Sears Auto Center 250

The Milwaukee Mile — January 1, 1997

Randy LaJoie

Winner

250

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Randy LaJoie won the 1997 Sears Auto Center 250 at The Milwaukee Mile on January 1, 1997, leading 20 of 250 laps. Elliott Sadler finished second; Hermie Sadler rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1997

Track

The Milwaukee Mile

Season

1997

Winner

Randy LaJoie

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	10	+9	Randy LaJoie	BACE Motorsports	250	—	Running	20	180
2	11	+9	Elliott Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	250	—	Running	41	170
3	2	-1	Hermie Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	250	—	Running	27	165
4	3	-1	Buckshot Jones	Buckshot Racing	250	—	Running	32	160
5	12	+7	Steve Park	Dale Earnhardt Inc.	250	—	Running	78	155
6	16	+10	Elton Sawyer	Akins-Sutton Motorsports	250	—	Running	—	150
7	22	+15	Phil Parsons	MSRP Motorsports	250	—	Running	—	146
8	21	+13	Dale Shaw	Phoenix Racing	250	—	Running	—	142
9	28	+19	Tracy Leslie	Hensley Racing	250	—	Running	—	138
10	1	-9	Tim Fedewa	BACE Motorsports	250	—	Running	—	134
11	7	-4	Todd Bodine	Team 34	249	—	DNF - Crash	—	130
12	27	+15	Matt Kenseth	Reiser Enterprises	249	—	Running	—	127
13	33	+20	Mike McLaughlin	Cicci-Welliver Racing	249	—	Running	—	124
14	9	-5	Dick Trickle	Shoemaker Racing	249	—	Running	9	121
15	26	+11	Mark Green	Brewco Motorsports	249	—	Running	—	118
16	29	+13	Glenn Allen Jr.	J&J Racing	249	—	Running	—	115
17	19	+2	Jason Keller	KEL Racing	249	—	Running	—	112
18	4	-14	Bobby Labonte	Labonte Motorsports	249	—	Running	—	109
19	15	-4	Joe Bessey	Joe Bessey Racing	249	—	Running	—	106
20	34	+14	Jeff Krogh	Excel Motorsports	249	—	Running	—	103
21	36	+15	Robert Pressley	ST Motorsports	249	—	Running	—	100
22	23	+1	Rick Fuller	Taylor Motorsports	248	—	Running	—	97
23	5	-18	Bobby Dotter	Green Light Racing	248	—	Running	—	94
24	17	-7	Shane Hall	Stegall Motorsports	248	—	Running	—	91
25	14	-11	Johnny Chapman	NorthStar Motorsports	248	—	Running	—	88
26	6	-20	Kevin Lepage	Emerald Performance Group	247	—	DNF - Crash	43	85
27	13	-14	Stevie Reeves	Donald Laird Racing	247	—	Running	—	82
28	20	-8	Dennis Setzer	Emerald Performance Group	246	—	Running	—	79
29	31	+2	Mark Krogh	Excel Motorsports	246	—	Running	—	76
30	18	-12	Jeff Fuller	Laughlin Racing	245	—	DNF	—	73
31	32	+1	Mike Dillon	Parker Racing	245	—	Running	—	70
32	25	-7	Lyndon Amick	Team Amick Motorsports	243	—	Running	—	67
33	24	-9	Randy Porter	Porter Racing	241	—	Running	—	64
34	30	-4	Chris Diamond	Jerry Francis (Owner)	241	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	38	+3	Joey McCarthy	James Pritchard (Owner)	227	—	Running	—	58
36	40	+4	Nathan Buttke	Mark III Racing	150	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	8	-29	Ricky Craven	Ricky Craven Motorsports	143	—	DNF	—	52
38	37	-1	Mark Day	Day Enterprises	46	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	35	-4	Jeff McClure	PRW Racing	35	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	39	-1	Doug Reid	Bart Walker (Owner)	31	—	DNF - Crash	—	43

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Frequently Asked Questions

Who won the 1997 Sears Auto Center 250?

Randy LaJoie won the 1997 Sears Auto Center 250 at The Milwaukee Mile driving for BACE Motorsports.

Where was the 1997 Sears Auto Center 250 held?

The 1997 Sears Auto Center 250 was held at The Milwaukee Mile on January 1, 1997.