Autolite Platinum 250

Richmond Raceway — January 1, 1997

Steve Park

Winner

250

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Steve Park won the 1997 Autolite Platinum 250 at Richmond Raceway on January 1, 1997, leading 69 of 250 laps. Randy LaJoie finished second; Jeff Burton rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1997

Track

Richmond Raceway

Season

1997

Winner

Steve Park

Leaders

6 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Steve Park	Dale Earnhardt Inc.	250	—	Running	69	180
2	9	+7	Randy LaJoie	BACE Motorsports	250	—	Running	—	170
3	7	+4	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	250	—	Running	89	165
4	3	-1	Dick Trickle	Shoemaker Racing	250	—	Running	35	160
5	18	+13	Buckshot Jones	Buckshot Racing	250	—	Running	—	155
6	11	+5	Dale Shaw	Phoenix Racing	250	—	Running	—	150
7	12	+5	Jason Keller	KEL Racing	250	—	Running	—	146
8	24	+16	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	250	—	Running	—	142
9	17	+8	Tim Fedewa	BACE Motorsports	250	—	Running	—	138
10	14	+4	Hermie Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	250	—	Running	—	134
11	5	-6	Jimmy Spencer	Crestinger Racing	250	—	Running	—	130
12	16	+4	Phil Parsons	MSRP Motorsports	250	—	Running	—	127
13	15	+2	Jeff Purvis	LAR Motorspots	250	—	Running	—	124
14	20	+6	Curtis Markham		250	—	Running	—	121
15	21	+6	Robert Pressley	ST Motorsports	249	—	Running	37	118
16	4	-12	Mike Dillon	Parker Racing	249	—	Running	13	115
17	35	+18	Shane Hall	Stegall Motorsports	249	—	Running	—	112
18	25	+7	Ed Berrier	PRW Racing	249	—	Running	—	109
19	34	+15	Mark Green	Brewco Motorsports	249	—	Running	—	106
20	36	+16	Dale Jarrett	Isenhower Brothers Racing	249	—	Running	—	103
21	19	-2	Elliott Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	248	—	Running	—	100
22	32	+10	Matt Kenseth	Reiser Enterprises	248	—	Running	—	97
23	41	+18	Kevin Lepage	Emerald Performance Group	248	—	Running	—	94
24	22	-2	Glenn Allen Jr.	J&J Racing	248	—	Running	—	91
25	10	-15	Todd Bodine	Team 34	248	—	Running	—	88
26	27	+1	Kenny Wallace	Filmar Racing	248	—	Running	—	85
27	6	-21	Dennis Setzer	Emerald Performance Group	248	—	Running	—	82
28	1	-27	Michael Waltrip	Michael Waltrip Racing	247	—	Running	7	79
29	37	+8	Mike Olsen	Mike Olsen (Owner)	246	—	Running	—	76
30	26	-4	Danny Edwards Jr.	Wellrich Motorsports	244	—	Running	—	73
31	40	+9	Elton Sawyer	Akins-Sutton Motorsports	244	—	Running	—	70
32	39	+7	Mike McLaughlin	Cicci-Welliver Racing	234	—	Running	—	67
33	28	-5	Kyle Petty	Shaver Racing	227	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	29	-5	Jeff Fuller	Laughlin Racing	221	—	DNF	—	61
35	38	+3	Johnny Chapman	NorthStar Motorsports	204	—	Running	—	58
36	31	-5	Tracy Leslie	Hensley Racing	201	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	23	-14	Ted Christopher	James Lestorti (Owner)	169	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	33	-5	Nathan Buttke	Mark III Racing	134	—	DNF	—	49
39	43	+4	Steve Grissom	Terry Labonte Inc.	60	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	8	-32	Tony Stewart	Labonte Motorsports	56	—	DNF - Crash	—	43
41	30	-11	Michael Ritch	John Ritch (Owner)	42	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
42	13	-29	Joe Bessey	Joe Bessey Racing	11	—	DNF - Crash	—	37
43	42	-1	Stevie Reeves	Donald Laird Racing	1	—	DNF - Crash	—	34