DieHard 250

The Milwaukee Mile — January 1, 1998

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Winner

250

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the 1998 DieHard 250 at The Milwaukee Mile on January 1, 1998, leading 208 of 250 laps. Elton Sawyer finished second; Jeff Purvis rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1998

Track

The Milwaukee Mile

Season

1998

Winner

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Leaders

7 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	208	185
2	41	+39	Elton Sawyer	Akins-Sutton Motorsports	250	—	Running	—	170
3	1	-2	Jeff Purvis	Phoenix Racing	250	—	Running	12	170
4	10	+6	David Green	Team 34	250	—	Running	—	160
5	13	+8	Matt Kenseth	Reiser Enterprises	250	—	Running	—	155
6	8	+2	Mike McLaughlin	Cicci-Welliver Racing	250	—	Running	1	155
7	14	+7	Buckshot Jones	Buckshot Racing	250	—	Running	—	146
8	15	+7	Tim Fedewa	BACE Motorsports	250	—	Running	7	147
9	3	-6	Joe Bessey	Joe Bessey Racing	250	—	Running	6	143
10	18	+8	Randy LaJoie	BACE Motorsports	249	—	Running	—	134
11	5	-6	Phil Parsons	MSRP Motorsports	249	—	Running	4	135
12	16	+4	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	249	—	Running	—	127
13	28	+15	Hermie Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	249	—	Running	—	124
14	20	+6	Dave Blaney	Bill Davis Racing	249	—	Running	—	121
15	23	+8	Bobby Dotter	Green Light Racing	249	—	Running	—	118
16	24	+8	Mike Dillon	Parker Racing	249	—	Running	12	120
17	33	+16	Lance Hooper	Precision Products Racing	249	—	Running	—	112
18	4	-14	Kevin Lepage	Specialty Racing	248	—	Running	—	109
19	25	+6	Elliott Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	248	—	Running	—	106
20	19	-1	Tracy Leslie	Hensley Racing	248	—	Running	—	103
21	36	+15	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Bobby Hillin Racing	248	—	Running	—	100
22	21	-1	Glenn Allen Jr.	J&J Racing	248	—	Running	—	97
23	22	-1	Andy Santerre	Innovative Motorsports	248	—	Running	—	94
24	11	-13	Casey Atwood	LAR Motorspots	247	—	Running	—	91
25	26	+1	Wayne Grubb	Grubb Motorsports	247	—	Running	—	88
26	17	-9	Mike Cope	Team 34	247	—	Running	—	85
27	12	-15	Blaise Alexander	Crestinger Racing	247	—	Running	—	82
28	39	+11	Jeff Krogh	Excel Motorsports	247	—	Running	—	79
29	29	—	Jeff Fuller	NorthStar Motorsports	243	—	DNF	—	76
30	37	+7	Patty Moise	Michael Waltrip Racing	241	—	Running	—	73
31	40	+9	Kat Teasdale	Kat Teasdale (Owner)	237	—	Running	—	70
32	9	-23	Mark Green	Brewco Motorsports	235	—	Running	—	67
33	6	-27	Shane Hall	Stegall Motorsports	233	—	Running	—	64
34	38	+4	Mark McFarland	Robert McFarland (Owner)	226	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	31	-4	Ron Hornaday Jr.	ST Motorsports	217	—	Running	—	58
36	27	-9	Jason Keller	Progressive Motorsports	190	—	DNF	—	55
37	30	-7	Ed Berrier	PRW Racing	123	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	32	-6	Dale Fischlein	Mike Stegall Racing	117	—	DNF	—	49
39	35	-4	Jimmy Foster	Washington-Erving Motorsports	43	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	34	-6	Mark Krogh	Excel Motorsports	36	—	DNF - Crash	—	43
41	7	-34	Dick Trickle	Shoemaker Racing	27	—	DNF - Engine	—	40

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Who won the 1998 DieHard 250?

Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the 1998 DieHard 250 at The Milwaukee Mile driving for Dale Earnhardt Inc..

Where was the 1998 DieHard 250 held?

The 1998 DieHard 250 was held at The Milwaukee Mile on January 1, 1998.