Diehard 500

Talladega Superspeedway, July 28, 1996

Jeff Gordon

Winner

129

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Jeff Gordon won the 1996 Diehard 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on July 28, 1996, leading 37 of 129 laps. Dale Jarrett finished second; Mark Martin rounded out the podium. The race featured 10 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, July 28, 1996

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1996

Winner

Jeff Gordon

Leaders

10 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Jeff Gordon	129	—	Running	37	180
2	3	+1	Dale Jarrett	129	—	Running	5	175
3	8	+5	Mark Martin	129	—	Running	7	170
4	6	+2	Ernie Irvan	129	—	Running	1	165
5	15	+10	Jimmy Spencer	129	—	Running	—	155
6	40	+34	Geoffrey Bodine	129	—	Running	—	150
7	7	—	Jeff Burton	129	—	Running	—	146
8	24	+16	Bobby Labonte	129	—	Running	—	142
9	9	—	Darrell Waltrip	129	—	Running	—	138
10	32	+22	Rusty Wallace	129	—	Running	—	134
11	21	+10	Dave Marcis	129	—	Running	3	135
12	18	+6	Kyle Petty	129	—	Running	—	127
13	39	+26	Bill Elliott	129	—	Running	—	124
14	36	+22	Morgan Shepherd	129	—	Running	—	121
15	42	+27	Joe Nemechek	129	—	Running	—	118
16	1	-15	Jeremy Mayfield	129	—	Running	12	120
17	37	+20	Bobby Hamilton	128	—	Running	—	112
18	10	-8	Johnny Benson Jr.	128	—	Running	—	109
19	27	+8	Ricky Craven	128	—	Running	—	106
20	12	-8	Kenny Wallace	127	—	Running	—	103
21	31	+10	Loy Allen Jr.	126	—	Running	—	100
22	41	+19	Brett Bodine	126	—	Running	—	97
23	38	+15	Gary Bradberry	121	—	Running	—	94
24	29	+5	Terry Labonte	120	—	DNF	—	91
25	34	+9	Greg Sacks	119	—	DNF	—	88
26	26	—	Ken Schrader	119	—	DNF	—	85
27	23	-4	Derrike Cope	117	—	DNF	—	82
28	4	-24	Dale Earnhardt	117	—	DNF	40	89
29	16	-13	Sterling Marlin	117	—	DNF	19	81
30	5	-25	Lake Speed	117	—	DNF	—	73
31	14	-17	Robert Pressley	117	—	DNF	1	75
32	35	+3	Wally Dallenbach Jr.	117	—	DNF	—	67
33	33	—	Ward Burton	117	—	DNF	—	64
34	25	-9	Hut Stricklin	114	—	Running	—	61
35	30	-5	Bobby Hillin Jr.	113	—	Running	—	58
36	17	-19	Ted Musgrave	113	—	Running	—	55
37	28	-9	Ricky Rudd	113	—	Running	—	52
38	11	-27	Dick Trickle	109	—	DNF	—	49
39	19	-20	John Andretti	102	—	DNF	4	51
40	20	-20	Jeff Purvis	86	—	DNF	—	43
41	13	-28	Rick Mast	85	—	Running	—	40
42	22	-20	Michael Waltrip	16	—	DNF	—	37