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1998 Autolite Platinum 250 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Busch Grand National Series race number 25 of 31 Friday, September 11, 1998 at Richmond International Raceway, Richmond, VA 250 laps on a 0.750 mile paved track (187.500 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

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 3   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. AC Delco   (Dale Earnhardt, Inc.) Chevrolet 250 35600 running 236 185 2 22 9   Jeff Burton Track Gear   (Jack Roush) Ford 250 17175 running 0 170 3 16 12   Jimmy Spencer Zippo   (Jimmy Spencer) Chevrolet 250 13300 running 0 165 4 23 17   Matt Kenseth Lycos   (Robbie Reiser) Chevrolet 250 21525 running 0 160 5 6 30   Todd Bodine Slim Jim   (Jeffrey Welliver) Chevrolet 250 10425 running 0 155 6 3 4   Jeff Purvis Lance Snacks   (James Finch) Chevrolet 250 13400 running 0 150 7 4 40   Kevin Lepage Channellock   (Doug Taylor) Chevrolet 250 12500 running 0 146 8 11 64   Dick Trickle Schneider National   (Dennis Shoemaker) Chevrolet 250 6000 running 0 142 9 5 99   Glenn Allen, Jr. Luxaire   (Bill Papke) Chevrolet 250 11000 running 0 138 10 1 47   Andy Santerre Monro Muffler   (George Debidart) Chevrolet 250 9775 running 0 134 11 17 36   David Green Stanley Tools   (Scott Welliver) Pontiac 250 14950 running 0 130 12 7 93   Dave Blaney Amoco   (Bill Davis) Pontiac 250 8025 running 0 127 13 32 66   Elliott Sadler Phillips 66   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 250 14300 running 0 124 14 18 21   Michael Waltrip Band-Aid   (Michael Waltrip) Ford 250 5875 running 0 121 15 21 63   Tracy Leslie Lysol   (Hubert Hensley) Chevrolet 250 10350 running 14 123 16 10 85   Shane Hall Big A Auto Parts   (Don Stegall) Chevrolet 250 9700 running 0 115 17 41 32   Jason Jarrett White Rain   (Dale Jarrett) Ford 250 5925 running 0 112 18 26 92   Jeff Green Kraft   (Mac Martin) Chevrolet 250 5650 running 0 109 19 39 37   Mark Green Timber Wolf   (Clarence Brewer) Chevrolet 250 9725 running 0 106 20 40 57   Jason Keller Carolina Turkey   (Steve DeSouza) Chevrolet 250 9025 running 0 103 21 25 33   Tim Fedewa Kleenex   (Bill Baumgardner) Chevrolet 249 13075 running 0 100 22 27 56   Jeff Krogh Clearwater Forest Industries   (Robert Krogh) Chevrolet 248 6500 running 0 97 23 31 6   Joe Bessey Power Team   (Joe Bessey) Chevrolet 248 12975 running 0 94 24 20 29   Hermie Sadler DeWalt Industrial Tools   (Gary Bechtel) Chevrolet 247 8400 running 0 91 25 36 28   Curtis Markham LesCare Kitchens   (Larry Lockamy) Chevrolet 246 5500 running 0 88 26 38 72   Mike Dillon Detroit Gasket   (Ron Parker) Chevrolet 245 8225 running 0 85 27 37 10   Phil Parsons Dura Lube   (Phil Parsons) Chevrolet 217 8200 running 0 82 28 35 34   Mike McLaughlin Goulds Pumps   (Frank Cicci) Chevrolet 188 12625 running 0 79 29 29 44   Tony Stewart Shell Oil   (Joe Gibbs) Pontiac 185 7100 crash 0 76 30 43 74   Randy LaJoie Fina   (Bill Baumgardner) Chevrolet 185 13750 running 0 73 31 8 35   Lyndon Amick SCANA / South Carolina   (Bill Amick) Pontiac 173 5000 engine 0 70 32 24 77   Ed Berrier Lear Corporation / UAW   (Tony Hall) Ford 159 7950 engine 0 67 33 34 38   Elton Sawyer Barbasol   (Bob Sutton) Ford 146 7050 handling 0 64 34 15 8   Bobby Hillin, Jr. Clean Shower   (Robert Hayes) Chevrolet 140 4875 clutch 0 61 35 14 60   Mark Martin Winn-Dixie   (Jack Roush) Ford 133 4945 crash 0 58 36 12 00   Buckshot Jones Bayer / Alka-Seltzer   (Billy Jones) Pontiac 126 6800 running 0 55 37 30 59   Robert Pressley Kingsford / Matchlight   (Tad Geschickter) Chevrolet 91 4745 crash 0 52 38 13 52   Kevin Grubb Crestar Bank   (Kevin Grubb) Chevrolet 81 4700 crash 0 49 39 9 83   Wayne Grubb Link-Belt Construction   (William Grubb) Chevrolet 81 4700 crash 0 46 40 19 43   Brad Noffsinger Curb Records   (Mike Curb) Ford 80 4700 crash 0 43 41 42 89   Ashton Lewis Allerest / Fiberall   (Meredith Ruark) Ford 60 6700 crash 0 40 42 28 20   Blaise Alexander Rescue Engine Formula   (Allen Cretsinger) Chevrolet 43 4700 crash 0 37 43 33 15   Ken Schrader Oakwood Homes   (Andy Petree) Chevrolet 2 4700 crash 0 34

To the back: Name Nbr Reason Jimmy Spencer 12 driver change Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car 44 Bobby Hamilton, Jr. 95 Shoney's Inn Sadler Brothers Pontiac 45 Dave Rezendes 78 Mark III Financial Dan Browder Chevrolet 46 Casey Atwood 50 Dr. Pepper Joe Washington Ford 47 Kevin Schwantz 88 Lone Star Motorsports Kevin Schwantz Chevrolet 48 Ward Burton 14 Rhodes Furniture Michael Waltrip Ford 49 Mark Krogh 80 Clearwater Forest Industries Robert Krogh Chevrolet 50 Mario Gosselin 71 Greased Lightning Mario Gosselin Chevrolet 51 Ted Christopher 13 Whelen Engineering Ted Marsh Chevrolet 52 Mark McFarland 82 Carolina Shoe Robert McFarland Chevrolet 53 J.D. Gibbs 42 Carolina Turkey Joe Gibbs Chevrolet DC Steve Grissom 12 Zippo Jimmy Spencer Chevrolet Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 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 Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 1 82 82   Tracy Leslie 83 96 14   Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 97 250 154 Points Standings after this race: Rank Driver Points Diff 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   21   Shane Hall 2165   -1459