1978 NASCAR Winston West Series

The 1978 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 25th season of the series. The title was won by Jimmy Insolo, his first in the series.

Schedule and results

The 1978 season included 22 individual races, although Riverside International Raceway, Shasta Speedway, and Yakima Speedway hosted two races each.[1] The races at Riverside and the race at Ontario were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.[2][3][4]

Date Name Racetrack Location Winner
January 22 Winston Western 500 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Cale Yarborough
April 2 Winston Roseville 100 All American Speedway Roseville, California Jimmy Insolo
April 28 Winston Stockton 100 Stockton 99 Speedway Stockton, California Tim Williamson
April 30 Old Milwaukee 100 Shasta Speedway Anderson, California Jimmy Insolo
May 13 Winston Petaluma 100 Petaluma Speedway Petaluma, California Ray Elder
May 28 Winston Mesa Marin 100 Mesa Marin Raceway Bakersfield, California Jimmy Insolo
June 11 NAPA 400 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Benny Parsons
June 22 Winston Spokane 100 Interstate Fairgrounds Speedway Spokane, Washington Gary Johnson
June 24 Winston Yakima 100 Yakima Speedway Yakima, Washington Jimmy Insolo
June 28 Winston Victoria 100 Western Speedway Victoria, British Columbia Jimmy Insolo[5]
June 30 Winston Langley 100 Langley Speedway Langley, British Columbia Ron Eaton[5]
July 3 Winston Evergreen 100 Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington John Borneman
July 4 Coca Cola 100 Portland Speedway Portland, Oregon Bill Schmitt
August 5 Winston Las Vegas 100 Craig Road Speedway North Las Vegas, Nevada Ray Elder
August 6 Winston Gardena 100 Ascot Park Gardena, California John Krebs
August 13 Winston Sears Point 100 Sears Point International Raceway Sonoma, California Jimmy Insolo
August 26 Winston Shasta 150 Shasta Speedway Anderson, California Jimmy Insolo
August 27 Winston Coos Bay 100 Coos Bay Speedway Coos Bay, Oregon Jack Jeffrey
September 2 Yakima Winston 100 Yakima Speedway Yakima, Washington Jimmy Insolo
September 23 Midland Motor Home 100 Orange Show Speedway San Bernardino, California Jimmy Insolo
November 19 Los Angeles Times 500 Ontario Motor Speedway Ontario, California Bobby Allison[6]
November 26 Arizona NAPA 250 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Richard Petty[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 AAS S99 SHA PET MMR RSD IFS YAK WSP LSP EVG POR CRS ASP SON SHA CBS YAK OSS ONT PHO Pts
1 Jimmy Insolo 7 1* 22 1* 18 1* 32 17 1 1 3 3 6 18 17 1* 1 16 1* 1* 7 2 1065
2 Bill Schmitt 32 5 11 2 6 3 8 2 4 15 2 4* 1* 6 3* 5 2 2 20 2 14 5 1014
3 Richard White 24 11 5 4 3 5 19 6 7 17 11 12 7 2 2 9 14 5 6 10 18 12 954
4 Ray Elder 34 7 7 21 1* 2 6 3 12* 6 8 9 5 1 18 18 12 6 13 5 40 7 953
5 Harry Goularte DNQ 16 8 6 8 7 20 12 2 18 4 7 4 12 12 3 16 7 5 8 33 6 922
6 John Borneman 27 12 9 5 19 15 23 9 10 16 9 1 3 10 6 21 7 18 3 7 25 24 903
7 Rick McCray 12 15 16 15 4 8 13 14 18 20 14 10 24 9 9 20 15 4 12 14 39 27 835
8 Don Graham 19 23 9 5 6 22 7 11 7 10 14 15 17* 11 12 6 17 15 6 DNQ 18 811
9 Pat Mintey 14 18 13 7 11 20 19 9 12 11 10 7 4 4 11 9 18 4 15 753
10 John Krebs 9 14 11 14 16 15 22 10 19 17 14 16 1 13 10 8 16 3 DNQ 20 751
11 Gary Johnson 35 3 6 3 11 18 1* 5 19 20 20 2 8 11 9 8 696
12 Steve Pfeifer DNQ 15 14 13 12 11 14 21 17 16 18 5 14 11 21 13 19 12 32 693
13 Bill Baker DNQ 6 17 16 9 13 34 10 15 11 15 18 16 8 8 DNQ 565
14 Jack Jeffery 4 6 5 18 6 8 13 16 4* 1* 8 482
15 Frank Bigelow 2 2 8 16 19 3 15 5 14 375
16 Ernie Stierly 19 4 20 18 15 31 4* 7 9 13 DNQ 11 336
17 Dick Whalen DNQ 18 12 10 12 22 DNQ 14 302
18 Roy Smith 9 2 16 5 13 DNQ 9 283
19 George Stuart 5 8 2 271
20 Ron Gautsche 13 19 7 2 17 5 243
21 Ron McGee DNQ 10 10 25 17 23 DNQ 242
22 Chris Monoleos 9 19 16 13 23 19 DNQ DNQ 207
23 Don Waterman 12 9 8 5 21 200
24 Jim Thirkettle 17 4 9 10 189
25 Ron Eaton 3 1* 24 2 184
26 Ed Rains 16 21 17 20 10 171
27 Pappy Pryor DNQ 18 13 22 11 22 DNQ 169
28 John Soares Jr. 17 20 19 11 167
29 St. James Davis 15 20 26 22 19 20 DNQ 159
30 Sharon Bishop 17 12 22 18 15 21 132
31 Art Roth 2 14 9 3 127
32 Tim Williamson 1* 17 20 6 10 117
33 LeRoy Anderson 20 13 9 111
34 Norm Palmer 14 35 DNQ 179
35 Johnny Steele 8 13 24 108
Don Puskarich 31 DNQ 16 DNQ 105
Duke Hoenshell 10 19 21 103
Neal Newberry 8 21 7 87
Mike Chase 4 19 79
Mel Larson 29 26 76
Robert Tartaglia 21 20 25 11 66
Jim Robinson 11 13 25 64
Harry Jefferson 23 17 62
Johnny Kieper 26 14 DNQ 62
Richard Petty 16† 2† 34† 1* 62
Bob Fox 13 4 47
Neil Bonnett 4† 10† 37† 4 47
Gary Matthews 7 44
Merle Brennan 8 43
Ross Kusah 12 10 DNQ 41
J. C. Danielsen 10 41
Hal Callentine 23 DNQ 13 38
Stuart Lyndon 13 38
Frank Swords 3 12 14 37
Ken McCray Jr. 15 36
Earle Canavan DNQ 16 35
Alan Brown 4 7 17 34
Rusty Sanders 17 34
Jim Bown 25 19 19 32
Ivan Baldwin 19 32
David Pearson 3† 27† 17 38† 22 29
Jim Walker 23 19 28
Ronnie Thomas DNQ 25† 30† 23 28
Jeff Barnicle 24 27
Marc Vogel 21 29 22
Rick O'Dell 20 3 6 8 22
Bobby Allison 30† 3 22 3† 10 1*† 3
Hank Millwee 10
Steve Rouse 13
Benny Parsons 2† 1† 14 8†
Hugh Pearson 14
Leonard Sundholm 15
Hershel McGriff 6† 17† 15
Dean Huss Jr. 16
Don Dupree 17
Jim Miller Jr. 18
Steve Reich 19
Bill Marchison 20
Jack Simpson 22 DNQ
Doug McGriff 23
Wally Lambert 28
Don Noel 28
Billy Clarkson 30
Eddie Bradshaw 33
Dick Kranzler DNQ DNQ
John Kennedy DNQ
John Soares DNQ
Ed Negre DNQ 21†
Evan Noyes Jr. DNQ
Bennie Vaught DNQ
Roger Hamby DNQ 12†
John Dineen DNQ
Glenn Francis DNQ
Chuck Wahl DNQ
Mike Brockman DNQ
Bob Switzer DNQ
Lennie Pond DNQ 7† 6†
Jocko Maggiacomo DNQ
Mike Kempton DNQ
Bob Brown DNQ
Roland Wlodyka DNQ
Duke Miller DNQ
Bruce Hill DNQ
Mike Roche DNQ
Ed Hale DNQ
Ricky Rudd DNQ
Tighe Scott 18† 11† DNQ
Dave Watson DNQ
D. K. Ulrich 10† 14† DNQ
Baxter Price DNQ
Bobby Wawak DNQ
Billy Hagan DNQ
Benny Vaught DNQ
Raymond Williams DNQ
Ray Cline DNQ

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1978 NASCAR Winston West Series Stats". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  2. ↑ "1978 Winston Western 500 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  3. ↑ "1978 NAPA 400 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 4, 2025.
  4. ↑ "1978 Los Angeles Times 500 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved April 27, 2026.
  5. 1 2 "NASCAR in Canada Part 2 - Winston West". Canadian Racer. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Bobby Allison Takes 500‐Mile Race". The New York Times. November 20, 1978. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  7. ↑ "Phoenix Raceway". RacingCircuits.info. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
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