1996 Tyson Holly Farms 400

February 2025 1996 Tyson Holly Farms 400 1996 Tyson Holly Farms 400 http://www.racing-reference.info/race/1996_Tyson_Holly_Farms_400/W Racing-Reference USA Today Sports Media Group March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160404003359/http://www.racing-reference.info/race/1996_Tyson_Holly_Farms_400/W April 4, 2016 live NASWINSTON 27 31 1996_Tyson_Holly_Farms_400_program_cover.png 1996 Tyson Holly Farms 400 program cover 1996 09 29 North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina Permanent racing facility 0.625 1.006 400 250 402.336 Temperatures up to 66 F C; wind speeds up to 6.9 mi/h km/hWeather Information for North Wilkesboro, North Carolina http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/NC/North%20Wilkesboro/1996-09-29 Old Farmers' Almanac March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160307152209/http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/NC/North%20Wilkesboro/1996-09-29 March 7, 2016 live 96.837 mph km/h on Ted Musgrave Roush Racing 19.059 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports 207 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports ESPN Bob Jenkins, Benny Parsons, Ned Jarrett MRN Allen Bestwick and Barney Hall Joe Moore (Backstretch) The 1996 Tyson Holly Farms 400 was the twenty-seventh stock car race of the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. It was held on September 29, 1996, at North Wilkesboro Speedway in Wilkes County, North Carolina. The 400-lap race was won by Jeff Gordon of the Hendrick Motorsports team after he started from second position. Dale Earnhardt finished second and Dale Jarrett came in third. Entry list No. Driver1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Tyson Holly Farms 400 Entry List - North Wilkesboro Speedway https://frcs.pro/nascar/cup/races/entrylist/1996/north-wilkesboro-speedway/tyson-holly-farms-400 2021-06-10 frcs.pro Make Team1Rick MastPontiacRichard Jackson2Rusty WallaceFordRoger Penske3Dale EarnhardtChevroletRichard Childress4Sterling MarlinChevroletLarry McClure5Terry LabonteChevroletRick Hendrick6Mark MartinFordJack Roush7Geoff BodineFordGeoff Bodine8Hut StricklinFordStavola Brothers9Lake SpeedFordHarry Melling10Ricky RuddFordRicky Rudd11Brett BodineFordBrett Bodine12Derrike CopeFordBobby Allison15Wally Dallenbach Jr.FordBud Moore16Ted MusgraveFordJack Roush17Darrell WaltripChevroletDarrell Waltrip18Bobby LabonteChevroletJoe Gibbs21Michael WaltripFordWood Brothers23Jimmy SpencerFordTravis Carter24Jeff GordonChevroletRick Hendrick25Ken SchraderChevroletRick Hendrick28Ernie IrvanFordYates Racing29Jeff GreenChevroletGary Bechtel30Johnny Benson Jr.PontiacChuck Rider33Robert PressleyChevroletLeo Jackson37Jeremy MayfieldFordMichael Kranefuss41Ricky CravenChevroletLarry Hedrick42Kyle PettyPontiacFelix Sabates43Bobby HamiltonPontiacPetty Enterprises71Dave MarcisChevroletDave Marcis75Morgan ShepherdFordButch Mock77Bobby Hillin Jr.FordDoug Bawel81Kenny WallaceFordFil Martocci87Joe NemechekChevroletJoe Nemechek88Dale JarrettFordYates Racing94Bill ElliottFordBill Elliott98John AndrettiFordCale Yarborough99Jeff BurtonFordJack Roush Report Background Before the race Jeff Gordon led the Drivers' Championship with 3,903 points, eighty-one ahead of Hendrick Motorsports teammate Terry Labonte in second, with Dale Jarrett a further eighty-one points adrift in third. Dale Earnhardt was fourth on 3,562, and Mark Martin was a further seventy-nine behind in fifth place.1996 Official Driver Standings: Hanes 500 http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/1996/26/data/standings_official.html NASCAR Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. March 4, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20091001172958/http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/1996/26/data/standings_official.html October 1, 2009 Martin was the race's defending champion.McKee Sandra NASCAR takes last lap at roots Racing: With tomorrow's Holly Farms 400, NASCAR bids goodbye to its oldest track, North Wilkesboro (N.C.) Speedway. https://www.baltimoresun.com/1996/09/28/nascar-takes-last-lap-at-roots-racing-with-tomorrows-holly-farms-400-nascar-bids-goodbye-to-its-oldest-track-north-wilkesboro-nc-speedway/ March 4, 2016 The Baltimore Sun Tribune Publishing September 28, 1996 North Wilkesboro, North Carolina https://web.archive.org/web/20160307211157/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1996-09-28/sports/1996272053_1_wilkesboro-speedway-north-wilkesboro-first-nascar-race March 7, 2016 live It was announced shortly beforehand that the Tyson Holly Farms 400 would be the last NASCAR race held at North Wilkesboro Speedway after the track was sold to promoters Bruton Smith and Bob Bahre following the death of its previous owner Enoch Staley in 1995. North Wilkesboro's two races would be taken over by Smith's Texas Motor Speedway in the spring and Bahre's New Hampshire Motor Speedway in the fall starting from 1997 as part of a schedule realignment.Harris Mike NASCAR says goodbye to North Wilkesboro https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/138018770/ March 4, 2016 The Advocate-Messenger Associated Press Schurz Communications September 26, 1996 North Wilkesboro, North Carolina 16 https://web.archive.org/web/20160307052727/https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/138018770/ March 7, 2016 live First round qualifying First-round qualifying started at 3 p.m. on Friday. Bobby Hamilton, driving the popular #43 Petty Enterprises Pontiac, had the fastest run before rain interrupted qualifying with 13 of the 40 drivers still waiting to make their run. After a 2 1 2-hour delay qualifying resumed with Jeff Gordon, the defending series champion, being the first driver to make a qualifying lap. Gordon put his #24 Chevrolet on top of the charts with a lap of 117.937 mph. Gordon's run held until Ted Musgrave, driving for Jack Roush in the #16 Family Channel/Primestar Ford Thunderbird, won the pole with a lap of 118.054 mph. It was Musgrave's first pole of the season and the fifth and final pole of his career. Hamilton ended up 3rd, with defending race winner Mark Martin and Ernie Irvan filling out the top five starting spots. Second round qualifying With only the top 25 locked in times from the first round qualifying the previous day, Second-round qualifying allowed drivers to stand on their first-round times or make a second attempt. Only 6 drivers made a second-round attempt on Saturday. Hut Stricklin was the fastest in second-round qualifying, and Dale Jarrett also improved on his first day's effort. Race provisionals went to Geoff Bodine, Lake Speed, Robert Pressley, and Jeff Green. Darrell Waltrip got the past champion's provisional. Three drivers, Ward Burton, Dick Trickle and Gary Bradberry, failed to qualify. Final Practice Rain cut final practice short for Cup teams. Jeff Gordon completed just 15 laps when his car developed engine problems, later found to be debris in the carburetor. Race The race started at 1 P.M. on Sunday. From the 2nd starting spot, Jeff Gordon jumped out past pole sitter Ted Musgrave to lead the first few laps of the race. On lap 22 the first caution came out for debris on the track. Gordon had a dominant car throughout the race. An accident on the front-stretch between Ernie Irvan, Kyle Petty and Bobby Hamilton brought out the 2nd caution on lap 72. At halfway, Gordon lead and collected the $10,000 halfway leader bonus. Another caution came out on lap 261 for oil on the track. Robert Pressley's accident in turn 3 brought out the final caution on lap 315. With 79 laps to go, Gordon moved past Dale Earnhardt on a restart and took the lead for the final time. Gordon would win the race by 1.73 seconds over Earnhardt. Dale Jarrett, Jeff Burton and Terry Labonte rounded out the top five. It was Gordon's 10th win of the season and third win in a row after victories at Dover and Martinsville. The highest-finishing rookie, Johnny Benson, finishing 17th. Pole sitter Ted Musgrave failed to lead a lap and ended up finished 19th in the 37-car field. The race featured 18 Lead changes between 8 different drivers throughout the day with Gordon leading a race-high 207 laps. Every car that started the race was running at the finish. Race results Pos Grid No. Driver Team Manufacturer Laps Status Laps Led Points 1 2 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 running 207 185 2 11 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 400 running 35 175 3 30 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 400 running 0 165 4 14 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 400 running 2 165 5 16 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 running 0 155 6 28 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Pontiac 400 running 0 150 7 21 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 400 running 17 151 8 3 43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 400 running 48 147 9 4 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 400 running 29 143 10 9 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 400 running 43 139 11 13 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan-McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 400 running 0 130 12 10 21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 399 running 0 127 13 18 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 399 running 0 124 14 19 75 Morgan Shepherd Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 399 running 0 121 15 27 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 399 running 0 118 16 26 8 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 399 running 0 115 17 6 30 Johnny Benson Jr. Bahari Racing Pontiac 398 running 0 112 18 24 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 398 running 0 109 19 1 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 398 running 0 106 20 32 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 398 running 0 103 21 12 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 398 running 0 100 22 20 41 Ricky Craven Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 397 running 0 97 23 31 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 397 running 0 94 24 23 98 John Andretti Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 397 running 0 91 25 34 9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 397 running 0 88 26 29 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 396 running 0 85 27 37 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 396 running 0 82 28 15 37 Jeremy Mayfield Kranefuss-Haas Racing Ford 395 running 0 79 29 22 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 395 running 0 76 30 33 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 394 running 0 73 31 25 42 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac 394 running 0 70 32 36 29 Jeff Green Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 394 running 0 67 33 35 33 Robert Pressley Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 392 running 0 64 34 17 15 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Bud Moore Engineering Ford 391 running 0 61 35 8 77 Bobby Hillin Jr. Jasper Motorsports Ford 389 running 0 58 36 5 28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford 388 running 19 60 37 7 12 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 369 running 0 52 Race statistics Time of race: 2:34:54 Average Speed: 96.837 mph Pole Speed: 118.054 mph Cautions: 4 Cautions for 29 laps Margin of Victory: 1.73 seconds Lead changes: 18 between 8 drivers Percent of race run under caution: 7.25% Average green flag run: 74.2 Laps Post-race The results meant Gordon extended his lead in the Drivers' Championship, ahead of Labonte and Jarrett. Earnhardt and Martin rounded out the top five positions.1996 Official Driver Standings: Tyson/Holly Farms 400 http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/1996/27/data/standings_official.html NASCAR Turner Sports Interactive, Inc. March 16, 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20091001173002/http://www.nascar.com/races/cup/1996/27/data/standings_official.html October 1, 2009 The race took two hours. thirty-four minutes and fifty-four seconds to complete, and the margin of victory was 1.73 seconds. References 30em Winston Cup Series 1996 1996 Hanes 500 1996 UAW-GM Quality 500 1990s Sports United States Tyson Holly Farms 400 Tyson Holly Farms 400 Category:NASCAR races at North Wilkesboro Speedway Category:September 1996 sports events in the United States