The 1996 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 43rd season of the series. The title was won by Lance Hooper, his first in the series.
Schedule and results The 1996 season included 15 individual races, although Mesa Marin Raceway hosted three races and Sears Point Raceway, Tucson Raceway Park, and Madera Speedway hosted two races each. The first race at Sears Point and the race at Phoenix International Raceway were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. After returning the finale to Phoenix in 1995, it would again move in 1996, this time at Las Vegas Motor Speedway. DateNameRacetrackLocationWinnerJanuary 21NASCAR Winston West Series 150Tucson Raceway ParkTucson, ArizonaRon Hornaday Jr.March 17St. Patrick's Day 200Altamont Motorsports ParkTracy, CaliforniaLance HooperApril 27Spears Manufacturing 200Mesa Marin RacewayBakersfield, CaliforniaLarry GunselmanMay 5Save Mart Supermarkets 300Sears Point RacewaySonoma, CaliforniaRusty WallaceMay 18Imperial Palace/Race Stuff 200Madera SpeedwayMadera, CaliforniaButch GillilandJune 1Reser's Fine Foods 200 by Action Auto GlassPortland SpeedwayPortland, OregonLance HooperJune 15Valvoline/Jiffy Lube 200Tucson Raceway ParkTucson, ArizonaMark KroghJune 29Winston 200 Presented by Alley ChevroletEvergreen SpeedwayMonroe, WashingtonButch GillilandJuly 13Snap-On 200Colorado National SpeedwayErie, ColoradoRon Hornaday Jr.August 10Race Stuff 250Madera SpeedwayMadera, CaliforniaLance HooperAugust 24Carquest Auto Parts 250Mesa Marin RacewayBakersfield, CaliforniaJoe BeanOctober 5Sonoma 100Sears Point RacewaySonoma, CaliforniaButch GillilandOctober 12Spears Manufacturing 300Mesa Marin RacewayBakersfield, CaliforniaLance HooperOctober 27Dura Lube 500Phoenix International RacewayAvondale, ArizonaBobby HamiltonNovember 1Las Vegas 300KLas Vegas Motor SpeedwayLas Vegas, NevadaKen Schrader
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 DriverTUSAMPMMRSONMADPORTUSEVGCNSMADMMRSONMMRPHOLVS1Lance Hooper21*7DNQ101*4451*16*31*331021852Jeff Krogh6214354435225224121553Larry Gunselman16713632133364145DNQ420704Mark Krogh181210DNQ2*716612101610DNQ19075Scott Gaylord252183813516121133420DNQ918836Rich Woodland Jr.101583788119169686DNQ1918417Joe Bean22119DNQ121051981011512DNQ2517898Butch Gilliland61182*114*182114616759Bill McAnally151617DNQ11171017121517129DNQ22162310Pete Graham1920111491214713222223140411Dan Obrist232416615720718316135212Jack Sellers1723914918137111718133313John Kinder918251114165828131414Mike Welch20191620231914122111110515St. James Davis26151824171920231724102116Wayne Jacks28315DNQ7132014100217Lew Miller19131081872086418Gary Collins3913791782819Kevin Culver3114682982320Pappy Pryor17141511101573321Ron Burns1368557122Ron Hornaday Jr.1111*50023Dan Press85346224Brandon Ash1622212141225Victor Mibelli1014939326Leo Hindery12121736627Lee Olibas2171636128Kenny Smith24131533329Bobby Gill7*5*32130L. J. Pryor27221031331Billy Kann31171829132Steve Portenga41428133Tobey Butler8*1227934Rick Carelli51527335Rick Scribner81326636Nick Jennings61626537Craig Raudman13926238Greg Biffle30423839Sonny Scott151922440Mike Naake181921541Sean Monroe132620942John Sahm192120643Ernie Cope212518844Ken Schrader8†35†1*18545Rich DeLong Jr.193017946Tim Steele217547Gary Smith217548Michael Waltrip317049Nathan Buttke416050Roger Avants416051Rudy Revak515552Carl Trimmer615053Bobby Gerhart714654Darrel Krentz814255Jon Paques1113056Chris Trickle1113057Terry Fisher1212758Kevin Harvick1312459Eric Norris1412160Gary Clark1511861Ron Jacks1910662George Nordling2010363Ken Bailey2010364Barry Graham2010365Hershel McGriff2110066Bob Howard268567Dennis Dyer278268Tim McCauley2976Michael Cochran3170
See also
1996 NASCAR Winston Cup Series 1996 NASCAR Busch Series 1996 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series
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