1996 AC-Delco 400

Race 29 of 31

Rockingham
393 laps
Time of race: 3:16:03
Average speed of winner: 122.280 mph
Margin of victory: 3.993 sec.
Lead changes: 21 among 10 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 46 laps
Lap leaders: Jarrett 1-10, Rudd 11-16, Jarrett 17-79, Andretti 80, J. Gordon 81, Cope 82, Jarrett 83-105, Earnhardt 106-142, Jarrett 143-158, Irvan 159-177, Rudd 178, Cope 179-180, B. Labonte 181, Jarrett 182-238, J. Burton 239-252, Irvan 253-265, Jarrett 266-269, M. Waltrip 270, Jarrett 271-286, Irvan 287-301, Jarrett 302-319, Rudd 320-393

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

Video links: Finish, Post-race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Broome	156.683	393	3	81	running	90025	180
2	1	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	157.194	393	8	207	running	62125	180
3	19	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	154.919	393	0	0	running	46725	165
4	20	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McReynolds	154.873	393	3	47	running	35950	165
5	22	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	154.795	393	1	14	running	25675	160
6	5	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Makar	155.982	393	1	1	running	33300	155
7	4	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	156.388	393	0	0	running	31100	146
8	25	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	154.527	393	0	0	running	28900	142
9	15	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	David Smith	155.122	393	1	37	running	30700	143
10	14	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	155.129	393	0	0	running	28100	134
11	12	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	155.241	392	0	0	running	17400	130
12	3	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	156.468	392	1	1	running	35000	132
13	28	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover	154.631	392	0	0	running	29150	124
14	34	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	154.013	392	1	1	running	23700	126
15	13	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Andrews	155.188	392	0	0	running	28200	118
16	17	Brett Bodine	11	Lowe's	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	155.109	391	0	0	running	23200	115
17	41	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	provisional	391	0	0	running	29200	112
18	9	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Comstock	155.544	391	0	0	running	22700	109
19	8	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	155.557	391	0	0	running	15400	106
20	10	Todd Bodine	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	155.458	390	0	0	running	25850	103
21	24	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Peterson	154.540	390	0	0	running	21525	100
22	29	Ricky Craven	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	154.527	390	0	0	running	21325	97
23	31	Ken Schrader	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammer	154.253	390	0	0	running	21125	94
24	40	Joe Nemechek	87	Burger King	Chevrolet	Nemechek	Buice	provisional	389	0	0	running	20925	91
25	11	Kyle Petty	42	Coors Light	Pontiac	SABCO	Kennedy	155.399	389	0	0	running	20925	88
26	6	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	155.928	387	1	1	running	13525	90
27	32	Gary Bradberry	95	Shoney's Inn	Ford	Sadler Brothers		154.052	387	0	0	running	10125	82
28	26	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	155.129	386	0	0	running	20225	79
29	39	Morgan Shepherd	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Selberg	provisional	385	0	0	running	13025	76
30	37	Dave Marcis	71	Prodigy	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	153.387	377	0	0	running	12825	73
31	21	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	154.801	353	0	0	running	12600	70
32	16	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	155.122	326	0	0	handling	19000	67
33	42	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper		provisional	311	0	0	water pump	9400	64
34	33	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/Little Caesar's	Ford	Kranefuss	Brewer	154.020	311	0	0	accident	16300	61
35	23	Lake Speed	9	Spam	Ford	Melling	Long	154.749	305	0	0	accident	16200	58
36	36	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	15	Hayes Modems	Ford	Moore	Means	153.600	303	0	0	accident	16175	55
37	30	Robert Pressley	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge	Ingle	154.279	294	0	0	accident	16175	52
38	18	Rick Mast	1	Hooters	Pontiac	Richard Jackson	Hamlin	155.044	281	0	0	engine	16100	49
39	27	Derrike Cope	12	Badcock Home Furnishing	Ford	Allison		154.893	267	2	3	accident	17675	51
40	38	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	153.272	225	0	0	accident	17100	43
41	35	Billy Standridge	78	Diamond Rio/Hanes	Ford	Triad		153.638	140	0	0	handling	9100	40
42	7	Robby Gordon	40	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		155.849	4	0	0	accident	9100	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Terry Labonte	4327	29	4	2	19	22
2	Jeff Gordon	4295	29	5	10	19	22
3	Dale Jarrett	4251	29	2	4	16	19
4	Dale Earnhardt	4035	29	2	2	12	16
5	Mark Martin	3947	29	4	0	13	21
6	Ricky Rudd	3582	29	0	1	5	15
7	Rusty Wallace	3540	29	0	5	8	17
8	Sterling Marlin	3482	29	0	2	5	10
9	Ernie Irvan	3426	29	1	2	12	15
10	Ken Schrader	3409	29	0	0	3	10
11	Jeff Burton	3325	28	1	0	6	11
12	Bobby Hamilton	3304	29	2	0	2	9
13	Michael Waltrip	3290	29	0	0	1	11
14	Bobby Labonte	3262	29	2	0	4	12
15	Jimmy Spencer	3241	29	0	0	2	9
16	Ted Musgrave	3231	29	1	0	1	6
17	Rick Mast	3017	29	0	0	1	5
18	Geoff Bodine	2978	29	0	1	2	5
19	Ricky Craven	2954	29	2	0	3	5
20	Morgan Shepherd	2942	29	0	0	1	5
21	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2855	28	1	0	1	6
22	Jeremy Mayfield	2690	29	1	0	2	2
23	Hut Stricklin	2669	29	0	0	1	1
24	Lake Speed	2644	29	0	0	0	2
25	Kenny Wallace	2642	29	0	0	0	2