1996 TranSouth Financial 400

Race 5 of 31

Darlington
293 laps
Time of race: 3:11:26
Average speed of winner: 124.793 mph
Margin of victory: 1.4 sec.
Lead changes: 15 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 11 for 56 laps
Lap leaders: W. Burton 1-7, Gordon 8-21, Marcis 22, Gordon 23-86, Jarrett 87-88, B. Labonte 89-122, Earnhardt 123, Gordon 124-127, J. Burton 128-142, Gordon 143-148, Pressley 149-160, Gordon 161-176, Marlin 177-196, Gordon 197-278, Jarrett 279-286, Gordon 287-293

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12 (Finish/Post-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	173.613	293	7	193	running	97310	185
2	13	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Makar	171.154	293	1	34	running	57550	175
3	14	Ricky Craven	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	171.071	293	0	0	running	46690	165
4	8	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	171.423	293	0	0	running	29480	160
5	17	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	171.053	293	0	0	running	34325	155
6	16	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	171.065	293	0	0	running	31275	150
7	18	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Comstock	170.999	293	0	0	running	25695	146
8	4	Morgan Shepherd	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Selberg	171.704	292	0	0	running	17565	142
9	24	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Broome	170.596	292	0	0	running	27560	138
10	21	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	170.726	292	1	15	running	15055	139
11	33	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover	169.572	292	1	20	running	30800	135
12	39	Kyle Petty	42	Coors Light	Pontiac	SABCO	Woodruff	provisional	292	0	0	running	22870	127
13	5	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	171.632	292	0	0	running	22585	124
14	27	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	David Smith	170.212	292	1	1	running	28080	126
15	3	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	172.384	291	2	10	out of gas	22950	123
16	23	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	170.697	291	0	0	out of gas	21905	115
17	7	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D/T.I.C.	Ford	FilMar	Martin	171.429	291	0	0	running	10550	112
18	9	Jeremy Mayfield	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	171.321	291	0	0	running	14515	109
19	11	Rick Mast	1	Hooters	Pontiac	Richard Jackson	Hamlin	171.297	290	0	0	running	21270	106
20	34	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	169.479	290	0	0	running	15690	103
21	41	Mike Wallace	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	provisional	289	0	0	running	13670	100
22	19	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Andrews	170.875	289	0	0	running	20450	97
23	37	Dave Marcis	71	Prodigy	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	169.228	289	1	1	running	13205	99
24	38	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	169.112	288	0	0	handling	21485	91
25	25	Lake Speed	9	Spam	Ford	Melling	Long	170.584	283	0	0	out of gas	19965	88
26	28	Steve Grissom	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge	Ingle	169.789	282	0	0	running	19550	85
27	15	Brett Bodine	11	Lowe's	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	171.071	281	0	0	engine	19385	82
28	6	Ken Schrader	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammer	171.602	281	0	0	running	19225	79
29	29	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	169.736	277	0	0	running	19115	76
30	10	Elton Sawyer	27	David Blair Motorsports	Ford	David Blair	Mike Hill	171.315	268	0	0	out of gas	9080	73
31	40	Joe Nemechek	87	Burger King	Chevrolet	Nemechek	Buice	provisional	242	0	0	handling	16020	70
32	12	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	171.160	233	0	0	running	15985	67
33	32	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McReynolds	169.648	230	0	0	running	23895	64
34	30	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Peterson	169.736	203	0	0	handling	15860	61
35	22	Dick Trickle	19	HealthSource	Ford	Mark Smith		170.720	165	0	0	handling	8825	58
36	31	Robert Pressley	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Leo Jackson	Petree	169.660	161	1	12	accident	15790	60
37	36	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	15	Hayes Modems	Ford	Moore	Means	169.263	152	0	0	accident	15776	52
38	1	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	173.797	137	1	7	accident	29029	54
39	20	Derrike Cope	12	Mane 'N Tail	Ford	Allison	Fennig	170.857	130	0	0	engine	15654	46
40	35	John Andretti	37	Kmart/Little Caesar's	Ford	Kranefuss	Brewer	169.374	87	0	0	accident	15654	43
41	26	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper		170.602	29	0	0	accident	9279	40

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Jarrett	783	5	0	1	3	3
2	Dale Earnhardt	736	5	1	2	3	3
3	Ricky Rudd	726	5	0	0	1	5
4	Ricky Craven	698	5	0	0	2	2
5	Bill Elliott	667	5	0	0	0	3
6	Terry Labonte	649	5	2	0	2	3
7	Ted Musgrave	636	5	0	0	1	3
8	Mark Martin	617	5	0	0	2	3
9	Jeff Gordon	615	5	0	2	3	3
10	Ken Schrader	601	5	0	0	1	2
11	Bobby Hamilton	589	5	0	0	0	1
12	Sterling Marlin	587	5	0	0	0	1
13	Rusty Wallace	583	5	0	0	1	2
14	Jeff Burton	583	4	0	0	2	3
15	Kyle Petty	566	5	0	0	0	0
16	Jeremy Mayfield	565	5	0	0	1	1
17	Kenny Wallace	528	5	0	0	0	1
18	Bobby Labonte	520	5	0	0	1	1
19	Jimmy Spencer	516	5	0	0	0	1
20	Rick Mast	486	5	0	0	0	1
21	Michael Waltrip	471	5	0	0	0	2
22	Steve Grissom	468	5	0	0	1	1
23	Ernie Irvan	462	5	0	0	1	1
24	Dave Marcis	456	5	0	0	0	0
25	Lake Speed	446	5	0	0	0	0