2003 NASCAR Winston West Series

The 2003 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 50th season of the series and the final sponsored by Winston.[1] The title was won by Scott Lynch, his first in the series.[2]

Schedule and results

The 2003 season included 12 individual races, although Phoenix International Raceway hosted two races.[3] A thirteenth and final race, scheduled to run at California Speedway, was canceled due to the 2003 California wildfires.[2]

Date Name Racetrack Location Winner
February 2 Bosch Spark Plug 150 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Ken Schrader
April 12 Orleans 222 The Bullring at Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada Jim Inglebright[4]
April 26 Pontiac Widetrack Grand Prix 200 California Speedway Fontana, California Steve Portenga[5]
May 31 NAPA 150 by NAPA Belts & Hose/Madera Auto Ctr Madera Speedway Madera, California Mike Duncan[6]
June 21 NAPA 150 Tri-City Raceway West Richland, Washington Jason Jefferson[1]
June 28 Coors Light 200 Presented by NAPA Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington Mark Reed
July 26 King Taco 200 Irwindale Speedway Irwindale, California Scott Lynch[7]
August 16 NAPA 200 Dodge Country Presented by Havoline Stockton 99 Speedway Stockton, California Austin Cameron[8]
August 30 NAPA 200 Presented by Coca Cola Rocky Mountain Raceways West Valley City, Utah Scott Lynch
September 20 NAPA 200 Presented by NAPA Belts & Hose Douglas County Speedway Roseburg, Oregon Austin Cameron
October 5 Subway 150 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Scott Lynch
October 19 Lucas Oil 150 Mesa Marin Raceway Bakersfield, California Mike Duncan

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 CAL MAD TCR EVG IRW S99 RMR DCS PHO MMR Pts
1 Scott Lynch 2 9 13 4 11 6 1* 9 1 3 1 4 1890
2 Mike Duncan 20 6 8 1* 7 2 6 6 6 2 3 1* 1876
3 Steve Portenga 5 4 1 6 10 9 7 2 4 10 2 6 1857
4 Kevin Richards 6 15 3 19 2* 14 2 8 15 6 4* 10 1734
5 Scott Gaylord 9 7 12 9 3 3 4 10 5* 20 6 8 1733
6 Jim Inglebright 3 1* 15 8 9 11 22 15 10 4 5 11 1672
7 Mark Reed 3 6 7 4 1* 10 7 3 14 14 2 1663
8 Johnny Borneman III 11 13 4 3 13 7 13 5 16 19 9 5 1657
9 Brett Thompson 13 8 10 17 12 8 5 4 8 13 10 9 1458
10 Gene Woods 15 5 24 10 15 22 11 12 11 5 22 19 1458
11 Jack Sellers 16 12 18 13 16 20 18 17 17 17 21 26 1323
12 Bobby Hillis Jr. 26 20 26 14 17 17 21 14 19 16 19 22 1263
13 Jeff Davis 22 23 27 15 18 16 16 20 14 18 20 24 1257
14 David Eshleman 14 14 19 18 14 21 19 18 15 DNQ 18 1214
15 Austin Cameron 4 17 20 1* 9 1* 7 3 1199
16 Tim Woods 20 8 16 7 8 13 25 860
17 Mike David 21 2 3 3 21 8 852
18 Daryl Harr 21 11 17 13 12 15 711
19 Carl Harr 19 18 23 15 20 16 650
20 C. T. Hellmund 7 2 11 2 621
21 Brandon Miller 27 11 9 7 501
22 Jason Jefferson 1 5 11 465
23 Ed Watson 8 10 12 403
24 Takuma Koga 28 19 17 21 397
25 Ken Schrader 1* 2* 365
26 Steve Schaefer 12 17 17 351
27 Troy Shirk 21 12 19 333
28 Jeff Jefferson 5 4 315
29 Dan Obrist 12 9 265
30 Kevin Culver 7 15 264
31 Scott Schmidt 12 10 261
32 Rocky Nash 14 12 248
33 Nick DeFazio 15 14 239
34 Jason Small 19 13 230
35 Matt Kobyluck 23 16 209
36 Kenny Shepherd 21 20 203
37 Ken Weaver 24 22 188
38 Bryan Herta 5 155
39 Eric Holmes 5 155
40 Brandon Riehl 6 150
41 Eric Norris 7 146
42 Jimmy Kitchens 8 142
43 Frank Deiny Jr. 9 138
44 Clint Vahsholtz 10 134
45 Dirk Kruiswyk 11 130
46 John Moore 11 130
47 Brian Richardson 12 127
48 Ron Strmiska Jr. 13 124
49 Lynn Hardy 13 124
50 Rick Bogart 14 121
51 Brandon Whitt 16 120
52 John Krebs 16 115
53 Tim Smith 16 115
54 Paul Wolfe 17 112
55 Wayne Jacks 18 109
56 Tom Moriarity 18 109
57 Freddy Tame 18 109
58 Buzz DeVore 18 109
59 Doug Ingraham 22 97
60 Todd Burns 23 94
61 John Borneman 23 94
62 Tony Gomez 23 94
63 Jeff Barrister 25 88
64 G. J. Mennen Jr. 25 88
65 Mike Harmon 28 79

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Glick, Shav (June 27, 2003). "Old-School Dragsters Will Get Their Due". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
  2. ^ a b "WWS: Scott Lynch crowned 2003 champion". Motorsport.com. December 22, 2003. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
  3. ^ "2003 NASCAR Winston West Series Stats". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
  4. ^ "BMR Battles Under Friday Night Lights with ARCA West in Vegas". BMR NAPA RACING. October 12, 2022. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
  5. ^ Henderson, Martin (April 27, 2003). "Portenga Rallies Late to Win". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
  6. ^ Fenwick, Adam (October 17, 2023). "PIT BOX: A homecoming awaits young West Series stars at Madera Speedway". ARCA. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
  7. ^ Glick, Shav (November 7, 2003). "Short-Track Drivers Get a Prize of Their Own". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
  8. ^ Poindexter, Bill (August 17, 2003). "He's all the way back Winston". The Stockton Record. Retrieved February 11, 2026.
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