Purolator 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — March 10, 1996

Dale Earnhardt

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt won the 1996 Purolator 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 10, 1996, leading 136 of 328 laps. Terry Labonte finished second; Jeff Gordon rounded out the podium. The race featured 12 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, March 10, 1996

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1996

Winner

Dale Earnhardt

Leaders

12 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	18	+17	Dale Earnhardt			328	—	Running	136	185
2	3	+1	Terry Labonte			328	—	Running	100	175
3	21	+18	Jeff Gordon			328	—	Running	24	170
4	37	+33	Ernie Irvan			328	—	Running	6	165
5	4	-1	Jeremy Mayfield			328	—	Running	4	160
6	30	+24	Ken Schrader		Dodge	328	—	Running	5	155
7	39	+32	Jimmy Spencer			327	—	Running	—	146
8	20	+12	Ricky Rudd			327	—	Running	1	147
9	27	+18	Michael Waltrip			327	—	Running	2	143
10	23	+13	Bill Elliott			327	—	Running	7	139
11	36	+25	Dale Jarrett			326	—	Running	—	130
12	15	+3	Ricky Craven			326	—	Running	—	127
13	28	+15	Sterling Marlin			325	—	Running	—	124
14	17	+3	Dick Trickle			325	—	Running	—	121
15	16	+1	Ward Burton			325	—	Running	—	118
16	6	-10	Bobby Hamilton			325	—	Running	—	115
17	12	-5	Joe Nemechek			323	—	Running	—	112
18	25	+7	Ted Musgrave			323	—	Running	—	109
19	35	+16	Elton Sawyer			322	—	Running	—	106
20	10	-10	Wally Dallenbach Jr.			321	—	Running	—	103
21	7	-14	John Andretti			320	—	Running	—	100
22	33	+11	Kyle Petty			315	—	Running	—	97
23	5	-18	Geoffrey Bodine			314	—	Running	—	94
24	19	-5	Brett Bodine			314	—	Running	—	91
25	9	-16	Hut Stricklin			312	—	Running	—	88
26	2	-24	Mark Martin			300	—	Running	—	85
27	14	-13	Robert Pressley			297	—	Running	—	82
28	29	+1	Bobby Hillin Jr.			294	—	Running	—	79
29	41	+12	Dave Marcis			293	—	Running	—	76
30	32	+2	Morgan Shepherd			293	—	Running	—	73
31	8	-23	Bobby Labonte			286	—	Running	4	75
32	13	-19	Darrell Waltrip			236	—	DNF	—	67
33	40	+7	Mike Wallace			235	—	DNF	3	69
34	31	-3	Rick Mast			205	—	DNF	—	61
35	26	-9	Derrike Cope			181	—	DNF	—	58
36	22	-14	Rusty Wallace			178	—	DNF	36	60
37	38	+1	Kenny Wallace			155	—	DNF	—	52
38	1	-37	Johnny Benson			107	—	DNF	—	49
39	24	-15	Steve Grissom			99	—	DNF	—	46
40	34	-6	Chuck Bown			85	—	DNF	—	43
41	11	-30	Lake Speed			29	—	DNF	—	40
42	—	—	Ernie Irvan	Yates Racing		61	—	Running	—	37
43	—	—	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Doug Bawel		55	—	Running	—	34
44	—	—	Mike Wallace	Junie Donlavey		52	—	Rear End	—	31