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1996 First Union 400 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 7 of 31 Sunday, April 14, 1996 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 400 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 2:35:39 Average speed: 96.37 mph Pole speed: 116.659 mph Cautions: 3 for 25 laps Margin of victory: .239 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 17 Glossary    1996 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1996 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 1 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes / Ironman   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 400 229025 running 167 185 2 17 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 400 52750 running 0 170 3 26 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 400 38525 running 0 165 4 11 33   Robert Pressley Skoal Bandit   (Leo Jackson) Chevrolet 400 35305 running 43 165 5 8 4   Sterling Marlin Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 400 31855 running 64 160 6 22 28   Ernie Irvan Texaco / Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 399 22755 running 1 155 7 7 41   Ricky Craven Kodiak   (Larry Hedrick) Chevrolet 399 24980 running 2 151 8 4 43   Bobby Hamilton STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 398 20815 running 0 142 9 5 25   Ken Schrader Budweiser   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 398 20390 running 0 138 10 28 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Chevrolet 398 29170 running 0 134 11 29 88   Dale Jarrett Quality Care / Ford Credit   (Yates Racing) Ford 398 16615 running 0 130 12 6 16   Ted Musgrave Family Channel / Primestar   (Jack Roush) Ford 398 19740 running 1 132 13 15 12   Derrike Cope Mane 'N Tail   (Bobby Allison) Ford 398 19425 running 0 124 14 31 1   Rick Mast Hooters   (Richard Jackson) Pontiac 398 19190 running 0 121 15 33 10   Ricky Rudd Tide   (Ricky Rudd) Ford 397 24140 running 0 118 16 35 8   Hut Stricklin Circuit City   (Stavola Brothers) Ford 397 13890 running 0 115 17 34 21   Michael Waltrip Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 397 20590 running 0 112 18 16 81   Kenny Wallace Square D / T.I.C.   (Fil Martocci) Ford 397 7765 running 0 109 19 27 7   Geoffrey Bodine QVC   (Geoffrey Bodine) Ford 397 18415 running 0 106 20 10 98   Jeremy Mayfield RCA   (Cale Yarborough) Ford 396 13115 running 0 103 21 37 94   Bill Elliott McDonald's   (Bill Elliott) Ford 396 18065 running 0 100 22 32 19   Dick Trickle Healthsource   (Mark Smith) Ford 395 7515 running 0 97 23 19 11   Brett Bodine Lowe's   (Brett Bodine) Ford 395 17765 running 0 94 24 24 30   Johnny Benson, Jr. Pennzoil   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 394 18615 running 0 91 25 30 17   Darrell Waltrip Parts America   (Darrell Waltrip) Chevrolet 394 17640 running 0 88 26 25 29   Steve Grissom Cartoon Network   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 394 17290 running 0 85 27 21 75   Morgan Shepherd Remington Arms   (Butch Mock) Ford 394 10140 running 2 87 28 23 15   Wally Dallenbach, Jr. Hayes Modems   (Bud Moore) Ford 394 17075 running 0 79 29 9 99   Jeff Burton Exide Batteries   (Jack Roush) Ford 394 7090 running 0 76 30 13 42   Kyle Petty Coors Light   (Felix Sabates) Pontiac 394 16215 running 0 73 31 18 23   Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes   (Travis Carter) Ford 392 13640 running 0 70 32 2 27   Elton Sawyer Blair Motorsports   (David Blair) Ford 391 6615 running 0 67 33 12 2   Rusty Wallace Miller   (Roger Penske) Ford 390 21615 running 119 69 34 20 37   John Andretti Kmart / Little Caesars   (Michael Kranefuss) Ford 368 14590 crash 1 66 35 14 9   Lake Speed Spam   (Harry Melling) Ford 368 13590 running 0 58 36 36 87   Joe Nemechek Burger King   (Joe Nemechek) Chevrolet 367 13565 crash 0 55 37 3 6   Mark Martin Valvoline   (Jack Roush) Ford 355 23415 running 0 52

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 38 Dave Marcis 71 Prodigy Services Dave Marcis Chevrolet 39 Randy MacDonald 78 Diamond Rio Jim Wilson Ford 40 Mike Wallace 90 Heilig-Meyers Junie Donlavey Ford 41 Ward Burton 22 MBNA America Bank Bill Davis Pontiac 42 Bobby Hillin, Jr. 77 Jasper Engines Doug Bawel Ford Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 94 94     95 101 7   #23 spun turn 3   102 319 218     320 326 7   #27 spun turn 3   327 374 48     375 385 11   #2,15,37,87 accident backstretch   386 400 15       Percent of race run under caution: 6.3%             Average green flag run: 93.8 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Terry Labonte 1 56 56   Sterling Marlin 57 75 19   Terry Labonte 76 77 2   Ernie Irvan 78 78 1   John Andretti 79 79 1   Morgan Shepherd 80 81 2   Sterling Marlin 82 94 13   Robert Pressley 95 137 43   Sterling Marlin 138 169 32   Ted Musgrave 170 170 1   Terry Labonte 171 238 68   Ricky Craven 239 240 2   Rusty Wallace 241 281 41   Terry Labonte 282 292 11   Rusty Wallace 293 317 25   Terry Labonte 318 320 3   Rusty Wallace 321 373 53   Terry Labonte 374 400 27 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Dale Jarrett 1063     2   Dale Earnhardt 1061   -2   3   Terry Labonte 1004   -59   4   Ricky Craven 987   -76   5   Jeff Gordon 970   -93   5   Ricky Rudd 970   -93   7   Ted Musgrave 856   -207   7   Sterling Marlin 856   -207   9   Bill Elliott 851   -212   10   Mark Martin 839   -224   11   Ken Schrader 815   -248   12   Rusty Wallace 812   -251   13   Bobby Labonte 805   -258   14   Bobby Hamilton 798   -265   15   Jeremy Mayfield 768   -295   16   Kyle Petty 757   -306   17   Jeff Burton 753   -310   18   Rick Mast 734   -329   19   Ernie Irvan 732   -331   20   Michael Waltrip 717   -346   21   Jimmy Spencer 710   -353