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1996 AC-Delco 400

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 29 of 31
Sunday, October 20, 1996 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC
393 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (399.681 miles)

Time of race: 3:16:03
Average speed: 122.32 mph
Pole speed: 157.194 mph

Cautions: 7 for 46 laps
Margin of victory: 3.397 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 21

Glossary 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1996 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	10	Ricky Rudd	Tide (Ricky Rudd)	Ford	393	90025	running	81	180
2	1	88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care / Ford Credit (Yates Racing)	Ford	393	62125	running	207	180
3	19	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's Honey Crunch Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	393	46725	running	0	165
4	20	28	Ernie Irvan	Texaco / Havoline (Yates Racing)	Ford	393	35950	running	47	165
5	22	99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries (Jack Roush)	Ford	393	25675	running	14	160
6	5	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	393	33300	running	1	155
7	4	6	Mark Martin	Valvoline (Jack Roush)	Ford	393	31100	running	0	146
8	25	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller / 25 Years of Racing (Roger Penske)	Ford	393	28900	running	0	142
9	15	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench Service (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	393	30700	running	37	143
10	14	23	Jimmy Spencer	Camel Cigarettes (Travis Carter)	Ford	393	28100	running	0	134
11	12	8	Hut Stricklin	Circuit City (Stavola Brothers)	Ford	393	17400	running	0	130
12	3	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Refinishes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	392	35000	running	1	132
13	28	4	Sterling Marlin	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	392	29150	running	0	124
14	34	21	Michael Waltrip	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	392	23700	running	1	126
15	13	7	Geoffrey Bodine	QVC (Geoffrey Bodine)	Ford	392	28200	running	0	118
16	17	11	Brett Bodine	Lowe's (Brett Bodine)	Ford	392	23200	running	0	115
17	41	22	Ward Burton	MBNA America (Bill Davis)	Pontiac	391	29200	running	0	112
18	9	16	Ted Musgrave	Family Channel / Primestar (Jack Roush)	Ford	391	22700	running	0	109
19	8	81	Kenny Wallace	Square D (Fil Martocci)	Ford	391	15400	running	0	106
20	10	33	Todd Bodine	Skoal Bandit (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	390	25850	running	0	103
21	24	17	Darrell Waltrip	Parts America (Darrell Waltrip)	Chevrolet	390	21525	running	0	100
22	29	41	Ricky Craven	Kodiak (Larry Hedrick)	Chevrolet	390	21325	running	0	97
23	31	25	Ken Schrader	Budweiser (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	390	21125	running	0	94
24	40	87	Joe Nemechek	Burger King (Joe Nemechek)	Chevrolet	389	20925	running	0	91
25	11	42	Kyle Petty	Coors Light (Felix Sabates)	Pontiac	389	20925	running	0	88
26	6	98	John Andretti	RCA (Cale Yarborough)	Ford	387	13525	running	1	90
27	32	95	Gary Bradberry	Shoney's Restaurants (Sadler Brothers)	Ford	387	10125	running	0	82
28	26	43	Bobby Hamilton	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	386	20225	running	0	79
29	39	75	Morgan Shepherd	Remington Arms (Butch Mock)	Ford	385	13025	running	0	76
30	37	71	Dave Marcis	Prodigy (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	377	12825	running	0	73
31	21	90	Dick Trickle	Heilig-Meyers (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	353	12600	running	0	70
32	16	94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's (Bill Elliott)	Ford	326	19000	handling	0	67
33	42	77	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Jasper Engines / Federal Mogul (Doug Bawel)	Ford	311	9400	water pump	0	64
34	33	37	Jeremy Mayfield	Kmart / Little Caesars (Michael Kranefuss)	Ford	311	16300	crash	0	61
35	23	9	Lake Speed	Spam (Harry Melling)	Ford	305	16200	crash	0	58
36	36	15	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	Hayes Modems (Bud Moore)	Ford	303	16175	crash	0	55
37	30	29	Robert Pressley	Cartoon Network (Gary Bechtel)	Chevrolet	294	16175	engine	0	52
38	18	1	Rick Mast	Hooters (Richard Jackson)	Pontiac	281	16100	crash	0	49
39	27	12	Derrike Cope	Badcock (Bobby Allison)	Ford	267	17675	crash	3	51
40	38	30	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Pennzoil (Chuck Rider)	Pontiac	225	17100	crash	0	43
41	35	78	Billy Standridge	Diamond Rio / Hanes (Jim Wilson)	Ford	140	9100	handling	0	40
42	7	40	Robby Gordon	First Union (Felix Sabates)	Chevrolet	4	9100	crash	0	37

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
43	Ed Berrier	60	Berrier Racing	Max Berrier	Ford
44	Norm Benning	79	T.R.I.X. Racing	Ted Walters / George Pywowariw	Pontiac
45	Terry Byers	82	Byers Racing	Terry Byers	Chevrolet

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	5	5
	6	10	5	#40,94 accident turn 3
	11	100	90
	101	105	5	#78 spun turn 2
	106	216	111
	217	221	5	#90 spun turn 2
	222	229	8
	230	234	5	#30 accident turn 3
	235	268	34
	269	276	8	#12,43 accident backstretch
	277	297	21
	298	305	8	#9,29 accident turn 4
	306	314	9
	315	324	10	#15,37,77 accident turn 2
	325	393	69
Percent of race run under caution: 11.7% Average green flag run: 43.4 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Dale Jarrett	1	10	10
Ricky Rudd	11	16	6
Dale Jarrett	17	79	63
John Andretti	80	80	1
Jeff Gordon	81	81	1
Derrike Cope	82	82	1
Dale Jarrett	83	105	23
Dale Earnhardt	106	142	37
Dale Jarrett	143	158	16
Ernie Irvan	159	177	19
Ricky Rudd	178	178	1
Derrike Cope	179	180	2
Bobby Labonte	181	181	1
Dale Jarrett	182	238	57
Jeff Burton	239	252	14
Ernie Irvan	253	265	13
Dale Jarrett	266	269	4
Michael Waltrip	270	270	1
Dale Jarrett	271	286	16
Ernie Irvan	287	301	15
Dale Jarrett	302	319	18
Ricky Rudd	320	393	74

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Terry Labonte	4327
2	Jeff Gordon	4295	-32
3	Dale Jarrett	4251	-76
4	Dale Earnhardt	4035	-292
5	Mark Martin	3947	-380
6	Ricky Rudd	3582	-745
7	Rusty Wallace	3540	-787
8	Sterling Marlin	3482	-845
9	Ernie Irvan	3426	-901
10	Ken Schrader	3409	-918
11	Jeff Burton	3325	-1002
12	Bobby Hamilton	3304	-1023
13	Michael Waltrip	3290	-1037
14	Bobby Labonte	3262	-1065
15	Jimmy Spencer	3241	-1086
16	Ted Musgrave	3231	-1096
17	Rick Mast	3017	-1310
18	Geoffrey Bodine	2978	-1349
19	Ricky Craven	2954	-1373
20	Morgan Shepherd	2942	-1385
21	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2855	-1472