Virginia Is For Lovers 200

Richmond Raceway — January 1, 1998

Jack Sprague

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Jack Sprague won the 1998 Virginia Is For Lovers 200 at Richmond Raceway on January 1, 1998, leading 107 of 200 laps. Ernie Irvan finished second; Greg Biffle rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1998

Track

Richmond Raceway

Season

1998

Winner

Jack Sprague

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Jack Sprague	Hendrick Motorsports		200	—	Running	107	180
2	8	+6	Ernie Irvan	Irvan-Simo Racing		200	—	Running	48	170
3	18	+15	Greg Biffle	Roush Racing		200	—	Running	—	165
4	1	-3	Joe Ruttman	Roush Racing		200	—	Running	1	160
5	19	+14	Butch Miller	L & R Motorsports	Dodge	200	—	Running	—	155
6	5	-1	Rich Bickle	Billy Ballew Motorsports		200	—	Running	—	150
7	15	+8	Randy Tolsma	Xpress Motorsports		200	—	Running	—	146
8	3	-5	Rick Carelli	Chesrown Racing		200	—	Running	18	142
9	10	+1	Terry Cook	ThorSport Racing		200	—	Running	—	138
10	9	-1	Mike Wallace	Ken Schrader Racing		200	—	Running	9	134
11	4	-7	Rick Crawford	Circle Bar Racing		200	—	Running	—	130
12	31	+19	Andy Houston	Addington Racing		200	—	Running	—	127
13	17	+4	Tony Roper	Gloy Racing		200	—	Running	—	124
14	27	+13	B.A. Wilson	Viper Motorsports		200	—	Running	—	121
15	30	+15	Bob Keselowski	K Automotive Racing	Dodge	200	—	Running	—	118
16	12	-4	Jimmy Hensley	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	200	—	Running	—	115
17	16	-1	Jay Sauter	Richard Childress Racing		200	—	Running	—	112
18	6	-12	Lonnie Rush Jr.	Jerry Wharton (Owner)		200	—	Running	17	109
19	34	+15	Boris Said	No Fear Racing		200	—	Running	—	106
20	33	+13	Scot Walters	Brewco Motorsports		200	—	Running	—	103
21	35	+14	Wayne Anderson	Liberty Racing		200	—	Running	—	100
22	7	-15	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Dale Earnhardt Inc.		200	—	Running	—	97
23	13	-10	Stacy Compton	Impact Motorsports		200	—	Running	—	94
24	36	+12	Lance Norick	L & R Motorsports	Dodge	200	—	Running	—	91
25	32	+7	Kevin Harvick	Spears Racing		199	—	Running	—	88
26	25	-1	John Blewett	Greenfield Racing	Dodge	199	—	Running	—	85
27	20	-7	Mike Bliss	Ultra Motorsports		198	—	Running	—	82
28	14	-14	Tony Raines	Roehrig Racing		197	—	Running	—	79
29	22	-7	Kevin Cywinski	Brevak Racing		182	—	Running	—	76
30	21	-9	Ron Barfield Jr.	Bill Elliott Racing		146	—	DNF - Crash	—	73
31	23	-8	Randy Renfrow	Dominic Dobson (Owner)	Dodge	122	—	DNF	—	70
32	28	-4	Brett Bodine	Team Racing		119	—	DNF	—	67
33	11	-22	Barry Bodine	Jim Clark (Owner)		109	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	29	-5	Bobby Hamilton	Bobby Hamilton Racing		104	—	DNF	—	61
35	26	-9	Bryan Reffner	MB Motorsports		68	—	DNF	—	58
36	24	-12	Johnny Chapman	Dale Phelon (Owner)		32	—	DNF - Engine	—	55