1996 GM Goodwrench Dealer 400

{{Short description|21st race of the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series}}

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The 1996 GM Goodwrench Dealer 400 was the 21st stock car race of the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 27th iteration of the event. The race was held on Sunday, August 18, 1996, in Brooklyn, Michigan, at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. In the final laps of the race, Robert Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett would engage in a battle with Roush Racing driver Mark Martin, eventually passing Martin with seven laps to go and holding Martin off to come victorious in the race. The race was Jarrett's eighth career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his fourth and final victory of the season.{{Cite web |last=Higgins |first=Tom |date=August 19, 1996 |title=Jarrett's ploy pays off |url=http://www.thatsracin.com/96/docs/8_18gm.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000815213730/http://www.thatsracin.com/96/docs/8_18gm.htm |archive-date=August 15, 2000 |access-date=October 21, 2022 |website=That's Racin' |publisher=The Charlotte Observer}}{{Cite news |last=Atkins |first=Harry |date=August 19, 1996 |title=.168 seconds edge |pages=17 |work=Pittsburgh Post-Gazette |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/111708797/168-seconds-edge/ |access-date=October 21, 2022 |via=Newspapers.com}} To fill out the podium, the aforementioned Mark Martin and Hendrick Motorsports driver Terry Labonte would finish second and third, respectively.

Background

File:Michigan_International_Speedway_track_map.png, the venue where the race was held.]]

The race was held at Michigan International Speedway, a two-mile (3.2 km) moderate-banked D-shaped speedway located in Brooklyn, Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is known as a "sister track" to Texas World Speedway as MIS's oval design was a direct basis of TWS, with moderate modifications to the banking in the corners, and was used as the basis of Auto Club Speedway. The track is owned by International Speedway Corporation. Michigan International Speedway is recognized as one of motorsports' premier facilities because of its wide racing surface and high banking (by open-wheel standards; the 18-degree banking is modest by stock car standards).

= Entry list =

(R) denotes rookie driver.

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!Sponsor

|Rick Mast

|Precision Products Racing

1996 GM Goodwrench Dealer 400

Background

= Entry list =

Qualifying

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Race results

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