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Official Starting Lineup
August 2, 1996




SP    Driver                Car Name                              Time   Speed
 1 24 Jeff Gordon           DuPont Refinishes Chevrolet         51.015 176.419*
 2  6 Mark Martin           Valvoline Ford                      51.159 175.922

 3  9 Lake Speed            Spam Ford                           51.183 175.840
 4 25 Ken Schrader          Budweiser Chevrolet                 51.298 175.445

 5 77 Bobby Hillin          Jasper Engines/Federal-Mogul Ford   51.328 175.343
 6 87 Joe Nemechek          Burger King Chevrolet               51.331 175.333

 7 94 Bill Elliott          McDonald's Ford                     51.390 175.131
 8  1 Rick Mast             Hooters Pontiac                     51.406 175.077

 9  5 Terry Labonte         Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chevrolet     51.413 175.053
10 29 Greg Sacks            Cartoon Network Chevrolet           51.439 174.965

11  4 Sterlin Marlin        Kodak Film Chevrolet                51.443 174.951
12  3 Dale Earnhardt        GM Goodwrench Service Chevrolet     51.455 174.910

13 42 Kyle Petty            Coors Light Pontiac                 51.455 174.910
14 30 Johnny Benson         Pennzoil Pontiac                    51.465 174.876

15 28 Ernie Irvan           Texaco Havoline Ford                51.502 174.750
16  8 Hut Stricklin         Circuit City Ford                   51.513 174.713

17  2 Rusty Wallace         Miller Ford                         51.515 174.706
18 15 Wally Dallenbach, Jr. Hayes Modems Ford                   51.589 174.456

19 98 Jeremy Mayfield       RCA Ford                            51.592 174.446
20 23 Jimmy Spencer         Camel Cigarettes Ford               51.597 174.429

21 16 Ted Musgrave          Family Channel/PRIMSTAR Ford        51.600 174.419
22 11 Brett Bodine          Lowe's Ford                         51.607 174.395

23 18 Bobby Labonte         Interstate Batteries Chevrolet      51.628 174.324
24 88 Dale Jarrett          Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford       51.647 174.260

25 90 Dick Trickle          Heilig-Meyers Ford                  51.664 174.203
26 95 Gary Bradberry        Shoney's Restaurant Ford            51.551 174.584

27 37 John Andretti         Kmart/Little Caesars Ford           51.676 174.162
28 99 Jeff Burton           Exide Batteries Ford                51.715 174.031

29  7 Geoff Bodine          QVC Ford                            51.785 173.796
30 21 Michael Waltrip       Citgo Ford                          51.873 173.501

31 81 Kenny Wallace         Square D / TIC Ford                 51.877 173.487
32 22 Ward Burton           MBNA America Pontiac                51.941 173.274

33 17 Darrell Waltrip       Parts America Chevrolet             51.960 173.210
34 33 Robert Pressley       Skoal Bandit Chevrolet              51.971 173.174

35 10 Ricky Rudd            Tide Ford                           51.977 173.154
36 12 Derrike Cope          Bad     Ford                        51.977 173.154

37 43 Bobby Hamilton        STP Pontiac                         52.037 172.954
38 75 Morgan Shepherd       Remington Arms Ford                 52.045 172.927

39 41 Ricky Carven          Kodiak Chevrolet                    Provisional
40 71 Dave Marcis           Prodigy Chevrolet                   Provisional

                                * New Track Record