1975 NASCAR Winston West Series

The 1975 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 22nd season of the series. The title was won by Ray Elder, his sixth in the series and second in a row.

Schedule and results

The 1975 season included 18 individual races, although Ascot Park hosted three races and Manzanita Speedway, Riverside International Raceway, Portland Speedway, and Evergreen Speedway hosted two races each.[1] The races at Riverside and the finale at Ontario Motor Speedway were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.[2][3][4]

Date Name Racetrack Location Winner
January 19 Winston Western 500 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Bobby Allison[5]
May 4 Monterey Triple Crown Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California Chuck Wahl
May 10 Manzanita 100 Manzanita Speedway Phoenix, Arizona Bill Cheesbourg[6]
May 26 Memorial 100 Ascot Park Gardena, California Sonny Easley
June 8 Tuborg 400 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Richard Petty
June 27 Gardena 100 Ascot Park Gardena, California Ray Elder
July 3 Umatilla 100 Umatilla Speedway Hermiston, Oregon Ernie Stierly
July 4 Coca-Cola 100 Portland Speedway Portland, Oregon Ernie Stierly
July 6 Evergreen 150 Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington Ray Elder
July 26 Santa Maria 100 Santa Maria Speedway Santa Maria, California Ray Elder
August 1 Las Vegas 100 Craig Road Speedway North Las Vegas, Nevada Chuck Wahl
August 22 Clovis 100 Clovis Speedway Clovis, California Jimmy Insolo
August 24 L.A. International 100 Ascot Park Gardena, California Sonny Easley
August 31 Monroe 200 Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington Ray Elder
September 6 Yakima 100 Yakima Speedway Yakima, Washington Jimmy Insolo
September 7 Coca-Cola 150 Portland Speedway Portland, Oregon Bill Schmitt
September 20 Manzanita 150 Manzanita Speedway Phoenix, Arizona Ray Elder
November 23 Los Angeles Times 500 Ontario Motor Speedway Ontario, California Buddy Baker[7]

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 LAG MSP ASP RSD ASP USP POR EVG SMS CRS CSP ASP EVG YAK POR MSP ONT Pts
1 Ray Elder 13 4 5 2 4 1 3 2 1* 1 3 3 14 1* 5 6 1* 25 1327.5
2 Sonny Easley 21 7 11 1* 30 2 17 23 13 13 7 4 1* 6 2 18 7 39 1142.25
3 Chuck Wahl 17 1 18 17 7 19 5 4 2 16 1* 15 11 9 3 3 10 35 1102.25
4 Don Puskarich 12 21 16 9 32 10 12 15 20 2 6 9 9 13 21 15 6 37 1027
5 Dennis Wilson DNQ 11 9 10 DNQ 13 13 16 18 6 11 13 3 8 14 13 3 1006.75
6 Jim Boyd 4 7 14 4 10 6 4 2 5 2 23 4 7 4 27 998.5
7 Jimmy Insolo 33 2* 2 3 27 3 19 8 16 9 1* 16 16 1* 21 7 988.75
8 Richard White 19 23 3 14 12 18 10 12 4 10 5 15 13 14 865.75
9 Bill Schmitt 18 3 8 14 9 12 2 8 18 6 1 33 778
10 Ron Gautsche 8 10 6 10 11 5 6 6 4 11 24 743.25
11 Steve Vaughn 10 8 12 4 15 22 15 5 10 8 17 9 736.25
12 Johnny Kieper 6 20 2 6 4 11 8 4 24 590.75
13 Ivan Baldwin 35 16 17 4 35 7* 9 5 14* 13 11 582
14 Ted Fritz 9 6 8 33 16 18 7 9 16 509.5
15 Don Hall 19 6 20 8 14 19 19 11 454.75
16 Ernie Stierly 24 1* 1* 21 21 18 11 418
17 Chuck Bown 27 34 5 3 17 2 38 409
18 Hugh Pearson 23 20 16 15 3 7 15 18 404.5
19 Glenn Francis 25 17 11 8 12 13 8 373.25
20 Jim Thompson 13 14 7 10 20 335
21 Rodger Patterson 15 6 8 11 12 296.75
22 John Soares Jr. 31 24 7 10 12 18 289
23 Pete Torres 26 14 19 20 16 20 18 275.75
24 Phil Goulet 11 17 9 12 273.5
25 Larry Dagley 7 9 11 2 269.5
26 Walt Price 5 8 19 11 265
27 Bill Osborne 16 5 15 18 26 257.5
28 Jim Thirkettle 10 9 23 32 236.25
29 Larry Snodderly 20 14 12 10 234
30 Hershel McGriff 10 19 2 31 232.75
31 Chuck Little 28 15 16 12 220.75
32 Ross Kusah 7 3 19 5 199
33 Bill Cheesbourg 1* 18 193.75
34 Ron Stagler 14 7 5 188.5
35 Harry Jefferson 32 3 17 180.5
John Hamson 19 15 16 173.75
Don Pruitt 13 8 17 151.5
Ron Esau 22 14 10 151
Dick Kranzler 21 21 17 142
Markey James 12 14 133.5
Jackie Kuper 5 20 132.75
Jack Simpson 11 11 126.75
Carl Joiner 22 7 108.5
Vince Schiro 17 4 106
Dale Lee 13 12 102.5
Neal Newberry 23 7 98
Gary Matthews 8 15 94
Rusty Gott 16 22 92.75
Don Reynolds 20 14 81.75
Bobby Allison 1*† 2*† 8* 5† 79.75
Don Waterman 9 78.5
Mike Chase 5 70.25
Bob Kennedy 13 69.5
Marion Smiley 12 63.25
Al Tourond 12 63
Jim Chamberlain 17 57.5
Jim McMillan 20 55.25
Joe Chamberlain 18 47.25
Gene Riniker 10 47
Don Simkins 15 46.75
Larry Esau 15 46
Roy Smith 29 44
Arnie Krueger 17 42.75
Eddie Bradshaw 25 39
Jerry Oliver 22 38.75
Steve McGuire 13 38.25
Mike Kord 15 38
LeRoy Anderson 22 38
Larry Borman 19 34.5
Dick Bown 30 33
Tracy Stone 22 32
Dave Scheidecker 22 29.5

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1975 NASCAR Winston West Series Stats". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  2. ↑ "1975 Winston Western 500 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  3. ↑ "1975 Tuborg 400 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  4. ↑ "1975 Los Angeles Times 500 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Bobby Allison's Unknown Record | NASCAR Hall of Fame | Curators' Corner". NASCAR Hall of Fame. Retrieved January 28, 2025.
  6. ↑ Garrett, Mike (May 11, 1975). "Vet Cheesbourg takes NASCAR race here". The Arizona Republic. p. D1. Retrieved January 28, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ↑ Glick, Shav (November 24, 1975). "500 is a piece of cake for Baker". Los Angeles Times. p. 39. Retrieved January 28, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
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