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1998 Autolite Platinum 250

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NASCAR Busch Grand National Series race number 25 of 31
Friday, September 11, 1998 at Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA
250 laps on a .750 mile paved track (187.5 miles)

Time of race: 2:17:05
Average Speed: 82.067 mph
Pole Speed: 123.604 mph

Cautions: 11 for 68 laps
Margin of Victory: 3.453 sec
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 3

Glossary 1998 NASCAR Busch Grand National Series results / 1998 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Points
1	2	3	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	AC Delco (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.)	Chevrolet	250	35,600	running	236	185
2	22	9	Jeff Burton	Track Gear (Jack Roush)	Ford	250	17,175	running	0	170
3	16	12	Jimmy Spencer	Zippo (Jimmy Spencer)	Chevrolet	250	13,300	running	0	165
4	23	17	Matt Kenseth	Lycos (Robbie Reiser)	Chevrolet	250	21,525	running	0	160
5	6	30	Todd Bodine	Slim Jim (Jeffrey Welliver)	Chevrolet	250	10,425	running	0	155
6	3	4	Jeff Purvis	Lance Snacks (James Finch)	Chevrolet	250	13,400	running	0	150
7	4	40	Kevin Lepage	Channellock (Doug Taylor)	Chevrolet	250	12,500	running	0	146
8	11	64	Dick Trickle	Schneider National (Dennis Shoemaker)	Chevrolet	250	6,000	running	0	142
9	5	99	Glenn Allen, Jr.	Luxaire (Bill Papke)	Chevrolet	250	11,000	running	0	138
10	1	47	Andy Santerre	Monro Muffler (George Debidart)	Chevrolet	250	9,775	running	0	134
11	17	36	David Green	Stanley Tools (Scott Welliver)	Pontiac	250	14,950	running	0	130
12	7	93	Dave Blaney	Amoco (Bill Davis)	Pontiac	250	8,025	running	0	127
13	32	66	Elliott Sadler	Phillips 66 (Gary Bechtel)	Chevrolet	250	14,300	running	0	124
14	18	21	Michael Waltrip	Band-Aid (Michael Waltrip)	Ford	250	5,875	running	0	121
15	21	63	Tracy Leslie	Lysol (Hubert Hensley)	Chevrolet	250	10,350	running	14	123
16	10	85	Shane Hall	Big A Auto Parts (Don Stegall)	Chevrolet	250	9,700	running	0	115
17	41	32	Jason Jarrett	White Rain (Dale Jarrett)	Ford	250	5,925	running	0	112
18	26	92	Jeff Green	Kraft (Mac Martin)	Chevrolet	250	5,650	running	0	109
19	37	37	Mark Green	Timber Wolf (Clarence Brewer)	Chevrolet	250	9,725	running	0	106
20	40	57	Jason Keller	Carolina Turkey (Steve DeSouza)	Chevrolet	250	9,025	running	0	103
21	25	33	Tim Fedewa	Kleenex (Bill Baumgardner)	Chevrolet	249	13,075	running	0	100
22	27	56	Jeff Krogh	Clearwater Forest Industries (Robert Krogh)	Chevrolet	248	6,500	running	0	97
23	31	6	Joe Bessey	Power Team (Joe Bessey)	Chevrolet	248	12,975	running	0	94
24	20	29	Hermie Sadler	DeWalt Industrial Tools (Gary Bechtel)	Chevrolet	247	8,400	running	0	91
25	36	28	Curtis Markham	LesCare Kitchens (Larry Lockamy)	Chevrolet	246	5,500	running	0	88
26	38	72	Mike Dillon	Detroit Gasket (Ron Parker)	Chevrolet	245	8,225	running	0	85
27	37	10	Phil Parsons	Dura Lube (Phil Parsons)	Chevrolet	217	8,200	running	0	82
28	35	34	Mike McLaughlin	Goulds Pumps (Frank Cicci)	Chevrolet	188	12,625	running	0	79
29	29	44	Tony Stewart	Shell Oil (Joe Gibbs)	Pontiac	185	7,100	crash	0	76
30	43	74	Randy LaJoie	Fina (Bill Baumgardner)	Chevrolet	185	13,750	running	0	73
31	8	35	Lyndon Amick	SCANA / South Carolina (Bill Amick)	Pontiac	173	5,000	engine	0	70
32	24	77	Ed Berrier	Lear Corporation / UAW (Tony Hall)	Ford	159	7,950	engine	0	67
33	34	38	Elton Sawyer	Barbasol (Bob Sutton)	Ford	146	7,050	handling	0	64
34	15	8	Bobby Hillin, Jr.	Clean Shower (Robert Hayes)	Chevrolet	140	4,875	clutch	0	61
35	14	60	Mark Martin	Winn-Dixie (Jack Roush)	Ford	133	4,945	crash	0	58
36	12	00	Buckshot Jones	Bayer / Alka-Seltzer (Billy Jones)	Pontiac	126	6,800	running	0	55
37	30	59	Robert Pressley	Kingsford / Matchlight (Tad Geschickter)	Chevrolet	91	4,745	crash	0	52
38	13	52	Kevin Grubb	Crestar Bank (Kevin Grubb)	Chevrolet	81	4,700	crash	0	49
39	9	83	Wayne Grubb	Link-Belt Construction (William Grubb)	Chevrolet	81	4,700	crash	0	46
40	19	43	Brad Noffsinger	Curb Records (Mike Curb)	Ford	80	4,700	crash	0	43
41	42	89	Ashton Lewis	Allerest / Fiberall (Meredith Ruark)	Ford	60	6,700	crash	0	40
42	28	20	Blaise Alexander	Rescue Engine Formula (Allen Cretsinger)	Chevrolet	43	4,700	crash	0	37
43	33	15	Ken Schrader	Oakwood Homes (Andy Petree)	Chevrolet	2	4,700	crash	0	34

Failed to qualify: Bobby Hamilton, Jr. (#95), Mark McFarland (#82), Ted Christopher (#13), Mario Gosselin (#71), Mark Krogh (#80), Ward Burton (#14), Kevin Schwantz (#88), Casey Atwood (#50), Dave Rezendes (#78), J.D. Gibbs (#42)

To the back: Jimmy Spencer (#12) driver change

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	2	2
	3	8	6	#33,6,34,59,15,44,63,43,66 accident turn 2
	9	14	6
	15	21	7	#00 accident turn 3
	22	45	24
	46	50	5	#20 stalled turn 3
	51	60	10
	61	64	4	#89 accident turn 3
	65	71	7
	72	75	4	#57 accident turn 3
	76	81	6
	82	92	11	#33,74,43,10,29,36,40,52,83,72,28 accident frontstretch
	93	104	12
	105	108	4	debris turn 1
	109	126	18
	127	133	7	#28 accident turn 3
	134	134	1
	135	143	9	#60 accident turn 4
	144	190	47
	191	198	8	#44 accident turn 1
	199	215	17
	216	218	3	#92 spun turn 4
	219	250	32
Percent of race run under caution: 27.2% Average green flag run: 15.2 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	1	82	82
Tracy Leslie	83	96	14
Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	97	250	154

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points standings after this race:
1	Dale Earnhardt, Jr.	3624
2	Matt Kenseth	3484	-140
3	Mike McLaughlin	3348	-276
4	Randy LaJoie	3018	-606
5	Elton Sawyer	2919	-705
6	Tim Fedewa	2861	-763
7	Elliott Sadler	2858	-766
8	Buckshot Jones	2850	-774
9	Phil Parsons	2847	-777
10	Hermie Sadler	2760	-864
11	Mike Dillon	2667	-957
12	Glenn Allen, Jr.	2634	-990
13	Mark Green	2568	-1056
14	Jason Keller	2500	-1124
15	Kevin Lepage	2406	-1218
16	Joe Bessey	2286	-1338
17	Tracy Leslie	2271	-1353
18	Jeff Purvis	2269	-1355
19	Dick Trickle	2250	-1374
20	Ed Berrier	2223	-1401

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