1996 Food City 500

Race 6 of 31

Bristol
342 laps
Time of race: 1:59:47
Average speed of winner: 91.308 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: 7 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 37 laps
Lap leaders: Martin 1-59, Skinner 60-69, Elliott 70-107, Gordon 108-207, B. Labonte 208-209, Rudd 210-217, R. Wallace 218-294, Gordon 295-342

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	8	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	122.396	342	2	148	running	93765	185
2	2	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	122.921	342	0	0	running	54215	170
3	1	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	123.578	342	1	59	running	44815	170
4	19	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	David Smith	121.983	342	0	0	running	35351	160
5	11	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	122.185	342	1	77	running	29895	160
6	7	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	122.552	342	0	0	running	26395	150
7	5	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Makar	122.584	341	1	2	running	28895	151
8	29	Dick Trickle	19	HealthSource	Ford	Mark Smith		121.412	341	0	0	running	15495	142
9	13	Ricky Craven	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	122.139	341	0	0	running	25190	138
10	25	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	121.643	340	0	0	running	27040	134
11	14	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	122.115	340	0	0	running	16190	130
12	32	Rick Mast	1	Hooters	Pontiac	Richard Jackson	Hamlin	121.152	340	0	0	running	23340	127
13	15	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	122.092	340	0	0	running	22565	124
14	9	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Broome	122.388	340	1	8	running	26115	126
15	34	Kyle Petty	42	Coors Light	Pontiac	SABCO	Woodruff	provisional	340	0	0	running	23265	118
16	16	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McReynolds	122.014	340	0	0	running	25890	115
17	23	Robert Pressley	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Leo Jackson	Petree	121.744	340	0	0	running	21940	112
18	4	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover	122.709	340	0	0	running	27490	109
19	21	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Andrews	121.875	340	0	0	running	14780	106
20	22	Brett Bodine	11	Lowe's	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	121.751	339	0	0	running	23321	103
21	35	Jeremy Mayfield	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	provisional	338	0	0	running	14215	100
22	17	Derrike Cope	12	Mane 'N Tail	Ford	Allison	Fennig	122.007	338	0	0	running	21065	97
23	33	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	provisional	338	0	0	running	10415	94
24	31	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	15	Hayes Modems	Ford	Moore	Means	121.198	338	0	0	running	20840	91
25	30	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Comstock	121.397	336	0	0	running	20895	88
26	3	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Peterson	122.787	333	0	0	accident	21865	85
27	36	Steve Grissom	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge	Ingle	provisional	326	0	0	running	20441	82
28	37	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	provisional	324	1	38	running	20290	84
29	28	Ken Schrader	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammer		305	0	0	running	20160	76
30	18	Morgan Shepherd	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Selberg	121.999	304	0	0	running	12835	73
31	20	Joe Nemechek	87	Burger King	Chevrolet	Nemechek	Buice	121.883	261	0	0	running	18835	70
32	24	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	121.713	203	0	0	running	15835	67
33	12	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	122.147	200	0	0	running	24785	64
34	10	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D/T.I.C.	Ford	FilMar	Martin	122.294	184	0	0	running	8835	61
35	26	Lake Speed	9	Spam	Ford	Melling	Long		152	0	0	running	15835	58
36	6	Mike Skinner	31	Team Realtree	Chevrolet	Childress		122.584	72	1	10	accident	8835	60
37	27	Elton Sawyer	27	David Blair Motorsports	Ford	David Blair	Mike Hill	121.512	29	0	0	accident	8835	52

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Jarrett	933	6	0	1	3	4
2	Dale Earnhardt	896	6	1	2	4	4
3	Ricky Rudd	852	6	0	0	1	5
4	Ricky Craven	836	6	0	0	2	3
5	Terry Labonte	819	6	2	0	3	4
6	Jeff Gordon	800	6	0	3	4	4
7	Mark Martin	787	6	1	0	3	4
8	Bill Elliott	751	6	0	0	0	3
9	Rusty Wallace	743	6	0	0	2	3
10	Ted Musgrave	724	6	0	0	1	3
11	Sterling Marlin	696	6	0	0	0	1
12	Kyle Petty	684	6	0	0	0	0
13	Ken Schrader	677	6	0	0	1	2
14	Jeff Burton	677	5	0	0	2	3
15	Bobby Labonte	671	6	0	0	1	2
16	Jeremy Mayfield	665	6	0	0	1	1
17	Bobby Hamilton	656	6	0	0	0	1
18	Jimmy Spencer	640	6	0	0	0	1
19	Rick Mast	613	6	0	0	0	1
20	Michael Waltrip	605	6	0	0	0	3
21	Kenny Wallace	589	6	0	0	0	1
22	Ernie Irvan	577	6	0	0	1	1
23	Steve Grissom	550	6	0	0	1	1
24	Hut Stricklin	542	6	0	0	0	0
25	Robert Pressley	537	6	0	0	0	0