Touchstone Energy 300

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1998

Joe Nemechek

Winner

113

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Joe Nemechek won the 1998 Touchstone Energy 300 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1998, leading 33 of 113 laps. Phil Parsons finished second; Mike McLaughlin rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Thursday, January 1, 1998

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1998

Winner

Joe Nemechek

Leaders

5 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Joe Nemechek	NEMCO Motorsports	113	—	Running	33	180
2	21	+19	Phil Parsons	MSRP Motorsports	113	—	Running	3	175
3	2	-1	Mike McLaughlin	Cicci-Welliver Racing	113	—	Running	9	170
4	3	-1	Buckshot Jones	Buckshot Racing	113	—	Running	31	165
5	16	+11	Dick Trickle	Shoemaker Racing	113	—	Running	37	165
6	40	+34	Glenn Allen Jr.	J&J Racing	113	—	Running	—	150
7	12	+5	Loy Allen Jr.	Mark III Racing	113	—	Running	—	146
8	19	+11	Matt Kenseth	Reiser Enterprises	113	—	Running	—	142
9	6	-3	Matt Hutter	Team 34	113	—	Running	—	138
10	39	+29	Elton Sawyer	Akins-Sutton Motorsports	113	—	Running	—	134
11	33	+22	Jason Keller	Progressive Motorsports	112	—	Running	—	130
12	36	+24	Shane Hall	Stegall Motorsports	112	—	Running	—	127
13	5	-8	Hermie Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	112	—	Running	—	124
14	43	+29	Blaise Alexander	Crestinger Racing	111	—	Running	—	121
15	26	+11	Jeff Purvis	Phoenix Racing	111	—	Running	—	118
16	15	-1	Kevin Lepage	Specialty Racing	107	—	Running	—	115
17	37	+20	Mike Dillon	Parker Racing	104	—	DNF	—	112
18	18	—	Mike Cope	Team 34	103	—	Running	—	109
19	10	-9	Tracy Leslie	Hensley Racing	78	—	DNF - Crash	—	106
20	30	+10	Jeff Krogh	Excel Motorsports	78	—	DNF - Crash	—	103
21	14	-7	Joe Bessey	Joe Bessey Racing	78	—	DNF - Crash	—	100
22	8	-14	Larry Pearson	Ricky Craven Motorsports	78	—	DNF - Crash	—	97
23	23	—	Randy LaJoie	BACE Motorsports	78	—	DNF	—	94
24	25	+1	Jimmy Spencer	Spencer Motor Ventures	77	—	DNF - Crash	—	91
25	35	+10	Dale Fischlein	Mike Stegall Racing	77	—	DNF	—	88
26	17	-9	Bobby Hillin Jr.	Bobby Hillin Racing	72	—	DNF	—	85
27	38	+11	Tim Fedewa	BACE Motorsports	71	—	DNF	—	82
28	9	-19	Tony Stewart	Joe Gibbs Racing	66	—	DNF	—	79
29	34	+5	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	59	—	DNF - Crash	—	76
30	13	-17	Sterling Marlin	Sterling Marlin (Owner)	53	—	DNF	—	73
31	31	—	Kevin Schwantz	Lone Star Motorsports	45	—	Running	—	70
32	4	-28	Dale Earnhardt Jr.	Dale Earnhardt Inc.	43	—	DNF	—	67
33	32	-1	Lyndon Amick	Team Amick Motorsports	35	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	24	-10	Ed Berrier	PRW Racing	23	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	22	-13	Mark Green	Brewco Motorsports	23	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	28	-8	Brad Loney	CAA Performance Group	23	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	7	-30	Dave Blaney	Bill Davis Racing	22	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	42	+4	Andy Santerre	Innovative Motorsports	22	—	DNF	—	49
39	29	-10	Mark Krogh	Excel Motorsports	19	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	20	-20	Stanton Barrett	NorthStar Motorsports	17	—	DNF	—	43
41	27	-14	Elliott Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	8	—	DNF	—	40
42	11	-31	David Green	Martin Racing	5	—	DNF - Crash	—	37
43	41	-2	Jason Jarrett	DAJ Racing	5	—	DNF - Crash	—	34