The 1992 Vons 300 was the first race of the 1992 NASCAR Winston West Series season. The race was held on Sunday, May 17, 1992, at Mesa Marin Raceway, a 0.500 mile (0.805 km) oval shaped racetrack in Bakersfield, California. The race took the scheduled 300 laps to complete. The race was won by Rick Carelli, his first win of the season and first of his career. In a late race pit stop, Carelli's team changed right side tires, and came off pit road second to Bill Sedgwick, whose team changed left side tires. With fresh right side tires, Carelli was able to get the lead in the final laps en route to victory. Sedgwick finished second, thee laps ahead of third place Bill Schmitt. John Krebs and Butch Gilliland would round out the top five.
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Background Mesa Marin Raceway was a 0.500 mi (0.805 km) paved oval race track, located near the junction of CA 178 and CA 184 (Kern Canyon Road), east of Bakersfield, California. It opened in 1977 and was owned by Marion Collins throughout its existence. The 1992 Vons 300 was one of 45 NASCAR Winston West Series races to be held at the track during its existence.
Entry list #DriverOwnerManufacturer00Bryan BrownDon PuskarichOldsmobile2Jim CourageGary BetchelPontiac15Rick ScribnerRick ScribnerChevrolet22St. James DavisLaDonna DavisBuick24Butch GillilandButch GillilandPontiac28Gary CollinsMarion CollinsOldsmobile29John KrebsGary BetchelPontiac37Rick CarelliMarshall ChesrownChevrolet41Wayne JacksSara VincentBuick44Jack SellersAdele EmersonBuick50Hershel McGriffJohn StrauserBuick73Bill SchmittBill SchmittFord75Bill SedgwickWayne SpearsChevrolet78Dan FisherBill SchmittFord86Rich Woodland Jr.Richard WoodlandChevrolet90Tim McCauleyTim McCauleyChevrolet92Ron Hornaday Jr.Ron Hornaday Jr.Chevrolet99Steve BareGary BetchelPontiac
Qualifying With a track record of 18.978 seconds at 94.847 mph, Gary Collins would win the pole, although due to an injury he'd be replaced by Dirk Stephens for the race.
Race results FinSt#DriverOwnerMakeLapsLedStatusPts1237Rick CarelliMarshall ChesrownChevrolet300187Running1852375Bill SedgwickWayne SpearsChevrolet300110Running1753473Bill SchmittBill SchmittFord2953Running1704629John KrebsGary BetchelPontiac2940Running1605824Butch GillilandButch GillilandPontiac2910Running15561300Bryan BrownDon PuskarichOldsmobile2900Running1507915Rick ScribnerRick ScribnerChevrolet2820Running14681086Rich Woodland Jr.Richard WoodlandChevrolet2710Running14291144Jack SellersAdele EmersonBuick2620Running13810128Dirk StephensMarion CollinsOldsmobile2570Ignition13411592Ron Hornaday Jr.Ron Hornaday Jr.Chevrolet2570Running130121790Tim McCauleyTim McCauleyChevrolet1970Running127131622St. James DavisLaDonna DavisBuick1840Oil Pump124141599Steve BareGary BetchelPontiac860Suspension12115750Hershel McGriffJohn StrauserChevrolet780Timing Chain118161241Wayne JacksSara VincentBuick40Oil Pressure11517142Jim CourageGary BetchelPontiac30Camshaft112181878Dan FisherBill SchmittFord30Ignition109
Standings after the race PosDriverPoints 1Rick Carelli 185 2Bill Sedgwick 175 (-10) 3Bill Schmitt 170 (-15) 4John Krebs 160 (-25) 5Butch Gilliland 155 (-30) 6Bryan Brown 150 (-35) 7Rick Scribner 146 (-39) 8Rich Woodland Jr. 142 (-43) 9Jack Sellers 138 (-47) 10Dirk Stephens 134 (-51)
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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