1996 UAW-GM Quality 500

Race 28 of 31

Charlotte
334 laps
Time of race: 3:30:00
Average speed of winner: 143.143 mph
Margin of victory: 3.84 sec.
Lead changes: 21 among 9 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 37 laps
Lap leaders: B. Labonte pole, J. Gordon 1-6, B. Labonte 7-21, K. Wallace 22, Spencer 23, J. Gordon 24-31, Craven 32-60, T. Labonte 61-84, B. Labonte 85-88, Craven 89-127, T. Labonte 128-147, B. Labonte 148-149, T. Labonte 150-191, Craven 192-196, T. Labonte 197-210, Martin 211-265, Craven 266-278, T. Labonte 279-280, Martin 281, Earnhardt 282-296, J. Burton 297-307, T. Labonte 308-334

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	16	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	181.087	334	6	129	running	133950	185
2	12	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	181.635	334	2	56	running	85100	175
3	10	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	181.720	334	0	0	running	58300	165
4	33	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover	179.706	334	0	0	running	60100	160
5	8	Ricky Craven	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	181.947	334	4	86	running	63400	160
6	34	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	David Smith	179.641	334	1	15	running	44700	155
7	14	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	181.598	334	0	0	running	37500	146
8	23	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	180.355	334	0	0	running	35000	142
9	11	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	181.708	334	0	0	running	31000	138
10	21	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	180.632	334	0	0	running	31100	134
11	7	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	182.217	334	1	11	running	26900	135
12	20	Lake Speed	9	Spam	Ford	Melling	Long	180.650	334	0	0	running	24300	127
13	39	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Broome	provisional	333	0	0	running	26250	124
14	17	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	180.796	333	0	0	running	22450	121
15	18	Rick Mast	1	Hooters	Pontiac	Richard Jackson	Hamlin	180.693	333	0	0	running	21450	118
16	28	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	179.790	333	1	1	running	19450	120
17	19	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Comstock	180.687	332	0	0	running	18450	112
18	36	Derrike Cope	12	Badcock Home Furnishing	Ford	Allison		179.545	332	0	0	running	17950	109
19	4	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	182.272	332	0	0	running	20050	106
20	26	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Andrews	180.078	332	0	0	running	23450	103
21	5	Todd Bodine	27	David Blair Motorsports	Ford	David Blair	Mike Hill	182.272	332	0	0	running	7900	100
22	30	Chad Little	97	Sterling Cowboy	Pontiac	ppc		179.832	331	0	0	running	6195	97
23	15	Morgan Shepherd	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Selberg	181.093	330	0	0	running	9515	94
24	35	Greg Sacks	40	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		179.611	330	0	0	running	5875	91
25	24	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	180.234	330	0	0	running	9340	88
26	6	Jeff Green	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge	Ingle	182.260	328	0	0	running	16615	85
27	32	Billy Standridge	78	Diamond Rio	Ford	Triad		179.754	328	0	0	running	5500	82
28	22	Brett Bodine	11	Lowe's	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	180.602	327	0	0	running	15580	79
29	27	Ken Schrader	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammer	180.000	325	0	0	running	15370	76
30	41	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	provisional	325	1	1	running	8365	78
31	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	182.574	319	2	14	running	35070	75
32	42	Robert Pressley	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	provisional	314	0	0	running	14995	67
33	37	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	15	Hayes Modems	Ford	Moore	Means	179	311	0	0	axle	14415	64
34	38	Loy Allen, Jr.	19	HealthSource	Ford	Mark Smith		179.122	286	0	0	handling	4890	61
35	29	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	179.844	230	0	0	accident	4865	58
36	25	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper		180.090	228	0	0	accident	4840	55
37	9	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McReynolds	181.849	208	0	0	accident	20220	52
38	13	Robby Gordon	14	Racing for Kids	Chevrolet	DEI		181.629	206	0	0	accident	4800	49
39	31	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	179.796	206	0	0	accident	5300	46
40	1	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Makar	184.068	179	3	21	engine	48900	48
41	40	Kyle Petty	42	Coors Light	Pontiac	SABCO	Kennedy	provisional	114	0	0	engine	11800	40
42	43	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Peterson	provisional	88	0	0	clutch	11800	37
43	3	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/Little Caesar's	Ford	Kranefuss	Brewer	182.451	17	0	0	accident	15300	34

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Jeff Gordon	4163	28	5	10	19	22
2	Terry Labonte	4162	28	4	2	18	21
3	Dale Jarrett	4071	28	1	4	15	18
4	Dale Earnhardt	3892	28	2	2	12	15
5	Mark Martin	3801	28	4	0	13	20
6	Ricky Rudd	3402	28	0	0	4	14
7	Rusty Wallace	3398	28	0	5	8	16
8	Sterling Marlin	3358	28	0	2	5	10
9	Ken Schrader	3315	28	0	0	3	10
10	Ernie Irvan	3261	28	1	2	11	14
11	Bobby Hamilton	3225	28	2	0	2	9
12	Jeff Burton	3165	27	1	0	5	10
13	Michael Waltrip	3164	28	0	0	1	11
14	Ted Musgrave	3122	28	1	0	1	6
15	Bobby Labonte	3107	28	2	0	4	11
16	Jimmy Spencer	3107	28	0	0	2	8
17	Rick Mast	2968	28	0	0	1	5
18	Morgan Shepherd	2866	28	0	0	1	5
19	Geoff Bodine	2860	28	0	1	2	5
20	Ricky Craven	2857	28	2	0	3	5
21	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2812	27	1	0	1	6
22	Jeremy Mayfield	2629	28	1	0	2	2
23	Lake Speed	2586	28	0	0	0	2
24	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	2570	27	0	0	1	3
25	Hut Stricklin	2539	28	0	0	1	1