1996 NAPA 500

Race 31 of 31

Atlanta
328 laps
Time of race: 3:29:22
Average speed of winner: 136.602 mph
Margin of victory: 0.41 sec.
Lead changes: 27 among 12 drivers
Cautions: 8 for 47 laps
Lap leaders: B. Labonte 1-6, T. Labonte 7-8, B. Labonte 9-52, Irvan 53-62, B. Labonte 63-81, T. Labonte 82-107, Gordon 108, Hamilton 109, B. Bodine 110-111, Craven 112-113, Speed 114, Martin 115-124, J. Burton 125, Martin 126, B. Labonte 127-147, Irvan 148-174, Gordon 175-176, Irvan 177-189, Gordon 190-197, B. Labonte 198-212, W. Burton 213-215, Martin 216, W. Burton 217-220, Martin 221-222, Gordon 223-270, Earnhardt 271-274, Hamilton 275-286, B. Labonte 287-328

Race notes: Finale for Randy Baker and Elton Sawyer.

Video links: Part 1 (Intro/Start), Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8, Part 9, Part 10, Part 11, Part 12, Part 13 (Finish), Part 14 (Post-race)

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Makar	185.887	328	6	147	running	274900	185
2	5	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	184.131	328	0	0	running	59500	170
3	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	185.290	328	4	59	running	71600	170
4	17	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	David Smith	183.079	328	1	4	running	47400	165
5	3	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	184.559	328	2	28	running	48800	160
6	9	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	183.410	328	2	13	running	40000	155
7	4	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Fennig	184.528	328	4	14	running	37880	151
8	28	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Broome	182.744	328	0	0	running	34100	142
9	40	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	provisional	328	1	1	running	26075	143
10	30	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	182.451	328	0	0	running	34000	134
11	33	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	182.366	328	0	0	running	29125	130
12	23	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America	Pontiac	Bill Davis	Hussey	182.823	328	2	7	running	33000	132
13	15	Rick Mast	1	Hooters	Pontiac	Richard Jackson	Hamlin	183.183	328	0	0	running	30375	124
14	41	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	provisional	328	0	0	running	27950	121
15	34	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover	182.288	328	0	0	running	34025	118
16	25	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	77	Jasper Engines & Transmissions	Ford	Jasper		182.805	328	0	0	running	20150	115
17	11	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	183.337	328	0	0	running	19730	112
18	8	Greg Sacks	40	First Union	Pontiac	SABCO		183.761	327	0	0	running	15315	109
19	20	Lake Speed	9	Spam	Ford	Melling	Long	183.030	327	1	1	running	26175	111
20	13	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	183.214	327	0	0	running	27360	103
21	19	Brett Bodine	11	Lowe's	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	183.067	327	1	2	running	25445	105
22	10	Chad Little	97	Sterling Cowboy	Pontiac	ppc		183.373	327	0	0	running	14230	97
23	24	Elton Sawyer	20	LaFayette	Ford	Ranier		182.817	327	0	0	running	14015	94
24	31	John Andretti	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	182.439	326	0	0	running	17400	91
25	36	Dave Marcis	71	Prodigy	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	182.239	325	0	0	running	17285	88
26	38	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Andrews	182.082	325	0	0	running	28470	85
27	16	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	183.165	325	0	0	running	24755	82
28	42	Morgan Shepherd	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Selberg	provisional	322	0	0	running	16540	79
29	22	Billy Standridge	78	Diamond Rio	Ford	Triad		182.957	321	0	0	running	13180	76
30	39	Ken Schrader	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammer	provisional	319	0	0	running	23305	73
31	35	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Comstock	182.251	316	0	0	running	23140	70
32	7	Todd Bodine	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Petree	Petree	183.866	312	0	0	running	22975	67
33	18	Robert Pressley	29	Cartoon Network	Chevrolet	Diamond Ridge	Ingle	183.079	303	0	0	running	22910	64
34	21	Joe Nemechek	87	Burger King	Chevrolet	Nemechek	Buice	183.000	281	0	0	running	22345	61
35	26	Ricky Craven	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	183.878	259	1	2	engine	21980	63
36	6	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McReynolds	184.020	255	3	50	accident	44215	60
37	37	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Peterson	182.106	196	0	0	handling	19685	52
38	14	Gary Bradberry	95	Shoney's Inn	Ford	Sadler Brothers		183.190	194	0	0	oil pump	12550	49
39	29	Loy Allen, Jr.	19	HealthSource	Ford	Mark Smith		182.537	192	0	0	accident	12550	46
40	32	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	15	Hayes Modems	Ford	Moore	Means	182.415	190	0	0	accident	19550	43
41	27	Randy Baker	02	Miles Racing	Chevrolet	Jim Miles		183.165	51	0	0	accident	12550	40
42	12	Jack Sprague	52	Pedigree	Pontiac	Schrader		183.306	23	0	0	accident	12550	37

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Terry Labonte	4657	31	4	2	21	24
2	Jeff Gordon	4620	31	5	10	21	24
3	Dale Jarrett	4568	31	2	4	17	21
4	Dale Earnhardt	4327	31	2	2	13	17
5	Mark Martin	4278	31	4	0	14	23
6	Ricky Rudd	3845	31	0	1	5	16
7	Rusty Wallace	3717	31	0	5	8	18
8	Sterling Marlin	3682	31	0	2	5	10
9	Bobby Hamilton	3639	31	2	1	3	11
10	Ernie Irvan	3632	31	1	2	12	16
11	Bobby Labonte	3590	31	4	1	5	14
12	Ken Schrader	3540	31	0	0	3	10
13	Jeff Burton	3538	30	1	0	6	12
14	Michael Waltrip	3535	31	0	0	1	11
15	Jimmy Spencer	3476	31	0	0	2	9
16	Ted Musgrave	3466	31	1	0	2	7
17	Geoff Bodine	3218	31	0	1	2	6
18	Rick Mast	3190	31	0	0	1	5
19	Morgan Shepherd	3133	31	0	0	1	5
20	Ricky Craven	3078	31	2	0	3	5
21	Johnny Benson, Jr.	3004	30	1	0	1	6
22	Hut Stricklin	2854	31	0	0	1	1
23	Lake Speed	2834	31	0	0	0	2
24	Brett Bodine	2814	30	0	0	0	1
25	Wally Dallenbach, Jr.	2786	30	0	0	1	3