1982 NASCAR Winston West Series

The 1982 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 29th season of the series. The title was won by Roy Smith, his third in the series and third in succession.

Schedule and results

The 1982 season included 13 individual races, although Riverside International Raceway hosted three races.[1] The first and third races at Riverside were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.[2][3]

Date Name Racetrack Location Winner
May 8 Winston Mesa Marin 150 Mesa Marin Raceway Bakersfield, California Jim Robinson
May 15 Stockton Winston 150 Stockton 99 Speedway Stockton, California Jim Bown
May 29 Winston Roseville 150 All American Speedway Roseville, California Jim Bown[4]
June 13 Budweiser 400 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Tim Richmond
July 4 Winston Portland 150 Rose City Speedway Portland, Oregon Ron Eaton
July 10 Victoria Winston 150 Western Speedway Victoria, British Columbia Jim Reich[5]
July 24 Winston Shasta 150 Shasta Speedway Anderson, California Ron Eaton
August 1 Winston Evergreen 200 Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington Ron Eaton[6][7]
August 8 Sears Point Winston 200 Sears Points International Raceway Sonoma, California Roy Smith
August 15 Colorado Winston 200 Continental Divide Raceways Castle Rock, Colorado Rick McCray[8]
August 29 Warner W. Hodgdon 200 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Rick McCray
November 21 Winston Western 500 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Tim Richmond[9]
November 28 Coors 250 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Bobby Allison

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. † – Ineligible for West Series points

Pos Driver MMR S99 AAS RSD POR WSP SHA EVG SON CDR RSD RSD PHO Pts
1 Roy Smith 15 5 6 6 4 4 5 3 1* 5 3 24 6 607
2 Jim Reich 13 6 5 10 3 1* 2 8 2 2 14 19 20 592
3 Jim Bown 14 1* 1 17 2 16 3 2 13 14 2 10 22 586
4 Jim Robinson 1 3 4 28 7 3 9 18 3 17 6 20 5 581
5 Bill Schmitt 2* 2 11* 24 6 15 6 6 6 3 4 21 7 579
6 Rick McCray 4 4 2 14 20 12 10 19 19 1* 1 34 9 565
7 Don Waterman 6 11 3 11 14 2 4 5 16 12 5 33 10 561
8 John Krebs 20 10 9 19 10 11 12 9 4 13 12 37 21 511
9 Randy Becker 8 15 13 22 8 10 17 17 9 6 24 38 28 484
10 Hershel McGriff 3 8 14 33 19 4 20 10 20* 28 3 348
11 Sumner McKnight 11 13 10 9 18 8 11 12 4 11 18 436
12 Mark Stahl 21 14 21 18 13 14 10 18 10 39 31 386
13 Ron Eaton 18 1* 19 1* 1* 21 7 19 23 379
14 Bob Kennedy 16 DNQ 11 9 19 14 8 9 13 13 378
15 Gene Thonesen 12 12 12 16 14 17 30 300
16 Don Puskarich 9 9 8 20 13 23 236
17 Clive Skilton 15 12 10 11 16 DNQ 33 235
18 Pat Mintey 17 17 11 16 9 24 212
19 Gary Kershaw 10 7 7 8 172
20 Johnny Kieper 12 11 7 8 166
21 Jim Lee 34 16 8 23 159
22 Derrike Cope 5 14 36 14 158
23 Steve Pfeifer Wth 17 21 19 156
24 Glenn Francis 17 18 14 16 151
25 Trevor Boys 15 22 22 15 146
26 Al Vanderbyl 6 15 34 98
27 Harry Goularte 15 15 29 94
28 Scott Miller 7 91
29 Don Stanley Wth 15 66
30 Bud Palmer 20 18 64
31 Bobby Allison 27† 16† 1 60
32 Kevin Terris 41 27 58
33 Neil Bonnett 5† 4† 2* 49
34 Joe Ruttman 26† 40† 4 47
35 Rocky Collins 5 46
36 Bill Sedgwick 5 46
37 Doug Wheeler 5 46
Bob Bondurant 7 44
Roy Haslam 7 44
Jim Walker 7 44
Tom Patson 8 43
Clark Dwyer 11 40
Randy Olson 12 39
Jack Epperson 13 38
Terry Forsythe 13 38
Ron Esau 17 34
Earle Canavan 25 26
Steve Kosiki 26 25
Richard Petty 36† 31† 32 19
Dennis DeVea 35 16
Roger Gannon 7
Tobey Butler 16
Mike Chase 19
Don Dowdy 20
Jimmy Insolo 30

See also

References

  1. ^ "Season Stats". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
  2. ^ "1982 Budweiser 400 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
  3. ^ "1982 Winston Western 500 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 11, 2025.
  4. ^ Medlock, Bill (May 30, 1982). "Patient Bown Captures Winston West 150 Race". The Sacramento Bee. p. C7. Retrieved February 12, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ "NASCAR in Canada Part 2 - Winston West". Canadian Racer. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  6. ^ "Eaton claims another NASCAR win". The Tacoma News Tribune. August 2, 1982. p. B2. Retrieved February 13, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. ^ "Ron Eaton of Tacoma, Wash. recorded his second straight..." UPI. August 2, 1982. Retrieved May 22, 2025.
  8. ^ "Continental Divide". RacingCircuits.info. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  9. ^ "NASCAR In 1982 — The 75 Years Edition". SPEED SPORT. June 2, 2023. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
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