Mountain Dew Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — September 1, 1996

Jeff Gordon

Winner

367

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Jeff Gordon won the 1996 Mountain Dew Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on September 1, 1996, leading 52 of 367 laps. Hut Stricklin finished second; Mark Martin rounded out the podium. The race featured 14 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, September 1, 1996

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1996

Winner

Jeff Gordon

Leaders

14 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Jeff Gordon		367	—	Running	52	180
2	10	+8	Hut Stricklin		367	—	Running	143	180
3	6	+3	Mark Martin		367	—	Running	47	170
4	4	—	Ken Schrader	Dodge	366	—	Running	9	165
5	15	+10	John Andretti		366	—	Running	—	155
6	21	+15	Bobby Labonte		366	—	Running	6	155
7	13	+6	Ernie Irvan		366	—	Running	—	146
8	5	-3	Sterling Marlin		366	—	Running	—	142
9	26	+17	Bill Elliott		366	—	Running	2	143
10	37	+27	Lake Speed		366	—	Running	—	134
11	27	+16	Johnny Benson		365	—	Running	—	130
12	12	—	Dale Earnhardt		365	—	Running	—	127
13	14	+1	Kenny Wallace		365	—	Running	—	124
14	1	-13	Dale Jarrett		365	—	Running	23	126
15	16	+1	Todd Bodine		365	—	Running	1	123
16	18	+2	Ricky Rudd		365	—	Running	2	120
17	41	+24	Kyle Petty		364	—	Running	—	112
18	25	+7	Bobby Hillin Jr.		363	—	Running	—	109
19	31	+12	Bobby Hamilton		362	—	Running	—	106
20	7	-13	Chad Little		362	—	Running	—	103
21	3	-18	Geoffrey Bodine		362	—	Running	5	105
22	9	-13	Rick Mast		362	—	Running	—	97
23	17	-6	Jimmy Spencer		362	—	Running	69	99
24	38	+14	Morgan Shepherd		359	—	Running	—	91
25	36	+11	Wally Dallenbach Jr.		359	—	Running	—	88
26	8	-18	Terry Labonte		358	—	Running	2	90
27	42	+15	Robert Pressley		355	—	Running	—	82
28	19	-9	Brett Bodine		355	—	Running	—	79
29	20	-9	Ted Musgrave		354	—	Running	—	76
30	29	-1	Dave Marcis		353	—	Running	3	78
31	39	+8	Jeff Burton		347	—	Running	—	70
32	34	+2	Darrell Waltrip		340	—	Running	—	67
33	22	-11	Michael Waltrip		333	—	Running	—	64
34	11	-23	Derrike Cope		316	—	Running	—	61
35	32	-3	Gary Bradberry		286	—	DNF	—	58
36	30	-6	Dick Trickle		284	—	DNF	—	55
37	24	-13	Jeremy Mayfield		191	—	DNF	3	57
38	28	-10	Rusty Wallace		102	—	DNF	—	49
39	33	-6	Ed Berrier		57	—	DNF	—	46
40	35	-5	Ward Burton		54	—	DNF	—	43
41	23	-18	Loy Allen Jr.		23	—	DNF	—	40
42	40	-2	Ricky Craven		10	—	DNF	—	37