| 1996 Pontiac Excitement 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 3 of 31 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $985,330 | Race Date: | Mar 3, 1996 | Richmond Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | .560 Seconds | Race Duration: | 2Hr 55Min 11Sec. | Richmond, Virginia | |
| Lead Changes: | 25 Among / 11 Drivers | Average Speed: | 102.750 MPH | .750 Mile D-Shaped Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 40 | No. of Cautions: | 8 For 36 Laps | richmondraceway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Jeff Gordon J. Gordon | Driver: | Terry Labonte T. Labonte | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #24 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #5 Chevrolet | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Hendrick Motorsports | Team: | Hendrick Motorsports | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Ray Evernham | Crew Chief: | Gary Dehart | |||||
| Laps Led: | 124 of 400 | Pole Speed: | 123.728 MPH | |||||
| Official 1996 Pontiac Excitement 400 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 2 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont | Running |  | 180 | 400 | 124 |
| 2 | 11 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Quality Care / Ford Credit | Running |  | 175 | 400 | 23 |
| 3 | 15 | 16 | Ted Musgrave | The Family Channel / PRIMESTAR | Running | | 165 | 400 | 0 |
| 4 | 21 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Exide Batteries | Running | | 165 | 400 | 54 |
| 5 | 5 | 6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline | Running | | 155 | 400 | 0 |
| 6 | 3 | 43 | Bobby Hamilton | STP | Running | | 160 | 400 | 129 |
| 7 | 14 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Genuine Draft | Running | | 151 | 400 | 26 |
| 8 | 1 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's Corn Flakes | Running | | 147 | 400 | 3 |
| 9 | 34 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Tide | Running | | 138 | 400 | 0 |
| 10 | 6 | 94 | Bill Elliott | McDonald's | Running | | 139 | 400 | 26 |
| 11 | 16 | 4 | Sterling Marlin | Kodak Films | Running | | 130 | 400 | 0 |
| 12 | 38 | 37 | John Andretti | Kmart / Little Caesars | Running |  | 127 | 400 | 0 |
| 13 | 28 | 22 | Ward Burton | MBNA America | Running | | 124 | 400 | 0 |
| 14 | 13 | 25 | Ken Schrader | Budweiser | Running | | 121 | 399 | 0 |
| 15 | 10 | 81 | Kenny Wallace | Square D | Running | | 118 | 399 | 0 |
| 16 | 23 | 33 | Robert Pressley | Skoal Bandit | Running | | 120 | 399 | 1 |
| 17 | 4 | 41 | Ricky Craven | Kodiak | Running | | 112 | 399 | 0 |
| 18 | 39 | 9 | Lake Speed | Spam | Running | | 109 | 399 | 0 |
| 19 | 18 | 1 | Rick Mast | Hooters | Running | | 106 | 399 | 0 |
| 20 | 36 | 42 | Kyle Petty | Coors Light | Running | | 103 | 399 | 0 |
| 21 | 7 | 29 | Steve Grissom | Cartoon Network | Running | | 100 | 399 | 0 |
| 22 | 27 | 12 | Derrike Cope | Badcock Home Furnishing | Running | | 97 | 398 | 0 |
| 23 | 37 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries | Running | | 94 | 398 | 0 |
| 24 | 25 | 90 | Mike Wallace | Heilig-Meyers | Running | | 91 | 397 | 0 |
| 25 | 24 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Lowe's | Running | | 88 | 397 | 0 |
| 26 | 40 | 77 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | Jasper Engines & Transmissions | Running | | 85 | 397 | 0 |
| 27 | 12 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Parts America | Running | | 82 | 396 | 0 |
| 28 | 29 | 98 | Jeremy Mayfield | RCA | Running | | 79 | 395 | 0 |
| 29 | 30 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer | Camel Cigarettes | Running | | 81 | 394 | 1 |
| 30 | 20 | 27 | Elton Sawyer | David Blair Motorsports | Running | | 73 | 394 | 0 |
| 31 | 9 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Service | Running | | 70 | 393 | 0 |
| 32 | 22 | 75 | Morgan Shepherd | Remington Arms | Running | | 67 | 392 | 0 |
| 33 | 19 | 7 | Geoffrey Bodine | QVC | Running | | 69 | 392 | 10 |
| 34 | 8 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Burger King | Running | | 61 | 391 | 0 |
| 35 | 32 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Prodigy Services | Running | | 63 | 391 | 3 |
| 36 | 35 | 21 | Michael Waltrip | CITGO | Accident | | 55 | 386 | 0 |
| 37 | 33 | 30 | Johnny Benson, Jr. (R) | Pennzoil | Running | | 52 | 386 | 0 |
| 38 | 26 | 28 | Ernie Irvan | Texaco / Havoline | Overheating | | 49 | 379 | 0 |
| 39 | 31 | 8 | Hut Stricklin | Circuit City | Running | | 46 | 288 | 0 |
| 40 | 17 | 15 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | Hayes Modems | Accident | | 43 | 19 | 0 |
