| 1996 Food City 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 6 of 31 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $890,768 | Race Date: | Mar 31, 1996 | Bristol Motor Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | Concluded Under Caution | Race Duration: | 1Hr 59Min 47Sec. | Bristol, Tennessee | |
| Lead Changes: | 7 Among / 7 Drivers | Average Speed: | 91.308 MPH | .533 Mile Concrete Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 37 | No. of Cautions: | 5 For 37 Laps | bristolmotorspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Jeff Gordon J. Gordon | Driver: | Mark Martin M. Martin | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #24 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #6 Ford | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Hendrick Motorsports | Team: | Roush Racing | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Ray Evernham | Crew Chief: | Steve Hmiel | |||||
| Laps Led: | 148 of 342 | Pole Speed: | 123.578 MPH | |||||
| Official 1996 Food City 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont | Running |  | 185 | 342 | 148 |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's Corn Flakes | Running | | 170 | 342 | 0 |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline | Running |  | 170 | 342 | 59 |
| 4 | 19 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Service | Running | | 160 | 342 | 0 |
| 5 | 11 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Genuine Draft | Running | | 160 | 342 | 76 |
| 6 | 7 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Quality Care / Ford Credit | Running | | 150 | 342 | 0 |
| 7 | 5 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries | Running | | 151 | 341 | 2 |
| 8 | 29 | 19 | Dick Trickle | HealthSource | Running | | 142 | 341 | 0 |
| 9 | 13 | 41 | Ricky Craven | Kodiak | Running | | 138 | 341 | 0 |
| 10 | 25 | 21 | Michael Waltrip | CITGO | Running | | 134 | 340 | 0 |
| 11 | 14 | 8 | Hut Stricklin | Circuit City | Running | | 130 | 340 | 0 |
| 12 | 32 | 1 | Rick Mast | Hooters | Running |  | 127 | 340 | 0 |
| 13 | 15 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer | Camel Cigarettes | Running | | 124 | 340 | 0 |
| 14 | 9 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Tide | Running | | 126 | 340 | 9 |
| 15 | 34 | 42 | Kyle Petty | Coors Light | Running | | 118 | 340 | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | 28 | Ernie Irvan | Texaco / Havoline | Running | | 115 | 340 | 0 |
| 17 | 23 | 33 | Robert Pressley | Skoal Bandit | Running | | 112 | 340 | 0 |
| 18 | 4 | 4 | Sterling Marlin | Kodak Films | Running | | 109 | 340 | 0 |
| 19 | 21 | 7 | Geoffrey Bodine | QVC | Running | | 106 | 340 | 0 |
| 20 | 22 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Lowe's | Running | | 103 | 339 | 0 |
| 21 | 35 | 98 | Jeremy Mayfield | RCA | Running | | 100 | 338 | 0 |
| 22 | 17 | 12 | Derrike Cope | Mane 'N Tail | Running | | 97 | 338 | 0 |
| 23 | 33 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Exide Batteries | Running | | 94 | 338 | 0 |
| 24 | 31 | 15 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | Hayes Modems | Running | | 91 | 338 | 0 |
| 25 | 30 | 16 | Ted Musgrave | The Family Channel / PRIMESTAR | Running | | 88 | 336 | 0 |
| 26 | 3 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Parts America | Accident | | 85 | 333 | 0 |
| 27 | 36 | 29 | Steve Grissom | Cartoon Network | Running | | 82 | 326 | 0 |
| 28 | 37 | 94 | Bill Elliott | McDonald's | Running | | 84 | 324 | 38 |
| 29 | 28 | 25 | Ken Schrader | Budweiser | Running | | 76 | 305 | 0 |
| 30 | 18 | 75 | Morgan Shepherd | Remington Arms | Running | | 73 | 304 | 0 |
| 31 | 20 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Burger King | Running | | 70 | 261 | 0 |
| 32 | 24 | 43 | Bobby Hamilton | STP | Running | | 67 | 203 | 0 |
| 33 | 12 | 22 | Ward Burton | MBNA America | Running | | 64 | 200 | 0 |
| 34 | 10 | 81 | Kenny Wallace | Square D / TIC Financial Systems | Running | | 61 | 184 | 0 |
| 35 | 26 | 9 | Lake Speed | Spam | Running | | 58 | 152 | 0 |
| 36 | 6 | 31 | Mike Skinner | Team Realtree | Accident | | 60 | 72 | 10 |
| 37 | 27 | 27 | Elton Sawyer | David Blair Motorsports | Accident | | 52 | 29 | 0 |
