1981 NASCAR Winston West Series

The 1981 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 28th season of the series. The title was won by Roy Smith, his second in the series and second in succession.

The 1981 season included 14 individual races, although Riverside International Raceway hosted four races.^[1] Three of the races at Riverside were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Date	Name	Racetrack	Location	Winner
January 11	Winston Western 500	Riverside International Raceway	Riverside, California	Bobby Allison^[5]
May 16	Stockton Winston 150	Stockton 99 Speedway	Stockton, California	Jimmy Insolo^[6]
May 24	Winston Roseville 150	All American Speedway	Roseville, California	Jim Robinson
May 30	Winston Mesa Marin 150	Mesa Marin Raceway	Bakersfield, California	Roy Smith
June 14	Warner W. Hodgdon 400	Riverside International Raceway	Riverside, California	Darrell Waltrip
June 28	Coca-Cola 200	Laguna Seca Raceway	Monterey, California	Roy Smith
July 5	G.I. Joe's Portland 150	Rose City Speedway	Portland, Oregon	Jim Robinson
July 8	Juan De Fuca News 150	Western Speedway	Victoria, British Columbia	Jim Bown
July 12	Evergreen 200	Evergreen Speedway	Monroe, Washington	Roy Smith
August 8	Winston Shasta 150	Shasta Speedway	Anderson, California	Jim Robinson
August 30	Warner W. Hodgdon 200	Riverside International Raceway	Riverside, California	Roy Smith
September 27	Sears Point Winston 200	Sears Point International Raceway	Sonoma, California	Bill Schmitt
November 22	Winston Western 500	Riverside International Raceway	Riverside, California	Bobby Allison
November 29	Warner W. Hodgdon 250	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Richard Petty^[7]

Pos	Driver	RSD	S99	AAS	MMR	RSD	LAG	POR	WSP	EVG	SHA	RSD	SON	RSD	PHO	Pts
1	Roy Smith	31	13	10	1*	8	1*	14	5	1*	7	1*	3	30	6	677
2	Jim Robinson	6	7	1*	18	10	7	1*	2*	3	1	17	8	32	16	658
3	Bill Schmitt	22	4	9	4	24	2	7		2	4*	3	1	14	5	620
4	Don Waterman	10	10	4	11	23	4	12	9	13	9	13	4	15	10	615
5	Jim Bown	DNQ	18	2	3	32	3	2	1	16	2	21	6	36	14	606
6	Hershel McGriff	33	2	19	8	25	16	3	3	5	8	16	16	38	23	581
7	Pat Mintey		15	16	9		11	10	7	6	15	7	17	34	8	530
8	Gene Thonesen		20	18	13		9	13	10	12	10	25		22	13	495
9	Don Puskarich	32	11	20	16	17	13					22	2	21	24	394
10	Rick McCray	26	21	11	17		15			8	3	6	5			372
11	Rick O'Dell		17	5	5	16	19	18	14	14	12					366
12	Johnny Kieper							11	13	7	6		21		15	246
13	Terry Forsythe				21		10	5	8	15	11				9	243
14	Sumner McKnight						DNQ	16	6	4	14	24	23			242
15	Jimmy Insolo	30	1*	3	2	36	20									237
16	Derrike Cope							6	15	18		27				188
17	Robert Tartaglia	35	9	8	12		14						15			163
18	Harry Goularte		5	6	6		17						22			136
19	Scott Miller												19	29	7	125
20	Don Graham		8	7	20		5				5					118
21	Moe Willits							17	15	10						118
22	Randy Becker											19	10		18	114
23	Russ Pursley		16	15	14											108
24	Eddie Westwood		12	13	22		DNQ									106
25	John Borneman	12			7							2			19	92
26	Reg Kennedy											9	7			89
27	Gary Johnson		6	12								4	12*			84
28	Ken McCray Jr.										17	5				84
29	Gary Kershaw													12	17	84
30	Mark Stahl											11		23†	11	84
31	Dan Reed		3	17												83
32	John Krebs											18	11			81
33	Steve Pfeifer	24				14	18								21	76
34	Jim Hopkinson		14	14			8					15	18			74
35	Richard Petty	5†				3†								7†	1	60
36	Kyle Petty	20†				6†								37†	3	48
37	Bob Bondurant	21												18	20	47
38	Bobby Allison	1*†				29†	6							1*†	4	46
39	Jack Jeffery							8								44
40	Bill Sedgwick				10							20				40
41	Larry Burton										16					37
42	Jim Thirkettle				15											36
43	Dale Earnhardt	3†				2†		19						4†		35
44	Mike Chase				19											32
45	St. James Davis		19				12					26				32
46	Don Stanley						21					23	14		12	30
47	Chuck Pittenger														22	30
48	Gary Mayeda				23											28
49	Glenn Francis				24							12				27
	Sharon Bishop							9	11	11	13	10	20
	Bob Kennedy											8	13
	Glen Ward											14	9
	Pappy Pryor							15		17
	Neil Bonnett	27†				4†								33†	2*
	Billy Hitchcox								4
	Ross Kusah							4
	Mark Walbridge									9
	Al Vanderbyl								12
	Glen Thorburn									19
	Don Sprouse	DNQ
	Harry Dinwiddie	DNQ
	Henry Jones	DNQ
	Davey Allison						DNQ
	Kirk Rogers						DNQ

1981 NASCAR Winston West Series

Full Drivers' Championship

See also

References

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