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Transouth Financial 400 - Results

Darlington, SC.

Pos  #  Driver               Sponsor                            Laps Pts      $     Reason

 1  2  24  Jeff Gordon       DuPont Monte Carlo                  293 185 10 97,310 Running
 2 13  18  Bobby Labonte     Interstate Batteries Monte Carlo    293 175  5 55,555 Running
 3 14  41  Ricky Craven      Kodiak Monte Carlo                  293 165    46,690 Running
 4  8   2  Rusty Wallace     Miller Thunderbird                  293 160    29,480 Running
 5 17   5  Terry Labonte     Kelloggs Monte Carlo                293 155    34,325 Running
 6 16   6  Mark Martin       Valvoline Thunderbird               293 150    31,275 Running
 7 18  16  Ted Musgrave      Family Chnl/Primestar Thunderbird   293 146    25,695 Running
 8  4  75  Morgan Shepherd   Remington Arms Thunderbird          292 142    17,565 Running
 9 24  10  Ricky Rudd        Tide/Downy Thunderbird              292 138    27,560 Running
10 21  99  Jeff Burton       Exide Batteries Thunderbird         292 139  5 15,055 Running

11 33   4  Sterling Marlin   Kodak Film Monte Carlo              292 135  5 30,800 Running
12 39  42  Kyle Petty        Coors Light Grand Prix              292 127    22,870 Running
13  5  94  Bill Elliott      McDonalds Thunderbird               292 124    22,585 Running
14 27   3  Dale Earnhardt    GM Goodwrench Service Monte Carlo   292 126  5 28,080 Running
15  3  88  Dale Jarrett      Ford Quality Care Thunderbird       291 123  5 22,950 Running
16 23  43  Bobby Hamilton    STP Grand Prix                      291 115    21,905 Running
17  7  81  Kenny Wallace     Square D/TIC Financial Thunderbird  291 112    10,550 Running
18  9  98  Jeremy Mayfield   RCA Thunderbird                     291 109    14,515 Running
19 11   1  Rick Mast         Hooters Grand Prix                  290 106    21,270 Running
20 34   8  Hut Stricklin     Circuit City Thunderbird            290 103    15,690 Running
21 41  90  Mike Wallace      Heilig Meyers Thunderbird           289 100    13,670 Running
22 19   7  Geoff Bodine      QVC Thunderbird                     289  97    20,450 Running
23 37  71  Dave Marcis       Prodigy Monte Carlo                 289  99  5 13,205 Running
24 38  30  Johnny Benson Jr  Pennzoil Grand Prix                 288  91    21,485 Running
25 25   9  Lake Speed        Spam Thunderbird                    283  88    19,965 Running
26 28  29  Steve Grissom     Cartoon Network Monte Carlo         282  85    19,550 Running
27 15  11  Brett Bodine      Lowe's Thunderbird                  281  82    19,385 Running
28  6  25  Ken Schrader      Budweiser Monte Carlo               281  79    19,285 Running
29 29  21  Michael Waltrip   CITGO Thunderbird                   277  76    19,115 Running
30 10  27  Elton Sawyer      David Blair Motorsports Thunderbird 268  73     9,080 Running
31 40  87  Joe Nemechek      Burger King Monte Carlo             242  70    16,020 Handling
32 12  23  Jimmy Spencer     Camel Thunderbird                   233  67    15,985 Running
33 32  28  Ernie Irvan       Texaco Havoline Thunderbird         230  64    23,895 Running
34 30  17  Darrell Waltrip   Parts America Monte Carlo           203  61    15,860 Handling
35 22  19  Dick Trickle      Healthsource Thunderbird            165  58     8,825 Handling
36 31  33  Robert Pressley   Skoal Bandit Monte Carlo            161  60  5 15,790 Accident
37 36  15  Wally Dallenbach  Hayes Modem Thunderbird             152  52    15,776 Accident
38  1  22  Ward Burton       MBNA Grand Prix                     137  54  5 29,029 Accident
39 20  12  Derrike Cope      Straight Arrow Thunderbird          130  46    15,654 Engine
40 35  37  John Andretti     Kmart/Little Caesars Thunderbird     87  43    15,654 Accident
41 26  77  Bobby Hillin      Jasper/Federal Mogul Thunderbird     29  40     9,279 Accident


5 Bonus Points are awarded for leading a lap, an additional 5 are awarded
for leading most laps - as Jeff Gordon did.

        Average Speed:  124.793  mph
         Time of Race:  3 Hours 12 Minutes 26 Seconds
    Margin of Victory:  1.40 Seconds
             Cautions:  11 for 56 laps
         Lead Changes:  15  among 9  drivers


 Lap Leaders:   
  
  # 3  Dale Earnhardt   123
  # 4  Sterling Marlin  177-196
  #18  Bobby Labonte    89-122, 124-127
  #22  Ward Burton      1-7
  #24  Jeff Gordon      8-21, 23-86, 143-148, 161-176, 197-278, 287-293
  #33  Robert Pressley  149-160
  #71  Dave Marcis      22
  #88  Dale Jarrett     87-88 , 279-286
  #99  Jeff Burton      128-142
            
                 Busch Pole: Ward Burton
Fast Second Round Qualifier: Bobby Hillin
             Halfway Leader: Jeff Gordon