| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 19 of 31 in the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series | |||
 1996 Brickyard 400 program cover | |||
| Date | August 3, 1996 | ||
| Location | Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, Indiana | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.5 mi (4.023 km) | ||
| Distance | 160 laps, 400 mi (643.74 km) | ||
| Weather | Warm with temperatures approaching 82.9 °F (28.3 °C); wind speeds up to 7 miles per hour (11 km/h)[1] | ||
| Average speed | 139.508 mph (224.516 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Hendrick Motorsports | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Johnny Benson Jr. | Bahari Racing | |
| Laps | 70 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 88 | Dale Jarrett | Robert Yates Racing | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ABC | ||
| Announcers | Danny Sullivan, Bob Jenkins and Benny Parsons | ||
| Nielsen Ratings | 4.3/-[2] | ||
The 1996 Brickyard 400, the 3rd running of the event, was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race held on August 3, 1996, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. The race was the nineteenth of the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season. Jeff Gordon of Hendrick Motorsports won the pole position with a speed of 176.419 miles per hour (283.919 km/h),[3] while Robert Yates Racing's Dale Jarrett won the race.
The track had been repaved, and speeds had been reported to have increased by 5 miles per hour (8.0 km/h).[4]
- ^ "1996 Brickyard 400 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved September 29, 2013.
- ^ "Brickyard 400 shoots a brick". SportsMediaWatch.com. July 29, 2009. Retrieved October 3, 2013.
- ^ "Daily Trackside Report". The Auto Channel. August 2, 1996. Retrieved September 28, 2013.
- ^ "Countdown To The 20th Running: The 1996 Brickyard 400". Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Retrieved September 28, 2013.