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1996 MBNA 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 25 of 31 Sunday, September 15, 1996 at Dover Downs International Speedway, Dover, DE 500 laps on a 1.000 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 4:43:58 Average speed: 105.646 mph Pole speed: 155.086 mph Cautions: 14 for 91 laps Margin of victory: .441 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 28 Glossary    1996 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1996 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 3 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 500 153630 running 204 185 2 6 2   Rusty Wallace Miller / 25 Years of Racing   (Roger Penske) Ford 500 54580 running 0 170 3 9 88   Dale Jarrett Quality Care / Ford Credit   (Yates Racing) Ford 500 40880 running 28 170 4 1 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Chevrolet 500 50390 running 3 165 5 8 6   Mark Martin Valvoline   (Jack Roush) Ford 500 48820 running 103 160 6 2 1   Rick Mast Hooters   (Richard Jackson) Pontiac 500 33740 running 0 150 7 33 22   Ward Burton MBNA America   (Bill Davis) Pontiac 500 35490 running 39 151 8 24 42   Kyle Petty Coors Light   (Felix Sabates) Pontiac 500 29890 running 0 142 9 23 21   Michael Waltrip Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 500 28740 running 0 138 10 40 43   Bobby Hamilton STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 500 33190 running 2 139 11 5 7   Geoffrey Bodine QVC   (Geoffrey Bodine) Ford 500 31090 running 0 130 12 34 77   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Jasper Engines   (Doug Bawel) Ford 500 19890 running 4 132 13 21 9   Lake Speed Spam / Melling   (Harry Melling) Ford 499 26490 running 0 124 14 10 98   John Andretti RCA   (Cale Yarborough) Ford 498 19090 running 0 121 15 36 37   Jeremy Mayfield Kmart / Little Caesars   (Michael Kranefuss) Ford 498 26890 running 0 118 16 20 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 498 31515 running 11 120 17 26 4   Sterling Marlin Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 498 31515 running 1 117 18 13 75   Morgan Shepherd Remington Arms   (Butch Mock) Ford 498 18100 running 0 109 19 16 31   Mike Skinner RealTree Camouflage   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 498 14215 running 0 106 20 18 81   Kenny Wallace Square D   (Fil Martocci) Ford 498 15965 running 0 103 21 4 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 496 30515 running 57 105 22 12 25   Ken Schrader Budweiser   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 496 24765 running 0 97 23 7 90   Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 495 17615 running 0 94 24 30 30   Johnny Benson, Jr. Pennzoil   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 492 25465 running 0 91 25 35 87   Joe Nemechek Burger King   (Joe Nemechek) Chevrolet 490 24490 crash 0 88 26 38 71   Dave Marcis Prodigy   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 490 17140 running 0 85 27 37 11   Brett Bodine Lowe's   (Brett Bodine) Ford 486 23990 running 0 82 28 27 94   Bill Elliott McDonald's   (Bill Elliott) Ford 483 23840 running 0 79 29 25 15   Wally Dallenbach, Jr. Hayes Modems   (Bud Moore) Ford 483 23690 running 0 76 30 39 23   Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes   (Travis Carter) Ford 472 23640 running 0 73 31 15 12   Derrike Cope Badcock   (Bobby Allison) Ford 466 23090 crash 0 70 32 28 33   Robert Pressley Skoal Bandit   (Leo Jackson) Chevrolet 461 20530 crash 1 72 33 17 16   Ted Musgrave Family Channel / Primestar   (Jack Roush) Ford 455 20480 crash 0 64 34 14 10   Ricky Rudd Tide   (Ricky Rudd) Ford 433 28430 running 0 61 35 22 41   Ricky Craven Kodiak   (Larry Hedrick) Chevrolet 202 20230 crash 0 58 36 19 28   Ernie Irvan Texaco / Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 199 29205 crash 47 60 37 32 95   Gary Bradberry Shoney's Restaurants   (Sadler Brothers) Ford 156 13205 crash 0 52 38 11 8   Hut Stricklin Circuit City   (Stavola Brothers) Ford 91 13205 crash 0 49 39 41 17   Darrell Waltrip Parts America   (Darrell Waltrip) Chevrolet 74 20205 engine 0 46 40 29 99   Jeff Burton Exide Batteries   (Jack Roush) Ford 4 13205 crash 0 43 41 31 29   Chad Little Cartoon Network   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 3 20205 crash 0 40

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 42 Eric Smith 49 Campbell Racing Eileen Campbell Ford Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 4 4     5 17 13   #29,99 accident backstretch   18 70 53     71 75 5   competition   76 90 15     91 95 5   #8 accident turn 2   96 142 47     143 146 4   debris backstretch   147 158 12     159 163 5   #41,95 accident turn 2   164 200 37     201 206 6   #28 accident turn 3   207 277 71     278 296 19   debris   297 336 40     337 342 6   #33 accident turn 1   343 349 7     350 353 4   #4,94 accident frontstretch   354 447 94     448 452 5   debris backstretch   453 456 4     457 465 9   #11,15,16,23 accident frontstretch   466 471 6     472 476 5   #12 accident turn 3   477 485 9     486 487 2   #33 accident   488 493 6     494 496 3   #87 accident turn 3   497 500 4       Percent of race run under caution: 18.2%             Average green flag run: 27.3 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Labonte 1 3 3   Terry Labonte 4 41 38   Jeff Gordon 42 75 34   Mark Martin 76 97 22   Ernie Irvan 98 109 12   Mark Martin 110 143 34   Sterling Marlin 144 144 1   Terry Labonte 145 148 4   Mark Martin 149 151 3   Terry Labonte 152 164 13   Ernie Irvan 165 199 35   Terry Labonte 200 201 2   Robert Pressley 202 202 1   Jeff Gordon 203 207 5   Dale Earnhardt 208 218 11   Mark Martin 219 257 39   Jeff Gordon 258 273 16   Mark Martin 274 278 5   Bobby Hamilton 279 280 2   Ward Burton 281 319 39   Dale Jarrett 320 337 18   Jeff Gordon 338 346 9   Dale Jarrett 347 348 2   Jeff Gordon 349 424 76   Bobby Hillin, Jr. 425 428 4   Dale Jarrett 429 433 5   Jeff Gordon 434 445 12   Dale Jarrett 446 448 3   Jeff Gordon 449 500 52 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Jeff Gordon 3723     2   Terry Labonte 3647   -76   3   Dale Jarrett 3626   -97   4   Dale Earnhardt 3444   -279   5   Mark Martin 3345   -378   6   Ricky Rudd 3069   -654   7   Rusty Wallace 3057   -666   7   Ken Schrader 3057   -666   9   Ernie Irvan 3022   -701   10   Sterling Marlin 2998   -725   11   Bobby Labonte 2835   -888   12   Ted Musgrave 2801   -922   13   Bobby Hamilton 2797   -926   14   Jimmy Spencer 2778   -945   14   Michael Waltrip 2778   -945   16   Jeff Burton 2735   -988   17   Rick Mast 2540   -1183   18   Geoffrey Bodine 2538   -1185   19   Ricky Craven 2515   -1208   20   Morgan Shepherd 2501   -1222   21   Johnny Benson, Jr. 2467   -1256