1983 NASCAR Winston West Series

The 1983 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 30th season of the series. The title was won by Jim Robinson, his first in the series.

Schedule and results

The 1983 season included 10 individual races, although Riverside International Raceway hosted three races.[1] The first and third of these races were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.[2][3]

Date Name Racetrack Location Winner
May 14 Stockton Winston 150 Stockton 99 Speedway Stockton, California Jim Bown
May 22 Sears Point Winston 200 Sears Point International Raceway Sonoma, California Hershel McGriff
June 5 Budweiser 400 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Ricky Rudd[4]
July 2 Yakima Winston 150 Yakima Speedway Yakima, Washington Ron Eaton
July 31 Winston Evergreen 200 Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington Jim Robinson
August 6 Mountain Dew 150 Shasta Speedway Anderson, California Jim Robinson
August 28 Warner W. Hodgdon 200 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Hershel McGriff
October 9 Coors 200 Caesars Palace Las Vegas, Nevada Jim Robinson[5]
November 20 Winston Western 500 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Bill Elliott[6]
November 27 Sands Chevrolet 250 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Ron Eaton

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 S99 SON RSD YAK EVG SHA RSD CPL RSD PHO Pts
1 Jim Robinson 2 6 11 5 1 1* 8 1 21 11 498
2 Bill Schmitt 4 13 9 3 3 2 3 2* 40 8 456
3 Hershel McGriff 6 1* 26 21 8 11 1* 24 8 10 438
4 Jim Bown 1* 14 23 4 13 15 4 11 35 4 435
5 Don Waterman 5 11 20 7 9 8 11 4 25 7 435
6 Doug Wheeler 15 10 21 10 12 7 9 5 18 23 409
7 Pat Mintey 10 2 37 8 10 6 17 6 29 20 408
8 Sumner McKnight 17 5 15 13 19 4 10 21 19 6 407
9 Ron Esau 12 4 35 9 7 3 21 19 38 9 401
10 Bob Kennedy 18 7 19 11 20 13 7 13 15 378
11 Rick McCray 8 3 27 17 18 5 14 25 39 26 370
12 Randy Becker 11 12 36 14 11 5 20 15 25 346
13 Ron Eaton 3 17 1 4 14 1 286
14 Harry Goularte 14 20 10 6 3 3* 281
15 Gene Thonesen 9 16 9 13 8 17 234
16 Scott Miller 30 2 7 22 12 217
17 Dan Noble 6 16 10 16 183
18 Derrike Cope 2* 5* 12 5 180
19 John Krebs 13 15 20 27 32 170
20 Clive Skilton 19 20 22 22 28 27 168
21 Roy Smith 2 15 16 36 159
22 Steve Pfeifer 16 14 23 157
23 Mark Walbridge 9 12 6 23 154
24 Randy Olson 14 24 9 21 136
25 Mark Perry 19 17 14 133
26 Tim Kennell 16 22 21 16 129
27 Glenn Francis 14 18 28 124
28 Buddie Boys 18 26 19 90
29 J. C. Danielsen 19 17 29 88
30 St. James Davis 25 18 85
31 Lee Dailey 15 15 72
32 Trevor Boys 2 49
33 Ivan Baldwin 7 44
34 Gary Johnson 8 43
35 Roger Gannon 12 39
Dennis DeVea 13 38
Mel Larson 15 36
Jimmy Insolo 42 35
Earle Canavan 18 33
John Gustafson 18 33
Rick Becker 22 29
John Soares Jr. 22 29
John Borneman 24 27
Kevin Terris 12
Ray Elder 16

See also

References

  1. ^ "Season Stats". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  2. ^ "1983 Budweiser 400 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  3. ^ "1983 Winston Western 500 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  4. ^ "No Race Car Experience, No Problem for 1983 First-Time NASCAR Cup Winner Ricky Rudd". Autoweek. May 10, 2021. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
  5. ^ Kerchner, Mike (June 29, 2023). "Chicago Is Not NASCAR's First Street Race". SPEED SPORT. Retrieved February 19, 2025.
  6. ^ "Watch: Bill Elliott's first NASCAR Cup Series win from 1983". NASCAR. February 27, 2020. Retrieved February 13, 2025.
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