Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a 1.5 miles (2.4 km) quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the NEXTEL All-Star Challenge, as well as the UAW-GM Quality 500. The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area. The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc. (SMI) with Marcus G. Smith (son of Bruton Smith) as track president.
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Wednesday, May 22, at 7:00 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 Thursday, May 23, at 6:00 PM EST. As with the first round, each driver would have one lap to set a time. For this specific race, positions 26-38 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; up to four provisionals were given. If needed, a past champion who did not qualify on either time or provisionals could use a champion's provisional, adding one more spot to the field.
Jeff Gordon, driving for Hendrick Motorsports, would win the pole, setting a time of 29.384 and an average speed of 183.773 miles per hour (295.754 km/h) in the first round.[4]
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The 1996 Coca Cola 600 was the 11th stock car race of the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 37th iteration of the event The race was held on Sunday May 26 1996 in Concord North Carolina at Charlotte Motor Speedway a 1 5 miles 2 4 km permanent quad oval The race took the scheduled 400 laps to complete At race s end Robert Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett would manage to dominate the late stages of the race to take his sixth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season 1 2 To fill out the top three Richard Childress Racing driver Dale Earnhardt and Hendrick Motorsports driver Terry Labonte would finish second and third respectively 1996 Coca Cola 600Race detailsRace 11 of 31 in the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup SeriesThe 1996 Coca Cola 600 program cover with artwork by NASCAR artist Sam Bass DateMay 26 1996Official name37th Annual Coca Cola 600LocationConcord North Carolina Charlotte Motor SpeedwayCoursePermanent racing facility1 5 mi 2 41 km Distance400 laps 600 mi 965 606 km Scheduled Distance400 laps 600 mi 965 606 km Average speed147 581 miles per hour 237 509 km h Attendance165 000Pole positionDriverJeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsTime29 384Most laps ledDriverDale JarrettRobert Yates RacingLaps199WinnerNo 88Dale JarrettRobert Yates RacingTelevision in the United StatesNetworkTBSAnnouncersKen Squier Buddy Baker Dick BerggrenRadio in the United StatesRadioPerformance Racing Network Contents 1 Background 1 1 Entry list 2 Qualifying 2 1 Full qualifying results 3 Race results 4 ReferencesBackground edit nbsp The layout of Charlotte Motor Speedway the venue where the race was held Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord North Carolina United States 13 miles from Charlotte North Carolina The complex features a 1 5 miles 2 4 km quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the NEXTEL All Star Challenge as well as the UAW GM Quality 500 The speedway was built in 1959 by Bruton Smith and is considered the home track for NASCAR with many race teams located in the Charlotte area The track is owned and operated by Speedway Motorsports Inc SMI with Marcus G Smith son of Bruton Smith as track president Entry list edit R denotes rookie driver Driver Team Make Sponsor 0 Delma Cowart H L Waters Racing Ford Masters Inn Economy 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Pontiac Hooters 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford Miller 02 Robbie Faggart Miles Motorsports Chevrolet Miles Motorsports 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 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 Travis Carter Enterprises Ford Camel Cigarettes 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Budweiser 26 Hermie Sadler Sadler Racing Chevrolet Peebles Department Stores 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 49 Mark Gibson Campbell Racing Ford 49 Express Pit Stop 57 Steve Seligman Seligman Racing Ford Matco Tools 63 Ed Berrier Schnell Motorsports Ford Purina Hi Pro 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 amp Transmissions 78 Randy MacDonald Triad Motorsports Ford Diamond Rio Hanes 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 Todd Bodine Elliott Hardy Racing Ford McDonald s Monopoly 95 Chuck Bown Sadler Brothers Racing Ford Shoney s 97 Chad Little Mark Rypien Motorsports Pontiac Sterling Cowboy 98 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford RCA 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford ExideQualifying editQualifying was split into two rounds The first round was held on Wednesday May 22 at 7 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 Thursday May 23 at 6 00 PM EST As with the first round each driver would have one lap to set a time For this specific race positions 26 38 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 up to four provisionals were given If needed a past champion who did not qualify on either time or provisionals could use a champion s provisional adding one more spot to the field Jeff Gordon driving for Hendrick Motorsports would win the pole setting a time of 29 384 and an average speed of 183 773 miles per hour 295 754 km h in the first round 4 Seven drivers would fail to qualify Full qualifying results edit Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed 1 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29 384 183 773 2 41 Ricky Craven Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29 528 182 877 3 37 John Andretti Kranefuss Haas Racing Ford 29 529 182 871 4 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29 594 182 469 5 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 29 606 182 395 6 97 Chad Little Mark Rypien Motorsports Pontiac 29 659 182 070 7 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 29 675 181 971 8 21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 29 675 181 971 9 19 Dick Trickle TriStar Motorsports Ford 29 688 181 892 10 9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 29 700 181 818 11 30 Johnny Benson Jr R Bahari Racing Pontiac 29 736 181 598 12 94 Todd Bodine Elliott Hardy Racing Ford 29 741 181 568 13 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 29 754 181 488 14 12 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 29 762 181 439 15 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 29 774 181 366 16 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 29 786 181 293 17 77 Bobby Hillin Jr Jasper Motorsports Ford 29 786 181 293 18 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 29 811 181 141 19 15 Wally Dallenbach Jr Bud Moore Engineering Ford 29 827 181 044 20 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 29 830 181 026 21 29 Steve Grissom Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 29 836 180 989 22 28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford 29 850 180 905 23 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 29 853 180 886 24 98 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 29 872 180 771 25 8 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 29 876 180 747 Failed to lock in Round 1 26 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Pontiac 29 897 180 620 27 90 Mike Wallace Donlavey Racing Ford 29 948 180 313 28 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 29 949 180 307 29 33 Robert Pressley Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 29 995 180 030 30 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 30 005 179 970 31 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 30 037 179 778 32 42 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac 30 045 179 730 33 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 30 059 179 647 34 95 Chuck Bown Sadler Brothers Racing Ford 30 059 179 647 35 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 30 081 179 515 36 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 30 132 179 211 37 43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 30 137 179 182 38 75 Morgan Shepherd Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 30 157 179 063 Provisionals 39 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 40 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 41 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 42 27 Elton Sawyer David Blair Motorsports Ford Champion s Provisional 43 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford Failed to qualify 44 78 Randy MacDonald Triad Motorsports Ford 45 63 Ed Berrier Schnell Motorsports Ford 46 26 Hermie Sadler Sadler Racing Chevrolet 47 49 Mark Gibson Campbell Racing Ford 48 02 Robbie Faggart Miles Motorsports Chevrolet 49 0 Delma Cowart H L Waters Racing Ford 50 57 Steve Seligman Seligman Racing Ford Official first round qualifying results Official starting lineupRace results editFin St Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings 1 15 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 400 199 running 185 165 250 2 20 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 400 7 running 175 97 000 3 4 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 59 running 170 75 300 4 1 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 400 101 running 165 118 200 5 23 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 399 0 running 155 46 350 6 36 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 399 9 running 155 55 100 7 7 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 399 0 running 146 43 400 8 8 21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 399 0 running 142 36 500 9 22 28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford 398 0 running 138 37 000 10 31 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 398 0 running 134 36 500 11 35 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 397 0 running 130 34 150 12 26 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Pontiac 397 0 running 127 29 150 13 28 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 397 0 running 124 27 700 14 14 12 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 397 0 running 121 26 450 15 30 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 396 0 running 118 30 620 16 21 29 Steve Grissom Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 395 0 running 115 24 200 17 18 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 395 0 running 112 23 350 18 13 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 395 0 running 109 15 490 19 19 15 Wally Dallenbach Jr Bud Moore Engineering Ford 393 0 running 106 21 800 20 9 19 Dick Trickle TriStar Motorsports Ford 392 0 running 103 16 325 21 42 27 Elton Sawyer David Blair Motorsports Ford 392 0 running 100 13 490 22 5 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 391 13 running 102 26 945 23 32 42 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac 391 0 running 94 19 485 24 40 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 389 0 running 91 19 220 25 33 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 386 0 running 88 19 210 26 17 77 Bobby Hillin Jr Jasper Motorsports Ford 369 0 running 85 8 680 27 3 37 John Andretti Kranefuss Haas Racing Ford 368 0 running 82 22 170 28 25 8 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 364 0 running 79 11 510 29 38 75 Morgan Shepherd Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 364 0 running 76 11 480 30 39 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 352 0 running 73 18 465 31 37 43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 342 0 running 70 15 455 32 16 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 332 0 engine 67 8 445 33 29 33 Robert Pressley Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 310 0 running 64 15 435 34 43 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 300 0 running 61 23 425 35 10 9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 213 0 handling 58 15 720 36 12 94 Todd Bodine Elliott Hardy Racing Ford 209 0 accident 55 15 415 37 2 41 Ricky Craven Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 193 9 accident 57 21 415 38 11 30 Johnny Benson Jr R Bahari Racing Pontiac 192 0 accident 49 16 400 39 27 90 Mike Wallace Donlavey Racing Ford 189 0 oil pump 46 8 400 40 41 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 138 3 accident 48 9 300 41 24 98 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 136 0 transmission 40 8 400 42 34 95 Chuck Bown Sadler Brothers Racing Ford 68 0 handling 37 8 400 43 6 97 Chad Little Mark Rypien Motorsports Pontiac 0 0 oil pump 34 8 400 Failed to qualify 44 78 Randy MacDonald Triad Motorsports Ford 45 63 Ed Berrier Schnell Motorsports Ford 46 26 Hermie Sadler Sadler Racing Chevrolet 47 49 Mark Gibson Campbell Racing Ford 48 02 Robbie Faggart Miles Motorsports Chevrolet 49 0 Delma Cowart H L Waters Racing Ford 50 57 Steve Seligman Seligman Racing Ford Official race resultsReferences edit Macenka Joe May 27 1996 Jarrett dominates Charlotte race The Daily News Leader p 7 Retrieved December 28 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp Higgins Tom May 27 1996 Jarrett feels like a million That s Racin Archived from the original on April 17 2001 Retrieved December 28 2022 nbsp 600 Week schedule The Charlotte Observer May 22 1994 p 86 Retrieved December 28 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp Macenka Joe May 23 1996 Gordon paces Chevrolets in Coca Cola 600 trials The Stuart News p 22 Retrieved December 28 2022 nbsp Previous race 1996 Save Mart Supermarkets 300 NASCAR Winston Cup Series1996 season Next race 1996 Miller 500 Dover Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1996 Coca Cola 600 amp oldid 1130158325, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
