Coca Cola 300

Texas Motor Speedway — January 1, 1998

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the 1998 Coca Cola 300 at Texas Motor Speedway on January 1, 1998, leading 6 of 200 laps. Elliott Sadler finished second; Joe Nemechek rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1998

Track

Texas Motor Speedway

Season

1998

Winner

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Leaders

6 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	16	+15	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt Inc.	200	—	Running	6	180
2	1	-1	Elliott Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	200	—	Running	18	175
3	2	-1	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports	200	—	Running	83	175
4	22	+18	Phil Parsons	MSRP Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	160
5	25	+20	Jeff Krogh	Excel Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	155
6	43	+37	Randy LaJoie	BACE Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	150
7	20	+13	Mark Green	Brewco Motorsports	200	—	Running	66	151
8	24	+16	Matt Kenseth	Reiser Enterprises	200	—	Running	—	142
9	6	-3	Jeff Green	Ricky Craven Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	138
10	35	+25	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	200	—	Running	—	134
11	28	+17	Mike McLaughlin	Cicci-Welliver Racing	200	—	Running	—	130
12	29	+17	Kyle Petty	CAA Performance Group	200	—	Running	—	127
13	27	+14	Tim Fedewa	BACE Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	124
14	19	+5	Mike Dillon	Parker Racing	199	—	Running	—	121
15	3	-12	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	199	—	Running	—	118
16	42	+26	Ed Berrier	PRW Racing	199	—	Running	—	115
17	17	—	Michael Waltrip	Michael Waltrip Racing	199	—	Running	—	112
18	38	+20	Tracy Leslie	Hensley Racing	199	—	Running	—	109
19	18	-1	Andy Santerre	Innovative Motorsports	199	—	Running	—	106
20	4	-16	Mark Krogh	Excel Motorsports	199	—	Running	—	103
21	11	-10	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	199	—	Running	—	100
22	8	-14	Glenn Allen Jr.	J&J Racing	199	—	Running	—	102
23	14	-9	Stanton Barrett	NorthStar Motorsports	199	—	Running	—	94
24	30	+6	Mike Cope	Team 34	198	—	Running	—	91
25	33	+8	Lance Hooper	Precision Products Racing	198	—	Running	8	93
26	34	+8	Jason Keller	Progressive Motorsports	198	—	Running	—	85
27	31	+4	Elton Sawyer	Akins-Sutton Motorsports	196	—	Running	—	82
28	37	+9	Buckshot Jones	Buckshot Racing	193	—	Running	—	79
29	10	-19	Dale Jarrett	DAJ Racing	190	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	32	+2	Shane Hall	Stegall Motorsports	190	—	DNF	—	73
31	21	-10	Jimmy Spencer	Spencer Motor Ventures	182	—	DNF - Crash	15	75
32	13	-19	Morgan Shepherd	Martin Racing	154	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	15	-18	Blaise Alexander	Crestinger Racing	118	—	DNF	—	64
34	23	-11	Dave Blaney	Bill Davis Racing	105	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	5	-30	Hermie Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	103	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	26	-10	Jeff Purvis	Phoenix Racing	103	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	9	-28	Jimmy Foster	Washington-Erving Motorsports	95	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	39	+1	Matt Hutter	Team 34	49	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	7	-32	Patty Moise	Michael Waltrip Racing	49	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	40	—	Kevin Lepage	Specialty Racing	45	—	DNF	—	43
41	12	-29	Wayne Grubb	Grubb Motorsports	32	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
42	36	-6	Doug Reid	Wellrich Motorsports	3	—	DNF - Crash	—	37
43	41	-2	Joe Bessey	Joe Bessey Racing	2	—	DNF - Crash	—	34