| 1996 TranSouth Financial 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 5 of 31 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $950,617 | Race Date: | Mar 24, 1996 | Darlington Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 1.400 Seconds | Race Duration: | 3Hr 12Min 26Sec. | Darlington, South Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 15 Among / 9 Drivers | Average Speed: | 124.792 MPH | 1.366 Mile Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 41 | No. of Cautions: | 11 For 56 Laps | darlingtonraceway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Jeff Gordon J. Gordon | Driver: | Ward Burton W. Burton | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #24 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #22 Pontiac | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Hendrick Motorsports | Team: | Bill Davis Racing | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Ray Evernham | Crew Chief: | ||||||
| Laps Led: | 189 of 293 | Pole Speed: | 173.797 MPH | |||||
| Official 1996 TranSouth Financial 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 |  | 185 | 293 | 189 |
| 2 | 13 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries | Running | | 175 | 293 | 38 |
| 3 | 14 | 41 | Ricky Craven | Kodiak | Running |  | 165 | 293 | 0 |
| 4 | 8 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Genuine Draft | Running | | 160 | 293 | 0 |
| 5 | 17 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's Corn Flakes | Running | | 155 | 293 | 0 |
| 6 | 16 | 6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline | Running | | 150 | 293 | 0 |
| 7 | 18 | 16 | Ted Musgrave | The Family Channel / PRIMESTAR | Running | | 146 | 293 | 0 |
| 8 | 4 | 75 | Morgan Shepherd | Remington Arms | Running | | 142 | 292 | 0 |
| 9 | 24 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Tide | Running | | 138 | 292 | 0 |
| 10 | 21 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Exide Batteries | Running | | 139 | 292 | 15 |
| 11 | 33 | 4 | Sterling Marlin | Kodak Films | Running | | 135 | 292 | 20 |
| 12 | 39 | 42 | Kyle Petty | Coors Light | Running |  | 127 | 292 | 0 |
| 13 | 5 | 94 | Bill Elliott | McDonald's | Running | | 124 | 292 | 0 |
| 14 | 27 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Service | Running | | 126 | 292 | 1 |
| 15 | 3 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Quality Care / Ford Credit | | 123 | 291 | 10 | |
| 16 | 23 | 43 | Bobby Hamilton | STP | | 115 | 291 | 0 | |
| 17 | 7 | 81 | Kenny Wallace | Square D / TIC Financial Systems | Running | | 112 | 291 | 0 |
| 18 | 9 | 98 | Jeremy Mayfield | RCA | Running | | 109 | 291 | 0 |
| 19 | 11 | 1 | Rick Mast | Hooters | Running | | 106 | 290 | 0 |
| 20 | 34 | 8 | Hut Stricklin | Circuit City | Running | | 103 | 290 | 0 |
| 21 | 41 | 90 | Mike Wallace | Heilig-Meyers | Running | | 100 | 289 | 0 |
| 22 | 19 | 7 | Geoffrey Bodine | QVC | Running | | 97 | 289 | 0 |
| 23 | 37 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Prodigy Services | Running | | 99 | 289 | 1 |
| 24 | 38 | 30 | Johnny Benson, Jr. (R) | Pennzoil | Handling | | 91 | 288 | 0 |
| 25 | 25 | 9 | Lake Speed | Spam | Out of Fuel | | 88 | 283 | 0 |
| 26 | 28 | 29 | Steve Grissom | Cartoon Network | Running | | 85 | 282 | 0 |
| 27 | 15 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Lowe's | Engine | | 82 | 281 | 0 |
| 28 | 6 | 25 | Ken Schrader | Budweiser | Running | | 79 | 281 | 0 |
| 29 | 29 | 21 | Michael Waltrip | CITGO | Running | | 76 | 277 | 0 |
| 30 | 10 | 27 | Elton Sawyer | David Blair Motorsports | Out of Fuel | | 73 | 268 | 0 |
| 31 | 40 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Burger King | Handling | | 70 | 242 | 0 |
| 32 | 12 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer | Camel Cigarettes | Running | | 67 | 233 | 0 |
| 33 | 32 | 28 | Ernie Irvan | Texaco / Havoline | Running | | 64 | 230 | 0 |
| 34 | 30 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Parts America | Handling | | 61 | 203 | 0 |
| 35 | 22 | 19 | Dick Trickle | HealthSource | Handling | | 58 | 165 | 0 |
| 36 | 31 | 33 | Robert Pressley | Skoal Bandit | Accident | | 60 | 161 | 12 |
| 37 | 36 | 15 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | Hayes Modems | Accident | | 52 | 152 | 0 |
| 38 | 1 | 22 | Ward Burton | MBNA America | Accident | | 54 | 137 | 7 |
| 39 | 20 | 12 | Derrike Cope | Mane 'N Tail | Engine | | 46 | 130 | 0 |
| 40 | 35 | 37 | John Andretti | Kmart / Little Caesars | Accident | | 43 | 87 | 0 |
| 41 | 26 | 77 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | Jasper Engines & Transmissions | Accident | | 40 | 29 | 0 |
