1996 Miller 400 (Michigan)
Race details | |||||
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Race 14 of 31 in the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||||
Date | June 23, 1996 | ||||
Official name | 28th Annual Miller 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 | 166.033 miles per hour (267.204 km/h) | ||||
Pole position | |||||
Driver | Petty Enterprises | ||||
Time | 38.884 | ||||
Most laps led | |||||
Driver | Sterling Marlin |
Morgan-McClure Motorsports | |||
Laps | 78 | ||||
Winner | |||||
No. 2 | Rusty Wallace |
Network | TNN | ||
Announcers | Ken Squier, Ned Jarrett, Buddy Baker | ||||
Radio in the United States | |||||
Radio | Motor Racing Network |
The 1996 Miller 400 was the 14th
Background
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
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
Qualifying
Qualifying was split into two rounds. The first round was held on Friday, June 21, at 3:30 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, June 22, 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 26-38 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.
Bobby Hamilton, driving for Petty Enterprises, would win the pole, setting a time of 38.884 and an average speed of 185.166 miles per hour (297.996 km/h).[4]
No drivers would fail to qualify.
Full qualifying results
*Time not available.
Race results
Fin | St | # | Driver | Team | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts | Winnings |
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1 | 18 | 2 | Rusty Wallace | Penske Racing South
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Ford | 200 | 10 | running | 180 | $71,380 |
2 | 6 | 5 | Terry Labonte | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 6 | running | 175 | $59,730 |
3 | 8 | 4 | Sterling Marlin | Morgan–McClure Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 78 | running | 175 | $55,930 |
4 | 40 | 23 | Jimmy Spencer
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Travis Carter Enterprises | Ford | 200 | 0 | running | 160 | $43,775 |
5 | 32 | 28 | Ernie Irvan | Robert Yates Racing
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Ford | 200 | 0 | running | 155 | $40,525 |
6 | 7 | 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 200 | 42 | running | 155 | $41,650 |
7 | 4 | 6 | Mark Martin | Roush Racing
|
Ford | 200 | 0 | running | 146 | $35,350 |
8 | 12 | 16 | Ted Musgrave | Roush Racing
|
Ford | 200 | 0 | running | 142 | $29,200 |
9 | 11 | 3 | Dale Earnhardt | Richard Childress Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 0 | running | 138 | $33,350 |
10 | 30 | 88 | Dale Jarrett | Robert Yates Racing
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Ford | 200 | 3 | running | 139 | $27,850 |
11 | 3 | 75 | Morgan Shepherd | Butch Mock Motorsports
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Ford | 200 | 44 | running | 135 | $19,900 |
12 | 5 | 18 | Bobby Labonte | Joe Gibbs Racing | Chevrolet | 200 | 7 | running | 132 | $30,425 |
13 | 31 | 15 | Wally Dallenbach Jr. | Bud Moore Engineering | Ford | 199 | 0 | running | 124 | $25,375 |
14 | 28 | 77 | Bobby Hillin Jr. | Jasper Motorsports | Ford | 199 | 0 | running | 121 | $13,525 |
15 | 1 | 43 | Bobby Hamilton | Petty Enterprises | Pontiac | 199 | 5 | running | 123 | $26,025 |
16 | 27 | 25 | Ken Schrader | Hendrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | running | 115 | $23,950 |
17 | 25 | 99 | Jeff Burton | Roush Racing
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Ford | 199 | 0 | running | 112 | $16,625 |
18 | 17 | 1 | Rick Mast | Precision Products Racing | Pontiac | 199 | 0 | running | 109 | $23,290 |
19 | 9 | 9 | Lake Speed | Melling Racing | Ford | 199 | 0 | running | 106 | $22,875 |
20 | 39 | 94 | Todd Bodine | Bill Elliott Racing | Ford | 199 | 0 | running | 103 | $24,360 |
21 | 21 | 7 | Geoff Bodine | Geoff Bodine Racing | Ford | 199 | 0 | running | 100 | $22,240 |
22 | 10 | 11 | Brett Bodine | Brett Bodine Racing | Ford | 199 | 0 | running | 97 | $22,025 |
23 | 35 | 33 | Robert Pressley | Leo Jackson Motorsports
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Chevrolet | 199 | 0 | running | 94 | $21,790 |
24 | 23 | 37 | John Andretti | Kranefuss-Haas Racing
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Ford | 198 | 0 | running | 91 | $21,580 |
25 | 26 | 17 | Darrell Waltrip | Darrell Waltrip Motorsports | Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | running | 88 | $21,545 |
26 | 36 | 71 | Dave Marcis | Marcis Auto Racing | Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | running | 85 | $14,085 |
27 | 33 | 8 | Hut Stricklin | Stavola Brothers Racing | Ford | 197 | 0 | running | 82 | $13,925 |
28 | 38 | 19 | Loy Allen Jr. | TriStar Motorsports | Ford | 197 | 0 | running | 79 | $13,865 |
29 | 15 | 41 | Ricky Craven | Larry Hedrick Motorsports | Chevrolet | 197 | 0 | running | 76 | $20,255 |
30 | 13 | 98 | Jeremy Mayfield | Cale Yarborough Motorsports | Ford | 196 | 0 | out of gas | 73 | $17,690 |
31 | 14 | 10 | Ricky Rudd | Rudd Performance Motorsports | Ford | 195 | 5 | running | 75 | $35,540 |
32 | 20 | 21 | Michael Waltrip | Wood Brothers Racing | Ford | 192 | 0 | running | 67 | $17,490 |
33 | 16 | 81 | Kenny Wallace | FILMAR Racing | Ford | 192 | 0 | running | 64 | $10,385 |
34 | 22 | 29 | Steve Grissom | Diamond Ridge Motorsports | Chevrolet | 166 | 0 | engine | 61 | $10,315 |
35 | 34 | 22 | Ward Burton | Bill Davis Racing | Pontiac | 156 | 0 | engine | 58 | $25,245 |
36 | 24 | 87 | Joe Nemechek | NEMCO Motorsports | Chevrolet | 137 | 0 | engine | 55 | $17,165 |
37 | 37 | 30 | Johnny Benson Jr. (R) | Bahari Racing | Pontiac | 130 | 0 | engine | 52 | $16,165 |
38 | 29 | 42 | Kyle Petty | Team SABCO
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Pontiac | 125 | 0 | engine | 49 | $17,080 |
39 | 19 | 90 | Dick Trickle | Donlavey Racing | Ford | 119 | 0 | engine | 46 | $10,080 |
40 | 2 | 12 | Derrike Cope | Bobby Allison Motorsports
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Ford | 53 | 0 | piston | 43 | $24,080 |
Official race results |
References
- ^ Higgins, Tom (June 24, 1996). "Wallace throttles Michigan foes". That's Racin'. The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. Retrieved October 17, 2022.