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1996 Miller 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 17 of 31 Sunday, July 21, 1996 at Pocono Raceway, Long Pond, PA 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:27:03 Average speed: 144.892 mph Pole speed: 168.41 mph Cautions: 4 for 17 laps Margin of victory: .3 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 23 Glossary    1996 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1996 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 13 2   Rusty Wallace Miller   (Roger Penske) Ford 200 59165 running 30 180 2 7 10   Ricky Rudd Tide   (Ricky Rudd) Ford 200 56615 running 9 175 3 20 88   Dale Jarrett Quality Care / Ford Credit   (Yates Racing) Ford 200 35705 running 13 170 4 35 28   Ernie Irvan Texaco / Havoline   (Yates Racing) Ford 200 44590 running 10 165 5 6 30   Johnny Benson, Jr. Pennzoil   (Chuck Rider) Pontiac 200 36400 running 5 160 6 17 4   Sterling Marlin Kodak Film   (Larry McClure) Chevrolet 200 35925 running 0 150 7 15 24   Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 200 35825 running 1 151 8 11 9   Lake Speed Spam   (Harry Melling) Ford 200 24925 running 0 142 9 1 6   Mark Martin Valvoline   (Jack Roush) Ford 200 46950 running 121 148 10 10 12   Derrike Cope Badcock   (Bobby Allison) Ford 200 27825 running 0 134 11 4 7   Geoffrey Bodine QVC   (Geoffrey Bodine) Ford 200 22975 running 3 135 12 32 98   Jeremy Mayfield RCA   (Cale Yarborough) Ford 199 15625 running 0 127 13 24 21   Michael Waltrip Citgo   (Wood Brothers) Ford 199 22325 running 0 124 14 8 3   Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service   (Richard Childress) Chevrolet 199 27925 running 0 121 15 22 25   Ken Schrader Budweiser / U.S. Olympic Team   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 199 22925 running 0 118 16 21 5   Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes   (Rick Hendrick) Chevrolet 199 27025 running 0 115 17 2 75   Morgan Shepherd Remington Arms   (Butch Mock) Ford 199 14525 running 2 117 18 33 90   Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers   (Junie Donlavey) Ford 199 14225 running 0 109 19 28 16   Ted Musgrave Family Channel / Primestar   (Jack Roush) Ford 199 20975 running 0 106 20 34 41   Ricky Craven Kodiak   (Larry Hedrick) Chevrolet 199 22550 running 0 103 21 12 94   Bill Elliott McDonald's   (Bill Elliott) Ford 199 20425 running 0 100 22 5 22   Ward Burton MBNA America   (Bill Davis) Pontiac 199 24825 running 0 97 23 36 37   John Andretti Kmart / Little Caesars   (Michael Kranefuss) Ford 199 20100 running 0 94 24 18 23   Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes   (Travis Carter) Ford 198 19950 running 0 91 25 39 33   Robert Pressley Skoal Bandit   (Leo Jackson) Chevrolet 198 19975 running 0 88 26 26 42   Kyle Petty Coors Light   (Felix Sabates) Pontiac 198 19625 running 1 90 27 16 11   Brett Bodine Lowe's   (Brett Bodine) Ford 198 19475 running 0 82 28 29 71   Dave Marcis Prodigy   (Dave Marcis) Chevrolet 197 12425 running 0 79 29 38 29   Greg Sacks Cartoon Network   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 197 18875 running 3 81 30 23 1   Rick Mast Hooters   (Richard Jackson) Pontiac 196 16325 running 0 73 31 19 78   Randy MacDonald Diamond Rio   (Jim Wilson) Ford 195 9275 running 0 70 32 40 8   Hut Stricklin Circuit City   (Stavola Brothers) Ford 194 9225 running 0 67 33 27 15   Wally Dallenbach, Jr. Hayes Modems   (Bud Moore) Ford 189 16175 running 0 64 34 14 87   Joe Nemechek Burger King   (Joe Nemechek) Chevrolet 179 16050 crash 2 66 35 9 99   Jeff Burton Exide Batteries   (Jack Roush) Ford 176 8975 running 0 58 36 25 81   Kenny Wallace Square D / T.I.C.   (Fil Martocci) Ford 175 8900 engine 0 55 37 3 18   Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries   (Joe Gibbs) Chevrolet 168 24835 engine 0 52 38 30 77   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Jasper Engines / Federal Mogul   (Doug Bawel) Ford 139 8125 engine 0 49 39 31 43   Bobby Hamilton STP   (Petty Enterprises) Pontiac 6 16125 crash 0 46 40 41 17   Darrell Waltrip Parts America   (Darrell Waltrip) Chevrolet 4 15125 crash 0 43 41 37 14   Jeff Green Racing For Kids   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 2 8125 crash 0 40

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 2 2     3 6 4   #14,17,23,43 accident turn 3   7 160 154     161 165 5   debris turn 2   166 177 12     178 182 5   #81 engine   183 183 1     184 186 3   #11,87 accident turn 1   187 200 14       Percent of race run under caution: 8.5%             Average green flag run: 36.6 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Mark Martin 1 36 36   Jeff Gordon 37 37 1   Greg Sacks 38 40 3   Joe Nemechek 41 42 2   Geoffrey Bodine 43 45 3   Mark Martin 46 66 21   Ernie Irvan 67 72 6   Morgan Shepherd 73 73 1   Kyle Petty 74 74 1   Mark Martin 75 87 13   Ernie Irvan 99 99 1   Mark Martin 100 100 1   Ernie Irvan 101 102 2   Dale Jarrett 103 104 2   Ernie Irvan 105 105 1   Mark Martin 106 107 2   Morgan Shepherd 108 108 1   Johnny Benson, Jr. 109 109 1   Dale Jarrett 110 120 11   Mark Martin 121 142 22   Johnny Benson, Jr. 143 146 4   Mark Martin 147 161 15   Ricky Rudd 162 170 9   Rusty Wallace 171 200 30 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 1   Terry Labonte 2531     2   Dale Earnhardt 2519   -12   3   Jeff Gordon 2451   -80   4   Dale Jarrett 2374   -157   5   Ricky Rudd 2208   -323   6   Sterling Marlin 2204   -327   7   Ken Schrader 2131   -400   8   Rusty Wallace 2113   -418   9   Ted Musgrave 2040   -491   10   Ernie Irvan 2023   -508   11   Mark Martin 2022   -509   12   Michael Waltrip 1955   -576   13   Bobby Hamilton 1917   -614   14   Ricky Craven 1910   -621   15   Jeff Burton 1886   -645   16   Jimmy Spencer 1860   -671   17   Bobby Labonte 1770   -761   18   Rick Mast 1754   -777   19   Jeremy Mayfield 1684   -847   20   Wally Dallenbach, Jr. 1658   -873   21   Kyle Petty 1642   -889