2001 NASCAR Winston West Series

The 2001 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 48th season of the series. The title was won by Brendan Gaughan, his second in the series and second in a row.

Schedule and results

The 2001 season included 14 individual races, although Irwindale Speedway hosted three races.[1]

Date Name Racetrack Location Winner
February 4 NASCAR Winter Heat Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Ken Schrader[2]
March 1 NAPA 300 The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada Mark Reed[3]
March 10 Tucson 250 Tucson Raceway Park Tucson, Arizona Johnny Borneman III[4]
March 18 Foods Co. 200 Mesa Marin Raceway Bakersfield, California Steve Portenga
April 28 Pontiac Widetrack Grand Prix 200 California Speedway Fontana, California Brendan Gaughan[5]
May 12 Food 4 Less 250 Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, California Brendan Gaughan[6]
May 20 NASCAR Challenge Salinas 250 Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca Monterey, California C. T. Hellmund[7]
June 6 Kansas 100 Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas Frank Kimmel[8]
June 30 Coors Light 200 Pres. by NAPA and Albertsons Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington Brendan Gaughan
July 14 NAPA 250 Colorado National Speedway Erie, Colorado Steve Portenga[9]
July 21 Food 4 Less 250 Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, California Brendan Gaughan[10]
September 1 Bank One 250 Presented by NAPA and Hoosier Rocky Mountain Raceways West Valley City, Utah Sammy Potashnick
October 13 The 24 Hour Fitness 250 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada Brendan Gaughan
November 10 Jani-King 250 Presented by NAPA Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, California Brendan Gaughan

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 PHO LVS TUS MMR CAL IRW LAG KAN EVG CNS IRW RMR LVS IRW Pts
1 Brendan Gaughan 25 8 12 3* 1 1* 4 4 1* 2 1* 16* 1 1* 2257
2 Mark Reed 4 1* 9 5 12 2 5 6 2 5 6 12 3 4 2197
3 Austin Cameron 3 4 14 2 3 16 11 8 3 8 21 9 2 6 2048
4 Steve Portenga 6 19 18 1 4 9 8 18 13 1 5 3 26 5 1983
5 Eric Norris 2 22 11 4 11 20 2 7 16 3 9 14 8 9 1914
6 Sean Woodside 32 3 15 17 15 3 3 5 10 6 3 18 7 16 1914
7 Johnny Borneman III 16 7 1 13 14 7 15 16 7 13 2 6 11 25 1873
8 Scott Gaylord 10 9 10 8 13 6 6 15 20 11 7 7 6 24 1861
9 Brandon Ash 13 26 3 7 23 11 7 21 4 15 8 15 10 2 1852
10 Bill Sedgwick 8 14 13 24 20 5 13 11 5 10* 15 5 18 11 1806
11 Kevin Richards 5 5 22 26 7 4 20 24 15 7 11 2 12 26 1793
12 Sammy Potashnick 27 15 4 14 10 8 16 17 9 16 23 1 19 13 1746
13 Hershel McGriff 14 18 5 16 28 13 9 14 6 9 17 8 21 12 1731
14 Tim Woods 20 16 21 12 22 12 22 13 14 14 17 27 7 1487
15 Jack Sellers 22 DNQ 16 27 16 19 23 12 22 12 DNQ 13 14 23 1463
16 Troy Cline 18 21 7 9 18 17 17 9 19 10 1209
17 Joe Bean 9 11 17 6 27 4 22 19 25 15 1186
18 Mike Duncan 12 2 19 20 29 19 14 814
19 Ross Thompson 17 10 6 23 24 18 695
20 Mike David 19 14 10 4 5 676
21 Scott Lynch 7 17 12 15 3 673
22 Brett Thompson 24 6 13 4 10 664
23 Jon Wood 11 2* 2 9 628
24 Jason Small 15 21 5 20 23 570
25 Tony Schmidt 30 DNQ 2* 18 DNQ 517
26 Bobby Hillis Jr. 19 DNQ 16 10 28 507
27 Mike Grady 31 25 12 24 21 476
28 Jeff Barrister 26 21 DNQ 22 DNQ 449
29 Kazuto Saito 15 15 23 22 427
30 Matt Dillard 20 10 14 358
31 Neville Lance 10 18 18 352
32 Ken Schrader 1* 6 335
33 Davy Lee Liniger 22 12 20 327
34 Bobby Dotter 29 25 8 311
35 Dennis Hannel 23 DNQ 21 273
36 Ken Kaltschmidt 12 11 257
37 G. J. Mennen Jr. 11 13 254
38 Dan Obrist 11 18 239
39 John Metcalf 28 4 239
40 Jeff Jefferson 10 21 234
41 David Gilliland 8 24 233
42 Frank Kimmel 1* 185
43 C. T. Hellmund 1* 185
44 Mike Hamby 33 19 170
45 Andy Hillenburg 3 165
46 John Baker 8 147
47 Rick Carelli 9 143
48 Tom Haffer 8 142
49 Carl Harr 13 124
50 Chuck Billington 14 121
51 Auggie Vidovich 16 115
52 Shawna Robinson 17 112
53 Gary Collins 17 112
54 Travis Powell 17 112
55 Brandon Miller 17 112
56 Rick Grissom 18 109
57 Scott Riggs 20* 108
58 Todd Burns 19 106
59 Garland Self 19 106
60 Bob Lyon 19 106
61 Zan Sharp 20 103
62 Mike Walker 20 103
63 Ron Hornaday Jr. 20 103
64 Gene Christensen 21 100
65 John O'Neal Jr. 22 97
66 Michael Waltrip 23 94
67 Shawn Culp 23 94
68 Jeff Moore 24 91
69 Wayne Jacks 24 91
70 Daryl Harr 25 88
71 Stanton Barrett 26 85
72 Dan Holtz 28 79
73 Doug Bland DNQ 79
74 Jim Smith DNQ 76
75 Jason Bowles DNQ 73

See also

References

  1. ^ "2001 NASCAR Winston West Series Stats". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
  2. ^ "NASCAR Winston West Series results". ESPN. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
  3. ^ "Interesting Challenge at Las Vegas – Drivers UPDATE 4 final:". Jayski's Silly Season Site. March 2, 2001. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
  4. ^ Allende, Mike (July 29, 2006). "Borneman completes father-son combo with NAPA Auto Parts 250 triumph". HeraldNet.com. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
  5. ^ Kirkpatrick, Cliff (April 29, 2001). "Once getting out of Woods' way, Gaughan finds checkered flag". San Diego Union-Tribune. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
  6. ^ Solorzano, Tony (May 13, 2001). "Victory Is Second in a Row for Gaughan". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
  7. ^ "WWS: Hellmund savoring Winston West upset". Motorsport.com. May 25, 2001. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
  8. ^ "The Kansas City Star from Kansas City, Missouri". Newspapers.com. June 3, 2001. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
  9. ^ "Racers won't miss Michigan track". The Record Courier. July 25, 2001. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
  10. ^ Solorzano, Tony (July 22, 2001). "Gaughan Wins Again". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 22, 2026.
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