NASCAR: Darlington starting grid

• Dave Rodman
• MNI - Motorsport News International
• Sun Sep 1 14:21:01 EDT 1996

	STARTING LINEUP -- 47TH MOUNTAIN DEW SOUTHERN 500
	Round 23 -- NASCAR Winston Cup Series
	Sunday, Sept. 1, 1996 -- Darlington Raceway -- 1:00 p.m.

POS NO  DRIVER			TEAM/CAR			SPEED

 1  88  Dale Jarrett		Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford	170.934
 2  24  Jeff Gordon		DuPont Refinishes Chevrolet	170.833

 3   7  Geoff Bodine		QVC Ford			170.472
 4  25  Ken Schrader		Budweiser Chevrolet		170.218

 5   4  Sterling Marlin		Kodak Film Chevrolet		170.118
 6   6  Mark Martin		Valvoline Ford			169.983

 7  29  Chad Little		Cartoon Network Chevrolet	169.977
 8   5  Terry Labonte		Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chevrolet	169.918

 9   1  Rick Mast		Hooters Pontiac			169.713
10   8  Hut Stricklin		Circuit City Ford		169.672

11  12  Derrike Cope		Badcock Home Furnishings Ford	169.380
12   3  Dale Earnhardt		GM Goodwrench Service Chevrolet	169.339

13  28  Ernie Irvan		Texaco Havoline Ford		169.304
14  81  Kenny Wallace		Square D/T.I.C. Ford		169.286

15  37  John Andretti		Kmart/Little Caesars Ford	169.281
16  27  Todd Bodine		David Blair Motorsports Ford 	169.251

17  23  Jimmy Spencer		Camel Cigarettes Ford		169.205
18  10  Ricky Rudd		Tide Ford			169.123

19  11  Brett Bodine		Lowe's Ford			168.879
20  16  Ted Musgrave		Family Channel/PRIMESTAR Ford	168.642

21  18  Bobby Labonte		Interstate Batteries Chevrolet	168.526
22  21  Michael Waltrip		Citgo Ford			168.457

23  19  Loy Allen		Healthsource Health Plans Ford	168.457
24  98  Jeremy Mayfield		RCA Ford			168.428

25  77  Bobby Hillin		Jasper Engines Ford		168.417
26  94  Bill Elliott		McDonald's Ford			168.376

27  30* Johnny Benson		Pennzoil Pontiac		168.100
28   2  Rusty Wallace		Miller Ford			168.048

29  71  Dave Marcis		Prodigy Chevrolet		167.893
30  90  Dick Trickle		Heilig-Meyers Ford		167.550

31  43  Bobby Hamilton		STP Pontiac			167.539
32  95  Gary Bradberry		Shoney's Ford			167.533

33  60  Ed Berrier  		Berrier Racing Ford  		167.351
34  17  Darrell Waltrip		Parts America Chevrolet		167.191

35  22  Ward Burton		MBNA America Pontiac		167.174
36  15  Wally Dallenbach	Hayes Modems Ford		166.942

37   9  Lake Speed		Spam/Melling Ford		166.710
38  75  Morgan Shepherd		Remington Arms Ford		166.704

39  99  Jeff Burton		Exide Batteries Ford		-#-
40  41  Ricky Craven		Kodiak Chevrolet		-#-

41  42  Kyle Petty		Coors Light Pontiac		-#-
42  33  Robert Pressley		Skoal Bandit Chevrolet		-#-

* = NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year Candidate
# = Provisional Starter Based on 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Car Owner Points

ALSO ATTEMPTED TO QUALIFY:
     78 Randy MacDonald         Diamond Rio/Hanes Ford          166.631
     87 Joe Nemechek            Burger King Chevrolet           166.366
     40 Jay Sauter              First Union Chevrolet           160.391
     02 Robby Faggart           Dole & Kemp Chevrolet           DNS