1979 NASCAR Winston West Series

26th season of the NASCAR Winston West Series February 2025 1979 NASCAR Winston West Series 1978 1980 The 1979 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 26th season of the series. The title was won by Bill Schmitt, his second in the series. He won the title by just 5 points over Tim Williamson.1979 NASCAR Winston West Series Central https://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/1979_NASCAR_Winston_West_Series_Central February 7, 2025 The Third Turn en Schedule and results The 1979 season included 16 individual races, although Riverside International Raceway, Evergreen Speedway, and Yakima Speedway hosted two races each.1979 NASCAR Winston West Series Stats https://www.racing-reference.info/season-stats/1979/P/ February 5, 2025 Racing-Reference en-US NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. The races at Riverside and the race at Ontario Motor Speedway were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.1979 Winston Western 500 results https://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/1979_Winston_Western_500 February 6, 2025 The Third Turn en1979 NAPA Riverside 400 results https://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/1979_NAPA_Riverside_400 February 6, 2025 The Third Turn en1979 Los Angeles Times 500 results https://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/1979_Los_Angeles_Times_500 February 6, 2025 The Third Turn en DateNameRacetrackLocationWinnerJanuary 14Winston Western 500Riverside International RacewayRiverside, CaliforniaDarrell Waltriphttps://www.newspapers.com/article/record-searchlight-schmitt-fourth-behind/165159948/ Schmitt fourth behind Waltrip Record Searchlight January 15, 1979 February 10, 2025 13 Newspapers.com May 27Winston Mesa Marin 100Mesa Marin RacewayBakersfield, CaliforniaBill SchmittJune 10NAPA Riverside 400Riverside International RacewayRiverside, CaliforniaBobby AllisonJune 24Reed Cam 150Evergreen SpeedwayMonroe, WashingtonNeal NewberryJune 30Valley Ford 100Yakima SpeedwayYakima, WashingtonRon EatonJuly 4Kyte Coca-Cole 100Rose City SpeedwayPortland, OregonRoy SmithJuly 20Winston Roseville 100All American SpeedwayRoseville, CaliforniaTim WilliamsonJuly 21Winston Shasta 100Shasta SpeedwayAnderson, CaliforniaBill SchmittJuly 28Winston Las Vegas 100Craig Road SpeedwayNorth Las Vegas, NevadaBill SchmittAugust 12Winston Sears Point 100Sears Point International RacewaySonoma, CaliforniaJimmy InsoloAugust 26Evergreen Winston 100Evergreen SpeedwayMonroe, WashingtonRon EatonAugust 31Spokane Winston 100Spokane Raceway ParkSpokane, WashingtonJimmy InsoloSeptember 3Rose City Winston 100Rose City SpeedwayPortland, OregonRon EatonSeptember 8Winston Gardena 100Ascot ParkGardena, CaliforniaBill SchmittNovember 18Los Angeles Times 500Ontario Motor SpeedwayOntario, CaliforniaBenny ParsonsNovember 25NAPA Arizona 250Phoenix International RacewayAvondale, ArizonaNeil BonnettNovember 27, 1979 The Vidette 27 November 1979 — The Vidette Digital Archives https://videttearchive.ilstu.edu/?a=d&d=vid19791127-01.2.66&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN------- February 6, 2025 The Vidette Digital Archives Full Drivers' Championship 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 PositionDriverRSDMMRRSDEVGYAKPORAASSHACRSSONEVGSPOPORASPONTPHOPts Points Scored1Bill Schmitt41*3016*42331*142062118117482Tim Williamson93268831*362*475132247433Jimmy Insolo16225262212221101*31436306994Richard White2971679571056381812*30106915Jim Robinson301521511185114199149232286436Rick McCrayDNQ10272567483*21811224226217Robert Tartaglia1724131612121312923101554988Pat Mintey12121210117828181910184479Sharon Bishop28141913121525191461941010Roy Smith4191*1375721640511Jackie Kuper23224828512Ron Eaton61*1*91*26713Rick O'Dell141513113424614Neal Newberry17451623215Bob Fox10202215121321416John KrebsDNQ2117147DNQ21217Johnny Kieper362216919918Dick Kranzler829916DNQ19319Jack Jeffery2114617619120Chuck Flora1995141819021John Borneman520142618522Marc Vogel2299271417423Frank Swords45101217324Frank Bigelow11641317025Jim Bown152414112316826Dick Whalen1912DNQ1515727Chris Monoleos163411815428Steve PfeiferDNQ182013429Hal Callentine17231311930Phil Goulet10111711531Jim Hopkinson1522311332Ron Esau20151210633Gary Johnson14152310134Harry Jefferson18181710035LeRoy Anderson20132397Ernie Stierly22172094Harry Goularte23690Norm Palmer8DNQ2784Stuart Lyndon131079Don Puskarich2879Glen Thorburn111378Ruben Garcia92073Jack Malugani1616DNQ70Don Noel3170Don Dowdy241068Gene Thonesen181668Don Hume161967Bill Osborne62967Terry Forsythe212160Leonard Sundholm291657Mark Walbridge232455Bobby Allison19†1†52†249Kirk Rogers249Jim Thirkettle849Ed HaleDNQ1549Richard Petty32†3†5†3*48Dave Watson546Don Graham2246Bob Barker744Billy Clarkson843Hershel McGriff8DNQ43Kyle Petty14†843Ross Strmiska843Andy Hall942Don Waterman942Billy Conn1041Ed Sauer1140Glen WardDNQ1239Eddie Westwood1437St. James Davis1536Don Dupree1536Buck Simmons291635Dan Joiner1734Art Roth1734Lake SpeedDNQ1734David Pearson2†19332Earle Canavan2130Ed Rains2130Rudy Tomich2427Ronnie Thomas12†23†27†2526Ron McGeeDNQ2625Pappy Pryor2724Neil Bonnett34†28†6†1Bob Bondurant7Joe RuttmanDC7Doc Faustina11Neil Feighner13Steve Rouse15Ed McCoy20Gary MathewsDNQ See also 1979 NASCAR Winston Cup Series References Category:ARCA Menards Series West Winston West