1990 Winston 200 (Portland, Oregon)

The 1990 Winston 200 was the fourth race of the 1990 NASCAR Winston West Series season. The race was held on Sunday, July 1, 1990, at Portland Speedway, a 0.500 mi (0.805 km) oval shaped racetrack in Portland, Oregon. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. The race was won by Roy Smith, his first win of the season. Smith was not in contention for the win until after his second and final pit stop, where he moved into second before passing Bill Sedgwick for the lead with 23 laps remaining. Bill Schmitt passed Sedgwick finished second, relegating Sedgwick to a third place finish. 1990 Daytona 500 winner Derrike Cope finished fourth in what would be his final West Series start, and Butch Gilliland rounded out the top five.

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Background Portland Speedway was a half-mile race track for auto racing in Portland, Oregon. It was in existence from 1924 until 2001. It hosted 55 races for the West Series between 1956 and 2000.

Entry list #DriverOwnerManufacturer04Hershel McGriffBob LipseiaPontiac07Mark WalbridgeUnknownPontiac7Ron EatonRon EatonPontiac08Dick GabouryJack SellersChevrolet8Chuck WelchAdele EmersonChevrolet09Terry FisherDick MidgleyChevrolet9J.C. DanielsenLarry RouseFord10Derrike CopeBob WhitcombChevrolet19Robert SpragueLarry RouseFord22St. James DavisLaDonna DavisBuick23Mike ChaseDon FreymillerBuick24Butch GillilandButch GillilandChevrolet27Gary ScottCindi TidrickChevrolet28Gary CollinsMarion CollinsOldsmobile33Rick MackeyRick MackeyPontiac44Jack SellersAdele EmersonBuick68Larry GaylordLarry GaylordOldsmobile72Brad TidrickCindi TidrickChevrolet73Bill SchmittBill SchmittChevrolet75Bill SedgwickWayne SpearsChevrolet77Mike HickingbottomMike HickingbottomPontiac79Roy SmithWarren RazoreFord88Bob WalkerBob WalkerPontiac99John KrebsJohn KrebsPontiac

Qualifying Mike Chase won the pole with a speed of 86.963 mph.

Race results FinSt#DriverOwnerMakeLapsLedStatusPts1979Roy SmithWarren RazoreFord20023Running1802873Bill SchmittBill SchmittChevrolet20051Running1753375Bill SedgwickWayne SpearsChevrolet20083Running1754410Derrike CopeBob WhitcombChevrolet2000Running16051324Butch GillilandButch GillilandChevrolet2001Running1606204Hershel McGriffBob LipseiaPontiac20019Running1557123Mike ChaseDon FreymillerBuick20023Running15181119Robert SpragueLarry RouseFord1960Running14291633Rick MackeyRick MackeyPontiac1940Running138101488Bob WalkerBob WalkerPontiac1930Running13411509Terry FisherDick MidgleyChevrolet1920Running130122307Mark WalbridgeUnknownPontiac1660Running127131299John KrebsJohn KrebsPontiac1660Running12414109J.C. DanielsenLarry RouseFord1520Accident12115728Gary CollinsMarion CollinsOldsmobile1520Accident1181667Ron EatonRon EatonPontiac1510Accident115171544Jack SellersAdele EmersonBuick1490Electrical112181772Brad TidrickCindi TidrickChevrolet1420Running10919187Mike HickingbottomMike HickingbottomPontiac1230Accident106202127Gary ScottCindi TidrickChevrolet890Accident103211922St. James DavisLaDonna DavisBuick760Oil Leak100222208Dick GabouryJack SellersChevrolet360Handling97232068Larry GaylordLarry GaylordOldsmobile220Steering9424248Chuck WelchAdele EmersonChevrolet160Ignition91

Standings after the race PosDriverPoints 1Bill Sedgwick 691 2 2Bill Schmitt 620 (-71) 1 3Terry Fisher 617 (-74) 1 4Hershel McGriff 586 (-105) 1 5Butch Gilliland 583 (-108) 3 6John Krebs 572 (-119) 7Mike Chase 569 (-122) 8Jack Sellers 460 (-231) 9Robert Sprague 457 (-234) 10Gary Collins 431 (-260)

Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.

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