NASCAR: Talladega results

• Dave Rodman
• MNI - Motorsport News International
• Sun Jul 28 23:32:52 EDT 1996

UNOFFICIAL FINISHING ORDER
SEARS DIEHARD 500
TALLADEGA SUPERSPEEDWAY -- JULY 28, 1996

FIN STR   CAR
POS POS   NO.  DRIVER           CAR          LAPS      STATUS

 1    2   24   Jeff Gordon      Chevrolet    129#      Running
 2    3   88   Dale Jarrett     Ford         129       Running
 3    8    6   Mark Martin      Ford         129       Running
 4    6   28   Ernie Irvan      Ford         129       Running
 5   15   23   Jimmy Spencer    Ford         129       Running
 6   40    7   Geoff Bodine     Ford         129       Running
 7    7   99   Jeff Burton      Ford         129       Running
 8   24   18   Bobby Labonte    Chevrolet    129       Running
 9    9   17   Darrell Waltrip  Chevrolet    129       Running
10   32    2   Rusty Wallace    Ford         129       Running
11   21   71   Dave Marcis      Chevrolet    129       Running
12   18   42   Kyle Petty       Pontiac      129       Running
13   39   94   Bill Elliott     Ford         129       Running
14   36   75   Morgan Shepherd  Ford         129       Running
15   42   87   Joe Nemechek     Chevrolet    129       Running
16    1   98   Jeremy Mayfield  Ford         129       Running
17   37   43   Bobby Hamilton   Pontiac      128       Running
18   10   30*  Johnny Benson    Pontiac      128       Running
19   27   41   Ricky Craven     Chevrolet    128       Running
20   12   81   Kenny Wallace    Ford         127       Running
21   31   19   Loy Allen        Ford         126       Running
22   41   11   Brett Bodine     Ford         126       Running
23   38   95   Gary Bradberry   Ford         121       Running
24   29    5   Terry Labonte    Chevrolet    120       Handling
25   34   29   Greg Sacks       Chevrolet    119       Handling
26   26   25   Ken Schrader     Chevrolet    119       Wreck
27   23   12   Derrike Cope     Ford         117       Wreck
28    4    3   Dale Earnhardt   Chevrolet    117       Wreck
29   16    4   Sterling Marlin  Chevrolet    117       Wreck
30    5    9   Lake Speed       Ford         117       Wreck
31   14   33   Robert Pressley  Chevrolet    117       Wreck
32   35   15   Wally Dallenbach Ford         117       Wreck
33   33   22   Ward Burton      Pontiac      117       Wreck
34   25    8   Hut Stricklin    Ford         114       Running
35   30   77   Bobby Hillin     Ford         113       Running
36   17   16   Ted Musgrave     Ford         113       Running
37   28   10   Ricky Rudd       Ford         113       Running
38   11   90   Dick Trickle     Ford         109       Running
39   19   37   John Andretti    Ford         102       Wreck
40   20   44   Jeff Purvis      Chevrolet     86       Engine
41   13    1   Rick Mast        Pontiac       85       Running
42   22   21   Michael Waltrip  Ford          16       Engine

* = NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year Candidate
# = Race distance shortened from 188 to 129 laps due to darkness

Time of Race: 2 hours, 34 minutes, 21 seconds
Avg. Speed: 133.387 mph
Margin of Victory: .146 seconds
Caution Flags: 5 for 35 laps
Red Flags: 2 for 30 minutes, 19 seconds
Lead changes: 24 among 10 drivers

RECAP OF LEAD CHANGES
NO.  CAR  LAP-LAP   TOTAL (total)
Pole  98    1 -  12   12 (12)
 1    24   13 -  15    3
 2     3   16 -  26   11     
 3    71   27          1
 4    88   28 -  30    3
 5     3   31 -  36    6
 6     4   37 -  44    8
 7    24   45 -  57   13
 8    37   58 -  61    4 ( 4)
 9    33   62          1 ( 1)
10     6   63          1
11     3   64 -  66    3
12     4   67 -  77   11 (19)
13     3   78 -  87   10
14    24   88 -  97   10
15     3   98 - 103    6
16    71  104 - 105    2 ( 3)
17     6  106 - 111    6 ( 7)
18     3  112 - 114    3
19    24  115          1
20     3  116          1 (40)
21    28  117          1 ( 1)
22    24  118 - 124    7
23    88  125 - 126    2 ( 5)
24    24  127 - 129    3 (37)

UNOFFICIAL NASCAR WINSTON CUP POINTS
1. Gordon      2,631
2. T. Labonte  2,622
3. Earnhardt   2,608
4. Jarrett     2,549
5. Marlin      2,285
6. Rudd        2,260
7. R. Wallace  2,247
8. Schrader    2,216
9. Martin      2,192
10 Irvan       2,188