1996 Save Mart Supermarkets 300

Race 10 of 31

Sonoma
74 laps
Time of race: 2:26:03
Average speed of winner: 77.673 mph
Margin of victory: 0.46 sec.
Lead changes: 8 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 10 laps
Lap leaders: T. Labonte 1-13, R. Wallace 14-23, Earnhardt 24-30, Marcis 31-32, R. Wallace 33-51, Mast 52, Kendall 53-56, Gordon 57-68, R. Wallace 69-74

Race notes: Debut for Larry Gunselman and Jeff Krogh. Finale for Scott Gaylord and Rich Woodland, Jr.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	91.761	74	3	35	running	58395	185
2	4	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	92.138	74	0	0	running	58640	170
3	10	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	15	Hayes Modems	Ford	Moore	Means	91.628	74	0	0	running	50850	165
4	5	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	David Smith	92.075	74	1	7	running	39160	165
5	1	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	92.524	74	1	13	running	41995	160
6	6	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	91.942	74	1	12	running	48145	155
7	2	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Broome	92.189	74	0	0	running	31195	146
8	12	Ken Schrader	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammer	91.493	74	0	0	running	26495	142
9	21	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Makar	91.103	74	0	0	running	29945	138
10	15	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	91.307	74	0	0	running	36740	134
11	25	John Andretti	37	Kmart/Little Caesar's	Ford	Kranefuss	Brewer	90.769	74	0	0	running	24430	130
12	20	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	91.145	74	0	0	running	20530	127
13	35	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	90.330	74	0	0	running	19230	124
14	27	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Peterson	91.027	74	0	0	running	23130	121
15	14	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover	91.335	74	0	0	running	29130	118
16	26	Lake Speed	9	Spam	Ford	Melling	Long	91.062	74	0	0	running	22880	115
17	19	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	91.279	74	0	0	running	22205	112
18	31	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	90.718	74	0	0	running	23055	109
19	38	Rick Mast	1	Hooters	Pontiac	Richard Jackson	Hamlin	90.303	74	1	1	running	21830	111
20	13	Brett Bodine	11	Lowe's	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	91.406	74	0	0	running	23505	103
21	22	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	90.996	74	0	0	running	21505	100
22	16	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	91.303	74	0	0	running	21355	97
23	11	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Comstock	91.550	74	0	0	running	21230	94
24	24	Morgan Shepherd	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Selberg	90.840	74	0	0	running	14060	91
25	40	Steve Grissom	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge	Ingle	provisional	74	0	0	running	21150	88
26	39	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	provisional	74	0	0	running	10730	85
27	33	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D/T.I.C.	Ford	FilMar	Martin	90.516	74	0	0	running	10705	82
28	32	Tommy Kendall	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	90.713	73	1	4	running	20730	84
29	36	Dick Trickle	19	HealthSource	Ford	Mark Smith		90.325	73	0	0	running	10620	76
30	8	Kyle Petty	42	Coors Light	Pontiac	SABCO	Woodruff	91.750	73	0	0	running	20590	73
31	3	Ricky Craven	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	92.161	73	0	0	running	20840	70
32	37	Jeremy Mayfield	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	90.318	73	0	0	running	12790	67
33	41	Dave Marcis	71	Prodigy	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	provisional	73	1	2	running	10255	69
34	30	Robert Pressley	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Leo Jackson	Petree	90.790	72	0	0	running	17240	61
35	28	Jeff Krogh	14	Clearwater Forest Industries	Chevrolet	Krogh		90.959	71	0	0	running	10215	58
36	43	Larry Gunselman	35	Race Stuff/Olson Technology	Ford	Tamara Turner		provisional	70	0	0	running	10200	55
37	44	Rich Woodland, Jr.	38	Bill Stroppe Motorsports	Chevrolet	Woodland		provisional	68	0	0	running	10095	52
38	29	Scott Gaylord	00	Oliver Gravity Separators	Chevrolet	Gaylord		90.853	67	0	0	running	10095	49
39	17	Derrike Cope	12	Straight Arrow	Ford	Allison	Fennig	91.291	65	0	0	accident	17095	46
40	23	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Andrews	90.918	65	0	0	running	17095	43
41	9	Joe Nemechek	87	Burger King	Chevrolet	Nemechek	Buice	91.656	64	0	0	running	17095	40
42	18	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McReynolds	91.280	61	0	0	running	26095	37
43	34	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper		90.494	55	0	0	running	10095	34
44	42	Mike Wallace	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	provisional	52	0	0	rear end	10095	31

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	1556	10	1	2	8	8
2	Dale Jarrett	1441	10	0	1	4	5
3	Terry Labonte	1425	10	4	1	6	7
4	Jeff Gordon	1369	10	0	3	6	7
5	Sterling Marlin	1293	10	0	1	2	4
6	Ricky Rudd	1289	10	0	0	1	6
7	Rusty Wallace	1255	10	0	2	4	5
8	Ricky Craven	1244	10	1	0	2	4
9	Ted Musgrave	1230	10	0	0	1	5
10	Ken Schrader	1206	10	0	0	1	5
11	Bobby Hamilton	1195	10	0	0	0	3
12	Bobby Labonte	1176	10	0	0	1	5
13	Mark Martin	1175	10	1	0	4	5
14	Michael Waltrip	1086	10	0	0	1	4
15	Rick Mast	1081	10	0	0	0	1
16	Jeremy Mayfield	1062	10	0	0	2	2
17	Jeff Burton	1050	9	0	0	2	3
18	Kenny Wallace	1027	10	0	0	0	1
19	Ernie Irvan	1019	10	1	0	2	3
20	Kyle Petty	1017	10	0	0	0	0
21	Bill Elliott	1015	9	0	0	0	3
22	Robert Pressley	970	10	0	0	1	2
23	Jimmy Spencer	959	10	0	0	0	1
24	Hut Stricklin	948	10	0	0	0	0
25	Brett Bodine	915	10	0	0	0	0