1978 NASCAR Winston West Series

25th season of the NASCAR Winston West Series February 2025 February 2025 1978 NASCAR Winston West Series 1977 1979 The 1978 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 25th season of the series. The title was won by Jimmy Insolo, his first in the series. Schedule and results The 1978 season included 22 individual races, although Riverside International Raceway, Shasta Speedway, and Yakima Speedway hosted two races each.1978 NASCAR Winston West Series Stats https://www.racing-reference.info/season-stats/1978/P/ February 4, 2025 Racing-Reference en-US NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. The races at Riverside and the race at Ontario were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.1978 Winston Western 500 results https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/1978_Winston_Western_500 February 4, 2025 The Third Turn en1978 NAPA 400 results https://thethirdturn.com/wiki/1978_NAPA_400 February 4, 2025 The Third Turn en1978 Los Angeles Times 500 results https://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/1978_Los_Angeles_Times_500 April 27, 2026 The Third Turn en DateNameRacetrackLocationWinnerJanuary 22Winston Western 500Riverside International RacewayRiverside, CaliforniaCale YarboroughApril 2Winston Roseville 100All American SpeedwayRoseville, CaliforniaJimmy InsoloApril 28Winston Stockton 100Stockton 99 SpeedwayStockton, CaliforniaTim WilliamsonApril 30Old Milwaukee 100Shasta SpeedwayAnderson, CaliforniaJimmy InsoloMay 13Winston Petaluma 100Petaluma SpeedwayPetaluma, CaliforniaRay ElderMay 28Winston Mesa Marin 100Mesa Marin RacewayBakersfield, CaliforniaJimmy InsoloJune 11NAPA 400Riverside International RacewayRiverside, CaliforniaBenny ParsonsJune 22Winston Spokane 100Interstate Fairgrounds SpeedwaySpokane, WashingtonGary JohnsonJune 24Winston Yakima 100Yakima SpeedwayYakima, WashingtonJimmy InsoloJune 28Winston Victoria 100Western SpeedwayVictoria, British ColumbiaJimmy InsoloNASCAR in Canada Part 2 - Winston West https://www.canadianracer.com/nascarincanada2.php February 5, 2025 Canadian RacerJune 30Winston Langley 100Langley SpeedwayLangley, British ColumbiaRon EatonJuly 3Winston Evergreen 100Evergreen SpeedwayMonroe, WashingtonJohn BornemanJuly 4Coca Cola 100Portland SpeedwayPortland, OregonBill SchmittAugust 5Winston Las Vegas 100Craig Road SpeedwayNorth Las Vegas, NevadaRay ElderAugust 6Winston Gardena 100Ascot ParkGardena, CaliforniaJohn KrebsAugust 13Winston Sears Point 100Sears Point International RacewaySonoma, CaliforniaJimmy InsoloAugust 26Winston Shasta 150Shasta SpeedwayAnderson, CaliforniaJimmy InsoloAugust 27Winston Coos Bay 100Coos Bay SpeedwayCoos Bay, OregonJack JeffreySeptember 2Yakima Winston 100Yakima SpeedwayYakima, WashingtonJimmy InsoloSeptember 23Midland Motor Home 100Orange Show SpeedwaySan Bernardino, CaliforniaJimmy InsoloNovember 19Los Angeles Times 500Ontario Motor SpeedwayOntario, CaliforniaBobby AllisonNovember 20, 1978 Bobby Allison Takes 500‐Mile Race https://www.nytimes.com/1978/11/20/archives/bobby-allison-takes-500mile-race.html February 5, 2025 The New York Times en-US 0362-4331November 26Arizona NAPA 250Phoenix International RacewayAvondale, ArizonaRichard PettyPhoenix Raceway https://www.racingcircuits.info/north-america/usa/phoenix-raceway.html February 5, 2025 RacingCircuits.info en 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 PositionDriverRSDAASS99SHAPETMMRRSDIFSYAKWSPLSPEVGPORCRSASPSONSHACBSYAKOSSONTPHOPts Points Scored1Jimmy Insolo71*221*181*32171133618171*1161*1*7210652Bill Schmitt325112638241524*1*63*52220214510143Richard White241154351967171112722914561018129544Ray Elder3477211*26312*6895118181261354079535Harry GoularteDNQ168687201221847412123167583369226John Borneman27129519152391016913106217183725249037Rick McCray1215161548131418201410249920154121439278358Don Graham192395622711710141517*1112617156DNQ188119Pat Mintey141813711201991211107441191841575310John Krebs91411141615221019171416113108163DNQ2075111Gary Johnson3536311181*519202028119869612Steve PfeiferDNQ1514131211142117161851411211319123269313Bill BakerDNQ617169133410151115181688DNQ56514Jack Jeffery465186813164*1*848215Frank Bigelow228161931551437516Ernie Stierly194201815314*7913DNQ1133617Dick WhalenDNQ1812101222DNQ1430218Roy Smith9216513DNQ928319George Stuart58227120Ron Gautsche13197217524321Ron McGeeDNQ1010251723DNQ24222Chris Monoleos91916132319DNQDNQ20723Don Waterman129852120024Jim Thirkettle17491018925Ron Eaton31*24218426Ed Rains162117201017127Pappy PryorDNQ1813221122DNQ16928John Soares Jr.1720191116729St. James Davis152026221920DNQ15930Sharon Bishop17122218152113231Art Roth2149312732Tim Williamson1*172061011733LeRoy Anderson2013911134Norm Palmer1435DNQ17935Johnny Steele81324108Don Puskarich31DNQ16DNQ105Duke Hoenshell101921103Neal Newberry821787Mike Chase41979Mel Larson292676Robert Tartaglia2120251166Jim Robinson11132564Harry Jefferson231762Johnny Kieper2614DNQ62Richard Petty16†2†34†1*62Bob Fox13447Neil Bonnett4†10†37†447Gary Matthews744Merle Brennan843Ross Kusah1210DNQ41J. C. Danielsen1041Hal Callentine23DNQ1338Stuart Lyndon1338Frank Swords3121437Ken McCray Jr.1536Earle CanavanDNQ1635Alan Brown471734Rusty Sanders1734Jim Bown25191932Ivan Baldwin1932David Pearson3†27†1738†2229Jim Walker231928Ronnie ThomasDNQ25†30†2328Jeff Barnicle2427Marc Vogel212922Rick O'Dell2036822Bobby Allison30†3223†101*†3Hank Millwee10Steve Rouse13Benny Parsons2†1†148†Hugh Pearson14Leonard Sundholm15Hershel McGriff6†17†15Dean Huss Jr.16Don Dupree17Jim Miller Jr.18Steve Reich19Bill Marchison20Jack Simpson22DNQDoug McGriff23Wally Lambert28Don Noel28Billy Clarkson30Eddie Bradshaw33Dick KranzlerDNQDNQJohn KennedyDNQJohn SoaresDNQEd NegreDNQ21†Evan Noyes Jr.DNQBennie VaughtDNQRoger HambyDNQ12†John DineenDNQGlenn FrancisDNQChuck WahlDNQMike BrockmanDNQBob SwitzerDNQLennie PondDNQ7†6†Jocko MaggiacomoDNQMike KemptonDNQBob BrownDNQRoland WlodykaDNQDuke MillerDNQBruce HillDNQMike RocheDNQEd HaleDNQRicky RuddDNQTighe Scott18†11†DNQDave WatsonDNQD. K. Ulrich10†14†DNQBaxter PriceDNQBobby WawakDNQBilly HaganDNQBenny VaughtDNQRaymond WilliamsDNQRay ClineDNQ See also 1978 NASCAR Winston Cup Series References Category:ARCA Menards Series West Winston West