2002 NASCAR Winston West Series

The 2002 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 49th season of the series. The title was won by Eric Norris, his first in the series.[1]

Schedule and results

The 2002 season included 10 individual races, each at a different track.[2]

Date Name Racetrack Location Winner
February 2 Winter Heat Presented by Bosch Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Austin Cameron[3]
April 13 Orleans 222 The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada Austin Cameron[4]
April 27 Pontiac Widetrack Grand Prix 200 California Speedway Fontana, California Eric Norris[5]
June 1 KansasSpeedway.com 150 Kansas Speedway Kansas City, Kansas Brandon Ash[6]
June 29 Coors Light 200 Pres. by NAPA and Albertson's Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington Eric Norris[5]
July 27 Jani-King 200 Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, California Austin Cameron[7]
August 17 NAPA 200 by Stockton Speedway Dodge Country Stockton 99 Speedway Stockton, California Johnny Borneman III[8]
August 31 Young Automotive Group 250 Rocky Mountain Raceways West Valley City, Utah Austin Cameron
September 21 NAPA Auto Parts 200 Douglas County Speedway Roseburg, Oregon Austin Cameron[9]
October 12 The Orleans 150 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada Scott Lynch

Full Drivers' Championship

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

Pos Driver PHO LVS CAL KAN EVG IRW S99 RMR DCS LVS Pts
1 Eric Norris 3 10 1* 3 1 2 4 7 2 2 1665
2 Kevin Richards 6 7 2 9 8 3* 5 2 7 10 1546
3 Austin Cameron 1* 1 3 17 11* 1* 12 1 1 25 1542
4 Johnny Borneman III 8 23 10 10 2 5 1* 8 8 7 1459
5 Mike Duncan 13 14 4 2 3 11 2 17 4 8 1459
6 Brandon Ash 18 9 16 1* 7 8 9 10 5 5 1417
7 Mike David 11 4 20 5 5 7 3 6 13 26 1383
8 Scott Gaylord 24 5 9 15 6 6 11 3* 17* 9 1382
9 Greg Pursley 5 6* 12 11 15 4 7 21 9 11 1364
10 Brett Thompson 14 20 6 6 10 9 8 12 18 3 1339
11 Bobby Hillis Jr. 17 12 17 12 13 18 16 19 16 21 1147
12 Jack Sellers 21 13 13 7 18 20 13 20 12 27 1142
13 Gene Woods DNQ DNQ 19 6 16 14 14 783
14 Scott Lynch 12 8 8 4 1 756
15 Tim Woods 10 24 7 14 12 15 DNQ 742
16 Carl Harr 16 18 13 11 17 590
17 Daryl Harr 19 11 20 9 19 583
18 Jeff Jefferson 20 8 21 18 16 569
19 Jeff Davis 19 17 13 15 20 563
20 Clint Vahsholtz 15 21 18 13 545
21 David Gilliland 5 16 12 18 506
22 Dusty Fielden 22 14 13 11 472
23 Mike Grady 23 16 19 12 442
24 Mark Reed 5 10 15 407
25 Rick Bogart 17 18 6 371
26 Sean Woodside 4 2 345
27 Hershel McGriff 7 21 22 343
28 G. J. Mennen Jr. 15 19 15 342
29 Scott Schmidt 15 20 22 318
30 Sammy Potashnick 2 DNQ 276
31 Eddy McKean 6 24 246
32 Dan Obrist 9 22 240
33 Takuma Koga 14 16 236
34 Kevin Culver 10 21 234
35 Blake Mallory 19 16 221
36 Eric Holmes 3 165
37 C. T. Hellmund 3 165
38 Jason Small 4 165
39 Ed Watson 4 160
40 John Metcalf 4 160
41 Ken Schrader 9 138
42 Todd Burns 10 134
43 Butch Gilliland 11 130
44 Marty Zehr 14 121
45 Buzz DeVore 14 121
46 Mike Hamby 14 121
47 Kenny Shepherd 15 118
48 Keith Van Houten 17 112
49 Travis Wieden 17 112
50 John Krebs 18 109
51 Brendan Gaughan 23* 104
52 John O'Neal Jr. 21 100
53 Frank Kimmel 22 97
54 Jeff Barrister 22 97
55 John Baker DNQ 88
56 Michael Walker DNQ 85
Ralph Hubbert DNQ

See also

References

  1. ^ "2002 Winston West Champ Crowned:". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. October 15, 2002. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
  2. ^ "2002 NASCAR Winston West Series Stats". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
  3. ^ "Norris on pole, Schrader 4th in Phoenix UPDATE:". Jayski's Silly Season Site. NASCAR Digital Media. February 2, 2002. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
  4. ^ Blakesley, Steven (October 12, 2022). "BMR Battles Under Friday Night Lights with ARCA West in Vegas". Blakesley Sports Media. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
  5. ^ a b Glick, Shav (July 26, 2002). "Norris' Favorite Stunts Are Winning Races". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 2, 2026.
  6. ^ "Ash Takes First Winston West". Manhattan American. June 6, 2002. p. 23. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
  7. ^ Solorzano, Tony (July 28, 2002). "Cameron Grabs Winston West Victory at Irwindale". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
  8. ^ "Cajon Speedway race notes 2002-10-05". Motorsport.com. October 8, 2002. Retrieved February 3, 2026.
  9. ^ "BMR Drivers Look To Add Another Roseburg Win". BMR NAPA RACING. August 22, 2017. Retrieved February 3, 2026.