1980 NASCAR Winston West Series

The 1980 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 27th season of the series. The title was won by Roy Smith, his first in the series.

Schedule and results The 1980 season included 11 individual races, although Riverside International Raceway and Ontario Motor Speedway hosted two races each. Both races at Riverside and the second race at Ontario were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. DateNameRacetrackLocationWinnerJanuary 13Winston Western 500Riverside International RacewayRiverside, CaliforniaDarrell WaltripApril 13Datsun Twin 200Ontario Motor SpeedwayOntario, CaliforniaRoy SmithMay 17Stockton Winston 200Stockton 99 SpeedwayStockton, CaliforniaIvan BaldwinJune 8Warner W. Hodgdon 400Riverside International RacewayRiverside, CaliforniaDarrell WaltripJune 22Winston Monterey 200Laguna Seca RacewayMonterey, CaliforniaJimmy InsoloJune 29Reed Cams 200Evergreen SpeedwayMonroe, WashingtonRon EatonAugust 10G.I. Joe's/Heidelberg Portland 200Rose City SpeedwayPortland, OregonBobby AllisonAugust 24Golden State Winston 100Sears Point International RacewaySonoma, CaliforniaJimmy InsoloNovember 8Budweiser 200Mesa Marin RacewayBakersfield, CaliforniaBobby AllisonNovember 15Los Angeles Times 500Ontario Motor SpeedwayOntario, CaliforniaBenny ParsonsNovember 23Arizona Winston 250Phoenix International RacewayAvondale, ArizonaRichard Petty

Full Drivers' Championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led. † – Ineligible for West Series points DriverRSDONTS99RSDLAGEVGPORSONMMRONTPHO1Roy Smith131232834214236184862Bill Schmitt52*211319167451164783Jim Robinson245220284132228304624Rick McCray3543325243181619274395Hershel McGriff2635242626212242344346Don Waterman742542211211720104057Don Puskarich19101817182818231842233908Robert Tartaglia817101313811223739Glen Ward15816101512133534610Steve Pfeifer2729192111216152132511Pat Mintey66251081327112Glenn Francis139617143224113John Borneman313113342325524014Marc Vogel2212151192421315Don Stanley171627231927DNQ20716Harry Goularte91431419917Johnny Kieper259362418818Jim Bown5206716619Dick WhalenDNQ26131916320Sharon Bishop182024171616021Ron Eaton111*514622Don Graham301520913023Billy Clarkson1628102512524Jimmy Insolo1*1*12025Jim Hopkinson24271211026Ernie Irvan1022239827Gene ThonesenDNQ24DNQ159628Tim McMillan232129DNQ8029David Pearson7197630Don DowdyDNQ2287231St. James DavisDNQ14DNQ6932John Krebs12226833Ed Hale28296534Dave McEwinDNQ19206335Ron O'Dell21DNQDNQ61Bob Bondurant2949Vince Giamformaggio2047Neil Bonnett34†2†532†46Neal Newberry645Chuck Wahl2545Bobby Allison18†15*†71*1*4†2*44Billy Hitchcox744John Soares Jr.DNQ744Richard Ritthaler843Bob Barker8DNQ43Ross Kusah9942Billy Zimmerman Jr.111040Bob Switzer1140Mike Bonicelli1140Bill Osborne3740Stan Barrett131239Dan ReedDNQ1239Archie Somers1239Doug Walters1437George Esau1437LeRoy Anderson1437Mike Chase1536Jack Jeffery1536Dick Kranzler1635Mel Larson1635Bob Fox1734Kevin Housby1734Garrett Evans1833Bill Sedgwick1932Ed Rains201231Jack Malugani20DNQ31Gary Mayeda20DNQ31Ron Gautsche282229Pappy Pryor23DNQ28Ron Esau252626Buddy Baker2625Bill Donnelly2724Gary MatthewsDNQ2724Glen Thorburn3021Ralph Ridley Jr.3120Richard Petty3†8†1730†1Ivan Baldwin1*Kyle Petty33†3Terry Forsythe7Bill Whittington8Joe Ruttman40†8Don Whittington935†Donnie Allison30†1939†Don Hume20Richard White21Jerry Bowers24Chuck Bown36†27Davey Allison29Steve McGuireDNQTim WilliamsonWthWth

See also

1980 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

References