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1996 Daytona 500 Gatorade Twin 125 #1 Gatorade Twin 125 #2 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 1 of 31 Sunday, February 18, 1996 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:14:25 Average speed: 154.308 mph Pole speed: 189.51 mph Cautions: 6 for 26 laps Margin of victory: .12 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 32 Glossary    1996 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1996 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 7 88   Dale Jarrett Quality Care / Ford Credit   (Yates Racing) Ford 200 360775 running 40 180 2 1 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 200 215065 running 32 175 3 4 25   Ken Schrader Budweiser   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 200 169547 running 12 170 4 15 6   Mark Martin Valvoline   (Jack Roush) Ford 200 118840 running 0 160 5 16 99   Jeff Burton Exide Batteries   (Jack Roush) Ford 200 91702 running 0 155 6 9 15   Wally Dallenbach, Jr. Hayes Modems   (Bud Moore) Ford 200 96720 running 0 150 7 20 16   Ted Musgrave Family Channel / Primestar   (Jack Roush) Ford 200 82712 running 0 146 8 21 94   Bill Elliott McDonald's   (Bill Elliott) Ford 200 78155 running 29 147 9 10 10   Ricky Rudd Tide   (Ricky Rudd) Ford 200 79987 running 0 138 10 11 21   Michael Waltrip Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 200 74255 running 1 139 11 19 23   Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes   (Travis Carter) Ford 200 66105 running 1 135 12 34 44   Jeff Purvis David Lee Murphy / MCA Records   (James Finch) Chevrolet 200 52262 running 0 127 13 36 41   Ricky Craven Kodiak / Circle K   (Larry Hedrick) Chevrolet 200 63167 running 6 129 14 32 9   Lake Speed Spam   (Harry Melling) Ford 200 60445 running 0 121 15 23 71   Dave Marcis Prodigy   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 200 52230 running 0 118 16 43 2   Rusty Wallace Miller   (Roger Penske) Ford 200 60142 running 0 115 17 35 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Chevrolet 200 59715 running 0 112 18 29 42   Kyle Petty Coors Light   (Felix Sabates) Pontiac 199 53870 running 0 109 19 14 98   Jeremy Mayfield RCA   (Cale Yarborough) Ford 199 46482 running 1 111 20 39 43   Bobby Hamilton STP 25th Anniversary   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 199 53740 running 0 103 21 33 81   Kenny Wallace Square D / T.I.C.   (Fil Martocci) Ford 199 40685 running 0 100 22 42 8   Hut Stricklin Circuit City   (Stavola Brothers) Ford 199 43675 running 1 102 23 27 30   Johnny Benson, Jr. Pennzoil   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 197 51775 running 0 94 24 5 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 196 68570 running 44 101 25 18 27   Elton Sawyer Blair Motorsports   (David Blair) Ford 196 40572 running 0 88 26 13 22   Ward Burton MBNA America   (Bill Davis) Pontiac 195 54860 running 0 85 27 26 29   Steve Grissom Cartoon Network   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 191 49437 running 0 82 28 31 1   Rick Mast Hooters   (Richard Jackson) Pontiac 190 48782 running 0 79 29 40 17   Darrell Waltrip Parts America   (Darrell Waltrip) Chevrolet 180 48220 handling 0 76 30 25 33   Robert Pressley Skoal Bandit   (Leo Jackson) Chevrolet 171 48265 handling 4 78 31 12 75   Morgan Shepherd Remington Arms   (Butch Mock) Ford 164 43192 handling 0 70 32 41 11   Brett Bodine Lowe's   (Brett Bodine) Ford 162 44405 handling 1 72 33 30 97   Chad Little Sterling Cowboy   (Greg Pollex) Pontiac 158 37687 crash 0 64 34 38 7   Geoffrey Bodine QVC   (Geoffrey Bodine) Ford 157 44120 crash 0 61 35 2 28   Ernie Irvan Texaco / Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 145 85847 running 2 63 36 24 19   Loy Allen, Jr. Healthsource   (Mark Smith) Ford 135 37192 crash 0 55 37 17 90   Mike Wallace Heilig-Meyers   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 135 37237 crash 0 52 38 6 37   John Andretti Kmart / Little Caesars   (Michael Kranefuss) Ford 128 57152 crash 23 54 39 37 87   Joe Nemechek Burger King   (Joe Nemechek) Chevrolet 86 43302 handling 0 46 40 3 4   Sterling Marlin Kodak Film / Back to Back Daytona 500 Winner   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 81 70120 engine 3 48 41 22 12   Derrike Cope Mane 'N Tail   (Bobby Allison) Ford 53 43752 crash 0 40 42 8 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 13 59052 handling 0 37 43 28 63   Dick Trickle Purina Hi Pro   (Brittan Schnell) Ford 9 36552 engine 0 34

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Brett Bodine 11 pitting before green flag Darrell Waltrip 17 pitting before green flag Bobby Labonte 18 pitting before green flag Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Steve Seligman 65 Elena's / Mariani Leasing Jerry O'Neil Ford 45 Chuck Bown 95 Shoney's Inn Sadler Brothers Ford 46 Bobby Hillin, Jr. 77 Jasper / Federal Mogul Doug Bawel Ford 47 Tracy Leslie 73 Barkdoll Racing / X-1R Phil Barkdoll Chevrolet 48 Delma Cowart 0 Master's Inn Economy H.L. Waters Ford 49 Jim Bown 57 Matco Tools / West Rents Steve Balogh Chevrolet 50 Joe Ruttman 80 MCA Records / David Lee Murphy Stan Hover Ford 51 Jim Sauter 72 Prodigy Dave Marcis Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 10 10     11 14 4   #1,2,24,29,87 accident tri-oval   15 28 14     29 32 4   #28 accident tri-oval   33 54 22     55 58 4   #12 accident tri-oval   59 130 72     131 134 4   #21,37 accident backstretch   135 136 2     137 140 4   #11,18,19,90 accident backstretch   141 159 19     160 165 6   #7,9,33,43,44,75,97 accident tri-oval   166 200 35       Percent of race run under caution: 13.0%             Average green flag run: 24.9 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Ernie Irvan 1 2 2   Ken Schrader 3 4 2   Dale Earnhardt 5 18 14   Terry Labonte 19 22 4   Dale Earnhardt 23 25 3   Terry Labonte 26 26 1   Dale Jarrett 27 28 2   Terry Labonte 29 29 1   Robert Pressley 30 33 4   Michael Waltrip 34 34 1   Jeremy Mayfield 35 35 1   Dale Jarrett 36 37 2   Terry Labonte 38 55 18   Hut Stricklin 56 56 1   Terry Labonte 57 76 20   Sterling Marlin 77 79 3   John Andretti 80 93 14   Ken Schrader 94 100 7   John Andretti 101 109 9   Jimmy Spencer 110 110 1   Bill Elliott 111 131 21   Brett Bodine 132 132 1   Bill Elliott 133 140 8   Dale Jarrett 141 144 4   Dale Earnhardt 145 151 7   Dale Jarrett 152 159 8   Dale Earnhardt 160 160 1   Ricky Craven 161 166 6   Dale Earnhardt 167 171 5   Ken Schrader 172 174 3   Dale Earnhardt 175 176 2   Dale Jarrett 177 200 24 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Jarrett 180     2   Dale Earnhardt 175   -5   3   Ken Schrader 170   -10   4   Mark Martin 160   -20   5   Jeff Burton 155   -25   6   Wally Dallenbach, Jr. 150   -30   7   Bill Elliott 147   -33   8   Ted Musgrave 146   -34   9   Michael Waltrip 139   -41   10   Ricky Rudd 138   -42   11   Jimmy Spencer 135   -45   12   Ricky Craven 129   -51   13   Jeff Purvis 127   -53   14   Lake Speed 121   -59   15   Dave Marcis 118   -62   16   Rusty Wallace 115   -65   17   Bobby Labonte 112   -68   18   Jeremy Mayfield 111   -69   19   Kyle Petty 109   -71   20   Bobby Hamilton 103   -77   21   Hut Stricklin 102   -78