at Martinsville Speedway. Bobby Hamilton won the pole. Top ten results 24-Jeff Gordon 5-Terry Labonte 43-Bobby Hamilton 1-Rick Mast 98-John Andretti 75-Morgan Shepherd 7-Geoff Bodine 42-Kyle Petty 6-Mark Martin, 1 lap down 81-Kenny Wallace, 1 lap down Failed to qualify: 12-Derrike Cope, 11-Brett Bodine, 29-Chad Little, 22-Ward Burton, 78-Billy Standridge, 95-Gary Bradberry This is the fastest Martinsville race in NASCAR history, with an average speed of 82.223 mph. Tyson Holly Farms 400 The Tyson Holly Farms 400 was run on September 29 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Ted Musgrave won the pole. Top ten results 24-Jeff Gordon 3-Dale Earnhardt 88-Dale Jarrett 99-Jeff Burton 5-Terry Labonte 1-Rick Mast 10-Ricky Rudd 43-Bobby Hamilton 6-Mark Martin 2-Rusty Wallace Failed to qualify: 22-Ward Burton, 90-Dick Trickle, 95-Gary Bradberry This was the final NASCAR race at North Wilkesboro Speedway until 2023, which closed down after the race. It was the only track other than Martinsville that NASCAR had been running at since NASCAR's first full season in 1949. 10th and final win of 1996 for Jeff Gordon. Jeff Gordon became the 1st driver since Rusty Wallace in 1993 to score 10 victories in a single season. This was the final race until New Hampshire in September 2007 that had every car running at the finish. Only 37 cars started this race. It was the last Cup Series race in which fewer than 40 cars started until the 2016 Folds of Honor QuikTrip 500, the second race after NASCAR reduced field sizes in the Cup Series from 43 to 40. A total of 39 cars entered that race. UAW-GM Quality 500 The UAW-GM Quality 500 was run on October 6 at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The #18 of Bobby Labonte won the pole. Top ten results 5-Terry Labonte 6-Mark Martin 88-Dale Jarrett 4-Sterling Marlin 41-Ricky Craven 3-Dale Earnhardt 22-Ward Burton 2-Rusty Wallace 21-Michael Waltrip 94-Bill Elliott Ernie Irvan escaped serious injury in a savage melee when he spun in turn two, clipped Robby Gordon, then slid into the path of John Andretti, who annihilated the nose of Irvan's Ford while Gordon hit the inside concrete wall and dislodged it. With Terry Labonte winning the race, and Jeff Gordon finishing 31st, Gordon went from a 111 point lead to a 1 point lead over Labonte. Final time in his career that Terry Labonte won multiple races in a season. Failed to qualify: 87-Joe Nemechek, 95-Gary Bradberry, 71-Dave Marcis, 02-Robbie