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1996 DieHard 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 18 of 31
Sunday, July 28, 1996 at Talladega Superspeedway, Talladega, AL
188 laps* on a 2.660 mile paved track (500.080 miles)

Time of race: 2:34:21
Average speed: 133.387 mph
Pole speed: 192.37 mph

Cautions: 5 for 35 laps
Margin of victory: .146 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 24

Glossary 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1996 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	24	Jeff Gordon	DuPont Refinishes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	129	272550	running	37	180
2	3	88	Dale Jarrett	Quality Care / Ford Credit (Yates Racing)	Ford	129	55070	running	5	175
3	8	6	Mark Martin	Valvoline (Jack Roush)	Ford	129	53980	running	7	170
4	6	28	Ernie Irvan	Texaco / Havoline (Yates Racing)	Ford	129	44455	running	1	165
5	15	23	Jimmy Spencer	Camel Cigarettes (Travis Carter)	Ford	129	50025	running	0	155
6	40	7	Geoffrey Bodine	QVC (Geoffrey Bodine)	Ford	129	40175	running	0	150
7	7	99	Jeff Burton	Exide Batteries (Jack Roush)	Ford	129	23475	running	0	146
8	24	18	Bobby Labonte	Interstate Batteries / Joe Gibbs Hall of Fame (Joe Gibbs)	Chevrolet	129	33425	running	0	142
9	9	17	Darrell Waltrip	Parts America (Darrell Waltrip)	Chevrolet	129	27795	running	0	138
10	32	2	Rusty Wallace	Miller (Roger Penske)	Ford	129	31925	running	0	134
11	21	71	Dave Marcis	Prodigy (Dave Marcis)	Chevrolet	129	19955	running	3	135
12	18	42	Kyle Petty	Coors Light (Felix Sabates)	Pontiac	129	26575	running	0	127
13	39	94	Bill Elliott	McDonald's (Bill Elliott)	Ford	129	26255	running	0	124
14	36	75	Morgan Shepherd	Remington Arms (Butch Mock)	Ford	129	18985	running	0	121
15	42	87	Joe Nemechek	Burger King (Joe Nemechek)	Chevrolet	129	26710	running	0	118
16	1	98	Jeremy Mayfield	RCA (Cale Yarborough)	Ford	129	24375	running	12	120
17	37	43	Bobby Hamilton	STP (Petty Enterprises)	Pontiac	128	25110	running	0	112
18	10	30	Johnny Benson, Jr.	Pennzoil (Chuck Rider)	Pontiac	128	25905	running	0	109
19	27	41	Ricky Craven	Kodiak (Larry Hedrick)	Chevrolet	128	24625	running	0	106
20	12	81	Kenny Wallace	Square D / T.I.C. (Fil Martocci)	Ford	127	19085	running	0	103
21	31	19	Loy Allen, Jr.	Healthsource (Mark Smith)	Ford	126	17005	running	0	100
22	41	11	Brett Bodine	Lowe's (Brett Bodine)	Ford	126	23595	running	0	97
23	38	95	Gary Bradberry	Shoney's Restaurants (Sadler Brothers)	Ford	121	13495	running	0	94
24	29	5	Terry Labonte	Kellogg's Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	120	29715	crash	0	91
25	34	29	Greg Sacks	Cartoon Network (Gary Bechtel)	Chevrolet	119	23335	crash	0	88
26	26	25	Ken Schrader	Budweiser / U.S. Olympic Team (Rick Hendrick)	Chevrolet	119	23060	crash	0	85
27	23	12	Derrike Cope	Badcock (Bobby Allison)	Ford	117	22490	crash	0	82
28	4	3	Dale Earnhardt	GM Goodwrench Service (Richard Childress)	Chevrolet	117	31020	crash	40	89
29	16	4	Sterling Marlin	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	Chevrolet	117	29450	crash	19	81
30	5	9	Lake Speed	Spam / Melling (Harry Melling)	Ford	117	19830	crash	0	73
31	14	33	Robert Pressley	Skoal Bandit (Leo Jackson)	Chevrolet	117	19690	crash	1	75
32	35	15	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	Hayes Modems (Bud Moore)	Ford	117	19620	crash	0	67
33	33	22	Ward Burton	MBNA America (Bill Davis)	Pontiac	117	27540	crash	0	64
34	25	8	Hut Stricklin	Circuit City (Stavola Brothers)	Ford	114	12495	running	0	61
35	30	77	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Jasper Engines / Federal Mogul (Doug Bawel)	Ford	113	12465	running	0	58
36	17	16	Ted Musgrave	Family Channel / Primestar (Jack Roush)	Ford	113	19420	running	0	55
37	28	10	Ricky Rudd	Tide (Ricky Rudd)	Ford	113	27406	running	0	52
38	11	90	Dick Trickle	Heilig-Meyers (Junie Donlavey)	Ford	109	12250	crash	0	49
39	19	37	John Andretti	Kmart / Little Caesars (Michael Kranefuss)	Ford	102	19250	crash	4	51
40	20	44	Jeff Purvis	David Lee Murphy / MCA Nashville (James Finch)	Chevrolet	86	12250	engine	0	43
41	13	1	Rick Mast	Hooters (Richard Jackson)	Pontiac	85	19250	running	0	40
42	22	21	Michael Waltrip	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	Ford	16	19250	engine	0	37

* Race shortened to 129 laps due to rain/darkness.

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
43	Chad Little	97	Sterling Cowboy	Greg Pollex	Pontiac

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	12	12	green-yellow start
	13	26	14
	27	30	4	#1 accident backstretch
	31	57	27
	58	61	4	debris turn 3
	62	103	42
	104	111	8	#8,10,11,16,19,30,37,77,81,90,95,98 accident turn 4
	112	117	6
	118	124	7	#3,4,5,6,9,11,12,15,22,25,29,33,41 accident tri-oval
	125	129	5
Percent of race run under caution: 27.1% Average green flag run: 18.8 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Jeremy Mayfield	1	12	12
Jeff Gordon	13	15	3
Dale Earnhardt	16	26	11
Dave Marcis	27	27	1
Dale Jarrett	28	30	3
Dale Earnhardt	31	36	6
Sterling Marlin	37	44	8
Jeff Gordon	45	57	13
John Andretti	58	61	4
Robert Pressley	62	62	1
Mark Martin	63	63	1
Dale Earnhardt	64	66	3
Sterling Marlin	67	77	11
Dale Earnhardt	78	87	10
Jeff Gordon	88	97	10
Dale Earnhardt	98	103	6
Dave Marcis	104	105	2
Mark Martin	106	111	6
Dale Earnhardt	112	114	3
Jeff Gordon	115	115	1
Dale Earnhardt	116	116	1
Ernie Irvan	117	117	1
Jeff Gordon	118	124	7
Dale Jarrett	125	126	2
Jeff Gordon	127	129	3

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Jeff Gordon	2631
2	Terry Labonte	2622	-9
3	Dale Earnhardt	2608	-23
4	Dale Jarrett	2549	-82
5	Sterling Marlin	2285	-346
6	Ricky Rudd	2260	-371
7	Rusty Wallace	2247	-384
8	Ken Schrader	2216	-415
9	Mark Martin	2192	-439
10	Ernie Irvan	2188	-443
11	Ted Musgrave	2095	-536
12	Jeff Burton	2032	-599
13	Bobby Hamilton	2029	-602
14	Ricky Craven	2016	-615
15	Jimmy Spencer	2015	-616
16	Michael Waltrip	1992	-639
17	Bobby Labonte	1912	-719
18	Jeremy Mayfield	1804	-827
19	Rick Mast	1794	-837
20	Kyle Petty	1769	-862
21	Geoffrey Bodine	1735	-896