1997 Autolite Platinum 250

Richmond Raceway · 1997 · NASCAR O'Reilly Auto Parts Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Steve Park	2	43	33	14	6	69	250	187.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	3	Steve Park	Dale Earnhardt Inc.	Chevrolet	250	69	running	180
2	9	74	Randy LaJoie	BACE Motorsports	Chevrolet	250		running	170
3	7	9	Jeff Burton	Roush Racing	Ford	250	89	running	165
4	3	64	Dick Trickle	Shoemaker Racing	Chevrolet	250	35	running	160
5	18	00	Buckshot Jones	Buckshot Racing	Pontiac	250		running	155
6	11	4	Dale Shaw	Phoenix Racing	Chevrolet	250		running	150
7	12	57	Jason Keller	KEL Racing	Chevrolet	250		running	146
8	24	60	Mark Martin	Roush Racing	Ford	250		running	142
9	17	33	Tim Fedewa	BACE Motorsports	Chevrolet	250		running	138
10	14	1	Hermie Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	Chevrolet	250		running	134
11	5	20	Jimmy Spencer	Crestinger Racing	Chevrolet	250		running	130
12	16	10	Phil Parsons	MSRP Motorsports	Chevrolet	250		running	127
13	15	28	Jeff Purvis	LAR Motorspots	Chevrolet	250		running	124
14	20	26	Curtis Markham		Chevrolet	250		running	121
15	21	47	Robert Pressley	ST Motorsports	Chevrolet	249	37	running	118
16	4	72	Mike Dillon	Parker Racing	Chevrolet	249	13	running	115
17	35	85	Shane Hall	Stegall Motorsports	Chevrolet	249		running	112
18	25	77	Ed Berrier	PRW Racing	Ford	249		running	109
19	34	37	Mark Green	Brewco Motorsports	Chevrolet	249		running	106
20	36	32	Dale Jarrett	Isenhower Brothers Racing	Ford	249		running	103
21	19	29	Elliott Sadler	Diamond Ridge Motorsports	Chevrolet	248		running	100
22	32	17	Matt Kenseth	Reiser Enterprises	Chevrolet	248		running	97
23	41	88	Kevin Lepage	Emerald Performance Group	Chevrolet	248		running	94
24	22	99	Glenn Allen Jr.	J&J Racing	Chevrolet	248		running	91
25	10	36	Todd Bodine	Team 34	Pontiac	248		running	88
26	27	12	Kenny Wallace	Filmar Racing	Ford	248		running	85
27	6	43	Dennis Setzer	Emerald Performance Group	Chevrolet	248		running	82
28	1	21	Michael Waltrip	Michael Waltrip Racing	Ford	247	7	running	79
29	37	16	Mike Olsen	Mike Olsen (Owner)	Chevrolet	246		running	76
30	26	7	Danny Edwards Jr.	Wellrich Motorsports	Chevrolet	244		running	73
31	40	38	Elton Sawyer	Akins-Sutton Motorsports	Ford	244		running	70
32	39	34	Mike McLaughlin	Cicci-Welliver Racing	Chevrolet	234		running	67
33	28	49	Kyle Petty	Shaver Racing	Chevrolet	227		accident	64
34	29	45	Jeff Fuller	Laughlin Racing	Chevrolet	221		rear end	61
35	38	89	Johnny Chapman	NorthStar Motorsports	Ford	204		running	58
36	31	63	Tracy Leslie	Hensley Racing	Pontiac	201		accident	55
37	23	13	Ted Christopher	James Lestorti (Owner)	Chevrolet	169		accident	52
38	33	78	Nathan Buttke	Mark III Racing	Chevrolet	134		brakes	49
39	43	5	Steve Grissom	Terry Labonte Inc.	Chevrolet	60		accident	46
40	8	44	Tony Stewart	Labonte Motorsports	Pontiac	56		accident	43
41	30	58	Michael Ritch	John Ritch (Owner)	Chevrolet	42		accident	40
42	13	6	Joe Bessey	Joe Bessey Racing	Chevrolet	11		accident	37
43	42	96	Stevie Reeves	Donald Laird Racing	Chevrolet	1		accident	34

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Jeff Burton	89	35.6%	P3
2	Steve Park	69	27.6%	P1
3	Robert Pressley	37	14.8%	P15
4	Dick Trickle	35	14.0%	P4
5	Mike Dillon	13	5.2%	P16
6	Michael Waltrip	7	2.8%	P28

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