1996 TranSouth Financial 400
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| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 5 of 31 in the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 The 1996 TranSouth Financial 400 program cover, featuring Dale Earnhardt and Sterling Marlin. | |||
| Date | March 24, 1996 | ||
| Official name | 40th Annual TranSouth Financial 400 | ||
| Location | Darlington, South Carolina, Darlington Raceway | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 1.366 miles (2.198 km) | ||
| Distance | 293 laps, 400.238 mi (644.12 km) | ||
| Scheduled distance | 293 laps, 400.238 mi (644.12 km) | ||
| Average speed | 124.792 miles per hour (200.833 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Bill Davis Racing | ||
| Time | 28.295 | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| Laps | 189 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 24 | Jeff Gordon | Hendrick Motorsports | |
| 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 TranSouth Financial 400 was the fifth stock car race of the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 40th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, March 24, 1996, in Darlington, South Carolina, at Darlington Raceway, a 1.366 miles (2.198 km) permanent egg-shaped oval racetrack. The race took the scheduled 293 laps to complete. With seven laps to go, Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon would manage to take advantage of a disaster-stricken Dale Jarrett and pull away to take his 11th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his second victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, Joe Gibbs Racing driver Bobby Labonte and Larry Hedrick Motorsports driver Ricky Craven would finish second and third, respectively.
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Darlington Raceway is a race track built for NASCAR racing located near Darlington, South Carolina. It is nicknamed "The Lady in Black" and "The Track Too Tough to Tame" by many NASCAR fans and drivers and advertised as "A NASCAR Tradition." It is of a unique, somewhat egg-shaped design, an oval with the ends of very different configurations, a condition which supposedly arose from the proximity of one end of the track to a minnow pond the owner refused to relocate. This situation makes it very challenging for the crews to set up their cars' handling in a way that is effective at both ends.
- (R) denotes rookie driver.
