover	189.174	117	2	19	accident	29450	81
30	5	Lake Speed	9	Spam	Ford	Melling	Long	190.522	117	0	0	accident	19830	73
31	14	Robert Pressley	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Leo Jackson	Petree	189.256	117	1	1	accident	19690	75
32	35	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	15	Hayes Modems	Ford	Moore	Means	187.953	117	0	0	accident	19620	67
33	33	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	188.104	117	0	0	accident	27540	64
34	25	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	188.738	114	0	0	running	12495	61
35	30	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper		188.259	113	0	0	running	12465	58
36	17	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Comstock	189.081	113	0	0	running	19420	55
37	28	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Broome	188.471	113	0	0	running	27406	52
38	11	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	189.729	109	0	0	accident	12250	49
39	19	John Andretti	37	Kmart/Little Caesar's	Ford	Kranefuss	Brewer	189.047	102	1	4	accident	19250	51
40	20	Jeff Purvis	44	MCA Records	Chevrolet	Finch		189.021	86	0	0	engine	12250	43
41	13	Rick Mast	1	Hooters	Pontiac	Richard Jackson	Hamlin	189.451	85	0	0	running	19250	40
42	22	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	188.790	16	0	0	engine	19250	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	2631	18	4	6	11	14
2	Terry Labonte	2622	18	4	1	10	13
3	Dale Earnhardt	2608	18	1	2	11	12
4	Dale Jarrett	2549	18	0	2	8	11
5	Sterling Marlin	2285	18	0	2	4	8
6	Ricky Rudd	2260	18	0	0	4	10
7	Rusty Wallace	2247	18	0	4	6	10
8	Ken Schrader	2216	18	0	0	2	9
9	Mark Martin	2192	18	2	0	6	10
10	Ernie Irvan	2188	18	1	1	8	10
11	Ted Musgrave	2095	18	0	0	1	6
12	Jeff Burton	2032	17	0	0	3	7
13	Bobby Hamilton	2029	18	1	0	1	4
14	Ricky Craven	2016	18	2	0	2	4
15	Jimmy Spencer	2015	18	0	0	2	6
16	Michael Waltrip	1992	18	0	0	1	7
17	Bobby Labonte	1912	18	0	0	2	7
18	Jeremy Mayfield	1804	18	1	0	2	2
19	Rick Mast	1794	18	0	0	0	1
20	Kyle Petty	1769	18	0	0	0	0
21	Geoff Bodine	1735	18	0	0	1	3
22	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	1725	17	0	0	1	2
23	Morgan Shepherd	1678	18	0	0	0	2
24	Brett Bodine	1669	18	0	0	0	1
25	Robert Pressley	1627	17	0	0	2	3