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Bristol Motor Speedway
August 24, 1996 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series 0.5-Mile Short Track 500 Laps/250 Miles |
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| FP | SP | Car | Driver | Team / Make | Laps | Points | Money | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Ford | 500 | 185 | 77,090 | Running | |
| 2 | 2 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont Refinishes Chevrolet | 500 | 175 | 54,590 | Running | |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline Ford | 500 | 170 | 46,490 | Running | |
| 4 | 9 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Quality Care / Ford Credit Ford | 500 | 165 | 32,980 | Running | |
| 5 | 3 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chevrolet | 500 | 155 | 37,875 | Running | |
| 6 | 6 | 21 | Michael Waltrip | Citgo Ford | 500 | 150 | 30,865 | Running | |
| 7 | 15 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer | Camel Cigarettes Ford | 500 | 151 | 39,240 | Running | |
| 8 | 21 | 22 | Ward Burton | MBNA America Pontiac | 500 | 142 | 32,440 | Running | |
| 9 | 13 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Tide Ford | 500 | 138 | 32,115 | Running | |
| 10 | 35 | 43 | Bobby Hamilton | STP Pontiac | 500 | 134 | 35,265 | Running | |
| 11 | 20 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Parts America Chevrolet | 499 | 130 | 28,015 | Running | |
| 12 | 28 | 16 | Ted Musgrave | Family Channel / Primestar Ford | 498 | 127 | 27,715 | Running | |
| 13 | 10 | 25 | Ken Schrader | Budweiser Chevrolet | 498 | 124 | 27,565 | Running | |
| 14 | 19 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Lowe's Ford | 498 | 121 | 27,215 | Running | |
| 15 | 7 | 81 | Kenny Wallace | Square D / T.I.C. Ford | 497 | 118 | 21,060 | Running | |
| 16 | 26 | 9 | Lake Speed | Spam Ford | 497 | 115 | 26,560 | Running | |
| 17 | 36 | 98 | Jeremy Mayfield | RCA Ford | 496 | 112 | 19,410 | Running | |
| 18 | 11 | 4 | Sterling Marlin | Kodak Film Chevrolet | 496 | 109 | 32,260 | Running | |
| 19 | 16 | 75 | Morgan Shepherd | Remington Arms Ford | 495 | 106 | 19,250 | Running | |
| 20 | 17 | 8 | Hut Stricklin | Circuit City Ford | 492 | 103 | 20,910 | Running | |
| 21 | 4 | 41 | Ricky Craven | Kodiak Chevrolet | 492 | 100 | 25,885 | Running | |
| 22 | 39 | 94 | Bobby Hillin Jr | McDonald's Ford | 491 | 97 | 25,735 | Running | |
| 23 | 38 | 29 | Chad Little | Cartoon Network Chevrolet | 486 | 94 | 25,585 | Running | |
| 24 | 23 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Service Chevrolet | 476 | 91 | 32,310 | Running | |
| 25 | 32 | 15 | Wally Dallenbach Jr | Hayes Modems Ford | 473 | 88 | 25,565 | Running | |
| 26 | 25 | 90 | Dick Trickle | Heilig-Meyers Ford | 470 | 85 | 18,210 | Running | |
| 27 | 24 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Prodigy Chevrolet | 470 | 82 | 18,187 | Running | |
| 28 | 29 | 30 | Johnny Benson Jr | Pennzoil Pontiac | 465 | 79 | 24,635 | Running | |
| 29 | 37 | 12 | Derrike Cope | Badcock Ford | 458 | 76 | 22,110 | Running | |
| 30 | 27 | 95 | Gary Bradberry | Shoney's Restaurants Ford | 449 | 73 | 15,060 | Running | |
| 31 | 33 | 42 | Jim Sauter | Coors Light Pontiac | 433 | 70 | 22,060 | Accident | |
| 32 | 22 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries Chevrolet | 408 | 67 | 32,060 | Accident | |
| 33 | 31 | 33 | Robert Pressley | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet | 396 | 64 | 22,060 | Running | |
| 34 | 14 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Burger King Chevrolet | 385 | 61 | 22,060 | Running | |
| 35 | 30 | 1 | Rick Mast | Hooters Pontiac | 374 | 58 | 22,060 | Accident | |
| 36 | 8 | 28 | Ernie Irvan | Texaco Havoline Ford | 370 | 55 | 30,060 | Running | |
| 37 | 18 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Exide Batteries Ford | 348 | 52 | 15,060 | Running | |
| 38 | 34 | 37 | John Andretti | Kmart / Little Caesars Ford | 340 | 49 | 22,060 | Accident | |
| 39 | 12 | 7 | Geoff Bodine | QVC Ford | 206 | 46 | 30,060 | Oil Leak |
Time of Race .: 2 Hours 55 Minutes 12 Seconds
Average Speed .:91.267
Margin of Victory .: 0.630 Second