NAPA 250

Martinsville Speedway — January 1, 1998

Jay Sauter

Winner

250

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Jay Sauter won the 1998 NAPA 250 at Martinsville Speedway on January 1, 1998, leading 34 of 250 laps. Jimmy Hensley finished second; Ron Hornaday Jr. rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1998

Track

Martinsville Speedway

Season

1998

Winner

Jay Sauter

Leaders

8 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	10	+9	Jay Sauter	Richard Childress Racing		250	—	Running	34	180
2	4	+2	Jimmy Hensley	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	250	—	Running	62	170
3	6	+3	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Dale Earnhardt Inc.		250	—	Running	4	165
4	15	+11	Stacy Compton	Impact Motorsports		250	—	Running	—	160
5	3	-2	Rich Bickle	Billy Ballew Motorsports		250	—	Running	—	155
6	17	+11	Dennis Setzer	K Automotive Racing	Dodge	250	—	Running	20	150
7	12	+5	Tony Raines	Roehrig Racing		250	—	Running	4	146
8	1	-7	Greg Biffle	Roush Racing		250	—	Running	80	142
9	22	+13	Randy Renfrow	Xpress Motorsports		250	—	Running	45	138
10	11	+1	Jack Sprague	Hendrick Motorsports		250	—	Running	—	134
11	31	+20	Rick Carelli	Chesrown Racing		250	—	Running	—	130
12	24	+12	Andy Houston	Addington Racing		250	—	Running	1	127
13	2	-11	Mike Bliss	Ultra Motorsports		250	—	Running	—	124
14	16	+2	Randy Tolsma	Liberty Racing		249	—	Running	—	121
15	14	-1	Rick Crawford	Circle Bar Racing		249	—	Running	—	118
16	30	+14	Scot Walters	Brewco Motorsports		249	—	Running	—	115
17	29	+12	Brad Teague	William Richardson (Owner)		249	—	Running	—	112
18	20	+2	Tony Roper	Gloy Racing		249	—	Running	—	109
19	35	+16	Lance Norick	L & R Motorsports	Dodge	248	—	Running	—	106
20	33	+13	Ron Barfield Jr.	Bill Elliott Racing		248	—	Running	—	103
21	32	+11	Joe Ruttman	Roush Racing		247	—	Running	—	100
22	21	-1	Terry Cook	ThorSport Racing		237	—	Running	—	97
23	28	+5	Bryan Reffner	Mike Thompson (Owner)		227	—	DNF	—	94
24	7	-17	Mike Wallace	Ken Schrader Racing		222	—	DNF	—	91
25	13	-12	Kevin Harvick	Spears Racing		214	—	DNF	—	88
26	9	-17	B.A. Wilson	Viper Motorsports		174	—	DNF	—	85
27	23	-4	Lonnie Rush Jr.	Jerry Wharton (Owner)		153	—	DNF	—	82
28	25	-3	Butch Miller	L & R Motorsports	Dodge	146	—	Running	—	79
29	5	-24	Boris Said	No Fear Racing		137	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	19	-11	Kevin Cywinski	Brevak Racing		130	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	36	+5	Tom Carey	Joe Ambrose (Owner)		127	—	DNF	—	70
32	18	-14	Shane Lockhart	Kenneth Brown (Owner)		126	—	DNF	—	67
33	8	-25	Bobby Hamilton	Bobby Hamilton Racing		89	—	DNF	—	64
34	34	—	Tom Hubert	Dale Phelon (Owner)		78	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	27	-8	Brett Bodine	Team Racing		48	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	26	-10	Joe Gaita	Robin Gaita (Owner)		23	—	DNF	—	55