Atlanta Friday qualifying

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Atlanta Motor Speedway NASCAR Winston Cup Series 1996 Race No. 31 Qualifying Results

Pos Car Driver Sponsor Make Time Speed

 1  18 Bobby Labonte    Interstate Batteries     Chevrolet 29.476 185.887
 2  24 Jeff Gordon      DuPont Refinishes        Chevrolet 29.571 185.290
 3   5 Terry Labonte    Kellogg's Corn Flakes    Chevrolet 29.688 184.559
 4   6 Mark Martin      Valvoline                Ford      29.693 184.528
 5  88 Dale Jarrett     Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford      29.757 184.131
 6  28 Ernie Irvan      Texaco/Havoline          Ford      29.775 184.020
 7  33 Todd Bodine      Skoal Bandit Racing      Chevrolet 29.800 183.866
 8  40 Greg Sacks       First Union              Pontiac   29.817 183.761
 9  43 Bobby Hamilton   STP                      Pontiac   29.874 183.410
10  97 Chad Little      Sterling Cowboy          Ford      29.880 183.373
11   8 Hut Stricklin    Circuit City             Ford      29.886 183.337
12  52 Jack Sprague     Pedigree                 Pontiac   29.891 183.306
13  94 Bill Elliott     Donalds                  Ford      29.906 183.214
14  95 Gary Bradberry   Shoney's Inn             Ford      29.910 183.190
15   1 Rick Mast        Hooters                  Pontiac   29.911 183.183
16  30 Johnny Benson    Pennzoil                 Pontiac   29.914 183.165
17   3 Dale Earnhardt   GM Goodwrench Service    Chevrolet 29.928 183.079
18  29 Robert Pressley  Cartoon Network          Chevrolet 29.928 183.079
19  11 Brett Bodine     Lowe's                   Ford      29.930 183.067
20   9 Lake Speed       Spam                     Ford      29.936 183.030
21  87 Joe Nemechek     Burger King              Chevrolet 29.941 183.000
22  78 Billy Standridge Wilson Racing            Ford      29.948 182.957
23  22 Ward Burton      MBNA America             Pontiac   29.970 182.823
24  20 Elton Sawyer     Ranier/Walsh Racing      Ford      29.971 182.817
25  77 Bobby Hillin     Jasper Engines           Ford      29.973 182.805

The following cars did not qualify. They must either stand on their times or go through 2nd round qualifying on Saturday.

26  10 Ricky Rudd       Tide                     Ford      29.983 182.744
27   2 Rusty Wallace    Miller                   Ford      30.031 182.451
28  98 John Andretti    RCA                      Ford      30.033 182.439
29  15 Wally Dallenbach Hayes Modems             Ford      30.037 182.415
30  21 Michael Waltrip  Citgo                    Ford      30.045 182.366
31   4 Sterling Marlin  Kodak Film               Chevrolet 30.058 182.288
32  16 Ted Musgrave     The Family Channel       Ford      30.064 182.251
33  71 Dave Marcis      Prodigy                  Chevrolet 30.066 182.239
34  17 Darrell Waltrip  Parts America            Chevrolet 30.088 182.106
35  12 Derrike Cope     Badcock Home Furnishings Ford      30.099 182.039
36  37 Jeremy Mayfield  Kmart/Little Caesars     Ford      30.160 181.671
37  41 Ricky Craven     Kodiak                   Chevrolet 30.161 181.665
38  19 Loy Allen        Tri-Star Motorsports     Ford      30.191 181.485
39   7 Geoff Bodine     QVC                      Ford      30.257 181.089
40  99 Jeff Burton      Exide Batteries          Ford      30.279 180.957
41  23 Jimmy Spencer    Smokin' Joe's            Ford      30.308 180.784
42  02 Randy Baker      Miles Motorsports        Chevrolet 30.339 180.599
43  25 Ken Schrader     Budweiser                Chevrolet 30.351 180.528
44  90 Dick Trickle     Heilig-Meyers            Ford      30.375 180.385
45  81 Kenny Wallace    Square D                 Ford      30.376 180.379
46  75 Morgan Shepherd  Remington Arms           Ford      30.397 180.255
47  27 Ron Barfield     David Blair Motorsports  Ford      30.438 180.012
48  42 Kyle Petty       Coors Light              Pontiac   30.784 177.989

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