Darlington starting grid

STARTING LINEUP -- 47TH MOUNTAIN DEW SOUTHERN 500 Round 23 -- NASCAR Winston Cup Series Sunday, Sept. 1, 1996 -- Darlington Raceway -- 1:00 p.m.

POS NO DRIVER TEAM/CAR SPEED

1 88 Dale Jarrett Quality Care/Ford Credit Ford 170.934 2 24 Jeff Gordon DuPont Refinishes Chevrolet 170.833

3 7 Geoff Bodine QVC Ford 170.472 4 25 Ken Schrader Budweiser Chevrolet 170.218

5 4 Sterling Marlin Kodak Film Chevrolet 170.118 6 6 Mark Martin Valvoline Ford 169.983

7 29 Chad Little Cartoon Network Chevrolet 169.977 8 5 Terry Labonte Kellogg's Corn Flakes Chevrolet 169.918

9 1 Rick Mast Hooters Pontiac 169.713 10 8 Hut Stricklin Circuit City Ford 169.672

11 12 Derrike Cope Badcock Home Furnishings Ford 169.380 12 3 Dale Earnhardt GM Goodwrench Service Chevrolet 169.339

13 28 Ernie Irvan Texaco Havoline Ford 169.304 14 81 Kenny Wallace Square D/T.I.C. Ford 169.286

15 37 John Andretti Kmart/Little Caesars Ford 169.281 16 27 Todd Bodine David Blair Motorsports Ford 169.251

17 23 Jimmy Spencer Camel Cigarettes Ford 169.205 18 10 Ricky Rudd Tide Ford 169.123

19 11 Brett Bodine Lowe's Ford 168.879 20 16 Ted Musgrave Family Channel/PRIMESTAR Ford 168.642

21 18 Bobby Labonte Interstate Batteries Chevrolet 168.526 22 21 Michael Waltrip Citgo Ford 168.457

23 19 Loy Allen Healthsource Health Plans Ford 168.457 24 98 Jeremy Mayfield RCA Ford 168.428

25 77 Bobby Hillin Jasper Engines Ford 168.417 26 94 Bill Elliott McDonald's Ford 168.376

27 30* Johnny Benson Pennzoil Pontiac 168.100 28 2 Rusty Wallace Miller Ford 168.048

29 71 Dave Marcis Prodigy Chevrolet 167.893 30 90 Dick Trickle Heilig-Meyers Ford 167.550

31 43 Bobby Hamilton STP Pontiac 167.539 32 95 Gary Bradberry Shoney's Ford 167.533

33 60 Ed Berrier Berrier Racing Ford 167.351 34 17 Darrell Waltrip Parts America Chevrolet 167.191

35 22 Ward Burton MBNA America Pontiac 167.174 36 15 Wally Dallenbach Hayes Modems Ford 166.942

37 9 Lake Speed Spam/Melling Ford 166.710 38 75 Morgan Shepherd Remington Arms Ford 166.704

39 99 Jeff Burton Exide Batteries Ford -#- 40 41 Ricky Craven Kodiak Chevrolet -#-

41 42 Kyle Petty Coors Light Pontiac -#- 42 33 Robert Pressley Skoal Bandit Chevrolet -#-

* = NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year Candidate # = Provisional Starter Based on 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Car Owner Points

ALSO ATTEMPTED TO QUALIFY: 78 Randy MacDonald Diamond Rio/Hanes Ford 166.631 87 Joe Nemechek Burger King Chevrolet 166.366 40 Jay Sauter First Union Chevrolet 160.391 02 Robby Faggart Dole & Kemp Chevrolet DNS