Autolite Platinum 250

Richmond Raceway — January 1, 1998

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Winner

250

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the 1998 Autolite Platinum 250 at Richmond Raceway on January 1, 1998, leading 236 of 250 laps. Jeff Burton finished second; Jimmy Spencer rounded out the podium. The race featured 2 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1998

Track

Richmond Raceway

Season

1998

Winner

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Leaders

2 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt Inc.	250	—	Running	236	185
2	22	+20	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	250	—	Running	—	170
3	16	+13	Jimmy Spencer	Spencer Motor Ventures	250	—	Running	—	165
4	23	+19	Matt Kenseth	Reiser Enterprises	250	—	Running	—	160
5	6	+1	Todd Bodine	Team 34	250	—	Running	—	155
6	3	-3	Jeff Purvis	Phoenix Racing	250	—	Running	—	150
7	4	-3	Kevin Lepage	Specialty Racing	250	—	Running	—	146
8	11	+3	Dick Trickle	Shoemaker Racing	250	—	Running	—	142
9	5	-4	Glenn Allen Jr.	J&J Racing	250	—	Running	—	138
10	1	-9	Andy Santerre	Innovative Motorsports	250	—	Running	—	134
11	17	+6	David Green	Team 34	250	—	Running	—	130
12	7	-5	Dave Blaney	Bill Davis Racing	250	—	Running	—	127
13	32	+19	Elliott Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	250	—	Running	—	124
14	18	+4	Michael Waltrip	Michael Waltrip Racing	250	—	Running	—	121
15	21	+6	Tracy Leslie	Hensley Racing	250	—	Running	14	123
16	10	-6	Shane Hall	Stegall Motorsports	250	—	Running	—	115
17	41	+24	Jason Jarrett	DAJ Racing	250	—	Running	—	112
18	26	+8	Jeff Green	Martin Racing	250	—	Running	—	109
19	37	+18	Mark Green	Brewco Motorsports	250	—	Running	—	106
20	40	+20	Jason Keller	Progressive Motorsports	250	—	Running	—	103
21	25	+4	Tim Fedewa	BACE Motorsports	249	—	Running	—	100
22	27	+5	Jeff Krogh	Excel Motorsports	248	—	Running	—	97
23	31	+8	Joe Bessey	Joe Bessey Racing	248	—	Running	—	94
24	20	-4	Hermie Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	247	—	Running	—	91
25	36	+11	Curtis Markham	LAR Motorspots	246	—	Running	—	88
26	38	+12	Mike Dillon	Parker Racing	245	—	Running	—	85
27	37	+10	Phil Parsons	MSRP Motorsports	217	—	Running	—	82
28	35	+7	Mike McLaughlin	Cicci-Welliver Racing	188	—	Running	—	79
29	29	—	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	185	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	43	+13	Randy LaJoie	BACE Motorsports	185	—	Running	—	73
31	8	-23	Lyndon Amick	Team Amick Motorsports	173	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	24	-8	Ed Berrier	PRW Racing	159	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	34	+1	Elton Sawyer	Akins-Sutton Motorsports	146	—	DNF	—	64
34	15	-19	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Bobby Hillin Racing	140	—	DNF	—	61
35	14	-21	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	133	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	12	-24	Buckshot Jones	Buckshot Racing	126	—	Running	—	55
37	30	-7	Robert Pressley	ST Motorsports	91	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	13	-25	Kevin Grubb	Grubb Motorsports	81	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	9	-30	Wayne Grubb	Grubb Motorsports	81	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	19	-21	Brad Noffsinger	Emerald Performance Group	80	—	DNF - Crash	—	43
41	42	+1	Ashton Lewis	NorthStar Motorsports	60	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
42	28	-14	Blaise Alexander	Crestinger Racing	43	—	DNF - Crash	—	37
43	33	-10	Ken Schrader	Andy Petree Racing	2	—	DNF - Crash	—	34