1977 NASCAR Winston West Series

The 1977 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 24th season of the series. The title was won by Bill Schmitt, his first in the series.

Schedule and results

The 1977 season included 20 individual races, although Riverside International Raceway, Ontario Motor Speedway, Ascot Park, and Portland Speedway hosted two races each.[1] The races at Riverside and the second Ontario race were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.[2][3][4] The series raced at Phoenix International Raceway for the first time, with Cale Yarborough winning the race.[5]

Date Name Racetrack Location Winner
January 16 Winston Western 500 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California David Pearson
May 1 Winston Monterey 100 Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California Bill Schmitt
May 15 Winston Ontario 250 Ontario Motor Speedway Ontario, California Gary Johnson
May 21 Winston Miracle Mile Casino 100 San Jose Speedway San Jose, California Chuck Bown
May 28 Winston Mesa Marin 100 Mesa Marin Raceway Bakersfield, California Jim Reich
May 30 Winston Gardena 150 Ascot Park Gardena, California Vic Irvan
June 12 NAPA 400 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Richard Petty
June 18 Winston Saugus 100 Saugus Speedway Saugus, California Jim Thirkettle
June 25 Winston Yakima 100 Yakima Speedway Yakima, Washington Harry Jefferson
June 26 Winston Evergreen 150 Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington Harry Jefferson
June 29 Winston Victoria 100 Western Speedway Victoria, British Columbia George Stuart
July 2 Winston Umatilla 100 Umatilla Speedway Hermiston, Oregon Bill Schmitt
July 4 Winston Portland 100 Portland Speedway Portland, Oregon Chuck Bown
July 17 Winston Roseville 100 All American Speedway Roseville, California Sumner McKnight
August 6 Winston Las Vegas 100 Craig Road Speedway North Las Vegas, Nevada Bill Schmitt
August 7 Winston Ascot 100 Ascot Park Gardena, California Sonny Easley
August 27 Winston Shasta 100 Shasta Speedway Anderson, California Jim Walker
September 11 Winston Portland 150 Portland Speedway Portland, Oregon Art Roth
November 20 Los Angeles Times 500 Ontario Motor Speedway Ontario, California Neil Bonnett[6]
November 27 Winston West Inaugural Phoenix 250 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Cale Yarborough

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 ONT SJS MMR ASP RSD SGS YAK EVG WSP USP POR AAS CRS ASP SHA POR ONT PHO Pts
1 Bill Schmitt 19 1 2 2 5 14 30 3 20 5 3 1* 3 5 1* 6 8 4 41 5 1526.5
2 Chuck Bown 13 18* 15* 1* 3 5 25 11 9 7 4 2 1* 3 13 15 9 19 39 4 1415.75
3 Richard White 11 9 6 4 13 22 5 15 11 9 8 11 6 3 17 14 17 25 8 1355.25
4 Gary Johnson 20 3 1* 7 13 10 29 18 13 16 6 11 17 15 17 9 15 3 DNQ 17 1284.5
5 Pat Mintey 27 10 11 11 2 12 16 17 10 10 14 8 9 11 16 7 12 1214.5
6 Ernie Stierly 16 12 4 8 11 20 7 3 18 16 16 7 4* 2 21 35 26 1112.5
7 John Borneman 28 37 6 4 15 17 10 12 7 9 16 10 16 7 6 28 19 991.25
8 Sumner McKnight 26 34 9 22 31 14 12 13 5 3 4 1 5 12 5 10 987.5
9 Bill Baker 28 8 27 15 17 16 8 24 14 15 12 14 18 18 3 9 DNQ 835.25
10 Don Graham 10 30 16 19 19 22 11 13 11 6 6 16 30 16 794.25
11 Don Puskarich 30 12 13 13 10 7 28 10 7 10 DNQ 21 764
12 Ron Gautsche 7 12 9 3 20 12 15 7 8 5 11 741.75
13 Hershel McGriff 7 5 4 18 14 15 34 2 2 22 693.25
14 Steve Pfeifer 29 22 20 18 15 19 10 16 23 12 23 DNQ 14 661.5
15 Frank Bigelow 19 20 9 16 25 7 2 7 4 18 559.25
16 Harry Goularte 22 24 17 21 23 13 19 26 12 15 DNQ 22 547
17 J. C. Danielsen 13 19 4 10 5 18 413.25
18 Chuck Wahl 26 5 2 18 2 401.75
19 Marc Vogel 30 25 14 15 8 20 26 13 398.75
20 Harry Jefferson 1* 1* 5 2 18 389
21 Roy Smith 22 23 10 15 2 5 8 358
22 Don Noel 7 24 35 4* DNQ 352.75
23 Sonny Easley 5 7 1* 26 6 351
24 Johnny Kieper 23 7 27 9 10 24 36 337
25 Gary Matthews 24 4 3 22 DNQ 328
26 Vic Irvan 21 8 7 1* 8 300.75
27 John Dineen 36 12 13 DNQ 10 292.75
28 Jim Thirkettle 16 23 21 24 1 287
29 Terry Wood 17 11 16 273
30 John Hamson 6 17 DNQ 270.75
31 Dennis Wilson 2 5 23 21 256.5
32 Ron Eaton 24 14 21 2 221
33 Rick McCray 19 16 9 217.5
34 Ray Elder 32 DNQ 11 209
35 Jim Reich 25 3 1* 198.25
36 Pappy Pryor 19 22 17 8 13 189.25
37 Don Pruitt 6 15 185.75
38 Glenn Francis 33 19 35 DNQ 23 174.25
39 John Krebs 12 11 19 174.75
40 Art Roth 4 6 4 3 1* 170.25
41 Bryce Mann 6 168.75
42 Glen Steurer 8 6 164.25
43 Leon Fox 5 3 155.75
44 Ron Esau 20 152.25
45 Jim Walker 9 1* 149.25
46 Tom Haylett 20 17 18 21 148.25
47 George Spink 14 147
48 Vince Giamformaggio 20 29 33 140.25
49 Jim Haney Jr. 16 140
50 Cale Yarborough 2*† 3† 3† 1 138
51 Phil Goulet 16 11 133.75
52 Johnny Steele 17 20 18 133.25
53 Pete Torres 21 25 132.75
54 John Soares Jr. 15 10 18 132.5
55 Norm Palmer 23 6 34 131
56 Jack Simpson DNQ 14 DNQ 130
57 Jimmy Insolo 34 4 12 20 129.75
58 Neil Bonnett 17† 1*† 2* 127
59 Bobby Allison 35† 17† 7† 3 125.5
60 Bill Osborne 18 23 120.5
61 Ed Ash 7 120
62 Bobby Fisher 9 117.5
63 Eddie Bradshaw 10 DNQ 37 109
64 Dan Joiner 14 18 20 22 103.25
65 Hal Callentine 12 30 95.75
66 Jeff Culver 9 78.75
67 Rick Becker 3 73
68 Evan Noyes Jr. 14 70
69 Ross Kusah 18 28 8 6 6 70
70 Dick Whalen 20 69.5
71 Bob Forester 26 68.75
72 Ron McGee 31 66
73 Don Waterman 6 4 25 14 65.5
74 Bob Switzer 32 DNQ 24 64.5
75 Bill Cheesbourg 13 61
76 Don Reynolds 28 56.75
77 Chris Monoleos 27 54.5
78 Joe Ruttman 13 50
79 Rodger Patterson 18 49.75
80 Woody Wodzewoda 17 48.5
81 Hugh Pearson 8 48
82 Dave Scheidecker 17 42.75
83 Donnie Allison 18 42† 39.75
84 Carl Joiner 31 36
85 John Kennedy 28 29.5
86 Tom Blair 31 25
87 Rocky Moran 33 DNQ 19.25
Jim Robinson 13 2 2
George Stuart 9 1*
Neal Newberry 11 8
Tony Heckart 8 12
Jackie Kuper 21 24
Jim Sanderson 4
Gary Callentine 13
Butch Johnson 13
Roy Klein 14
J. J. Zaffino 14
Ron Kusoche 15
Bruce Richardson 17
Don Hume 19
John Volz 19
Luis Matiotta 20
Ben Mellis 20
Bobby Goodwin 21
Don Simkins 22
Cliff Garner 23
Chuck Flora 23
Wally Lambert 29
Joseph Schultz DNQ
Dean Dalton DNQ
Steve Stolarek DNQ
Earle Canavan DNQ
Bennie Vaught DNQ
Jabe Thomas DNQ
Ron Hutcherson DNQ
Travis Tiller DNQ
Mike Brockman DNQ
Jimmy Means DNQ
Jocko Maggiacomo DNQ
Skip Manning 10† DNQ
Ivan Baldwin DC

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1977 NASCAR Winston West Series Stats". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  2. ↑ "1977 Winston Western 500 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  3. ↑ "1977 NAPA 400 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  4. ↑ "1977 Los Angeles Times 500 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  5. ↑ Haislop, Tadd (March 8, 2022). "Phoenix Raceway: ARCA Menards Series track profile". ARCA. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  6. ↑ Harney, Erin (May 5, 2019). "On this day in Alabama history: Neil Bonnett makes NASCAR debut". Alabama News Center. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
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