NASCAR: Darlington Friday qualifying

• Jack Durbin
• MNI - Motorsport News International
• Sun Sep 1 14:19:59 EDT 1996

>From NASCAR Public Relations


    Darlington Raceway
    NASCAR Winston Cup Series
    1996 Race No. 23
    First Round Qualifying results 

Ps Car Driver          Sponsor                  Make      Time   Speed

1  88 Dale Jarrett     Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford      28.769 170.934
2  24 Jeff Gordon      DuPont Refinishes        Chevrolet 28.786 170.833
3   7 Geoff Bodine     QVC                      Ford      28.847 170.472
4  25 Ken Schrader     Budweiser                Chevrolet 28.890 170.218
5   4 Sterling Marlin  Kodak Film               Chevrolet 28.907 170.118
6   6 Mark Martin      Valvoline                Ford      28.930 169.983
7  29 Greg Sacks       Cartoon Network          Chevrolet 28.931 169.977
8   5 Terry Labonte    Kellogg's Corn Flakes    Chevrolet 28.941 169.918
9   1 Rick Mast        Hooters                  Pontiac   28.976 169.713
10  8 Hut Stricklin    Circuit City             Ford      28.983 169.672
11 12 Derrike Cope     Badcock Home Furnishings Ford      29.033 169.380
12  3 Dale Earnhardt   GM Goodwrench Service    Chevrolet 29.040 169.339
13 28 Ernie Irvan      Texaco/Havoline          Ford      29.046 169.304
14 81 Kenny Wallace    Square D Ford            Ford      29.049 169.286
15 37 John Andretti    Kmart/Little Ceasers     Ford      29.050 169.281
16 27 Todd Bodine      David Blair Motorsports  Ford      29.055 169.251
17 23 Jimmy Spencer    Camel Cigarettes         Ford      29.063 169.205
18 10 Ricky Rudd       Tide                     Ford      29.077 169.123
19 11 Brett Bodine     Lowe's                   Ford      29.119 168.879
20 16 Ted Musgrave     The Family Channel       Ford      29.160 168.642
21 18 Bobby Labonte    Interstate Batteries     Chevrolet 29.180 168.526
22 21 Michael Waltrip  Citgo                    Ford      29.192 168.457
23 19 Loy Allen        Tri-Star Motorsports     Ford      29.192 168.457
24 98 Jeremy Mayfield  RCA                      Ford      29.197 168.428
25 77 Bobby Hillin     Jasper Engines           Ford      29.199 168.417

The following did not qualify in the the first round.

26 94 Bill Elliott     McDonalds                Ford      29.206 168.376
27 30 Johnny Benson    Pennzoil                 Pontiac   29.254 168.100
28  2 Rusty Wallace    Miller                   Ford      29.263 168.048
29 71 Dave Marcis      Prodigy                  Chevrolet 29.290 167.893
30 90 Dick Trickle     Heilig-Meyers            Ford      29.350 167.550
31 43 Bobby Hamilton   STP                      Pontiac   29.352 167.539
32 95 Gary Bradberry   Shoney's Inn             Ford      29.353 167.533
33 60 Ed Berrier       Berrier Racing           Ford      29.385 167.351
34 17 Darrell Waltrip  Parts America            Chevrolet 29.413 167.191
35 15 Wally Dallenbach Hayes Modems             Ford      29.457 166.942
36  9 Lake Speed       Spam                     Ford      29.498 166.710
37 75 Morgan Shepherd  Remington Arms           Ford      29.499 166.704
38 42 Kyle Petty       Coors Light              Pontiac   29.589 166.197
39 78 Randy MacDonald  Diamond Rio              Ford      29.657 165.816
40 99 Jeff Burton      Exide Batteries          Ford      29.659 165.805
41 40 Jay Sauter       First Union              Pontiac   29.701 165.570
42 02 Robby Faggart    Dole/Kemp '96            Ford      30.201 162.829
43 41 Ricky Craven     Kodiak                   Chevrolet 32.304 152.229
44 22 Ward Burton      MBNA America Pontiac          DNF
45 87 Joe Nemechek     Burger King Chevrolet         DNF
46 33 Robert Pressley  Skoal Chevrolet               DNS


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