| 1996 Tyson / Holly Farms 400 NASCAR Cup Series Race 27 of 31 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $809,171 | Race Date: | Sep 29, 1996 | North Wilkesboro Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 1.730 Seconds | Race Duration: | 2Hr 34Min 54Sec. | North Wilkesboro, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 18 Among / 8 Drivers | Average Speed: | 96.837 MPH | .625 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 37 | No. of Cautions: | 4 For 29 Laps | savethespeedway.net/history.html | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Jeff Gordon J. Gordon | Driver: | Ted Musgrave T. Musgrave | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #24 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #16 Ford | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Hendrick Motorsports | Team: | Roush Racing | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Ray Evernham | Crew Chief: | ||||||
| Laps Led: | 207 of 400 | Pole Speed: | 118.054 MPH | |||||
| Official 1996 Tyson / Holly Farms 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 Refinishes | Running |  | 185 | 400 | 207 |
| 2 | 11 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Service | Running | | 175 | 400 | 35 |
| 3 | 30 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Quality Care / Ford Credit | Running |  | 165 | 400 | 0 |
| 4 | 14 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Exide Batteries | Running | | 165 | 400 | 2 |
| 5 | 16 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's Corn Flakes | Running | | 155 | 400 | 0 |
| 6 | 28 | 1 | Rick Mast | Hooters | Running |  | 150 | 400 | 0 |
| 7 | 21 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Tide | Running | | 151 | 400 | 17 |
| 8 | 3 | 43 | Bobby Hamilton | STP | Running | | 147 | 400 | 48 |
| 9 | 4 | 6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline | Running | | 143 | 400 | 29 |
| 10 | 9 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Genuine Draft | Running | | 139 | 400 | 43 |
| 11 | 13 | 4 | Sterling Marlin | Kodak Film | Running | | 130 | 400 | 0 |
| 12 | 10 | 21 | Michael Waltrip | CITGO | Running | | 127 | 399 | 0 |
| 13 | 18 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries | Running | | 124 | 399 | 0 |
| 14 | 19 | 75 | Morgan Shepherd | Remington Arms | Running | | 121 | 399 | 0 |
| 15 | 27 | 81 | Kenny Wallace | Square D | Running | | 118 | 399 | 0 |
| 16 | 26 | 8 | Hut Stricklin | Circuit City | Running | | 115 | 399 | 0 |
| 17 | 6 | 30 | Johnny Benson, Jr. (R) | Pennzoil | Running | | 112 | 398 | 0 |
| 18 | 24 | 25 | Ken Schrader | Budweiser | Running | | 109 | 398 | 0 |
| 19 | 1 | 16 | Ted Musgrave | Family Channel / Primestar | Running | | 106 | 398 | 0 |
| 20 | 32 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer | Camel Cigarettes | Running | | 103 | 398 | 0 |
| 21 | 12 | 94 | Bill Elliott | McDonald's | Running | | 100 | 398 | 0 |
| 22 | 20 | 41 | Ricky Craven | Kodiak | Running | | 97 | 397 | 0 |
| 23 | 31 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Lowe's | Running | | 94 | 397 | 0 |
| 24 | 23 | 98 | John Andretti | RCA | Running | | 91 | 397 | 0 |
| 25 | 34 | 9 | Lake Speed | Spam | Running | | 88 | 397 | 0 |
| 26 | 29 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Burger King | Running | | 85 | 396 | 0 |
| 27 | 37 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Parts America | Running | | 82 | 396 | 0 |
| 28 | 15 | 37 | Jeremy Mayfield | Kmart / Little Caesars | Running | | 79 | 395 | 0 |
| 29 | 22 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Prodigy Services | Running | | 76 | 395 | 0 |
| 30 | 33 | 7 | Geoffrey Bodine | QVC | Running | | 73 | 394 | 0 |
| 31 | 25 | 42 | Kyle Petty | Coors Light | Running | | 70 | 394 | 0 |
| 32 | 36 | 29 | Jeff Green | Cartoon Network | Running | | 67 | 394 | 0 |
| 33 | 35 | 33 | Robert Pressley | Skoal Bandit | Running | | 64 | 392 | 0 |
| 34 | 17 | 15 | Wally Dallenbach, Jr. | Hayes Modems | Running | | 61 | 391 | 0 |
| 35 | 8 | 77 | Bobby Hillin, Jr. | Jasper Engines / Federal Mogul | Running | | 58 | 389 | 0 |
| 36 | 5 | 28 | Ernie Irvan | Texaco Havoline | Running | | 60 | 388 | 19 |
| 37 | 7 | 12 | Derrike Cope | Badcock Home Furnishing | Running | | 52 | 369 | 0 |
