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1989 NASCAR Winston West Series

The 1989 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 36th season of the series. The title was won by Bill Schmitt, his third and the series and first since 1979.

Schedule and results

The 1989 season included 11 individual races, although Mesa Marin Raceway and Sears Point International Raceway hosted two races each.[1] The first race at Sears Point and the season finale at Phoenix International Raceway were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.[2][3]

Date Name Racetrack Location Winner
April 30 Budweiser 200 Madera Speedway Madera, California Bill Sedgwick[4]
May 13 Spears Manufacturing 200 Mesa Marin Raceway Bakersfield, California Hershel McGriff[5]
May 27 Bank of Loleta/U.S. Bank 200 Redwood Acres Speedway Eureka, California Bill Sedgwick
June 11 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 Sears Point International Raceway Sonoma, California Ricky Rudd[6]
July 4 Winston 200 Portland Speedway Portland, Oregon Bill Schmitt
July 8 Pontiac Excitement 200 Tri-City Raceway West Richland, Washington Roy Smith
July 17 Motorcraft 500 Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington Chad Little
August 5 Coors 200 Mesa Marin Raceway Bakersfield, California Roy Smith[7]
August 12 Winston 200 Saugus Speedway Saugus, California Bill Sedgwick[8]
October 1 Winston 200 Sears Point International Raceway Sonoma, California Bill Schmitt
November 5 Autoworks 500 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Bill Elliott[9]

Full Drivers' Championship

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led.

Pos Driver MAD MMR RAS SON POR TCR EVG MMR SGS SON PHO Pts
1 Bill Schmitt 4 5 4 17 1 2 6 3* 4 1* 26 1845
2 Bill Sedgwick 1* 3 1 DNQ 4 5 18 2 1* 2 36 1789
3 Roy Smith 2 4* 3 39 7 1 2 1 3 17 41 1766
4 Hershel McGriff 3 1 7* 14 17 16 3 9 2 16 DNQ 1666
5 Rick McCray 15 2 6 28 11 4 7 8 5 3 DNQ 1626
6 John Krebs 9 17 8 33 3 10 15 6 7 14 DNQ 1524
7 Jack Sellers 10 19 10 DNQ 14 13 13 12 8 11 DNQ 1412
8 Robert Sprague 14 14 13 6 7 21 5 10 9 DNQ 1344
9 Bob Walker 11 22 2 DNQ 21 17 19 10 11 21 DNQ 1334
10 Butch Gilliland 5 15 16 9 15 8 22 9 7 DNQ 1304
11 St. James Davis 13 18 11 DNQ 15 12 24 20 13 19 DNQ 1259
12 Jerry Bowers 6 9 5 2 3 12 Wth 920
13 J.C. Danielsen 8 21 10 8 17 11 5 915
14 Sumner McKnight 7 8 12 18 11 26 13 868
15 Mark Walbridge 11 12* 6* 27 18 DNQ 761
16 Duke Hoenshell DNQ 11 17 6 4 DNQ 673
17 Terry Fisher 6 25 8 10 591
18 Ron Esau 16 41 7 35 565
19 Brad Tidrick 13 9 5 15 535
20 Mike French 10 9 20 9 513
21 Troy Beebe 24 4 6 475
22 Rick Scribner 15 14 12 DNQ 475
23 Gary Scott 16 14 14 20 460
24 Jim Bown 29 5 10 449
25 Keith Van Houten 12 23 DNQ 345
26 Bob Howard 24 19 DNQ 315
27 Walt Price 16 28 14 315
28 Rick Catalano 13 14 245
29 Gary Collins 16 15 233
30 Danny Lawson 16 DNQ 227
31 Ron Eaton 19 20 209
32 Chad Little 1* 185
33 Larry Gaylord 24 23 185
34 Tony Heckart 22 29 173
35 Derrike Cope 4 160
36 Deake Lyndall 7 146
37 Bill Cooper 35 142
38 Bob Kennedy 8 142
39 Ron Hornaday Jr. 12 127
40 Ray Kelly 12 127
41 Marta Leonard DNQ 127
42 Jon Paques 13 124
43 Steve Schmidt 18 109
44 Ted Kennedy 20 103
45 Mike Hickingbottom 22 97
46 Bud Hickey 23 94
47 Bill Elliott 25 93
48 Dave Mood 21 15 0
Jim Courage DNQ

See also

References

  1. ^ "Season Stats". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 21, 2025.
  2. ^ "1989 Banquet Frozen Foods 300 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  3. ^ "1989 Autoworks 500 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  4. ^ "Rookie challenger Bill Sedgwick opened the 1989 NASCAR Winston..." UPI. April 30, 1989. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  5. ^ "Hershel McGriff". Motorsports Hall of Fame of America. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  6. ^ "Sonoma Raceway Rewind: Ricky Rudd Wins First NASCAR Cup Series Event in 1989". Sonoma Raceway. June 11, 2019. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  7. ^ "Roy Smith wins NASCAR stock car race". UPI. August 6, 1989. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  8. ^ Kowalick, Vince (August 13, 1989). "Sedgwick Returns a Winner : Former Saugus Regular Posts Narrow Victory in NASCAR Race". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 24, 2025.
  9. ^ Higgins, Tom (November 6, 1989). "Wallace's Crash Opens Way For Elliott Win (Part 1)". The Charlotte Observer. p. 13. Retrieved February 24, 2025 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
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