1996 MBNA 500

Race 25 of 31

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 4:43:58
Average speed of winner: 105.646 mph
Margin of victory: 0.441 sec.
Lead changes: 28 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 14 for 91 laps
Lap leaders: B. Labonte 1-3, T. Labonte 4-41, Gordon 42-75, Martin 76-97, Irvan 98-109, Martin 110-143, Marlin 144, T. Labonte 145-148, Martin 149-151, T. Labonte 152-164, Irvan 165-199, T. Labonte 200-201, Pressley 202, Gordon 203-207, Earnhardt 208-218, Martin 219-257, Gordon 258-273, Martin 274-278, Hamilton 279-280, W. Burton 281-319, Jarrett 320-337, Gordon 338-346, Jarrett 347-348, Gordon 349-424, Hillin 425-428, Jarrett 429-433, Gordon 434-444, Jarrett 445-448, Gordon 449-500

Race notes: Jeff Gordon took the points lead from Terry Labonte.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	154.011	500	7	203	running	153630	185
2	6	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	153.643	500	0	0	running	54580	170
3	9	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	153.584	500	4	29	running	40880	170
4	1	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Makar	155.086	500	1	3	running	50390	165
5	8	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	153.590	500	5	103	running	48820	160
6	2	Rick Mast	1	Hooters	Pontiac	Richard Jackson	Hamlin	154.328	500	0	0	running	33740	150
7	33	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	151.912	500	1	39	running	35490	151
8	24	Kyle Petty	42	Coors Light	Pontiac	SABCO	Kennedy	152.420	500	0	0	running	29890	142
9	23	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	152.471	500	0	0	running	28740	138
10	40	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	provisional	500	1	2	running	33190	139
11	5	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Andrews	153.807	500	0	0	running	31090	130
12	34	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper		151.822	500	1	4	running	19890	132
13	21	Lake Speed	9	Spam	Ford	Melling	Long	152.795	499	0	0	running	26490	124
14	10	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	153.584	498	0	0	running	19090	121
15	36	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/Little Caesar's	Ford	Kranefuss	Brewer	151.528	498	0	0	running	26890	118
16	20	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	David Smith	152.801	498	1	11	running	31515	120
17	26	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover	153.276	498	1	1	running	31515	117
18	13	Morgan Shepherd	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Selberg	153.329	498	0	0	running	18100	109
19	16	Mike Skinner	31	Realtree Camouflage	Chevrolet	Childress		153.231	498	0	0	running	14215	106
20	18	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	153.198	498	0	0	running	15965	103
21	4	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	153.840	496	4	57	running	30515	105
22	12	Ken Schrader	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammer	153.374	496	0	0	running	24765	97
23	7	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	153.643	495	0	0	running	17615	94
24	30	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	152.168	492	0	0	running	25465	91
25	35	Joe Nemechek	87	Burger King	Chevrolet	Nemechek	Buice	151.803	490	0	0	accident	24490	88
26	38	Dave Marcis	71	Prodigy	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	151.413	490	0	0	running	17140	85
27	37	Brett Bodine	11	Lowe's	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	151.496	486	0	0	running	23990	82
28	27	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	152.394	483	0	0	running	23840	79
29	25	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	15	Hayes Modems	Ford	Moore	Means	152.407	483	0	0	running	23690	76
30	39	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	provisional	472	0	0	running	23640	73
31	15	Derrike Cope	12	Badcock Home Furnishing	Ford	Allison	Fennig	153.231	466	0	0	accident	23090	70
32	28	Robert Pressley	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Leo Jackson	Petree	152.316	461	1	1	accident	20530	72
33	17	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Comstock	153.205	455	0	0	accident	20480	64
34	14	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Broome	153.322	433	0	0	running	28430	61
35	22	Ricky Craven	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	152.626	202	0	0	accident	20230	58
36	19	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McReynolds	152.873	199	2	47	accident	29205	60
37	32	Gary Bradberry	95	Shoney's Inn	Ford	Sadler Brothers		151.989	156	0	0	accident	13205	52
38	11	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	153.485	91	0	0	accident	13205	49
39	41	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Peterson	provisional	74	0	0	engine	20205	46
40	29	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	152.188	4	0	0	accident	13205	43
41	31	Chad Little	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge	Ingle	152.104	3	0	0	accident	20205	40

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	3723	25	5	8	17	20
2	Terry Labonte	3647	25	4	1	15	18
3	Dale Jarrett	3626	25	1	4	13	16
4	Dale Earnhardt	3444	25	2	2	11	13
5	Mark Martin	3345	25	4	0	12	17
6	Ricky Rudd	3069	25	0	0	4	13
7	Rusty Wallace	3057	25	0	5	8	14
8	Ken Schrader	3057	25	0	0	3	10
9	Ernie Irvan	3022	25	1	2	11	14
10	Sterling Marlin	2998	25	0	2	4	9
11	Bobby Labonte	2835	25	1	0	4	11
12	Ted Musgrave	2801	25	0	0	1	6
13	Bobby Hamilton	2797	25	1	0	1	7
14	Jimmy Spencer	2778	25	0	0	2	8
15	Michael Waltrip	2778	25	0	0	1	10
16	Jeff Burton	2735	24	1	0	4	9
17	Rick Mast	2540	25	0	0	0	3
18	Geoff Bodine	2538	25	0	1	2	4
19	Ricky Craven	2515	25	2	0	2	4
20	Morgan Shepherd	2501	25	0	0	1	4
21	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2467	24	1	0	1	6
22	Jeremy Mayfield	2455	25	1	0	2	2
23	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	2348	24	0	0	1	3
24	Brett Bodine	2336	25	0	0	0	1
25	Lake Speed	2292	25	0	0	0	2