Pontiac Excitement 400

Richmond International Raceway — March 3, 1996

Jeff Gordon

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Jeff Gordon won the 1996 Pontiac Excitement 400 at Richmond International Raceway on March 3, 1996, leading 124 of 400 laps. Dale Jarrett finished second; Ted Musgrave rounded out the podium. The race featured 11 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, March 3, 1996

Track

Richmond International Raceway

Season

1996

Winner

Jeff Gordon

Leaders

11 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Jeff Gordon			400	—	Running	124	180
2	11	+9	Dale Jarrett			400	—	Running	23	175
3	15	+12	Ted Musgrave			400	—	Running	—	165
4	21	+17	Jeff Burton			400	—	Running	54	165
5	5	—	Mark Martin			400	—	Running	—	155
6	3	-3	Bobby Hamilton			400	—	Running	129	160
7	14	+7	Rusty Wallace			400	—	Running	26	151
8	1	-7	Terry Labonte			400	—	Running	3	147
9	34	+25	Ricky Rudd			400	—	Running	—	138
10	6	-4	Bill Elliott			400	—	Running	26	139
11	16	+5	Sterling Marlin			400	—	Running	—	130
12	38	+26	John Andretti			400	—	Running	—	127
13	28	+15	Ward Burton			400	—	Running	—	124
14	13	-1	Ken Schrader		Dodge	399	—	Running	—	121
15	10	-5	Kenny Wallace			399	—	Running	—	118
16	23	+7	Robert Pressley			399	—	Running	1	120
17	4	-13	Ricky Craven			399	—	Running	—	112
18	39	+21	Lake Speed			399	—	Running	—	109
19	18	-1	Rick Mast			399	—	Running	—	106
20	36	+16	Kyle Petty			399	—	Running	—	103
21	7	-14	Steve Grissom			399	—	Running	—	100
22	27	+5	Derrike Cope			398	—	Running	—	97
23	37	+14	Bobby Labonte			398	—	Running	—	94
24	25	+1	Mike Wallace			397	—	Running	—	91
25	24	-1	Brett Bodine			397	—	Running	—	88
26	40	+14	Bobby Hillin Jr.			397	—	Running	—	85
27	12	-15	Darrell Waltrip			396	—	Running	—	82
28	29	+1	Jeremy Mayfield			395	—	Running	—	79
29	30	+1	Jimmy Spencer			394	—	Running	1	81
30	20	-10	Elton Sawyer			394	—	Running	—	73
31	9	-22	Dale Earnhardt			393	—	Running	—	70
32	22	-10	Morgan Shepherd			392	—	Running	—	67
33	19	-14	Geoffrey Bodine			392	—	Running	10	69
34	8	-26	Joe Nemechek			391	—	Running	—	61
35	32	-3	Dave Marcis			391	—	Running	3	63
36	35	-1	Michael Waltrip			386	—	Running	—	55
37	33	-4	Johnny Benson			386	—	Running	—	52
38	26	-12	Ernie Irvan			379	—	Running	—	49
39	31	-8	Hut Stricklin			288	—	DNF	—	46
40	17	-23	Wally Dallenbach Jr.			19	—	DNF	—	43
41	—	—	Bill Elliott	Bill Elliott		77	—	Accident	—	40
42	—	—	Lake Speed	Harry Melling		60	—	Accident	—	37
43	—	—	Morgan Shepherd	Butch Mock		20	—	Accident	—	34