Kenwood Home & Car Audio 300

Auto Club Speedway — January 1, 1998

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Winner

150

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Dale Earnhardt Jr. won the 1998 Kenwood Home & Car Audio 300 at Auto Club Speedway on January 1, 1998, leading 141 of 150 laps. Kevin Lepage finished second; Matt Kenseth rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1998

Track

Auto Club Speedway

Season

1998

Winner

Dale Earnhardt Jr.

Leaders

5 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt Inc.	150	—	Running	141	185
2	10	+8	Kevin Lepage	Specialty Racing	150	—	Running	2	175
3	3	—	Matt Kenseth	Reiser Enterprises	150	—	Running	2	170
4	9	+5	Phil Parsons	MSRP Motorsports	150	—	Running	—	160
5	17	+12	David Green	Team 34	150	—	Running	—	155
6	13	+7	Jeff Purvis	Phoenix Racing	150	—	Running	4	155
7	7	—	Elliott Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	150	—	Running	—	146
8	11	+3	Mark Krogh	Excel Motorsports	150	—	Running	—	142
9	26	+17	Joe Bessey	Joe Bessey Racing	149	—	Running	—	138
10	4	-6	Mike Dillon	Parker Racing	149	—	Running	—	134
11	5	-6	Buckshot Jones	Buckshot Racing	149	—	Running	—	130
12	6	-6	Elton Sawyer	Akins-Sutton Motorsports	149	—	Running	—	127
13	19	+6	Wayne Grubb	Grubb Motorsports	149	—	Running	—	124
14	1	-13	Robert Pressley	ST Motorsports	149	—	Running	—	121
15	16	+1	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Bobby Hillin Racing	149	—	Running	—	118
16	24	+8	Randy LaJoie	BACE Motorsports	149	—	Running	—	115
17	14	-3	Tim Fedewa	BACE Motorsports	149	—	Running	—	112
18	28	+10	Glenn Allen Jr.	J&J Racing	149	—	Running	—	109
19	33	+14	Mark Green	Brewco Motorsports	149	—	Running	—	106
20	23	+3	Hermie Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	149	—	Running	1	108
21	39	+18	Mike Wallace	Washington-Erving Motorsports	149	—	Running	—	100
22	42	+20	Ron Hornaday Jr.	Doug Reid (Owner)	149	—	Running	—	97
23	15	-8	Michael Waltrip	Michael Waltrip Racing	148	—	Running	—	94
24	30	+6	Mike McLaughlin	Cicci-Welliver Racing	148	—	Running	—	91
25	27	+2	Lance Hooper	Precision Products Racing	148	—	Running	—	88
26	12	-14	Mike Bliss	Lone Star Motorsports	148	—	Running	—	85
27	35	+8	Jason Keller	Progressive Motorsports	148	—	Running	—	82
28	40	+12	Ron Barfield Jr.	Ricky Craven Motorsports	148	—	Running	—	79
29	18	-11	Shane Hall	Stegall Motorsports	148	—	Running	—	76
30	29	-1	Jeff Krogh	Excel Motorsports	148	—	Running	—	73
31	22	-9	Tracy Leslie	Hensley Racing	147	—	Running	—	70
32	25	-7	Patty Moise	Michael Waltrip Racing	147	—	Running	—	67
33	21	-12	Todd Bodine	Team 34	147	—	Running	—	64
34	38	+4	Andy Santerre	Innovative Motorsports	147	—	Running	—	61
35	36	+1	Blaise Alexander	Crestinger Racing	147	—	Running	—	58
36	37	+1	J.D. Gibbs	Joe Gibbs Racing	146	—	Running	—	55
37	8	-29	Dale Jarrett	DAJ Racing	79	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	34	-4	Brad Noffsinger	Emerald Performance Group	71	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	20	-19	Dick Trickle	Shoemaker Racing	36	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	32	-8	Jeff Fuller	NorthStar Motorsports	20	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	31	-10	Ed Berrier	PRW Racing	15	—	DNF	—	40
42	43	+1	Johnny Chapman	Gene Nead (Owner)	3	—	DNF	—	37
43	41	-2	Scot Walters	Brewco Motorsports	2	—	DNF	—	34