NASCAR: Talladega results

• Jack Durbin
• MNI - Motorsport News International
• Wed Jul 31 07:42:16 EDT 1996

>From NACAR Public Relations

 Talladega Superspeedway
 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
 1996 Race No. 18
 Official Results



Ps Srt Car  Driver       Sponsor           Make  Laps   Pts  Bs Money Status

1   2 24 Jeff Gordon     DuPont Refinishes Chevrolet 129 180 5 272,550  Running
2   3 88 Dale Jarrett    Quality Care/
                               Ford Credit Ford      129 175 5  55,070  Running
3   8  6 Mark Martin     Valvoline         Ford      129 170 5  53,980  Running
4   6 28 Ernie Irvan     Texaco/Havoline   Ford      129 165 5  44,455  Running
5  15 23 Jimmy Spencer   Camel Cigarettes  Ford      129 155    50,025  Running
6  40  7 Geoff Bodine    QVC               Ford      129 150    40,175  Running
7   7 99 Jeff Burton     Exide Batteries   Ford      129 146    23,475  Running
8  24 18 Bobby Labonte   Interstate
                                 Batteries Chevrolet 129 142    33,425  Running
9   9 17 Darrell Waltrip Parts America     Chevrolet 129 138    27,795  Running
10 32  2 Rusty Wallace   Miller            Ford      129 134    31,925  Running
11 21 71 Dave Marcis     Prodigy           Chevrolet 129 135 5  19,955  Running
12 18 42 Kyle Petty      Coors Light       Pontiac   129 127    26,575  Accident
13 39 94 Bill Elliott    McDonald's        Ford      129 124    26,255  Accident
14 36 75 Morgan Shepherd Remington Arms    Ford      129 121    18,985  Accident
15 42 87 Joe Nemechek    Burger King       Chevrolet 129 118    26,710  Running
16  1 98 Jeremy Mayfield RCA               Ford      129 120 5  24,375  Running
17 37 43 Bobby Hamilton  STP               Pontiac   128 112    25,110  Accident
18 10 30 Johnny Benson   Pennzoil          Pontiac   128 109    25,905  Running
19 27 41 Ricky Craven    Kodiak            Chevrolet 128 106    24,625  Running
20 12 81 Kenny Wallace   Square D          Ford      127 103    19,085  Running
21 31 19 Loy Allen       Healthsource      Ford      126 100    17,005  Running
22 41 11 Brett Bodine    Lowe's            Ford      126  97    23,595  Running
23 38 95 Gary Bradberry  Shoney's Inn      Ford      121  94    13,495  Running
24 29  5 Terry Labonte   Kellogg's
                               Corn Flakes Chevrolet 120  91    29,715  Accident
25 34 29 Greg Sacks      Cartoon Network   Chevrolet 119  88    23,335  Accident
26 26 25 Ken Schrader    Budweiser         Chevrolet 119  85    23,060  Accident
27 23 12 Derrike Cope    Badcock
                           Home Furnishing Ford      117  82    22,490  Accident
28  4  3 Dale Earnhardt  GM Goodwrench
                                   Service Chevrolet 117  89 10 31,020  Accident
29 16  4 Sterling Marlin Kodak             Chevrolet 117  81 5  29,450  Accident
30  5  9 Lake Speed      Spam              Ford      117  73    19,830  Accident
31 14 33 Robert Pressley Skoal Bandits     Chevrolet 117  75 5  19,690  Accident
32 35 15 Wally Dallenbach Hayes Modems     Ford      117  67    19,620  Accident
33 33 22 Ward Burton     MBNA America      Pontiac   117  64    27,540  Accident
34 25  8 Hut Stricklin   Circuit City      Ford      114  61    12,495  Running
35 30 77 Bobby Hillin    Jasper Engines    Ford      113  58    12,465  Running
36 17 16 Ted Musgrave    Family Channel    Ford      113  55    19,420  Running
37 28 10 Ricky Rudd      Tide              Ford      113  52    27,406  Running
38 11 90 Dick Trickle    Heilig-Meyers     Ford      109  49    12,250  Accident
39 19 37 John Andretti   Kmart/
			    Little Caesars Ford      102  51 5  19,250  Accident
40 20 44 Jeff Purvis     David Lee Murphy  Chevrolet  86  43    12,250  Engine
41 13  1 Rick Mast       Hooters           Pontiac    85  40    19,250  Running
42 22 21 Michael Waltrip Citgo             Ford       16  37    19,250  Engine

 Average Speed: 133.387 mph
 Margin of Victory: .146 sec.
 Time of Race: 2 hours-34 minutes-21 seconds
 Lead Changes: 24 among 10 drivers
 Cautions: 5 for 35 laps
 Red Flags: 2 (one for rain, one for accident)
 Winner (Jeff Gordon) led 6 times for 37 laps
 Dale Earnhardt led 7 times for 40 laps to lead the most laps in the 129
  lap race.



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