1971 NASCAR Winston West Series

1971 NASCAR Winston West Series

The 1971 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 18th season of the series. The title was won by Ray Elder, his third in succession.

Schedule and results

The 1971 season included 26 individual races, although Riverside International Raceway, Orange Show Speedway, and Craig Road Speedway hosted two races each.[1] The races at Riverside, the race at Ontario Motor Speedway, and the race at Texas World Speedway were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.[2][3][4][5]

Date Name Racetrack Location Winner
January 10 Motor Trend 500 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Ray Elder[6]
February 28 Miller High Life 500 Ontario Motor Speedway Ontario, California A. J. Foyt
March 7 Orange 400 Orange Show Speedway San Bernardino, California Jack McCoy[7]
March 21 † San Jose Speedway San Jose, California John Soares, Jr.
May 9 Vegas 150 Craig Road Speedway North Las Vegas, Nevada Jimmy Insolo
May 15 Stockton 150 Stockton 99 Speedway Stockton, California Jack McCoy
June 5 Ascot 200 Ascot Park Gardena, California Ray Elder[8]
June 20 Winston Golden State 400 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Bobby Allison
June 26 Salem Mighty Mite 100 Salem Speedway Salem, Oregon Hershel McGriff
July 2 Spanaway 150 Spanaway Speedway Tacoma, Washington Jack McCoy
July 4 Apple State 150 Skagit Speedway Mount Vernon, Washington Hershel McGriff
July 10 Umatilla 100 Umatilla Speedway Hermiston, Oregon Ray Elder
July 11 Rose City 100 Portland Speedway Portland, Oregon Hershel McGriff
July 13 Royal Canadian 150 Langley Speedway Langley, British Columbia Hershel McGriff
July 16 Medford 100 Medford Speedway Medford, Oregon Carl Joiner
July 17 Roseburg Northwest 100 Roseburg Speedway Roseburg, Oregon Hershel McGriff
July 30 Las Vegas Lucky 21 150 Craig Road Speedway North Las Vegas, Nevada Ray Elder
July 31 Orange Show 150 Orange Show Speedway San Bernardino, California Johnny Anderson
August 7 Saugus 150 Saugus Speedway Santa Clarita, California Ray Elder
August 8 Bakersfield 150 Bakersfield Speedway Oildale, California Ray Elder
August 20 Clovis Vineyard 100 Clovis Speedway Clovis, California Ray Elder
September 6 Evergreen 200 Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington Ray Elder
September 8 Spokane 100 Interstate Fairground Speedway Spokane, Washington Hershel McGriff
September 11 Yakima 150 Yakima Speedway Yakima, Washington Ray Elder[9]
October 31 San Gabriel Valley 100 San Gabriel Valley Speedway Irwindale, California Jack McCoy
December 12 Texas 500 Texas World Speedway College Station, Texas Richard Petty[10]

† This race was not given a name.

Full Drivers' Championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led. † – Ineligible for West Series points

Pos Driver RSD ONT OSS SJS CRS S99 ASP RSD SAL SPS SKA USP POR LSP MED DCS CRS OSS SGS BKS CSP EVG IFS YAK SGB TWS Pts
1 Ray Elder 1* 7 2 3 2 2 1* 2 3 20 2 1 2 2 2 2* 1* 3 1* 1* 1* 1* 21 1* 21 46 1471
2 Jack McCoy 18 13 1* 2 15 1* 2 11 4 1* 7 4 4 3 10 19 2 15 15 11 15 10 4 5 1* 1304
3 Jimmy Insolo 25 17 8 4 1 9 3 17 5 2 4 3* 16 4 8 10 3 7 3 4 8 20 6 7 5 1264
4 Bob England 13 41 6 5 7 10 8 12 14 17 12 11 15 12 9 12 16 6 11 8 7 5 9 13 12 29 1224
5 John Soares Jr. 21 38 1* 13 6 9 3 10 10 22 5 4 9 6 4 14 10 12 3 3 10 18 1067
6 Dick Kranzler 14 48 6 18 3 11 23 8 22 11 15 7 13 18 18 7 DNQ 17 5 16 8 7 19 7 988
7 Bob Kauf 27 18 4 12 14 37 10 13 18 16 12 10 15 14 17 20 8 19 5 7 15 8 22 908
8 Jerry Barnett DNQ 18 14 5 17 30 16 15 16 9 6 9 14 6 12 13 2 12 6 14 14 18 4 37 903
9 Hershel McGriff 12 28 21 1* 5 1* 2 1* 1* 5 1 2 11 1* 14 843
10 Frank James 22 21 3 7 10 7 14 8 8 17 6 7 5 3 20 807
11 Carl Joiner 8 15 17 31 6 19 5 11 1* 3 2 12 2 3 743
12 Ron Gautsche 19 49 21 7 25 12 7 17 17 21 15 17 18 10 25 8 9 690
13 Dick Bown 16 27 10 17 12 20 39 2 18 3 6 19 17 19 631
14 Don Noel 33 44 15 4 14 13 5 11 3 15 10 7 560
15 Tru Cheek DNQ 12 8 11 13 24 13 13 9 13 20 11 6 513
16 Scotty Cain DNQ 8 10 6 19 10 9 QL 4 6 16 16 8 503
17 Paul Dorrity 28 DNQ 9 18 5 33 4 2 16 2 3 472
18 Chuck Bown 13 9 20 7 3 7 19 4 18 2 3 456
19 Johnny Anderson 29 14 1* 4 17 13 4 5 17 2 448
20 Pete Torres 11 11 14 16 34 21 13 20 11 18 15 22 17 445
21 Markey James DNQ 12 40 5 5 12 7 23 4 9 424
22 Johnny Steele 37 3 22 19 8 4 11 11 18 20 385
23 Glenn Francis 34 DNQ 5 12 13 14 21 11 6 14 11 373
24 Pat Fay 40 32 5 4 9 19 22 370
25 Kevin Terris 7 42 19 7 14 360
26 Ed Brown 18 8 9 9 6 8 9 18 15 359
27 Ernie Stierly 15 6 12 13 12 13 13 6 318
28 J. C. Danielsen DNQ 15 9 17 10 9 12 11 12 313
29 Ivan Baldwin 39 26 4 16 9 305
30 Harry Schilling 37 25 32 16 10 20 284
31 Ray Johnstone 32 33 15 16* 20 8 261
32 Jack Roberts DNQ 16 13 12 5 16 19 23 253
33 Jerry Oliver 29 6 5 249
34 Les Loeser Jr. DNQ 19 9 10 9 6 18 235
35 Vic Irvan DNQ 13 19 17 17 17 14 209
Dick Guldstrand 24 24 192
John Lyons 6 11 15 28 190
L. T. Jones 13 10 15 10 156
Ron Cooper 19 14 18 8 145
Dick Westman 19 14 16 16 21 139
Bill Osborne 46 26 18 123
Ron Grable 23 114
Mike Pittlekow 31 96
Joe Clark 36 84
Larry Bell 13 7 82
Buck Peralta 9 14 79
Roy Collins 38 78
Sam Rose DNQ 8 14 17 21 77
Ken Shoemaker 17 11 74
Bruce Kratt 19 15 68
Dwayne Belt 15 20 67
Bill Lee 16 21 65
Bob Clough 18 21 63
J. R. Skinner 35 48
Fred Hay 5 24 46
Jack DeWitt DNQ 6 45
G. T. Tallas 11 45 7 44
Sam Fairchild 8 20 43
Bill O'Neil 11 40
Doug McGriff 12 39
Wilbur Pratt 14 37
Roger Parr 8 20 16 35
Joe Roletto 10 16 35
Frank Burnett DNQ 17 11 34
Marty Kinerk 34 20
Ed Wilbur 7
Cliff Vose 10
Don Simkins 13
Chuck Hetrick 15
Tom Patton 16
Bill Scott 16
Frank Jones 19
Sig Nelson 19
Arlyn Wolanski 19
Ron Hornaday 22
Marion Collins DNQ 24
Chris Connery DNQ DNQ
John W. Anderson DNQ
Ben Arnold DNQ
Walter Ballard DNQ
D. K. Ulrich DNQ
Earle Wagner DNQ
Art Pollard DNQ
Harold Pagon DNQ
Larry Baumel DNQ
Leonard Blanchard DNQ
Neil Castles DNQ
Paul Tyler DNQ
Vallie Engelauf DNQ
Doc Faustina DNQ
Ed Negre DNQ
Bill Champion DNQ
Robert Banuelos DNQ
Oren Prosser DNQ
Clay Priola DNQ
Charles Hindman Wth

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1971 NASCAR Winston West Series Stats". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 11, 2026.
  2. ↑ "1971 Motor Trend 500 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved August 11, 2026.
  3. ↑ "1971 Miller High Life 500 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved August 11, 2026.
  4. ↑ "1971 Winston Golden State 400 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved August 11, 2026.
  5. ↑ "1971 Texas 500 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved August 11, 2026.
  6. ↑ Glattke, Art (January 11, 1971). "Ray Elder Captures Riverside 500 Miler". The Fresno Bee. p. 17. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ "Jack McCoy Captures Orange 400". The Sun. March 8, 1971. p. 25. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  8. ↑ "Ray Elder Routs Stock Car Drivers". Los Angeles Times. June 6, 1971. p. 57. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ↑ "Elder Nabs 9th Win". The Modesto Bee. September 13, 1971. p. 7. Retrieved December 1, 2024 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ↑ "500‐MILE TEXAS RACE CAPTURED BY PETTY". The New York Times. December 13, 1971. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
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