The 1988 Winston 200 was the 5th stock car race of the 1988 NASCAR Winston West Series season. The race was held on Sunday, July 10, 1988, at Portland Speedway, a 0.500 mile (0.804 km) oval shaped racetrack in Portland, Oregon. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. Derrike Cope won the race, his first and only win of the season. Cope won the race by 3.47 seconds over Hershel McGriff. During a late caution, Cope made a pit stop, but quickly regained the lead from Roy Smith en route to victory. Smith, Bill Sedgwick, and Bill Schmitt rounded out the top five.
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Background Portland Speedway was a half-mile race track located in Portland, Oregon. The track began as a five-eighths-mile (one km) clay oval in 1924 on the site of a field in north Portland. The track hosted big cars, midget cars, and stock cars before the suspension of racing during World War II. It was paved in 1946 as a half-mile oval. The 1988 Winston 200 was one of 36 NASCAR Winston West Series races held at the track.
Entry list +DriverOwnerManufacturer1Jim BownDick BownChevrolet2Scott GaylordGeoff BurneyOldsmobile04Hershel McGriffHershel McGriffPontiac7Ron EatonRon EatonBuick07Mark WalbridgeUnknownFord11Rick CatalanoUnknownBuick16Reno FontanaDave PhelpsPontiac19Chad LittleGeorge Jefferson/Fred StokeFord22St. James DavisLaDonna DavisBuick33John KrebsJohn KrebsOldsmobile41Jack SellersSara VincentChevrolet68Larry GaylordLarry GaylordOldsmobile72Brad TidrickCindi TidrickBuick73Bill SchmittBill SchmittChevrolet75Bill SedgwickWayne SpearsChevrolet79Roy SmithWarren RazoreFord82J.C. DanielsenShirnell GautscheBuick83Sumner McKnightSumner McKnightFord89Bob HowardTom HathawayOldsmobile98Derrike CopeJohn KieperChevrolet
Qualifying Bill Schmitt won the pole with an average speed of 86.659 mph.
Race results +FinSt#DriverOwnerMakeLapsLedStatusPts1998Derrike CopeJohn KieperChevrolet20068Running602204Hershel McGriffHershel McGriffPontiac200105Running493679Roy SmithWarren RazoreFord2006Running484775Bill SedgwickWayne SpearsChevrolet1980Running475173Bill SchmittBill SchmittChevrolet19711Running4661672Brad TidrickCindi TidrickBuick1970Running4571289Bob HowardTom HathawayOldsmobile1940Running4481333John KrebsJohn KrebsOldsmobile1940Running4391182J.C. DanielsenShirnell GautscheBuick1940Running42101716Reno FontanaDave PhelpsPontiac1830Running41111868Larry GaylordLarry GaylordOldsmobile1780Running40121541Jack SellersSara VincentChevrolet1720Running39131019Chad LittleGeorge Jefferson/Fred StokeFord17210Transmission3814142Scott GaylordGeoff BurneyOldsmobile1610Running371551Jim BownDick BownChevrolet1260Rear End3616807Mark WalbridgeUnknownFord860Overheating351747Ron EatonRon EatonBuick820Overheating34181911Rick CatalanoUnknownBuick720Overheating33192022St. James DavisLaDonna DavisBuick270Overheating3220383Sumner McKnightSumner McKnightFord210Accident31
Standings after the race +PosDriverPoints 1Roy Smith 262 2Bill Schmitt 240 (-22) 3Chad Little 217 (-45) 4Jim Bown 198 (-64) 5Hershel McGriff 197 (-65) 6John Krebs 193 (-69) 7J.C. Danielsen 178 (-84) 8Bob Howard 169 (-93) 9Scott Gaylord 163 (-99) 10Sumner McKnight 146 (-116)
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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