1996 Goody's Headache Powder 500

Race 8 of 31

Martinsville
500 laps
Time of race: 3:13:52
Average speed of winner: 81.395 mph
Margin of victory: 2.526 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 36 laps
Lap leaders: Craven 1-28, Petty 29-95, R. Wallace 96-224, Gordon 225-235, Earnhardt 236-237, R. Wallace 238-254, Gordon 255, R. Wallace 256-261, Gordon 262-380, T. Labonte 381-386, Gordon 387, Earnhardt 388, Irvan 389-390, Gordon 391-404, T. Labonte 405-414, Gordon 415-443, Earnhardt 444-452, Gordon 453-488, R. Wallace 489-500

Race notes: First pole for Ricky Craven. Debut for Stacy Compton. Dale Earnhardt took the points lead from Dale Jarrett.

Video links: Entire race

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller	Ford	Penske	Pemberton	92.901	500	4	164	running	59245	180
2	34	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco/Havoline	Ford	Yates	McReynolds	provisional	500	1	2	running	57395	175
3	13	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Automotive Finishes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Evernham	92.574	500	7	211	running	57495	175
4	16	Jeremy Mayfield	98	RCA	Ford	Yarborough	Furr	92.389	500	0	0	running	32545	160
5	8	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service	Chevrolet	Childress	David Smith	92.846	500	3	12	running	35195	160
6	21	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP	Pontiac	Petty	Loomis	92.276	499	0	0	running	27395	150
7	6	Ken Schrader	25	Budweiser	Chevrolet	Hendrick	Hammer	92.883	498	0	0	running	26295	146
8	10	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries	Chevrolet	Gibbs	Makar	92.774	498	0	0	running	30185	142
9	33	Ted Musgrave	16	The Family Channel/PrimeStar	Ford	Roush	Comstock	provisional	498	0	0	running	24985	138
10	15	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film	Chevrolet	Morgan-McClure	Glover	92.389	498	0	0	running	32485	134
11	24	Lake Speed	9	Spam	Ford	Melling	Long	92.186	498	0	0	running	23320	130
12	1	Ricky Craven	41	Kodiak	Chevrolet	Hedrick	Pressley	93.079	498	1	28	running	28235	132
13	3	Bill Elliott	94	McDonald's	Ford	Elliott	Beam	92.997	497	0	0	running	23415	124
14	28	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D/T.I.C.	Ford	FilMar	Martin	92.124	496	0	0	running	11215	121
15	26	Rick Mast	1	Hooters	Pontiac	Richard Jackson	Hamlin	92.380	496	0	0	running	23715	118
16	23	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America	Chevrolet	Waltrip	Peterson	92.245	496	0	0	running	21815	115
17	27	Michael Waltrip	21	CITGO	Ford	Wood Brothers	Eddie Wood	92.124	495	0	0	running	21615	112
18	31	Brett Bodine	11	Lowe's	Ford	Brett Bodine	Richeson	91.998	494	0	0	running	21120	109
19	32	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes	Ford	Carter	Wingo	91.945	494	0	0	running	20465	106
20	20	Morgan Shepherd	75	Remington Arms	Ford	Mock	Selberg	92.281	493	0	0	running	15065	103
21	4	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline	Ford	Roush	Hmiel	92.937	493	0	0	running	27065	100
22	25	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries	Ford	Roush	Buddy Parrott	92.142	493	0	0	running	9665	97
23	30	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide	Ford	Rudd	Broome	92.083	490	0	0	running	24615	94
24	7	Terry Labonte	5	Kellogg's Corn Flakes	Chevrolet	Hendrick	DeHart	92.874	480	2	16	brakes	26965	96
25	18	Johnny Benson, Jr.	30	Pennzoil	Pontiac	Bahari	Hewitt	92.366	477	0	0	running	19965	88
26	29	Joe Nemechek	87	Burger King	Chevrolet	Nemechek	Buice	92.115	476	0	0	running	19565	85
27	19	Geoff Bodine	7	QVC	Ford	Geoff Bodine	Andrews	92.312	462	0	0	fuel pump	12415	82
28	14	Derrike Cope	12	Mane 'N Tail	Ford	Allison	Fennig	92.560	462	0	0	running	12215	79
29	12	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care/Ford Credit	Ford	Yates	Todd Parrott	92.624	458	0	0	running	17115	76
30	2	Kyle Petty	42	Coors Light	Pontiac	SABCO	Woodruff	93.010	445	1	67	running	21065	78
31	36	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City	Ford	Stavola Brothers	Lopez	provisional	372	0	0	rear end	11565	70
32	22	Mike Wallace	90	Heilig-Meyers	Ford	Donlavey	Bob Johnson	92.263	368	0	0	rear end	9065	67
33	9	Stacy Compton	46	IHC	Chevrolet	Monroe		92.833	353	0	0	brakes	9065	64
34	35	Robert Pressley	33	Skoal Bandit	Chevrolet	Leo Jackson	Petree	provisional	345	0	0	running	16065	61
35	11	Dave Marcis	71	Prodigy	Chevrolet	Marcis	Marcis	92.683	341	0	0	engine	9065	58
36	17	John Andretti	37	Kmart/Little Caesar's	Ford	Kranefuss	Brewer	92.375	338	0	0	brakes	16065	55

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Dale Earnhardt	1221	8	1	2	6	6
2	Jeff Gordon	1145	8	0	3	6	6
3	Dale Jarrett	1139	8	0	1	3	4
4	Ricky Craven	1119	8	1	0	2	4
5	Terry Labonte	1100	8	3	1	4	5
6	Ricky Rudd	1064	8	0	0	1	5
7	Ted Musgrave	994	8	0	0	1	4
8	Rusty Wallace	992	8	0	1	3	4
9	Sterling Marlin	990	8	0	0	1	3
10	Bill Elliott	975	8	0	0	0	3
11	Ken Schrader	961	8	0	0	1	4
12	Bobby Hamilton	948	8	0	0	0	3
13	Bobby Labonte	947	8	0	0	1	4
14	Mark Martin	939	8	1	0	3	4
15	Jeremy Mayfield	928	8	0	0	2	2
16	Ernie Irvan	907	8	0	0	2	3
17	Rick Mast	852	8	0	0	0	1
18	Jeff Burton	850	7	0	0	2	3
19	Kyle Petty	835	8	0	0	0	0
20	Michael Waltrip	829	8	0	0	0	3
21	Kenny Wallace	819	8	0	0	0	1
22	Jimmy Spencer	816	8	0	0	0	1
23	Robert Pressley	763	8	0	0	1	1
24	Hut Stricklin	727	8	0	0	0	0
25	Brett Bodine	718	8	0	0	0	0