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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Mountain Dew Southern 500

Darlington Raceway

September 1st, 1996

Race #23 of the 1996 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 367
  • Miles: 501.3
  • Average Speed: 135.757 mph
  • Cautions: 6
  • Caution Laps: 37
  • Lead Changes: 29
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - December 15th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 2 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 180 175 5 367 52 Running
2 10 8 Hut Stricklin Ford 180 170 10 367 143 Running
3 6 6 Mark Martin Ford 170 165 5 367 47 Running
4 4 25 Ken Schrader Chevrolet 165 160 5 366 9 Running
5 15 37 John Andretti Ford 155 155 0 366 0 Running
6 21 18 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 155 150 5 366 6 Running
7 13 28 Ernie Irvan Ford 146 146 0 366 0 Running
8 5 4 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 142 142 0 366 0 Running
9 26 94 Bill Elliott Ford 143 138 5 366 2 Running
10 37 9 Lake Speed Ford 134 134 0 366 0 Running
11 27 30 Johnny Benson Jr Pontiac 130 130 0 365 0 Running
12 12 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 127 127 0 365 0 Running
13 14 81 Kenny Wallace Ford 124 124 0 365 0 Running
14 1 88 Dale Jarrett Ford 126 121 5 365 23 Running
15 16 27 Todd Bodine Ford 123 118 5 365 1 Running
16 18 10 Ricky Rudd Ford 120 115 5 365 2 Running
17 41 42 Kyle Petty Pontiac 112 112 0 364 0 Running
18 25 77 Bobby Hillin Jr Ford 109 109 0 363 0 Running
19 31 43 Bobby Hamilton Pontiac 106 106 0 362 0 Running
20 7 29 Chad Little Chevrolet 103 103 0 362 0 Running
21 3 7 Geoff Bodine Ford 105 100 5 362 5 Running
22 9 1 Rick Mast Pontiac 97 97 0 362 0 Running
23 17 23 Jimmy Spencer Ford 99 94 5 362 69 Running
24 38 75 Morgan Shepherd Ford 91 91 0 359 0 Running
25 36 15 Wally Dallenbach Jr Ford 88 88 0 359 0 Running
26 8 5 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 90 85 5 358 2 Running
27 42 33 Robert Pressley Chevrolet 82 82 0 355 0 Running
28 19 11 Brett Bodine Ford 79 79 0 355 0 Running
29 20 16 Ted Musgrave Ford 76 76 0 354 0 Running
30 29 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 78 73 5 353 3 Running
31 39 99 Jeff Burton Ford 70 70 0 347 0 Running
32 34 17 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 67 67 0 340 0 Running
33 22 21 Michael Waltrip Ford 64 64 0 333 0 Running
34 11 12 Derrike Cope Ford 61 61 0 316 0 Running
35 32 95 Gary Bradberry Ford 58 58 0 286 0 Running
36 30 90 Dick Trickle Ford 55 55 0 284 0 Engine
37 24 98 Jeremy Mayfield Ford 57 52 5 191 3 Crash
38 28 2 Rusty Wallace Ford 49 49 0 102 0 Engine
39 33 60 Ed Berrier Ford 46 46 0 57 0 Oil leak
40 35 22 Ward Burton Pontiac 43 43 0 54 0 Crash
41 23 19 Loy Allen Jr Ford 40 40 0 23 0 Crash
42 40 41 Ricky Craven Chevrolet 37 37 0 10 0 Engine