1979 NASCAR Winston West Series

The 1979 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 26th season of the series. The title was won by Bill Schmitt, his second in the series. He won the title by just 5 points over Tim Williamson.^[1]

The 1979 season included 16 individual races, although Riverside International Raceway, Evergreen Speedway, and Yakima Speedway hosted two races each.^[2] The races at Riverside and the race at Ontario Motor Speedway were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.^[3]^[4]^[5]

Date	Name	Racetrack	Location	Winner
January 14	Winston Western 500	Riverside International Raceway	Riverside, California	Darrell Waltrip^[6]
May 27	Winston Mesa Marin 100	Mesa Marin Raceway	Bakersfield, California	Bill Schmitt
June 10	NAPA Riverside 400	Riverside International Raceway	Riverside, California	Bobby Allison
June 24	Reed Cam 150	Evergreen Speedway	Monroe, Washington	Neal Newberry
June 30	Valley Ford 100	Yakima Speedway	Yakima, Washington	Ron Eaton
July 4	Kyte Coca-Cole 100	Rose City Speedway	Portland, Oregon	Roy Smith
July 20	Winston Roseville 100	All American Speedway	Roseville, California	Tim Williamson
July 21	Winston Shasta 100	Shasta Speedway	Anderson, California	Bill Schmitt
July 28	Winston Las Vegas 100	Craig Road Speedway	North Las Vegas, Nevada	Bill Schmitt
August 12	Winston Sears Point 100	Sears Point International Raceway	Sonoma, California	Jimmy Insolo
August 26	Evergreen Winston 100	Evergreen Speedway	Monroe, Washington	Ron Eaton
August 31	Spokane Winston 100	Spokane Raceway Park	Spokane, Washington	Jimmy Insolo
September 3	Rose City Winston 100	Rose City Speedway	Portland, Oregon	Ron Eaton
September 8	Winston Gardena 100	Ascot Park	Gardena, California	Bill Schmitt
November 18	Los Angeles Times 500	Ontario Motor Speedway	Ontario, California	Benny Parsons
November 25	NAPA Arizona 250	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Auckland	Neil Bonnett^[7]

Pos	Driver	RSD	MMR	RSD	EVG	YAK	POR	AAS	SHA	CRS	SON	EVG	SPO	POR	ASP	ONT	PHO	Pts
1	Bill Schmitt	4	1*	30	16*	4	23	3	1*	1	4	20	6	2	1	18	11	748
2	Tim Williamson	9	3	26	8	8	3	1*	3	6	2*	4	7	5	13	22	4	743
3	Jimmy Insolo	16	2	25	26	2	21	2	2	2	1	10	1*	3	14	36	30	699
4	Richard White	29	7	16	7	9	5	7	10	5	6	3	8	18	12*	30	10	691
5	Jim Robinson	30	15	21	5	11	18	5	11	4	19	9	14	9	2	32	28	643
6	Rick McCray	DNQ	10	27	25	6	7	4	8	3*	21	8	11	22	4		22	621
7	Robert Tartaglia		17	24	13	16	12	12	13	12	9	23	10	15	5			498
8	Pat Mintey		12		12	12	10	11	7	8	28		18	19	10		18	447
9	Sharon Bishop				28	14	19	13	12	15	25		19	14	6		19	410
10	Roy Smith				4	19	1*				13	7	5	7		21	6	405
11	Jackie Kuper				2	3	2					2	4	8				285
12	Ron Eaton				6	1*						1*	9	1*				267
13	Rick O'Dell				14	15	13					11	3	4				246
14	Neal Newberry				1	7	4					5	16					232
15	Bob Fox				10	20	22					15	12	13				214
16	John Krebs	DNQ	21					17			14				7	DNQ		212
17	Johnny Kieper				3		6					22		16			9	199
18	Dick Kranzler		8	29						9					16	DNQ		193
19	Jack Jeffery					21			14			6	17	6				191
20	Chuck Flora		19		9	5	14					18						190
21	John Borneman		5	20						14							26	185
22	Marc Vogel		22					9	9		27						14	174
23	Frank Swords		4						5		10	12						173
24	Frank Bigelow		11					6	4	13								170
25	Jim Bown				15						24	14		11			23	168
26	Dick Whalen			19							12					DNQ	15	157
27	Chris Monoleos		16	34							11				8			154
28	Steve Pfeifer	DNQ									18						20	134
29	Hal Callentine										17					23	13	119
30	Phil Goulet					10	11							17				115
31	Jim Hopkinson							15			22				3			113
32	Ron Esau		20								15						12	106
33	Gary Johnson							14	15		23							101
34	Harry Jefferson				18	18						17						100
35	LeRoy Anderson				20							13		23				97
	Ernie Stierly				22	17	20											94
	Harry Goularte	23							6									90
	Norm Palmer			8												DNQ	27	84
	Stuart Lyndon		13							10								79
	Don Puskarich	28																79
	Glen Thorburn				11	13												78
	Ruben Garcia		9								20							73
	Jack Malugani							16	16		DNQ							70
	Don Noel	31																70
	Don Dowdy						24							10				68
	Gene Thonesen		18								16							68
	Don Hume						16					19						67
	Bill Osborne		6														29	67
	Terry Forsythe											21		21				60
	Leonard Sundholm				29							16						57
	Mark Walbridge				23												24	55
	Bobby Allison	19†		1†							5					2†	2	49
	Kirk Rogers												2					49
	Jim Thirkettle	8																49
	Ed Hale	DNQ		15														49
	Richard Petty	32†		3†												5†	3*	48
	Dave Watson																5	46
	Don Graham	22																46
	Bob Barker									7								44
	Billy Clarkson										8							43
	Hershel McGriff						8									DNQ		43
	Kyle Petty															14†	8	43
	Ross Strmiska							8										43
	Andy Hall														9			42
	Don Waterman						9											42
	Billy Conn							10										41
	Ed Sauer														11			40
	Glen Ward			DNQ										12				39
	Eddie Westwood		14															37
	St. James Davis														15			36
	Don Dupree						15											36
	Buck Simmons															29	16	35
	Dan Joiner						17											34
	Art Roth				17													34
	Lake Speed															DNQ	17	34
	David Pearson	2†			19						3							32
	Earle Canavan																21	30
	Ed Rains				21													30
	Rudy Tomich				24													27
	Ronnie Thomas	12†		23†												27†	25	26
	Ron McGee			DNQ							26							25
	Pappy Pryor				27													24
	Neil Bonnett	34†		28†												6†	1
	Bob Bondurant										7
	Joe Ruttman			DC													7
	Doc Faustina									11
	Neil Feighner												13
	Steve Rouse												15
	Ed McCoy													20
	Gary Mathews	DNQ

1979 NASCAR Winston West Series

Full Drivers' Championship

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