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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway

February 18th, 1996

Race #1 of the 1996 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 200
  • Miles: 500.0
  • Average Speed: 154.308 mph
  • Cautions: 6
  • Caution Laps: 26
  • Lead Changes: 32
#19 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Martin Truex Jr., driver of the #19 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 7 88 Dale Jarrett Ford 180 175 5 200 40 Running
2 1 3 Dale Earnhardt Chevrolet 175 170 5 200 32 Running
3 4 25 Ken Schrader Chevrolet 170 165 5 200 12 Running
4 15 6 Mark Martin Ford 160 160 0 200 0 Running
5 16 99 Jeff Burton Ford 155 155 0 200 0 Running
6 9 15 Wally Dallenbach Jr Ford 150 150 0 200 0 Running
7 20 16 Ted Musgrave Ford 146 146 0 200 0 Running
8 21 94 Bill Elliott Ford 147 142 5 200 29 Running
9 10 10 Ricky Rudd Ford 138 138 0 200 0 Running
10 11 21 Michael Waltrip Ford 139 134 5 200 1 Running
11 19 23 Jimmy Spencer Ford 135 130 5 200 1 Running
12 34 44 Jeff Purvis Chevrolet 127 127 0 200 0 Running
13 36 41 Ricky Craven Chevrolet 129 124 5 200 6 Running
14 32 9 Lake Speed Ford 121 121 0 200 0 Running
15 23 71 Dave Marcis Chevrolet 118 118 0 200 0 Running
16 43 2 Rusty Wallace Ford 115 115 0 200 0 Running
17 35 18 Bobby Labonte Chevrolet 112 112 0 200 0 Running
18 29 42 Kyle Petty Pontiac 109 109 0 199 0 Running
19 14 98 Jeremy Mayfield Ford 111 106 5 199 1 Running
20 39 43 Bobby Hamilton Pontiac 103 103 0 199 0 Running
21 33 81 Kenny Wallace Ford 100 100 0 199 0 Running
22 42 8 Hut Stricklin Ford 102 97 5 199 1 Running
23 27 30 Johnny Benson Jr Pontiac 94 94 0 197 0 Running
24 5 5 Terry Labonte Chevrolet 101 91 10 196 44 Running
25 18 27 Elton Sawyer Ford 88 88 0 196 0 Running
26 13 22 Ward Burton Pontiac 85 85 0 195 0 Running
27 26 29 Steve Grissom Chevrolet 82 82 0 191 0 Running
28 31 1 Rick Mast Pontiac 79 79 0 190 0 Running
29 40 17 Darrell Waltrip Chevrolet 76 76 0 180 0 Handling
30 25 33 Robert Pressley Chevrolet 78 73 5 171 4 Handling
31 12 75 Morgan Shepherd Ford 70 70 0 164 0 Handling
32 41 11 Brett Bodine Ford 72 67 5 162 1 Handling
33 30 97 Chad Little Pontiac 64 64 0 158 0 Crash
34 38 7 Geoff Bodine Ford 61 61 0 157 0 Crash
35 2 28 Ernie Irvan Ford 63 58 5 145 2 Running
36 24 19 Loy Allen Jr Ford 55 55 0 135 0 Crash
37 17 90 Mike Wallace Ford 52 52 0 135 0 Crash
38 6 37 John Andretti Ford 54 49 5 128 23 Crash
39 37 87 Joe Nemechek Chevrolet 46 46 0 86 0 Handling
40 3 4 Sterling Marlin Chevrolet 48 43 5 81 3 Engine
41 22 12 Derrike Cope Ford 40 40 0 53 0 Crash
42 8 24 Jeff Gordon Chevrolet 37 37 0 13 0 Handling
43 28 63 Dick Trickle Ford 34 34 0 9 0 Engine