1996 - Winston Cup Series - Pontiac Excitement 400 Race Results

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1996 - Pontiac Excitement 400 Race Results

Race Name - Pontiac Excitement 400
Date - 3/3/1996
Race Track - Richmond International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.75 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 300 miles
Pole Speed - 123.728 mph
Number of Cautions - 8
Caution Laps - 36
Average Race Speed - 102.75 mph
Lead Changes - 25
Total Race Purse - $985,330
Race Number - 3

More Races from 1996

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Jeff Gordon	24	DuPont Refinishes (Rick Hendrick)	400	Chevrolet	124	$92,400
2	11	Dale Jarrett	88	Quality Care Ford Credit (Yates Racing)	400	Ford	23	$44,225
3	15	Ted Musgrave	16	Family Channel Primestar (Jack Roush)	400	Ford	0	$42,200
4	21	Jeff Burton	99	Exide Batteries (Jack Roush)	400	Ford	54	$22,350
5	5	Mark Martin	6	Valvoline (Jack Roush)	400	Ford	0	$37,850
6	3	Bobby Hamilton	43	STP (Petty Enterprises)	400	Pontiac	129	$37,900
7	14	Rusty Wallace	2	Miller (Roger Penske)	400	Ford	26	$28,375
8	1	Terry Labonte	5	Kelloggs Corn Flakes (Rick Hendrick)	400	Chevrolet	3	$34,475
9	34	Ricky Rudd	10	Tide (Ricky Rudd)	400	Ford	0	$27,875
10	6	Bill Elliott	94	McDonalds (Bill Elliott)	400	Ford	26	$27,225
11	16	Sterling Marlin	4	Kodak Film (Larry McClure)	400	Chevrolet	0	$28,675
12	38	John Andretti	37	Kmart Little Caesars (Michael Kranefuss)	400	Ford	0	$25,675
13	28	Ward Burton	22	MBNA America (Bill Davis)	400	Pontiac	0	$26,725
14	13	Ken Schrader	25	Budweiser (Rick Hendrick)	399	Chevrolet	0	$22,925
15	10	Kenny Wallace	81	Square D TIC (Fil Martocci)	399	Ford	0	$12,635
16	23	Robert Pressley	33	Skoal Bandit (Leo Jackson)	399	Chevrolet	1	$22,570
17	4	Ricky Craven	41	Kodiak (Larry Hedrick)	399	Chevrolet	0	$21,870
18	39	Lake Speed	9	Spam (Harry Melling)	399	Ford	0	$21,720
19	18	Rick Mast	1	Hooters (Richard Jackson)	399	Pontiac	0	$21,495
20	36	Kyle Petty	42	Coors Light (Felix Sabates)	399	Pontiac	0	$23,170
21	7	Steve Grissom	29	Cartoon Network (Gary Bechtel)	399	Chevrolet	0	$22,210
22	27	Derrike Cope	12	Mane N Tail (Bobby Allison)	398	Ford	0	$21,085
23	37	Bobby Labonte	18	Interstate Batteries (Joe Gibbs)	398	Chevrolet	0	$26,515
24	25	Mike Wallace	90	HeiligMeyers (Junie Donlavey)	397	Ford	0	$13,890
25	24	Brett Bodine	11	Lowes (Brett Bodine)	397	Ford	0	$20,940
26	40	Bobby Hillin Jr	77	Jasper Engines (Doug Bawel)	397	Ford	0	$13,615
27	12	Darrell Waltrip	17	Parts America (Darrell Waltrip)	396	Chevrolet	0	$20,490
28	29	Jeremy Mayfield	98	RCA (Cale Yarborough)	395	Ford	0	$13,365
29	30	Jimmy Spencer	23	Camel Cigarettes (Travis Carter)	394	Ford	1	$20,340
30	20	Elton Sawyer	27	Blair Motorsports (David Blair)	394	Ford	0	$10,310
31	9	Dale Earnhardt	3	GM Goodwrench Service (Richard Childress)	393	Chevrolet	0	$27,265
32	22	Morgan Shepherd	75	Remington Arms (Butch Mock)	392	Ford	0	$12,740
33	19	Geoffrey Bodine	7	QVC (Geoffrey Bodine)	392	Ford	10	$17,225
34	8	Joe Nemechek	87	Burger King (Joe Nemechek)	391	Chevrolet	0	$17,215
35	32	Dave Marcis	71	Prodigy (Dave Marcis)	391	Chevrolet	3	$10,215
36	35	Michael Waltrip	21	Citgo (Wood Brothers)	386	Ford	0	$17,215
37	33	Johnny Benson Jr	30	Pennzoil (Chuck Rider)	386	Pontiac	0	$17,215
38	26	Ernie Irvan	28	Texaco Havoline (Yates Racing)	379	Ford	0	$32,715
39	31	Hut Stricklin	8	Circuit City (Stavola Brothers)	288	Ford	0	$10,215
40	17	Wally Dallenbach Jr	15	Hayes Modems (Bud Moore)	19	Ford	0	$18,215