Sam's Town 250

Las Vegas Motor Speedway — January 1, 1998

Jack Sprague

Winner

169

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Jack Sprague won the 1998 Sam's Town 250 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on January 1, 1998, leading 25 of 169 laps. Ron Hornaday Jr. finished second; Jimmy Hensley rounded out the podium. The race featured 8 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1998

Track

Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Season

1998

Winner

Jack Sprague

Leaders

8 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Jack Sprague	Hendrick Motorsports		169	—	Running	25	180
2	10	+8	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Dale Earnhardt Inc.		169	—	Running	5	170
3	9	+6	Jimmy Hensley	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	169	—	Running	—	165
4	3	-1	Jay Sauter	Richard Childress Racing		169	—	Running	2	160
5	5	—	Greg Biffle	Roush Racing		169	—	Running	61	155
6	2	-4	Mike Bliss	Ultra Motorsports		169	—	Running	68	150
7	12	+5	Joe Ruttman	Roush Racing		169	—	Running	3	145
8	26	+18	Mike Stefanik	Dale Phelon (Owner)		168	—	Running	—	142
9	11	+2	Ron Barfield Jr.	Bill Elliott Racing		168	—	Running	3	138
10	22	+12	Butch Miller	L & R Motorsports	Dodge	168	—	Running	—	134
11	6	-5	Andy Houston	Addington Racing		168	—	Running	—	130
12	21	+9	Mike Wallace	Ken Schrader Racing		168	—	Running	—	127
13	18	+5	Dennis Setzer	K Automotive Racing	Dodge	168	—	Running	—	124
14	23	+9	Rick Crawford	Circle Bar Racing		167	—	Running	—	121
15	20	+5	Doug George	Liberty Racing		167	—	Running	—	118
16	33	+17	Lance Norick	L & R Motorsports	Dodge	167	—	Running	—	115
17	7	-10	Stacy Compton	Impact Motorsports		167	—	Running	—	112
18	4	-14	Lonnie Rush Jr.	Jerry Wharton (Owner)		167	—	Running	2	109
19	39	+20	B.A. Wilson	Viper Motorsports		167	—	Running	—	106
20	15	-5	Kevin Harvick	Spears Racing		167	—	Running	—	103
21	27	+6	Kevin Cywinski	Brevak Racing		167	—	Running	—	100
22	17	-5	Tony Raines	Roehrig Racing		167	—	Running	—	97
23	25	+2	Scot Walters	Brewco Motorsports		166	—	Running	—	94
24	31	+7	Tom Hubert	James Liguori (Owner)		166	—	Running	—	91
25	24	-1	Randy Tolsma	Dominic Dobson (Owner)	Dodge	166	—	Running	—	88
26	32	+6	Rick Beebe	MB Motorsports		166	—	Running	—	85
27	38	+11	Nipper Alsup	Lindy Hornaday (Owner)		166	—	Running	—	82
28	36	+8	Boris Said	No Fear Racing		166	—	Running	—	79
29	40	+11	Rick McCray	McCray Motorsports		165	—	Running	—	76
30	14	-16	Chuck Bown	Don VanDenBos (Owner)		165	—	Running	—	73
31	29	-2	Sammy Potashnick	Sammy Potashnick (Owner)		162	—	Running	—	70
32	34	+2	Brendan Gaughan	Walker Evans Racing		160	—	DNF - Crash	—	67
33	8	-25	Blake Bainbridge	Xpress Motorsports		159	—	Running	—	64
34	16	-18	Terry Cook	ThorSport Racing		153	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	13	-22	Rick Carelli	Chesrown Racing		135	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	28	-8	Tammy Jo Kirk	Tammy Jo Kirk (Owner)		115	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	19	-18	Bryan Reffner	Ridge Gate Motorsports		94	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	30	-8	Tony Roper	Gloy Racing		88	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	35	-4	Scott Hansen	Team Racing		39	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	37	-3	Randy Renfrow	Liberty Racing		28	—	DNF - Engine	—	43