1996 Goody's Headache Powder 500

Race 22 of 31

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 2:55:02
Average speed of winner: 91.267 mph
Margin of victory: 0.63 sec.
Lead changes: 8 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 67 laps
Lap leaders: Martin 1-9, Gordon 10-99, R. Wallace 100-170, Spencer 171-191, R. Wallace 192-269, Jarrett 270-287, R. Wallace 288-330, Gordon 331-339, R. Wallace 340-500

Race notes: Finale for Jim Sauter.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	124.050	500	4	353	running	77090	185
2	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	124.589	500	2	99	running	54590	175
3	1	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	124.857	500	1	9	running	46490	170
4	9	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	123.411	500	1	18	running	32980	165
5	3	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	124.154	500	0	0	running	37875	155
6	6	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	123.682	500	0	0	running	30865	150
7	15	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	122.898	500	1	21	running	39240	151
8	21	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	122.537	500	0	0	running	32440	142
9	13	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Broome	123.095	500	0	0	running	32115	138
10	35	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	provisional	500	0	0	running	35265	134
11	20	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Peterson	122.599	499	0	0	running	28015	130
12	28	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Comstock	122.248	498	0	0	running	27715	127
13	10	Ken Schrader	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammer	123.316	498	0	0	running	27565	124
14	19	Brett Bodine	11	Lowe's	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	122.607	498	0	0	running	27215	121
15	7	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D/T.I.C.	Ford	FilMar	Martin	123.459	497	0	0	running	21060	118
16	26	Lake Speed	9	Spam	Ford	Melling	Long	122.279	497	0	0	running	26560	115
17	36	Jeremy Mayfield	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	provisional	496	0	0	running	19410	112
18	11	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover	123.316	496	0	0	running	32260	109
19	16	Morgan Shepherd	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Selberg	122.866	495	0	0	running	19250	106
20	17	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	122.819	492	0	0	running	20910	103
21	4	Ricky Craven	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	124.082	492	0	0	running	25885	100
22	39	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	provisional	491	0	0	running	25735	97
23	38	Chad Little	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge	Ingle	provisional	486	0	0	running	25585	94
24	23	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	David Smith	122.411	476	0	0	running	32310	91
25	32	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	15	Hayes Modems	Ford	Moore	Means	121.875	473	0	0	running	25565	88
26	25	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	122.333	470	0	0	running	18210	85
27	24	Dave Marcis	71	Prodigy	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	122.380	470	0	0	running	18187	82
28	29	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	122.232	465	0	0	running	24635	79
29	37	Derrike Cope	12	Badcock Home Furnishing	Ford	Allison	Fennig	provisional	458	0	0	running	22110	76
30	27	Gary Bradberry	95	Shoney's Inn	Ford	Sadler Brothers		122.279	449	0	0	running	15060	73
31	33	Jim Sauter	42	Coors Light	Pontiac	SABCO	Kennedy	121.744	433	0	0	accident	22060	70
32	22	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Makar	122.529	408	0	0	accident	32060	67
33	31	Robert Pressley	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Leo Jackson	Petree	122.014	396	0	0	running	22060	64
34	14	Joe Nemechek	87	Burger King	Chevrolet	Nemechek	Buice	123.039	385	0	0	running	22060	61
35	30	Rick Mast	1	Hooters	Pontiac	Richard Jackson	Hamlin	122.209	374	0	0	accident	22060	58
36	8	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McReynolds	123.435	370	0	0	running	30060	55
37	18	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	122.725	348	0	0	running	15060	52
38	34	John Andretti	37	Kmart/Little Caesar's	Ford	Kranefuss	Brewer	121.651	340	0	0	accident	22060	49
39	12	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Andrews	123.285	206	0	0	oil leak	30060	46

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Terry Labonte	3292	22	4	1	14	17
2	Jeff Gordon	3178	22	5	6	14	17
3	Dale Jarrett	3165	22	0	4	11	14
4	Dale Earnhardt	3094	22	2	2	11	13
5	Mark Martin	2872	22	3	0	10	14
6	Ricky Rudd	2761	22	0	0	4	13
7	Rusty Wallace	2688	22	0	5	7	12
8	Ken Schrader	2671	22	0	0	2	9
9	Sterling Marlin	2639	22	0	2	4	8
10	Ernie Irvan	2636	22	1	1	10	12
11	Ted Musgrave	2543	22	0	0	1	6
12	Jimmy Spencer	2533	22	0	0	2	8
13	Michael Waltrip	2455	22	0	0	1	9
14	Jeff Burton	2452	21	1	0	3	8
15	Bobby Hamilton	2406	22	1	0	1	5
16	Bobby Labonte	2385	22	0	0	3	9
17	Ricky Craven	2341	22	2	0	2	4
18	Morgan Shepherd	2207	22	0	0	1	4
19	Jeremy Mayfield	2204	22	1	0	2	2
20	Geoff Bodine	2191	22	0	1	2	4
21	Rick Mast	2187	22	0	0	0	2
22	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	2120	21	0	0	1	3
23	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2107	21	1	0	1	5
24	Brett Bodine	2087	22	0	0	0	1
25	Lake Speed	1964	22	0	0	0	1