The 1996 Mountain Dew Southern 500, the 47th running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on September 1, 1996 at Darlington Raceway in Darlington, South Carolina. Contested over 367 laps on the speedway, it was the 23rd race of the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the race.
Top 10 results Pos Driver Team Manufacturer 1 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 2 8 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 3 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 4 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 5 37 John Andretti Kranefuss-Haas Racing Ford 6 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 7 28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford 8 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan-McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 9 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 10 9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford
Race statistics Time of race: 3:41:34 Average speed: Pole speed: Cautions: 6 for 37 laps Margin of victory: 5.23 seconds Lead changes: 29 Percent of race run under caution: 10.1% Average green flag run: 47.1 laps Race statistics at Race Database
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