Food City 500

Bristol Motor Speedway — March 31, 1996

Jeff Gordon

Winner

342

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Jeff Gordon won the 1996 Food City 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on March 31, 1996, leading 148 of 342 laps. Terry Labonte finished second; Mark Martin rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, March 31, 1996

Track

Bristol Motor Speedway

Season

1996

Winner

Jeff Gordon

Leaders

7 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	8	+7	Jeff Gordon			342	—	Running	148	185
2	2	—	Terry Labonte			342	—	Running	—	170
3	1	-2	Mark Martin			342	—	Running	59	170
4	19	+15	Dale Earnhardt			342	—	Running	—	160
5	11	+6	Rusty Wallace			342	—	Running	76	160
6	7	+1	Dale Jarrett			342	—	Running	—	150
7	5	-2	Bobby Labonte			341	—	Running	2	151
8	29	+21	Dick Trickle			341	—	Running	—	142
9	13	+4	Ricky Craven			341	—	Running	—	138
10	25	+15	Michael Waltrip			340	—	Running	—	134
11	14	+3	Hut Stricklin			340	—	Running	—	130
12	32	+20	Rick Mast			340	—	Running	—	127
13	15	+2	Jimmy Spencer			340	—	Running	—	124
14	9	-5	Ricky Rudd			340	—	Running	9	126
15	34	+19	Kyle Petty			340	—	Running	—	118
16	16	—	Ernie Irvan			340	—	Running	—	115
17	23	+6	Robert Pressley			340	—	Running	—	112
18	4	-14	Sterling Marlin			340	—	Running	—	109
19	21	+2	Geoffrey Bodine			340	—	Running	—	106
20	22	+2	Brett Bodine			339	—	Running	—	103
21	35	+14	Jeremy Mayfield			338	—	Running	—	100
22	17	-5	Derrike Cope			338	—	Running	—	97
23	33	+10	Jeff Burton			338	—	Running	—	94
24	31	+7	Wally Dallenbach Jr.			338	—	Running	—	91
25	30	+5	Ted Musgrave			336	—	Running	—	88
26	3	-23	Darrell Waltrip			333	—	Running	—	85
27	36	+9	Steve Grissom			326	—	Running	—	82
28	37	+9	Bill Elliott			324	—	Running	38	84
29	28	-1	Ken Schrader		Dodge	305	—	Running	—	76
30	18	-12	Morgan Shepherd			304	—	Running	—	73
31	20	-11	Joe Nemechek			261	—	DNF	—	70
32	24	-8	Bobby Hamilton			203	—	DNF	—	67
33	12	-21	Ward Burton			200	—	DNF	—	64
34	10	-24	Kenny Wallace			184	—	DNF	—	61
35	26	-9	Lake Speed			152	—	DNF	—	58
36	6	-30	Mike Skinner			72	—	DNF	10	60
37	27	-10	Elton Sawyer			29	—	DNF	—	52
38	—	—	Dale Jarrett	Yates Racing		37	—	Crankshaft	—	49
39	—	—	Ernie Irvan	Yates Racing		27	—	Accident	—	46
40	—	—	Brett Bodine	Brett Bodine		26	—	Accident	—	43
41	—	—	Bobby Labonte	Joe Gibbs		2	—	Accident	—	40