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1996 Goody's Headache Powder 500 (Martinsville)

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1996 Goody's Headache Powder 500
Race details
Race 8 of 31 in the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1996 Goody's Headache Powder 500 program cover, featuring Terry Labonte, who had broken the record of most consecutive starts from Richard Petty. Labonte was starting his 514th straight race.
The 1996 Goody's Headache Powder 500 program cover, featuring Terry Labonte, who had broken the record of most consecutive starts from Richard Petty. Labonte was starting his 514th straight race.
Date April 21, 1996
Official name 47th Annual Goody's Headache Powder 500
Location Martinsville, Virginia, Martinsville Speedway
Course Permanent racing facility
0.526 mi (0.847 km)
Distance 500 laps, 263 mi (423.257 km)
Scheduled Distance 500 laps, 263 mi (423.257 km)
Average speed 81.41 miles per hour (131.02 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Larry Hedrick Motorsports
Time 20.344
Most laps led
Driver Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports
Laps 211
Winner
No. 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South
Television in the United States
Network ESPN
Announcers Bob Jenkins, Ned Jarrett, Benny Parsons
Radio in the United States
Radio Motor Racing Network

The 1996 Goody's Headache Powder 500 was the eighth stock car race of the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 48th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, April 21, 1996, in Martinsville, Virginia at Martinsville Speedway, a 0.526 miles (0.847 km) permanent oval-shaped short track. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace would manage to make a late-race pass on Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon to take his 42nd career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his first victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, Robert Yates Racing driver Ernie Irvan and the aforementioned Jeff Gordon would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

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

Martinsville Speedway is an NASCAR-owned stock car racing track located in Henry County, in Ridgeway, Virginia, just to the south of Martinsville. At 0.526 miles (0.847 km) in length, it is the shortest track in the NASCAR Cup Series. The track was also one of the first paved oval tracks in NASCAR, being built in 1947 by H. Clay Earles. It is also the only remaining race track that has been on the NASCAR circuit from its beginning in 1948.

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 Ironman
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 Mane 'n Tail
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 Dick Trickle 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 Steve Grissom 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 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac Coors Light Silver Bullet
43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP
46 Stacy Compton Monroe Racing Chevrolet Monroe Racing
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
78 Randy MacDonald Triad Motorsports Ford Diamond Rio
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 Mike Wallace Donlavey Racing Ford Heilig-Meyers
94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford McDonald's
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, April 19, 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, April 20, at 1:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 26-32 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.

Ricky Craven, driving for Larry Hedrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 20.344 and an average speed of 93.079 miles per hour (149.796 km/h).[4]

Seven drivers would fail to qualify: Randy MacDonald, Elton Sawyer, Steve Grissom, Dick Trickle, Bobby Hillin Jr., Wally Dallenbach Jr., and Ward Burton.

Full qualifying results

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Pos. # Driver Team Make Time Speed
1 41 Ricky Craven Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20.344 93.079
2 42 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac 20.359 93.010
3 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 20.362 92.997
4 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 20.375 92.937
5 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 20.383 92.901
6 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20.387 92.883
7 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20.389 92.874
8 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 20.395 92.846
9 46 Stacy Compton Monroe Racing Chevrolet 20.398 92.833
10 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 20.411 92.774
11 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 20.431 92.683
12 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 20.444 92.624
13 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20.455 92.574
14 12 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 20.458 92.560
15 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 20.496 92.389
16 98 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 20.496 92.389
17 37 John Andretti Kranefuss-Haas Racing Ford 20.499 92.375
18 30 Johnny Benson Jr. (R) Bahari Racing Pontiac 20.501 92.366
19 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 20.513 92.312
20 75 Morgan Shepherd Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 20.520 92.281
21 43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 20.521 92.276
22 90 Mike Wallace Donlavey Racing Ford 20.524 92.263
23 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 20.528 92.245
24 9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 20.541 92.186
25 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 20.551 92.142
Failed to lock in Round 1
26 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Pontiac 20.498 92.380
27 21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 20.555 92.124
28 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 20.555 92.124
29 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 20.557 92.115
30 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 20.564 92.083
31 11 Brett Bodine Wood Brothers Racing Ford 20.583 91.998
32 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 20.595 91.945
Provisionals
33 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford -* -*
34 28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford -* -*
35 33 Robert Pressley Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet -* -*
36 8 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford -* -*
Failed to qualify
37 78 Randy MacDonald Triad Motorsports Ford -* -*
38 27 Elton Sawyer David Blair Motorsports Ford -* -*
39 29 Steve Grissom Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet -* -*
40 19 Dick Trickle TriStar Motorsports Ford -* -*
41 77 Bobby Hillin Jr. Jasper Motorsports Ford -* -*
42 15 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Bud Moore Engineering Ford -* -*
43 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac -* -*
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 5 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 500 164 running 180 $59,245
2 34 28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford 500 2 running 175 $57,395
3 13 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500 211 running 175 $57,495
4 16 98 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 500 0 running 160 $32,545
5 8 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 500 12 running 160 $35,195
6 21 43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 499 0 running 150 $27,395
7 6 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 498 0 running 146 $26,295
8 10 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 498 0 running 142 $30,185
9 33 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 498 0 running 138 $24,985
10 15 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan–McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 498 0 running 134 $32,485
11 24 9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 498 0 running 130 $23,320
12 1 41 Ricky Craven Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 498 28 running 132 $28,235
13 3 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 497 0 running 124 $23,415
14 28 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 496 0 running 121 $11,215
15 26 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Pontiac 496 0 running 118 $23,715
16 23 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 496 0 running 115 $21,815
17 27 21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 495 0 running 112 $21,615
18 31 11 Brett Bodine Wood Brothers Racing Ford 494 0 running 109 $21,120
19 32 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 494 0 running 106 $20,465
20 20 75 Morgan Shepherd Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 493 0 running 103 $15,065
21 4 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 493 0 running 100 $27,065
22 25 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 493 0 running 97 $9,665
23 30 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 490 0 running 94 $24,615
24 7 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 480 16 brakes 96 $26,965
25 18 30 Johnny Benson Jr. (R) Bahari Racing Pontiac 477 0 running 88 $19,965
26 29 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 476 0 running 85 $19,565
27 19 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 462 0 fuel pump 82 $12,415
28 14 12 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 462 0 running 79 $12,215
29 12 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 458 0 running 76 $17,115
30 2 42 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac 445 67 running 78 $21,065
31 36 8 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 372 0 rear end 70 $11,565
32 22 90 Mike Wallace Donlavey Racing Ford 368 0 rear end 67 $9,065
33 9 46 Stacy Compton Monroe Racing Chevrolet 353 0 brakes 64 $9,065
34 35 33 Robert Pressley Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 343 0 running 61 $16,065
35 11 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 341 0 engine 58 $9,065
36 17 37 John Andretti Kranefuss-Haas Racing Ford 338 0 rear end 55 $16,065
Failed to qualify
37 78 Randy MacDonald Triad Motorsports Ford
38 27 Elton Sawyer David Blair Motorsports Ford
39 29 Steve Grissom Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet
40 19 Dick Trickle TriStar Motorsports Ford
41 77 Bobby Hillin Jr. Jasper Motorsports Ford
42 15 Wally Dallenbach Jr. Bud Moore Engineering Ford
43 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac
Official race results

References

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  1. ^ Higgins, Tom (April 22, 1996). "Wallace streaks to victory". That's Racin'. The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. Retrieved October 13, 2022.
  2. ^ Harris, Mike (April 22, 1996). "King of the short track". The Anniston Star. p. 9. Retrieved October 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  3. ^ "Goody's 500". The Charlotte Observer. April 19, 1996. p. 38. Retrieved October 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  4. ^ Pitzer, Matt (April 20, 1996). "Craven's first pole worth the wait". The Charlotte Observer. p. 23. Retrieved October 13, 2022 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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