Sam's Town Las Vegas 300

Las Vegas Motor Speedway — January 1, 1998

Jimmy Spencer

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Jimmy Spencer won the 1998 Sam's Town Las Vegas 300 at Las Vegas Motor Speedway on January 1, 1998, leading 46 of 200 laps. Dale Earnhardt Jr. finished second; Joe Nemechek rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1998

Track

Las Vegas Motor Speedway

Season

1998

Winner

Jimmy Spencer

Leaders

7 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	+6	Jimmy Spencer	Spencer Motor Ventures	200	—	Running	46	180
2	8	+6	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt Inc.	200	—	Running	—	170
3	2	-1	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports	200	—	Running	87	175
4	3	-1	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	200	—	Running	50	165
5	23	+18	Dale Jarrett	DAJ Racing	200	—	Running	—	155
6	1	-5	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	200	—	Running	8	155
7	21	+14	Mike Dillon	Parker Racing	200	—	Running	3	151
8	4	-4	Buckshot Jones	Buckshot Racing	200	—	Running	3	147
9	5	-4	Hermie Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	200	—	Running	3	143
10	41	+31	Ed Berrier	PRW Racing	200	—	Running	—	134
11	11	—	Mark Krogh	Excel Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	130
12	6	-6	Joe Bessey	Joe Bessey Racing	200	—	Running	—	127
13	16	+3	Kevin Lepage	Specialty Racing	200	—	Running	—	124
14	14	—	Elliott Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	121
15	27	+12	Stanton Barrett	NorthStar Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	118
16	10	-6	Mark Green	Brewco Motorsports	200	—	Running	—	115
17	25	+8	Glenn Allen Jr.	J&J Racing	199	—	DNF - Crash	—	112
18	31	+13	Randy LaJoie	BACE Motorsports	199	—	DNF - Crash	—	109
19	18	-1	Tim Fedewa	BACE Motorsports	199	—	Running	—	106
20	13	-7	Michael Waltrip	Michael Waltrip Racing	199	—	Running	—	103
21	12	-9	Jeff Krogh	Excel Motorsports	199	—	Running	—	100
22	22	—	Dick Trickle	Shoemaker Racing	199	—	Running	—	97
23	28	+5	Tracy Leslie	Hensley Racing	199	—	Running	—	94
24	15	-9	Matt Kenseth	Reiser Enterprises	198	—	Running	—	91
25	36	+11	Blaise Alexander	Crestinger Racing	198	—	Running	—	88
26	34	+8	Andy Santerre	Innovative Motorsports	198	—	Running	—	85
27	9	-18	Mike McLaughlin	Cicci-Welliver Racing	198	—	Running	—	82
28	17	-11	Jeff Purvis	Phoenix Racing	197	—	Running	—	79
29	30	+1	Matt Hutter	Team 34	197	—	Running	—	76
30	37	+7	Elton Sawyer	Akins-Sutton Motorsports	197	—	Running	—	73
31	35	+4	Brad Loney	Laughlin Racing	195	—	DNF	—	70
32	39	+7	Mike Stefanik	CAA Performance Group	193	—	Running	—	67
33	32	-1	Jason Keller	Progressive Motorsports	192	—	DNF	—	64
34	24	-10	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	185	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	42	+7	Patty Moise	Michael Waltrip Racing	179	—	DNF	—	58
36	33	-3	Wayne Grubb	Grubb Motorsports	168	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	20	-17	Phil Parsons	MSRP Motorsports	165	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	38	—	Robert Pressley	ST Motorsports	135	—	DNF	—	49
39	43	+4	Dale Shaw	Porter Racing	129	—	DNF	—	46
40	19	-21	Mike Cope	Team 34	88	—	DNF - Crash	—	43
41	26	-15	Jimmy Foster	Washington-Erving Motorsports	87	—	DNF - Crash	—	40
42	29	-13	Kevin Schwantz	Lone Star Motorsports	46	—	DNF - Crash	—	37
43	40	-3	Shane Hall	Stegall Motorsports	45	—	DNF - Crash	—	34