Hardee's 250

Richmond Raceway — January 1, 1997

Mark Martin

Winner

250

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Mark Martin won the 1997 Hardee's 250 at Richmond Raceway on January 1, 1997, leading 2 of 250 laps. Jeff Green finished second; Steve Park rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1997

Track

Richmond Raceway

Season

1997

Winner

Mark Martin

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	18	+17	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	250	—	Running	2	180
2	33	+31	Jeff Green	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	250	—	Running	—	170
3	2	-1	Steve Park	Dale Earnhardt Inc.	250	—	Running	2	165
4	6	+2	Phil Parsons	MSRP Motorsports	250	—	Running	—	160
5	4	-1	Jason Keller	KEL Racing	250	—	Running	26	155
6	41	+35	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	250	—	Running	179	150
7	30	+23	Todd Bodine	Team 34	249	—	Running	—	146
8	1	-7	Randy LaJoie	BACE Motorsports	249	—	Running	35	142
9	31	+22	Ron Barfield Jr.	Bill Elliott Racing	249	—	Running	—	138
10	14	+4	Bobby Labonte	Labonte Motorsports	248	—	Running	—	134
11	19	+8	Elton Sawyer	Akins-Sutton Motorsports	248	—	Running	—	130
12	37	+25	Mark Green	Brewco Motorsports	248	—	Running	—	127
13	22	+9	Buckshot Jones	Buckshot Racing	248	—	Running	—	124
14	21	+7	Mike Dillon	Parker Racing	248	—	Running	—	121
15	24	+9	Ed Spencer III	Crestinger Racing	248	—	Running	—	118
16	12	-4	Hermie Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	247	—	Running	6	115
17	40	+23	Ted Christopher	James Lestorti (Owner)	247	—	Running	—	112
18	43	+25	Tim Fedewa	BACE Motorsports	247	—	Running	—	109
19	38	+19	Mark Krogh	Excel Motorsports	247	—	Running	—	106
20	39	+19	Jeff Krogh	Excel Motorsports	247	—	Running	—	103
21	36	+15	Johnny Chapman	NorthStar Motorsports	247	—	Running	—	100
22	26	+4	Joe Bessey	Joe Bessey Racing	247	—	Running	—	97
23	13	-10	Kevin Lepage	Emerald Performance Group	246	—	Running	—	94
24	17	-7	Doug Heveron	Taylor Motorsports	246	—	Running	—	91
25	11	-14	Glenn Allen Jr.	J&J Racing	246	—	Running	—	88
26	20	-6	Elliott Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	246	—	Running	—	85
27	7	-20	Mike McLaughlin	Cicci-Welliver Racing	245	—	Running	—	82
28	3	-25	Stanton Barrett	Pro Tech Motorsports	241	—	Running	—	79
29	32	+3	Tim Bender	Reiser Enterprises	240	—	Running	—	76
30	27	-3	Greg Sacks	Laughlin Racing	239	—	Running	—	73
31	16	-15	Rodney Combs	Emerald Performance Group	226	—	Running	—	70
32	8	-24	Dick Trickle	Shoemaker Racing	223	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	23	-10	Randy Porter	Porter Racing	222	—	Running	—	64
34	5	-29	Jeff Purvis	Phoenix Racing	201	—	DNF	—	61
35	15	-20	Jeff Fuller	ST Motorsports	193	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	29	-7	Stevie Reeves	Donald Laird Racing	190	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	42	+5	Doug Reid	Bart Walker (Owner)	189	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	34	-4	Brandon Butler	Coleman Rice (Owner)	182	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	35	-4	Mike Olsen	Mike Olsen (Owner)	181	—	Running	—	46
40	9	-31	Tracy Leslie	Hensley Racing	168	—	DNF - Crash	—	43
41	28	-13	Jimmy Foster	Key Motorsports	163	—	DNF	—	40
42	25	-17	Shane Hall	Stegall Motorsports	156	—	DNF - Crash	—	37
43	10	-33	Terry Labonte	Terry Labonte Inc.	11	—	DNF - Engine	—	34