NASCAR Standings: 1996 Winston Cup Series

03/15/96

NASCAR has published current standings for this year's Winston Cup Series. The results take into account last weekend's Purolator 500 in Atlanta. Here's the table:

              NASCAR 1996 Winston Cup Series Standings

POS Driver	      Points Starts   Wins   Top-5   Top-10	Winnings
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 1  Dale Jarrett	660	4	1	3	3      $537,280
 2  Dale Earnhardt	610	4	2	3	3	441,220
 3  Ricky Rudd		588	4	0	1	4	191,322
 4  Bill Elliott	543	4	0	0	3	170,655
 5  Ricky Craven	533	4	0	1	1	156,397
 6  Ken Schrader	522	4	0	1	2	258,037
 7  Terry Labonte	494	4	0	1	2	234,510
 8  Ted Musgrave	490	4	0	1	2	174,067
 9  Bobby Hamilton	474	4	0	0	1	141,810
10  Mark Martin		467	4	0	2	2	225,790
11  Jeremy Mayfield	456	4	0	1	1	106,922
12  Sterling Marlin	452	4	0	0	1	212,000
13  Jimmy Spencer	449	4	0	0	1	133,885
14  Jeff Burton		444	3	0	2	2	126,677
15  Kyle Petty		439	4	0	0	0	123,005
16  Jeff Gordon		430	4	1	2	2	260,282
17  Rusty Wallace	423	4	0	0	1	139,907
18  Kenny Wallace	416	4	0	0	1	 77,670
19  Ernie Irvan		398	4	0	1	1	186,387
20  Micheal Waltrip	395	4	0	0	2	133,385
21  Wally Dallenbach Jr	390	4	0	0	1	159,695
22  Steve Grissom	383	4	0	1	1	119,967
23  Rick Mast		380	4	0	0	1	126,802
24  Ward Burton		367	4	0	0	0	133,895
25  Robert Pressley	365	4	0	0	0	112,950
26  Lake Speed		358	4	0	0	0	119,810
27  Joe Nemechek	357	4	0	0	1	108,402
28  Dave Marcis		357	4	0	0	0	100,205
29  Bobby Labonte	345	4	0	0	0	148,035
30  Darrell Waltrip	340	4	0	0	0	118,865
31  Derrike Cope	337	4	0	0	1	107,327
32  Brett Bodine	330	4	0	0	0	106,280
33  John Andretti	330	4	0	0	0	130,907
34  Mike Wallace	324	4	0	0	0	 76,787
35  Hut Stricklin	309	4	0	0	0	 89,595
36  Johnny Benson	298	4	0	0	0	117,960
37  Bobby Hillin Jr.	273	3	0	0	0	 45,980
38  Geoff Bodine	270	4	0	0	0	 99,055
39  Elton Sawyer	267	3	0	0	0	 62,312
40  Morgan Shepherd	262	4	0	0	0	 78,032
41  Dick Trickle	155	2	0	0	0	 48,612
42  Jeff Purvis		127	1	0	0	0	 52,262
43  Mike Skinner	127	1	0	0	0	 12,825
44  Loy Allen		110	2	0	0	0	 46,582
45  Chad Little		64	1	0	0	0	 37,687
46  Chuck Bown		43	1	0	0	0	  9,275