1980 NASCAR Winston West Series

The 1980 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 27th season of the series. The title was won by Roy Smith, his first in the series.

Date	Name	Racetrack	Location	Winner
January 13	Winston Western 500	Riverside International Raceway	Riverside, California	Darrell Waltrip^[5]
April 13	Datsun Twin 200	Ontario Motor Speedway	Ontario, California	Roy Smith
May 17	Stockton Winston 200	Stockton 99 Speedway	Stockton, California	Ivan Baldwin
June 8	Warner W. Hodgdon 400	Riverside International Raceway	Riverside, California	Darrell Waltrip
June 22	Winston Monterey 200	Laguna Seca Raceway	Monterey, California	Jimmy Insolo
June 29	Reed Cams 200	Evergreen Speedway	Monroe, Washington	Ron Eaton
August 10	G.I. Joe's/Heidelberg Portland 200	Rose City Speedway	Portland, Oregon	Bobby Allison
August 24	Golden State Winston 100	Sears Point International Raceway	Sonoma, California	Jimmy Insolo
November 8	Budweiser 200	Mesa Marin Raceway	Bakersfield, California	Bobby Allison
November 15	Los Angeles Times 500	Ontario Motor Speedway	Ontario, California	Benny Parsons^[6]
November 23	Arizona Winston 250	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Richard Petty

Pos	Driver	RSD	ONT	S99	RSD	LAG	EVG	POR	SON	MMR	ONT	PHO	Pts
1	Roy Smith	13	1	23	28	3	4	2	14	2	36	18	486
2	Bill Schmitt	5	2*	21	13	19	16	7	4	5	11	6	478
3	Jim Robinson	24	5	2	20	2	8	4	13	22	28	30	462
4	Rick McCray	35	4	3	32	5	24	3	18	16	19	27	439
5	Hershel McGriff	26	3	5	24	26	26	21	22	4	23	4	434
6	Don Waterman		7	4	25	4	22	11	21	17	20	10	405
7	Don Puskarich	19	10	18	17	18	28	18	23	18	42	23	390
8	Robert Tartaglia		8	17		10	13	13	8	11		22	373
9	Glen Ward		15	8		16	10	15	12	13	35		346
10	Steve Pfeifer	27	29	19	21	11	21		6	15		21	325
11	Pat Mintey		6	6		25			10	8		13	271
12	Glenn Francis		13	9		6			17	14	32		241
13	John Borneman	31	31	13	34	23	25					5	240
14	Marc Vogel		22	12		15			11	9		24	213
15	Don Stanley		17	16		27	23	19	27		DNQ		207
16	Harry Goularte		9			14			3			14	199
17	Johnny Kieper		25			9	3	6	24				188
18	Jim Bown						5	20		6		7	166
19	Dick Whalen	DNQ	26			13						19	163
20	Sharon Bishop		18	20		24		17	16				160
21	Ron Eaton			11			1*	5					146
22	Don Graham		30	15		20			9				130
23	Billy Clarkson							16	28	10		25	125
24	Jimmy Insolo					1*			1*				120
25	Jim Hopkinson			24	27	12							110
26	Ernie Irvan			10		22		23					98
27	Gene Thonesen	DNQ	24	DNQ					15				96
28	Tim McMillan		23			21	29				DNQ		80
29	David Pearson			7			19						76
30	Don Dowdy		DNQ				2					28	72
31	St. James Davis	DNQ		14		DNQ							69
32	John Krebs		12	22									68
33	Ed Hale		28		29								65
34	Dave McEwin			DNQ					19	20			63
35	Ron O'Dell		21								DNQ	DNQ	61
	Bob Bondurant								2			9	49
	Vince Giamformaggio	20											47
	Neil Bonnett	34†			2†				5	3	2†		46
	Neal Newberry						6						45
	Chuck Wahl	25											45
	Bobby Allison	18†			15*†	7		1*		1*	4†	2*	44
	Billy Hitchcox						7						44
	John Soares Jr.			DNQ					7				44
	Richard Ritthaler							8					43
	Bob Barker					8						DNQ	43
	Ross Kusah						9	9					42
	Billy Zimmerman Jr.						11	10					40
	Bob Switzer		11										40
	Mike Bonicelli											11	40
	Bill Osborne	37											40
	Stan Barrett										13	12	39
	Dan Reed			DNQ						12			39
	Archie Somers						12						39
	Doug Walters							14					37
	George Esau		14										37
	LeRoy Anderson						14						37
	Mike Chase											15	36
	Jack Jeffery						15						36
	Dick Kranzler		16										35
	Mel Larson											16	35
	Bob Fox						17						34
	Kevin Housby											17	34
	Garrett Evans						18						33
	Bill Sedgwick		19										32
	Ed Rains						20	12					31
	Jack Malugani		20	DNQ									31
	Gary Mayeda								20			DNQ	31
	Ron Gautsche					28		22					29
	Pappy Pryor									23		DNQ	28
	Ron Esau								25			26	26
	Buddy Baker								26				25
	Bill Donnelly						27						24
	Gary Matthews	DNQ	27										24
	Glen Thorburn						30						21
	Ralph Ridley Jr.						31						20
	Richard Petty	3†			8†	17					30†	1
	Ivan Baldwin			1*
	Kyle Petty										33†	3
	Terry Forsythe									7
	Bill Whittington	8
	Joe Ruttman										40†	8
	Don Whittington	9			35†
	Donnie Allison				30†					19	39†
	Don Hume											20
	Richard White									21
	Jerry Bowers									24
	Chuck Bown	36†									27
	Davey Allison											29
	Steve McGuire											DNQ
	Tim Williamson	Wth		Wth

1980 NASCAR Winston West Series

Full Drivers' Championship

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