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Bristol Motor Speedway
March 31, 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 | 8 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | DuPont Refinishes Chevrolet | 342 | 185 | 93,765 | Running | |
| 2 | 2 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chevrolet | 342 | 170 | 54,215 | Running | |
| 3 | 1 | 6 | Mark Martin | Valvoline Ford | 342 | 170 | 44,815 | Running | |
| 4 | 19 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | GM Goodwrench Service Chevrolet | 342 | 160 | 35,351 | Running | |
| 5 | 11 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Miller Ford | 342 | 160 | 29,895 | Running | |
| 6 | 7 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Quality Care / Ford Credit Ford | 342 | 150 | 26,395 | Running | |
| 7 | 5 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Interstate Batteries Chevrolet | 341 | 151 | 28,895 | Running | |
| 8 | 29 | 19 | Dick Trickle | Healthsource Ford | 341 | 142 | 15,495 | Running | |
| 9 | 13 | 41 | Ricky Craven | Kodiak Chevrolet | 341 | 138 | 25,190 | Running | |
| 10 | 25 | 21 | Michael Waltrip | Citgo Ford | 340 | 134 | 27,040 | Running | |
| 11 | 14 | 8 | Hut Stricklin | Circuit City Ford | 340 | 130 | 16,190 | Running | |
| 12 | 32 | 1 | Rick Mast | Hooters Pontiac | 340 | 127 | 23,340 | Running | |
| 13 | 15 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer | Camel Cigarettes Ford | 340 | 124 | 22,565 | Running | |
| 14 | 9 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Tide Ford | 340 | 126 | 26,115 | Running | |
| 15 | 34 | 42 | Kyle Petty | Coors Light Pontiac | 340 | 118 | 23,265 | Running | |
| 16 | 16 | 28 | Ernie Irvan | Texaco Havoline Ford | 340 | 115 | 25,890 | Running | |
| 17 | 23 | 33 | Robert Pressley | Skoal Bandit Chevrolet | 340 | 112 | 21,940 | Running | |
| 18 | 4 | 4 | Sterling Marlin | Kodak Film Chevrolet | 340 | 109 | 27,490 | Running | |
| 19 | 21 | 7 | Geoff Bodine | QVC Ford | 340 | 106 | 14,780 | Running | |
| 20 | 22 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Lowe's Ford | 339 | 103 | 23,321 | Running | |
| 21 | 35 | 98 | Jeremy Mayfield | RCA Ford | 338 | 100 | 14,215 | Running | |
| 22 | 17 | 12 | Derrike Cope | Mane 'N Tail Ford | 338 | 97 | 21,065 | Running | |
| 23 | 33 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Exide Batteries Ford | 338 | 94 | 10,415 | Running | |
| 24 | 31 | 15 | Wally Dallenbach Jr | Hayes Modems Ford | 338 | 91 | 20,840 | Running | |
| 25 | 30 | 16 | Ted Musgrave | Family Channel / Primestar Ford | 336 | 88 | 20,895 | Running | |
| 26 | 3 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Parts America Chevrolet | 333 | 85 | 21,865 | Accident | |
| 27 | 36 | 29 | Steve Grissom | Cartoon Network Chevrolet | 326 | 82 | 20,441 | Running | |
| 28 | 37 | 94 | Bill Elliott | McDonald's Ford | 324 | 84 | 20,290 | Running | |
| 29 | 28 | 25 | Ken Schrader | Budweiser Chevrolet | 305 | 76 | 20,160 | Running | |
| 30 | 18 | 75 | Morgan Shepherd | Remington Arms Ford | 304 | 73 | 12,835 | Running | |
| 31 | 20 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | Burger King Chevrolet | 261 | 70 | 18,835 | Running | |
| 32 | 24 | 43 | Bobby Hamilton | STP Pontiac | 203 | 67 | 15,835 | Running | |
| 33 | 12 | 22 | Ward Burton | MBNA America Pontiac | 200 | 64 | 24,785 | Running | |
| 34 | 10 | 81 | Kenny Wallace | Square D / T.I.C. Ford | 184 | 61 | 8,835 | Running | |
| 35 | 26 | 9 | Lake Speed | Spam Ford | 152 | 58 | 15,835 | Running | |
| 36 | 6 | 31 | Mike Skinner | RealTree Camouflage Chevrolet | 72 | 60 | 8,835 | Accident | |
| 37 | 27 | 27 | Elton Sawyer | Blair Motorsports Ford | 29 | 52 | 8,835 | Accident |
Time of Race .: 1 Hour 59 Minutes 47 Seconds
Average Speed .:91.308