The 1996 AC Delco 400 was the 29th stock car race of the 1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series and the 32nd iteration of the event.

At race's end, Ricky Rudd, driving for his own Rudd Performance Motorsports team, would manage to dominate the late stages of the race to take his 17th career NASCAR Winston Cup Series victory and his only victory of the season.

[1][2] To fill out the top three, Robert Yates Racing driver Dale Jarrett would finish second.

Dale Jarrett, driving for Robert Yates Racing, would win the pole, setting a time of 23.291 and an average speed of 157.194 miles per hour (252.979 km/h).

[5] Three drivers would fail to qualify: Ed Berrier, Norm Benning, and Terry Byers.