1980 NASCAR Winston West Series

1980 NASCAR Winston West Series

The 1980 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 27th season of the series. The title was won by Roy Smith, his first in the series.

Schedule and results

The 1980 season included 11 individual races, although Riverside International Raceway and Ontario Motor Speedway hosted two races each.[1] Both races at Riverside and the second race at Ontario were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.[2][3][4]

Date Name Racetrack Location Winner
January 13 Winston Western 500 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Darrell Waltrip[5]
April 13 Datsun Twin 200 Ontario Motor Speedway Ontario, California Roy Smith
May 17 Stockton Winston 200 Stockton 99 Speedway Stockton, California Ivan Baldwin
June 8 Warner W. Hodgdon 400 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Darrell Waltrip
June 22 Winston Monterey 200 Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California Jimmy Insolo
June 29 Reed Cams 200 Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington Ron Eaton
August 10 G.I. Joe's/Heidelberg Portland 200 Rose City Speedway Portland, Oregon Bobby Allison
August 24 Golden State Winston 100 Sears Point International Raceway Sonoma, California Jimmy Insolo
November 8 Budweiser 200 Mesa Marin Raceway Bakersfield, California Bobby Allison
November 15 Los Angeles Times 500 Ontario Motor Speedway Ontario, California Benny Parsons[6]
November 23 Arizona Winston 250 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Richard Petty

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 S99 RSD LAG EVG POR SON MMR ONT PHO Pts
1 Roy Smith 13 1 23 28 3 4 2 14 2 36 18 486
2 Bill Schmitt 5 2* 21 13 19 16 7 4 5 11 6 478
3 Jim Robinson 24 5 2 20 2 8 4 13 22 28 30 462
4 Rick McCray 35 4 3 32 5 24 3 18 16 19 27 439
5 Hershel McGriff 26 3 5 24 26 26 21 22 4 23 4 434
6 Don Waterman 7 4 25 4 22 11 21 17 20 10 405
7 Don Puskarich 19 10 18 17 18 28 18 23 18 42 23 390
8 Robert Tartaglia 8 17 10 13 13 8 11 22 373
9 Glen Ward 15 8 16 10 15 12 13 35 346
10 Steve Pfeifer 27 29 19 21 11 21 6 15 21 325
11 Pat Mintey 6 6 25 10 8 13 271
12 Glenn Francis 13 9 6 17 14 32 241
13 John Borneman 31 31 13 34 23 25 5 240
14 Marc Vogel 22 12 15 11 9 24 213
15 Don Stanley 17 16 27 23 19 27 DNQ 207
16 Harry Goularte 9 14 3 14 199
17 Johnny Kieper 25 9 3 6 24 188
18 Jim Bown 5 20 6 7 166
19 Dick Whalen DNQ 26 13 19 163
20 Sharon Bishop 18 20 24 17 16 160
21 Ron Eaton 11 1* 5 146
22 Don Graham 30 15 20 9 130
23 Billy Clarkson 16 28 10 25 125
24 Jimmy Insolo 1* 1* 120
25 Jim Hopkinson 24 27 12 110
26 Ernie Irvan 10 22 23 98
27 Gene Thonesen DNQ 24 DNQ 15 96
28 Tim McMillan 23 21 29 DNQ 80
29 David Pearson 7 19 76
30 Don Dowdy DNQ 2 28 72
31 St. James Davis DNQ 14 DNQ 69
32 John Krebs 12 22 68
33 Ed Hale 28 29 65
34 Dave McEwin DNQ 19 20 63
35 Ron O'Dell 21 DNQ DNQ 61
Bob Bondurant 2 9 49
Vince Giamformaggio 20 47
Neil Bonnett 34† 2† 5 3 2† 46
Neal Newberry 6 45
Chuck Wahl 25 45
Bobby Allison 18† 15*† 7 1* 1* 4† 2* 44
Billy Hitchcox 7 44
John Soares Jr. DNQ 7 44
Richard Ritthaler 8 43
Bob Barker 8 DNQ 43
Ross Kusah 9 9 42
Billy Zimmerman Jr. 11 10 40
Bob Switzer 11 40
Mike Bonicelli 11 40
Bill Osborne 37 40
Stan Barrett 13 12 39
Dan Reed DNQ 12 39
Archie Somers 12 39
Doug Walters 14 37
George Esau 14 37
LeRoy Anderson 14 37
Mike Chase 15 36
Jack Jeffery 15 36
Dick Kranzler 16 35
Mel Larson 16 35
Bob Fox 17 34
Kevin Housby 17 34
Garrett Evans 18 33
Bill Sedgwick 19 32
Ed Rains 20 12 31
Jack Malugani 20 DNQ 31
Gary Mayeda 20 DNQ 31
Ron Gautsche 28 22 29
Pappy Pryor 23 DNQ 28
Ron Esau 25 26 26
Buddy Baker 26 25
Bill Donnelly 27 24
Gary Matthews DNQ 27 24
Glen Thorburn 30 21
Ralph Ridley Jr. 31 20
Richard Petty 3† 8† 17 30† 1
Ivan Baldwin 1*
Kyle Petty 33† 3
Terry Forsythe 7
Bill Whittington 8
Joe Ruttman 40† 8
Don Whittington 9 35†
Donnie Allison 30† 19 39†
Don Hume 20
Richard White 21
Jerry Bowers 24
Chuck Bown 36† 27
Davey Allison 29
Steve McGuire DNQ
Tim Williamson Wth Wth

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1980 NASCAR Winston West Series Stats". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  2. ↑ "1980 Winston Western 500 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  3. ↑ "1980 Warner W. Hodgdon 400 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  4. ↑ "1980 Los Angeles Times 500 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  5. ↑ Glick, Shav (January 20, 1980). "Gurney Cheers, Waltrip Wins | Dan Gurney's All American Racers". Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  6. ↑ Glick, Shav (November 27, 1995). "California 500 Dreaming : It Was Fun While It Lasted at Ontario Motor Speedway (1970-1980)". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
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