1979 NASCAR Winston West Series

The 1979 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 26th season of the series. The title was won by Bill Schmitt, his second in the series. He won the title by just 5 points over Tim Williamson.[1]

Schedule and results

The 1979 season included 16 individual races, although Riverside International Raceway, Evergreen Speedway, and Yakima Speedway hosted two races each.[2] The races at Riverside and the race at Ontario Motor Speedway were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.[3][4][5]

Date Name Racetrack Location Winner
January 14 Winston Western 500 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Darrell Waltrip[6]
May 27 Winston Mesa Marin 100 Mesa Marin Raceway Bakersfield, California Bill Schmitt
June 10 NAPA Riverside 400 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Bobby Allison
June 24 Reed Cam 150 Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington Neal Newberry
June 30 Valley Ford 100 Yakima Speedway Yakima, Washington Ron Eaton
July 4 Kyte Coca-Cole 100 Rose City Speedway Portland, Oregon Roy Smith
July 20 Winston Roseville 100 All American Speedway Roseville, California Tim Williamson
July 21 Winston Shasta 100 Shasta Speedway Anderson, California Bill Schmitt
July 28 Winston Las Vegas 100 Craig Road Speedway North Las Vegas, Nevada Bill Schmitt
August 12 Winston Sears Point 100 Sears Point International Raceway Sonoma, California Jimmy Insolo
August 26 Evergreen Winston 100 Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington Ron Eaton
August 31 Spokane Winston 100 Spokane Raceway Park Spokane, Washington Jimmy Insolo
September 3 Rose City Winston 100 Rose City Speedway Portland, Oregon Ron Eaton
September 8 Winston Gardena 100 Ascot Park Gardena, California Bill Schmitt
November 18 Los Angeles Times 500 Ontario Motor Speedway Ontario, California Benny Parsons
November 25 NAPA Arizona 250 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Auckland Neil Bonnett[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 MMR RSD EVG YAK POR AAS SHA CRS SON EVG SPO POR ASP ONT PHO Pts
1 Bill Schmitt 4 1* 30 16* 4 23 3 1* 1 4 20 6 2 1 18 11 748
2 Tim Williamson 9 3 26 8 8 3 1* 3 6 2* 4 7 5 13 22 4 743
3 Jimmy Insolo 16 2 25 26 2 21 2 2 2 1 10 1* 3 14 36 30 699
4 Richard White 29 7 16 7 9 5 7 10 5 6 3 8 18 12* 30 10 691
5 Jim Robinson 30 15 21 5 11 18 5 11 4 19 9 14 9 2 32 28 643
6 Rick McCray DNQ 10 27 25 6 7 4 8 3* 21 8 11 22 4 22 621
7 Robert Tartaglia 17 24 13 16 12 12 13 12 9 23 10 15 5 498
8 Pat Mintey 12 12 12 10 11 7 8 28 18 19 10 18 447
9 Sharon Bishop 28 14 19 13 12 15 25 19 14 6 19 410
10 Roy Smith 4 19 1* 13 7 5 7 21 6 405
11 Jackie Kuper 2 3 2 2 4 8 285
12 Ron Eaton 6 1* 1* 9 1* 267
13 Rick O'Dell 14 15 13 11 3 4 246
14 Neal Newberry 1 7 4 5 16 232
15 Bob Fox 10 20 22 15 12 13 214
16 John Krebs DNQ 21 17 14 7 DNQ 212
17 Johnny Kieper 3 6 22 16 9 199
18 Dick Kranzler 8 29 9 16 DNQ 193
19 Jack Jeffery 21 14 6 17 6 191
20 Chuck Flora 19 9 5 14 18 190
21 John Borneman 5 20 14 26 185
22 Marc Vogel 22 9 9 27 14 174
23 Frank Swords 4 5 10 12 173
24 Frank Bigelow 11 6 4 13 170
25 Jim Bown 15 24 14 11 23 168
26 Dick Whalen 19 12 DNQ 15 157
27 Chris Monoleos 16 34 11 8 154
28 Steve Pfeifer DNQ 18 20 134
29 Hal Callentine 17 23 13 119
30 Phil Goulet 10 11 17 115
31 Jim Hopkinson 15 22 3 113
32 Ron Esau 20 15 12 106
33 Gary Johnson 14 15 23 101
34 Harry Jefferson 18 18 17 100
35 LeRoy Anderson 20 13 23 97
Ernie Stierly 22 17 20 94
Harry Goularte 23 6 90
Norm Palmer 8 DNQ 27 84
Stuart Lyndon 13 10 79
Don Puskarich 28 79
Glen Thorburn 11 13 78
Ruben Garcia 9 20 73
Jack Malugani 16 16 DNQ 70
Don Noel 31 70
Don Dowdy 24 10 68
Gene Thonesen 18 16 68
Don Hume 16 19 67
Bill Osborne 6 29 67
Terry Forsythe 21 21 60
Leonard Sundholm 29 16 57
Mark Walbridge 23 24 55
Bobby Allison 19† 1† 5 2† 2 49
Kirk Rogers 2 49
Jim Thirkettle 8 49
Ed Hale DNQ 15 49
Richard Petty 32† 3† 5† 3* 48
Dave Watson 5 46
Don Graham 22 46
Bob Barker 7 44
Billy Clarkson 8 43
Hershel McGriff 8 DNQ 43
Kyle Petty 14† 8 43
Ross Strmiska 8 43
Andy Hall 9 42
Don Waterman 9 42
Billy Conn 10 41
Ed Sauer 11 40
Glen Ward DNQ 12 39
Eddie Westwood 14 37
St. James Davis 15 36
Don Dupree 15 36
Buck Simmons 29 16 35
Dan Joiner 17 34
Art Roth 17 34
Lake Speed DNQ 17 34
David Pearson 2† 19 3 32
Earle Canavan 21 30
Ed Rains 21 30
Rudy Tomich 24 27
Ronnie Thomas 12† 23† 27† 25 26
Ron McGee DNQ 26 25
Pappy Pryor 27 24
Neil Bonnett 34† 28† 6† 1
Bob Bondurant 7
Joe Ruttman DC 7
Doc Faustina 11
Neil Feighner 13
Steve Rouse 15
Ed McCoy 20
Gary Mathews DNQ

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1979 NASCAR Winston West Series Central". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 7, 2025.
  2. ↑ "1979 NASCAR Winston West Series Stats". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 5, 2025.
  3. ↑ "1979 Winston Western 500 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  4. ↑ "1979 NAPA Riverside 400 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  5. ↑ "1979 Los Angeles Times 500 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
  6. ↑ "Schmitt fourth behind Waltrip". Record Searchlight. January 15, 1979. p. 13. Retrieved February 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ↑ "The Vidette 27 November 1979 — The Vidette Digital Archives". The Vidette Digital Archives. November 27, 1979. Retrieved February 6, 2025.
This page is issued from Wikipedia. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.