1996 Dura Lube 500

Race 30 of 31

Phoenix
312 laps
Time of race: 2:50:38
Average speed of winner: 109.709 mph
Margin of victory: 1.23 sec.
Lead changes: 15 among 8 drivers
Cautions: 5 for 27 laps
Lap leaders: B. Labonte 1-32, Martin 33-77, B. Labonte 78-80, Hamilton 81-82, Sprague 83-84, Martin 85-115, Hamilton 116-117, Martin 118-124, Jarrett 125-152, Hamilton 153-157, Spencer 158-167, B. Labonte 168-186, G. Bodine 187-195, T. Labonte 196-260, G. Bodine 261-282, Hamilton 283-312

Race notes: First win for Bobby Hamilton. Debut for Lance Hooper and Jack Sprague. Finale for Jeff Krogh.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	17	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	129.524	313	5	40	running	97550	180
2	6	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	130.058	313	3	83	running	57795	180
3	30	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	128.783	313	2	61	running	61590	170
4	25	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Comstock	129.051	313	1	2	running	35153	165
5	19	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	129.427	313	0	0	running	45065	155
6	28	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Andrews	128.981	313	2	31	running	30555	155
7	12	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McReynolds	129.734	313	0	0	running	31555	146
8	5	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	130.110	313	2	29	running	22055	147
9	1	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Makar	131.076	313	3	54	running	34555	143
10	18	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Peterson	129.450	313	0	0	running	27155	134
11	13	Todd Bodine	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	129.674	312	0	0	running	23955	130
12	24	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	David Smith	129.106	312	0	0	running	29055	127
13	2	Mike Skinner	31	Realtree Camouflage	Chevrolet	Childress		130.695	311	0	0	running	12255	124
14	3	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Broome	130.496	311	0	0	running	26855	121
15	20	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	15	Hayes Modems	Ford	Moore	Means	129.417	311	0	0	running	22355	118
16	31	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	128.783	311	0	0	running	22055	115
17	26	Morgan Shepherd	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Selberg	129.032	311	0	0	running	14855	112
18	37	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	128.397	311	1	10	running	22330	114
19	14	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	129.669	310	0	0	running	14330	106
20	29	Dick Trickle	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	128.931	310	0	0	running	15745	103
21	11	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	129.748	310	0	0	running	20820	100
22	41	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	provisional	310	0	0	running	25195	97
23	34	Jack Sprague	52	Pedigree	Pontiac	Schrader		128.659	310	1	2	running	10170	99
24	38	Dave Marcis	71	Prodigy	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	128.283	309	0	0	running	13620	91
25	16	Joe Nemechek	87	Burger King	Chevrolet	Nemechek	Buice	129.534	309	0	0	running	20695	88
26	35	Brett Bodine	11	Lowe's	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	128.613	309	0	0	running	20370	85
27	15	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover	129.585	308	0	0	running	26645	82
28	33	Lake Speed	9	Spam	Ford	Melling	Long	128.755	308	0	0	running	20220	79
29	22	Kyle Petty	42	Coors Light	Pontiac	SABCO	Kennedy	129.236	307	0	0	oil pump	20095	76
30	40	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	provisional	307	0	0	running	12970	73
31	21	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	129.375	304	0	0	running	12945	70
32	23	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	129.171	304	0	0	running	19170	67
33	43	Lance Hooper	07	Cinema/Unocal	Pontiac	Hooper		provisional	302	0	0	running	9645	64
34	39	Ricky Craven	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	provisional	296	0	0	running	16620	61
35	4	Ken Schrader	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammer	130.354	288	0	0	rear end	16790	58
36	36	Robert Pressley	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge	Ingle	128.493	257	0	0	engine	16565	55
37	7	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D	Ford	FilMar	Martin	129.997	254	0	0	engine	9525	52
38	8	Rick Mast	1	Hooters	Pontiac	Richard Jackson	Hamlin	129.992	198	0	0	engine	18465	49
39	42	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper		provisional	153	0	0	accident	9465	46
40	9	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	129.959	151	0	0	engine	24465	43
41	44	Jeff Krogh	01	Clearwater Forest Industries	Chevrolet	Krogh		provisional	151	0	0	accident	9465	40
42	32	Robby Gordon	40	First Union	Chevrolet	SABCO		128.783	134	0	0	accident	9465	37
43	27	Derrike Cope	12	Badcock Home Furnishing	Ford	Allison		129.023	114	0	0	accident	17465	34
44	10	Jeremy Mayfield	37	Kmart/Little Caesar's	Ford	Kranefuss	Brewer	129.805	110	0	0	engine	17065	31

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Terry Labonte	4497	30	4	2	20	23
2	Jeff Gordon	4450	30	5	10	20	23
3	Dale Jarrett	4398	30	2	4	16	20
4	Dale Earnhardt	4162	30	2	2	12	16
5	Mark Martin	4127	30	4	0	14	22
6	Ricky Rudd	3703	30	0	1	5	15
7	Rusty Wallace	3583	30	0	5	8	17
8	Ernie Irvan	3572	30	1	2	12	16
9	Sterling Marlin	3564	30	0	2	5	10
10	Bobby Hamilton	3484	30	2	1	3	10
11	Ken Schrader	3467	30	0	0	3	10
12	Bobby Labonte	3405	30	3	0	4	13
13	Michael Waltrip	3405	30	0	0	1	11
14	Ted Musgrave	3396	30	1	0	2	7
15	Jeff Burton	3395	29	1	0	6	11
16	Jimmy Spencer	3355	30	0	0	2	9
17	Geoff Bodine	3133	30	0	1	2	6
18	Rick Mast	3066	30	0	0	1	5
19	Morgan Shepherd	3054	30	0	0	1	5
20	Ricky Craven	3015	30	2	0	3	5
21	Johnny Benson, Jr.	2922	29	1	0	1	6
22	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	2743	29	0	0	1	3
23	Hut Stricklin	2742	30	0	0	1	1
24	Lake Speed	2723	30	0	0	0	2
25	Jeremy Mayfield	2721	30	1	0	2	2