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.
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, September 20, 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, September 21, at 12:30 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.
Bobby Hamilton, driving for Petty Enterprises, would win the pole, setting a time of 20.119 and an average speed of 94.120 miles per hour (151.471 km/h).[4]
^Higgins, Tom (September 23, 1996). . That's Racin'. The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
^Harris, Mike (September 23, 1996). "Short-track win boosts Gordon's confidence". Messenger-Inquirer. p. 11. Retrieved October 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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The 1996 Hanes 500 was the 26th stock car race of the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 48th iteration of the event The race was held on Sunday September 22 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 a one lap shootout to the finish Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon would manage to defend the field to take his 18th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his ninth victory of the season 1 2 To fill out the top three Hendrick Motorsports driver Terry Labonte and Petty Enterprises driver Bobby Hamilton would finish second and third respectively 1996 Hanes 500Race detailsRace 26 of 31 in the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup SeriesThe 1996 Hanes 500 program cover featuring Dale Earnhardt DateSeptember 22 1996Official name48th Annual Hanes 500LocationRidgeway Virginia Martinsville SpeedwayCoursePermanent racing facility0 526 mi 0 847 km Distance500 laps 263 mi 423 257 km Scheduled Distance500 laps 263 mi 423 257 km Average speed82 223 miles per hour 132 325 km h Pole positionDriverBobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesTime20 119Most laps ledDriverBobby HamiltonPetty EnterprisesLaps331WinnerNo 24Jeff GordonHendrick MotorsportsTelevision in the United StatesNetworkESPNAnnouncersBob Jenkins Ned Jarrett Benny ParsonsRadio in the United StatesRadioMotor 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 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 edit R denotes rookie driver Driver Team Make Sponsor1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Pontiac Hooters2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford Miller Silver Splash3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet GM Goodwrench Service Plus4 Sterling Marlin Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet Kodak5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kellogg s Frosted Flakes6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford Valvoline7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford QVC8 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford Circuit City9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford Spam10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford Tide11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford Lowe s12 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford Badcock Home Furniture15 Wally Dallenbach Jr Bud Moore Engineering Ford Hayes Modems16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford PrimeStar The Family Channel17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet Parts America18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet Interstate Batteries21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford Citgo22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac MBNA23 Jimmy Spencer Haas Carter Motorsports Ford Camel Cigarettes24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet DuPont25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet Budweiser28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford Texaco Havoline29 Chad Little Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet Cartoon Network The Flintstones30 Johnny Benson Jr R Bahari Racing Pontiac Pennzoil33 Robert Pressley Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet Skoal37 Jeremy Mayfield Kranefuss Haas Racing Ford Kmart Little Caesars41 Ricky Craven Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet Kodiak42 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac Coors Light43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac STP46 Stacy Compton Monroe Racing Chevrolet First Union71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet Prodigy75 Morgan Shepherd Butch Mock Motorsports Ford Remington Arms77 Bobby Hillin Jr Jasper Motorsports Ford Jasper Engines amp Transmissions78 Billy Standridge Triad Motorsports Ford Diamond Rio81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford Square D TIC Financial Systems87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet Burger King88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford Quality Care Service Ford Credit90 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford Heilig Meyers94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford McDonald s95 Gary Bradberry Sadler Brothers Racing Ford Shoney s Inn98 Jeremy Mayfield Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford RCA99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford ExideQualifying editQualifying was split into two rounds The first round was held on Friday September 20 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 September 21 at 12 30 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 Bobby Hamilton driving for Petty Enterprises would win the pole setting a time of 20 119 and an average speed of 94 120 miles per hour 151 471 km h 4 Six drivers would fail to qualify Derrike Cope Brett Bodine Chad Little Ward Burton Billy Standridge and Gary Bradberry Full qualifying results edit Pos Driver Team Make Time Speed1 43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 20 119 94 1202 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 20 170 93 8823 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 20 194 93 7704 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 20 255 93 4885 75 Morgan Shepherd Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 20 292 93 3186 98 John Andretti Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 20 292 93 3187 42 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac 20 299 93 2858 90 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford 20 305 93 2589 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 20 307 93 24910 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20 326 93 16111 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20 327 93 15712 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 20 328 93 15213 37 Jeremy Mayfield Kranefuss Haas Racing Ford 20 342 93 08814 15 Wally Dallenbach Jr Bud Moore Engineering Ford 20 350 93 05215 33 Robert Pressley Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 20 350 93 05216 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 20 353 93 03817 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 20 369 92 96518 28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford 20 397 92 83719 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 20 406 92 79620 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 20 407 92 79221 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 20 412 92 76922 30 Johnny Benson Jr R Bahari Racing Pontiac 20 414 92 76023 46 Stacy Compton Monroe Racing Chevrolet 20 426 92 70524 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 20 435 92 66525 8 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 20 448 92 606Failed to lock in Round 126 21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 20 337 93 11127 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 20 360 93 00628 9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 20 375 92 93729 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Pontiac 20 453 92 58330 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 20 465 92 52931 77 Bobby Hillin Jr Jasper Motorsports Ford 20 471 92 50232 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 20 472 92 497Provisionals33 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 34 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 35 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 36 41 Ricky Craven Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet Failed to qualify37 12 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford 38 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford 39 29 Chad Little Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet 40 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac 41 78 Billy Standridge Triad Motorsports Ford 42 95 Gary Bradberry Sadler Brothers Racing Ford Official first round qualifying resultsOfficial starting lineupRace results editFin St Driver Team Make Laps Led Status Pts Winnings1 10 24 Jeff Gordon Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500 133 running 180 93 8252 11 5 Terry Labonte Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 500 1 running 175 56 1753 1 43 Bobby Hamilton Petty Enterprises Pontiac 500 331 running 175 50 4264 29 1 Rick Mast Precision Products Racing Pontiac 500 0 running 160 36 1255 6 98 John Andretti Cale Yarborough Motorsports Ford 500 0 running 155 26 2356 5 75 Morgan Shepherd Butch Mock Motorsports Ford 500 0 running 150 19 6257 20 7 Geoff Bodine Geoff Bodine Racing Ford 500 0 running 146 29 8758 7 42 Kyle Petty Team SABCO Pontiac 500 0 running 142 25 4509 3 6 Mark Martin Roush Racing Ford 499 0 running 138 31 35010 24 81 Kenny Wallace FILMAR Racing Ford 499 0 running 134 18 05011 17 99 Jeff Burton Roush Racing Ford 499 0 running 130 17 08512 18 28 Ernie Irvan Robert Yates Racing Ford 498 0 running 127 26 50013 8 90 Dick Trickle Donlavey Racing Ford 498 0 running 124 15 30014 26 21 Michael Waltrip Wood Brothers Racing Ford 498 0 running 121 22 50015 19 3 Dale Earnhardt Richard Childress Racing Chevrolet 498 0 running 118 29 10016 4 88 Dale Jarrett Robert Yates Racing Ford 498 0 running 115 19 50017 22 30 Johnny Benson Jr R Bahari Racing Pontiac 498 0 running 112 22 60018 9 94 Bill Elliott Bill Elliott Racing Ford 497 0 running 109 21 10519 35 23 Jimmy Spencer Travis Carter Enterprises Ford 497 0 running 106 20 45020 21 16 Ted Musgrave Roush Racing Ford 497 0 running 103 22 05021 12 18 Bobby Labonte Joe Gibbs Racing Chevrolet 496 0 running 100 25 75022 14 15 Wally Dallenbach Jr Bud Moore Engineering Ford 494 0 running 97 19 95023 30 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip Motorsports Chevrolet 493 0 running 94 19 80024 31 77 Bobby Hillin Jr Jasper Motorsports Ford 493 0 running 91 12 65025 25 8 Hut Stricklin Stavola Brothers Racing Ford 492 0 running 88 12 65026 36 41 Ricky Craven Larry Hedrick Motorsports Chevrolet 491 0 running 85 19 35027 27 87 Joe Nemechek NEMCO Motorsports Chevrolet 490 0 running 82 18 80028 28 9 Lake Speed Melling Racing Ford 489 0 running 79 16 20029 32 71 Dave Marcis Marcis Auto Racing Chevrolet 484 0 running 76 9 10030 16 25 Ken Schrader Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet 477 0 running 73 16 05031 34 4 Sterling Marlin Morgan McClure Motorsports Chevrolet 455 0 crash 70 25 65032 15 33 Robert Pressley Leo Jackson Motorsports Chevrolet 439 0 running 67 16 05033 23 46 Stacy Compton Monroe Racing Chevrolet 403 0 running 64 9 05034 13 37 Jeremy Mayfield Kranefuss Haas Racing Ford 325 0 brakes 61 16 05035 33 10 Ricky Rudd Rudd Performance Motorsports Ford 283 0 rear end 58 24 05036 2 2 Rusty Wallace Penske Racing South Ford 148 35 water pump 60 31 550Failed to qualify37 12 Derrike Cope Bobby Allison Motorsports Ford38 11 Brett Bodine Brett Bodine Racing Ford39 29 Chad Little Diamond Ridge Motorsports Chevrolet40 22 Ward Burton Bill Davis Racing Pontiac41 78 Billy Standridge Triad Motorsports Ford42 95 Gary Bradberry Sadler Brothers Racing FordOfficial race resultsReferences edit Higgins Tom September 23 1996 Martinsville gets its Gordon Labonte finish That s Racin The Charlotte Observer Archived from the original on August 15 2000 Retrieved October 24 2022 Harris Mike September 23 1996 Short track win boosts Gordon s confidence Messenger Inquirer p 11 Retrieved October 24 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp Hanes 500 The Charlotte Observer September 20 1996 p 36 Retrieved October 24 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp Harris Mke September 21 1996 Hamilton delivers Petty team 2nd pole The Anniston Star p 15 Retrieved October 24 2022 via Newspapers com nbsp Previous race 1996 MBNA 500 NASCAR Winston Cup Series1996 season Next race 1996 Tyson Holly Farms 400 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 1996 Hanes 500 amp oldid 1117975630, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
