Race 25 of 31 in the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series
The 1996 Miller 500 program cover, featuring Ward Burton.
Date
September 15, 1996
Official name
28th Annual MBNA 500
Location
Dover, Delaware, Dover International Speedway
Course
Permanent racing facility 1 mi (1.6 km)
Distance
500 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Scheduled Distance
500 laps, 500 mi (804.672 km)
Average speed
105.646 miles per hour (170.021 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
Bobby Labonte
Joe Gibbs Racing
Time
23.213
Most laps led
Driver
Jeff Gordon
Hendrick Motorsports
Laps
204
Winner
No. 24
Jeff Gordon
Hendrick Motorsports
Television in the United States
Network
TNN
Announcers
Eli Gold, Dick Berggren, Buddy Baker
Radio in the United States
Radio
Motor Racing Network
Motor car race
The 1996 MBNA 500 was the 25th stock car race of the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 28th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, September 15, 1996, in Dover, Delaware at Dover International Speedway, a 1-mile (1.6 km) permanent oval-shaped racetrack. The race took the scheduled 500 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Hendrick Motorsports driver Jeff Gordon would manage to dominate the late stages of the race to take his 17th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his eighth victory of the season.[1][2] To fill out the top three, Penske Racing South driver Rusty Wallace and Robert Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett would finish second and third, respectively.
^Higgins, Tom (September 16, 1996). "Gordon cruises at Dover". That's Racin'. The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. Retrieved October 24, 2022.
^McKee, Sandra (September 16, 1996). "Gordon holds off Wallace by .441 of a second at Dover". The Baltimore Sun. p. 120. Retrieved October 24, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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