1996 GM Goodwrench Dealer 400

1996 GM Goodwrench Dealer 400
Race details
Race 21 of 31 in the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1996 GM Goodwrench Dealer 400 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt.
The 1996 GM Goodwrench Dealer 400 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt.
Date August 18, 1996
Official name 27th Annual GM Goodwrench Dealer 400
Location Brooklyn, Michigan, Michigan International Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
2 mi (3.2 km)
Distance 200 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Scheduled Distance 200 laps, 400 mi (643.737 km)
Average speed 139.792 miles per hour (224.973 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Roush Racing
Time 38.836
Most laps led
Driver Mark Martin Roush Racing
Laps 135
Winner
No. 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing
Television in the United States
Network NASCAR on ESPN
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1996 GM Goodwrench Dealer 400 was the 21st stock car race of the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 27th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, August 18, 1996, in Brooklyn, Michigan, at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Robert Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett would engage in a battle with Roush Racing driver Mark Martin, eventually passing Martin with seven laps to go and holding Martin off to come victorious in the race. The race was Jarrett's eighth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fourth and final victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the podium, the aforementioned Mark Martin and Hendrick Motorsports driver Terry Labonte would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

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The layout of Michigan International Speedway, the venue where the race was held.

The race was held at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).

Entry list

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  • (R) denotes rookie driver.
# Driver Team Make Sponsor
1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Pontiac Hooters
2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford Miller
3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus
4 Sterling Marlin Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Kodak
5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg's Frosted Flakes
6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Valvoline
7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford QVC
8 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford Circuit City
9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford Spam
10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford Tide
11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford Lowe's
12 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford Badcock Home Furniture
14 Ron Hornaday Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet Racing for Kids
15 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Bud Moore Engineering Ford Hayes Modems
16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford PrimeStar, The Family Channel
17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet Parts America
18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Interstate Batteries
19 Loy Allen Jr. TriStar Motorsports Ford HealthSource RI
21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo
22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac MBNA
23 Jimmy Spencer Haas-Carter Motorsports Ford Camel Cigarettes
24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont
25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Budweiser
27 Elton Sawyer David Blair Motorsports Ford David Blair Motorsports
28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco, Havoline
29 Greg Sacks Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet Cartoon Network, The Flintstones
30 Johnny Benson Jr. (R) Bahari Racing Pontiac Pennzoil
33 Robert Pressley Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet Skoal
37 Jeremy Mayfield Kranefuss-Haas Racing Ford Kmart, Little Caesars
41 Ricky Craven Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak
42 Jim Sauter Team SABCO Pontiac Coors Light
43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Prodigy
75 Morgan Shepherd Butch Mock Motorsports Ford Remington Arms
77 Bobby Hillin Jr. Jasper Motorsports Ford Jasper Engines & Transmissions
81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford Square D, TIC Financial Systems
87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet Burger King
88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford Quality Care Service, Ford Credit
90 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford Heilig-Meyers
94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford McDonald's
97 Chad Little Mark Rypien Motorsports Pontiac Sterling Cowboy
98 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford RCA
99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford Exide

Qualifying

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Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, August 16, at 3:00 PM EST. Each driver would have one lap to set a time. During the first round, the top 25 drivers in the round would be guaranteed a starting spot in the race. If a driver was not able to guarantee a spot in the first round, they had the option to scrub their time from the first round and try and run a faster lap time in a second round qualifying run, held on Saturday, August 17, at 10:30 AM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 26-36 would be decided on time,[3] and depending on who needed it, a select amount of positions were given to cars who had not otherwise qualified but were high enough in owner's points.

Jeff Burton, driving for Roush Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 38.836 and an average speed of 185.395 miles per hour (298.364 km/h).[4]

Two drivers would fail to qualify: Elton Sawyer and Ron Hornaday Jr.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 38.836 185.395
2 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 38.871 185.228
3 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 38.873 185.219
4 90 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford 38.890 185.138
5 43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 39.044 184.407
6 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 39.047 184.393
7 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39.097 184.157
8 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 39.162 183.852
9 9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 39.166 183.833
10 21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 39.188 183.730
11 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 39.201 183.669
12 28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford 39.211 183.622
13 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 39.259 183.397
14 77 Bobby Hillin Jr. Jasper Motorsports Ford 39.276 183.318
15 37 John Andretti Kranefuss-Haas Racing Ford 39.277 183.313
16 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 39.291 183.248
17 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 39.306 183.178
18 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39.359 182.931
19 30 Johnny Benson Jr. (R) Bahari Racing Pontiac 39.387 182.801
20 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 39.391 182.783
21 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 39.392 182.778
22 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39.402 182.732
23 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 39.426 182.621
24 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 39.437 182.570
25 15 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Bud Moore Engineering Ford 39.456 182.482
26 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 39.347 182.987
27 12 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 39.421 182.644
28 75 Morgan Shepherd Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 39.442 182.547
29 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 39.469 182.422
30 42 Jim Sauter Team SABCO Pontiac 39.487 182.338
31 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 39.498 182.288
32 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Pontiac 39.521 182.182
33 8 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 39.524 181.168
34 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 39.541 182.089
35 97 Chad Little Mark Rypien Motorsports Pontiac 39.575 181.933
36 33 Robert Pressley Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 39.602 181.809
37 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 39.642 181.626
38 41 Ricky Craven Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 39.753 181.118
Provisionals
39 98 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford -* -*
40 29 Greg Sacks Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet -* -*
41 19 Mike Wallace TriStar Motorsports Ford -* -*
Failed to qualify
42 27 Elton Sawyer David Blair Motorsports Ford -* -*
43 14 Ron Hornaday Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet -* -*
Official first round qualifying results
Official starting lineup

Race results

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Fin St # Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings
1 11 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 200 8 running 180 $83,195
2 3 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 200 135 running 180 $79,170
3 22 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 3 running 170 $57,120
4 12 28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford 200 0 running 160 $43,770
5 7 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 0 running 155 $44,040
6 2 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 200 38 running 155 $41,240
7 19 30 Johnny Benson Jr. (R) Bahari Racing Pontiac 200 0 running 146 $35,515
8 23 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 200 6 running 147 $35,465
9 1 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 200 0 running 138 $25,215
10 26 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 200 0 running 134 $36,865
11 28 75 Morgan Shepherd Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 200 0 running 130 $22,665
12 29 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 200 0 running 127 $32,765
13 5 43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 200 0 running 124 $28,765
14 21 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 200 0 running 121 $28,265
15 18 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 0 running 118 $28,915
16 32 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Pontiac 200 0 running 115 $27,215
17 16 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 200 0 running 112 $32,865
18 38 41 Ricky Craven Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 200 0 running 109 $29,165
19 14 77 Bobby Hillin Jr. Jasper Motorsports Ford 200 0 running 106 $19,265
20 39 98 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 200 0 running 103 $20,765
21 30 42 Jim Sauter Team SABCO Pontiac 200 0 running 100 $25,640
22 8 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 200 1 running 102 $25,440
23 34 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 200 0 running 94 $25,215
24 27 12 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 199 0 running 91 $25,015
25 10 21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 199 0 running 88 $19,565
26 33 8 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 199 0 running 85 $17,465
27 17 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 199 0 running 82 $24,315
28 31 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 199 0 running 79 $24,265
29 41 19 Mike Wallace TriStar Motorsports Ford 199 0 running 76 $16,665
30 40 29 Greg Sacks Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 199 0 running 73 $21,115
31 15 37 John Andretti Kranefuss-Haas Racing Ford 176 0 crash 70 $20,940
32 9 9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 169 7 crash 72 $21,890
33 6 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 167 0 crash 64 $30,440
34 25 15 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Bud Moore Engineering Ford 155 0 ignition 61 $20,790
35 24 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 149 0 fuel pump 58 $28,740
36 35 97 Chad Little Mark Rypien Motorsports Pontiac 111 0 running 55 $13,715
37 13 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 84 0 crash 52 $13,690
38 4 90 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford 81 2 engine 54 $13,740
39 20 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 77 0 engine 46 $28,615
40 37 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 35 0 engine 43 $13,615
41 36 33 Robert Pressley Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 5 0 crash 40 $20,615
Failed to qualify
42 27 Elton Sawyer David Blair Motorsports Ford
43 14 Ron Hornaday Jr. Dale Earnhardt, Inc. Chevrolet
Official race results

References

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  1. ^ Higgins, Tom (August 19, 1996). "Jarrett's ploy pays off". That's Racin'. The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. Retrieved October 21, 2022.
  2. ^ Atkins, Harry (August 19, 1996). ".168 seconds edge". Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. p. 17. Retrieved October 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "GM Goodwrench Dealer 400". The Charlotte Observer. August 16, 1996. p. 28. Retrieved October 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Cotsonika, Nicholas J. (August 17, 1996). "Burton hits goal with pole". The News and Observer. p. 33. Retrieved October 21, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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