1985 NASCAR Winston West Series

The 1985 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 32nd season of the series. The title was won by Jim Robinson, his third in the series and third in succession.

Schedule and results

The 1985 season included 12 individual races, although Riverside International Raceway and Mesa Marin Raceway hosted two races each.[1] The races at Riverside were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.[2][3]

Date Name Racetrack Location Winner
April 28 AC-Delco 200 Sears Point International Raceway Sonoma, California Hershel McGriff[4]
May 11 Pepsi-Cola 150 Shasta Speedway Anderson, California Jim Robinson[5]
June 2 Budweiser 400 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Terry Labonte[6]
June 8 Suncrest Motorhomes 200 Mesa Marin Raceway Bakersfield, California Ruben Garcia[7]
June 23 Stroh's Beer 200 Seattle International Raceway Kent, Washington Dale Earnhardt[8]
July 4 G.I. Joe's/Valvoline 201 Portland Speedway Portland, Oregon Jim Bown
July 7 Off-Broadway 150 Northwest Speedway Stateline, Idaho Jim Robinson[9]
July 13 Sunfair Chevy/Lynch Olds 150 Yakima Speedway Yakima, Washington Hershel McGriff
August 18 Winston Washington 500 Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington Derrike Cope
September 29 Suncrest Motorhomes 200 Willow Springs Speedway Lancaster, California Hershel McGriff
October 5 Timec 200 Mesa Marin Raceway Bakersfield, California Ruben Garcia[7]
November 17 Winston Western 500 Riverside International Raceway Riverside, California Ricky Rudd[10]

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 SON SHA RSD MMR SIR POR STA YAK EVG WSR MMR RSD Pts
1 Jim Robinson 2 1* 13 3 2 2 1* 3 15 2 13 12 584
2 Hershel McGriff 1* 2 29 2* 19 3* 6 1* 2 1* 21 26 565
3 Ruben Garcia 12 15 23 1 11 10 2 2 3 3 1* 14 561
4 Glen Steurer 3 5 11 14 4 4 10 7 8 7 3 11 543
5 Blair Aiken 7 4 38 7 8 8 5 9 7 9 7 29 518
6 Jim Bown 4 7 28 4 7 1 15 5 27 12 14 16 511
7 Bill Osborne 8 14 21 15 5 5 3 8 26 4 4 24 506
8 Bill Schmitt 11 3 34 6 18 20 16 6 5 14 2 15 494
9 Derrike Cope 5 13 15 20 3 15 17 13 1* 15 18 19 492
10 Joan Soares Jr. 21 9 19 10 10 14 7 11 18 18 9 30 470
11 St. James Davis 14 16 DNQ 19 14 19 9 12 28 22 22 DNQ 393
12 Sumner McKnight 15 8 14 8 21 5 15 282
13 Bob Kennedy 10 6 9 10 22 11 276
14 Scott Autrey 16 17 9 10 34 192
15 Pat Mintey 18 11 DNQ 17 14 6 189
16 Brad Tidrick 16 13 4 4 31 187
17 Jack Sellers 20 11 12 19 11 182
18 J. C. Danielsen 11 12 18 13 20 181
19 Bob Fox 9 6 11 10 166
20 John Krebs 17 6 26 12 DNQ 160
21 Gene Thonesen 9 10 9 21 155
22 Ray Kelly 17 8 8 DNQ 150
23 Chad Little 14 30 20 17 123
24 Bud Hickey 13 7 38 121
25 Billy Hitchcox 13 17 5 118
26 Ron Eaton 20 17 6 110
27 M. K. Kanke 5 23 16 109
28 Jeff Barrister 13 13 DNQ 105
29 Bill Sedgwick 16 19 19 99
30 Kevin Terris 19 16 DNQ 98
31 Norm Palmer 39 24 DNQ 95
32 Dale Perry 30 8 82
33 Dale Earnhardt 40† 1* 5† 60
34 Don Waterman 4 47
35 Billy Benge 6 45
36 Glenn Francis 20 45
37 Harry Goularte 6 45
38 Tony Heckart 11 40
39 Randy Becker 12 39
40 Troy Beebe 12 39
41 Randy Olson 12 39
42 Frank Pool 12 39
43 Ron Daniels 13 38
44 Rick McCray 41 39 38
45 Ron Esau 41 37
46 Steve Pfeifer 15 36
47 Larry Gaylord 16 35
48 Tim Kennell 16 35
49 Terry Petris 18 23 33
50 Gordy Oberg 23 28
51 Tim Levine 24 27
52 Bill Elliott 6† 25 31† 26
53 Buddie Boys 29 22
Scott Miller 10 41
Jim Thirkettle 20 31

See also

References

  1. ^ "Season Stats". Racing-Reference. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  2. ^ "1985 Budweiser 400 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  3. ^ "1985 Winston Western 500 - The Third Turn". The Third Turn. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  4. ^ Hartzog, Jack (April 29, 1985). "McGriff wins 200 at Sears". The Press Democrat. p. 1D. Retrieved February 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ Miller, Henry (May 13, 1985). "Jim Robinson wins Pepsi-Cola 150 by matter of inches". Record Searchlight. p. B1. Retrieved February 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ^ Glick, Shav (June 3, 1985). "Budweiser 400 : Change of Tires Gives Labonte Edge to Win". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  7. ^ a b "Ruben Garcia Biography". HistoricRacing.com. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
  8. ^ Arnold, Kirby (June 24, 1985). "It was a day off, not off day for Earnhardt". The Herald. p. 4C. Retrieved February 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. ^ Taylor, Kevin (July 8, 1985). "Robinson a star Off Broadway". The Spokesman-Review. p. C1. Retrieved February 18, 2025 – via Newspapers.com.
  10. ^ Glick, Shav (November 18, 1985). "Waltrip, Rudd and Track Are Winners at Riverside". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 18, 2025.
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