1981 NASCAR Winston West Series

1981 NASCAR Winston West Series

The 1981 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 28th season of the series. The title was won by Roy Smith, his second in the series and second in succession.

Schedule and results

The 1981 season included 14 individual races, although Riverside International Raceway hosted four races.[1] Three of the races at Riverside were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.[2][3][4]

Date Name Racetrack Location Winner
January 11 Winston Western 500 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Bobby Allison[5]
May 16 Stockton Winston 150 Stockton 99 Speedway Stockton, California Jimmy Insolo[6]
May 24 Winston Roseville 150 All American Speedway Roseville, California Jim Robinson
May 30 Winston Mesa Marin 150 Mesa Marin Raceway Bakersfield, California Roy Smith
June 14 Warner W. Hodgdon 400 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Darrell Waltrip
June 28 Coca-Cola 200 Laguna Seca Raceway Monterey, California Roy Smith
July 5 G.I. Joe's Portland 150 Rose City Speedway Portland, Oregon Jim Robinson
July 8 Juan De Fuca News 150 Western Speedway Victoria, British Columbia Jim Bown
July 12 Evergreen 200 Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington Roy Smith
August 8 Winston Shasta 150 Shasta Speedway Anderson, California Jim Robinson
August 30 Warner W. Hodgdon 200 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Roy Smith
September 27 Sears Point Winston 200 Sears Point International Raceway Sonoma, California Bill Schmitt
November 22 Winston Western 500 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Bobby Allison
November 29 Warner W. Hodgdon 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 S99 AAS MMR RSD LAG POR WSP EVG SHA RSD SON RSD PHO Pts
1 Roy Smith 31 13 10 1* 8 1* 14 5 1* 7 1* 3 30 6 677
2 Jim Robinson 6 7 1* 18 10 7 1* 2* 3 1 17 8 32 16 658
3 Bill Schmitt 22 4 9 4 24 2 7 2 4* 3 1 14 5 620
4 Don Waterman 10 10 4 11 23 4 12 9 13 9 13 4 15 10 615
5 Jim Bown DNQ 18 2 3 32 3 2 1 16 2 21 6 36 14 606
6 Hershel McGriff 33 2 19 8 25 16 3 3 5 8 16 16 38 23 581
7 Pat Mintey 15 16 9 11 10 7 6 15 7 17 34 8 530
8 Gene Thonesen 20 18 13 9 13 10 12 10 25 22 13 495
9 Don Puskarich 32 11 20 16 17 13 22 2 21 24 394
10 Rick McCray 26 21 11 17 15 8 3 6 5 372
11 Rick O'Dell 17 5 5 16 19 18 14 14 12 366
12 Johnny Kieper 11 13 7 6 21 15 246
13 Terry Forsythe 21 10 5 8 15 11 9 243
14 Sumner McKnight DNQ 16 6 4 14 24 23 242
15 Jimmy Insolo 30 1* 3 2 36 20 237
16 Derrike Cope 6 15 18 27 188
17 Robert Tartaglia 35 9 8 12 14 15 163
18 Harry Goularte 5 6 6 17 22 136
19 Scott Miller 19 29 7 125
20 Don Graham 8 7 20 5 5 118
21 Moe Willits 17 15 10 118
22 Randy Becker 19 10 18 114
23 Russ Pursley 16 15 14 108
24 Eddie Westwood 12 13 22 DNQ 106
25 John Borneman 12 7 2 19 92
26 Reg Kennedy 9 7 89
27 Gary Johnson 6 12 4 12* 84
28 Ken McCray Jr. 17 5 84
29 Gary Kershaw 12 17 84
30 Mark Stahl 11 23† 11 84
31 Dan Reed 3 17 83
32 John Krebs 18 11 81
33 Steve Pfeifer 24 14 18 21 76
34 Jim Hopkinson 14 14 8 15 18 74
35 Richard Petty 5† 3† 7† 1 60
36 Kyle Petty 20† 6† 37† 3 48
37 Bob Bondurant 21 18 20 47
38 Bobby Allison 1*† 29† 6 1*† 4 46
39 Jack Jeffery 8 44
40 Bill Sedgwick 10 20 40
41 Larry Burton 16 37
42 Jim Thirkettle 15 36
43 Dale Earnhardt 3† 2† 19 4† 35
44 Mike Chase 19 32
45 St. James Davis 19 12 26 32
46 Don Stanley 21 23 14 12 30
47 Chuck Pittenger 22 30
48 Gary Mayeda 23 28
49 Glenn Francis 24 12 27
Sharon Bishop 9 11 11 13 10 20
Bob Kennedy 8 13
Glen Ward 14 9
Pappy Pryor 15 17
Neil Bonnett 27† 4† 33† 2*
Billy Hitchcox 4
Ross Kusah 4
Mark Walbridge 9
Al Vanderbyl 12
Glen Thorburn 19
Don Sprouse DNQ
Harry Dinwiddie DNQ
Henry Jones DNQ
Davey Allison DNQ
Kirk Rogers DNQ

See also

References

  1. ↑ "1981 NASCAR Winston West Series Stats". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  2. ↑ "1981 Winston Western 500 (January) results". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  3. ↑ "1981 Warner W. Hodgdon 400 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  4. ↑ "1981 Winston Western 500 (November) results". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
  5. ↑ Harris, Mike (January 12, 1981). "Bobby Allison takes Western 500". The Fresno Bee. Associated Press. p. C4. Retrieved February 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ↑ Vierria, Dan (May 17, 1981). "Insolo Edges McGriff In Winston 150 Race". The Sacramento Bee. p. C3. Retrieved February 10, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  7. ↑ Delforge, Vincent (May 12, 2022). "ARCA West History: November 29, 1981, the 500th Race Petty". Kickin' the Tires. Retrieved February 10, 2025.
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