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