1992 Vons 300

1st race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston West SeriesMay 2025CUST 1992 Vons 300 1992 Vons 300 results https://www.racing-reference.info/race-results/1992_Vons_300/P Racing Reference May 21, 2025 NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Race 1 of 11 in the 1992 NASCAR Winston West Series season MesaMarinSpeedwayMap.svg May 17 Mesa Marin Speedway in Bakersfield, California 150.00 0.500 0.805 300 241.40 73.973 mph km/h Gary Collins Collins Motorsports Rick Carelli 187 Chesrown Racing 37 Rick Carelli Chesrown Racing 18.978 The 1992 Vons 300 was the first race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston West Series season. The race was held on Sunday, May 17, 1992, at Mesa Marin Raceway, a 0.500 mile (0.805 km) oval shaped racetrack in Bakersfield, California. The race took the scheduled 300 laps to complete. The race was won by Rick Carelli, his first win of the season and first of his career. In a late race pit stop, Carelli's team changed right side tires, and came off pit road second to Bill Sedgwick, whose team changed left side tires.May 16, 2022 ARCA West History: May 17, 1992, the 600th Race https://kickinthetires.net/nascar/arca-series/arca-west-history-may-17-1992-the-600th-race/ May 21, 2025 Kickin' The Tires en-US With fresh right side tires, Carelli was able to get the lead in the final laps en route to victory. Sedgwick finished second, thee laps ahead of third place Bill Schmitt. John Krebs and Butch Gilliland would round out the top five. Report Background Mesa Marin Raceway was a 0.500 mi (0.805 km) paved oval race track, located near the junction of CA 178 and CA 184 (Kern Canyon Road), east of Bakersfield, California. It opened in 1977 and was owned by Marion Collins throughout its existence. The 1992 Vons 300 was one of 45 NASCAR Winston West Series races to be held at the track during its existence. Entry list #DriverOwnerManufacturer00Bryan BrownDon PuskarichOldsmobile2Jim CourageGary BetchelPontiac15Rick ScribnerRick ScribnerChevrolet22St. James DavisLaDonna DavisBuick24Butch GillilandButch GillilandPontiac28Gary CollinsMarion CollinsOldsmobile29John KrebsGary BetchelPontiac37Rick CarelliMarshall ChesrownChevrolet41Wayne JacksSara VincentBuick44Jack SellersAdele EmersonBuick50Hershel McGriffJohn StrauserBuick73Bill SchmittBill SchmittFord75Bill SedgwickWayne SpearsChevrolet78Dan FisherBill SchmittFord86Rich Woodland Jr.Richard WoodlandChevrolet90Tim McCauleyTim McCauleyChevrolet92Ron Hornaday Jr.Ron Hornaday Jr.Chevrolet99Steve BareGary BetchelPontiac Qualifying With a track record of 18.978 seconds at 94.847 mph, Gary Collins would win the pole, although due to an injury he'd be replaced by Dirk Stephens for the race. Race results Fin1992 Vons 300 results https://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/1992_Vons_300 May 21, 2025 The Third Turn enSt#DriverOwnerMakeLapsLedStatusPts1237Rick CarelliMarshall ChesrownChevrolet300187Running1852375Bill SedgwickWayne SpearsChevrolet300110Running1753473Bill SchmittBill SchmittFord2953Running1704629John KrebsGary BetchelPontiac2940Running1605824Butch GillilandButch GillilandPontiac2910Running15561300Bryan BrownDon PuskarichOldsmobile2900Running1507915Rick ScribnerRick ScribnerChevrolet2820Running14681086Rich Woodland Jr.Richard WoodlandChevrolet2710Running14291144Jack SellersAdele EmersonBuick2620Running13810128Dirk StephensMarion CollinsOldsmobile2570Ignition13411592Ron Hornaday Jr.Ron Hornaday Jr.Chevrolet2570Running130121790Tim McCauleyTim McCauleyChevrolet1970Running127131622St. James DavisLaDonna DavisBuick1840Oil Pump124141599Steve BareGary BetchelPontiac860Suspension12115750Hershel McGriffJohn StrauserChevrolet780Timing Chain118161241Wayne JacksSara VincentBuick40Oil Pressure11517142Jim CourageGary BetchelPontiac30Camshaft112181878Dan FisherBill SchmittFord30Ignition109 Standings after the race PosDriverPoints 10px 1Rick Carelli 185 10px 2Bill Sedgwick 175 (-10) 10px 3Bill Schmitt 170 (-15) 10px 4John Krebs 160 (-25) 10px 5Butch Gilliland 155 (-30) 10px 6Bryan Brown 150 (-35) 10px 7Rick Scribner 146 (-39) 10px 8Rich Woodland Jr. 142 (-43) 10px 9Jack Sellers 138 (-47) 10px 10Dirk Stephens 134 (-51) Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings. References 1991 Pyroil 500 NASCAR Winston West Series 1992 1992 Alpha Beta 200 Vons 300 Vons 300 Category:NASCAR races at Mesa Marin Raceway