1982 NASCAR Winston West Series

The 1982 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 29th season of the series. The title was won by Roy Smith, his third in the series and third in succession.

The 1982 season included 13 individual races, although Riverside International Raceway hosted three races.^[1] The first and third races at Riverside were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.^[2]^[3]

Date	Name	Racetrack	Location	Winner
May 8	Winston Mesa Marin 150	Mesa Marin Raceway	Bakersfield, California	Jim Robinson
May 15	Stockton Winston 150	Stockton 99 Speedway	Stockton, California	Jim Bown
May 29	Winston Roseville 150	All American Speedway	Roseville, California	Jim Bown^[4]
June 13	Budweiser 400	Riverside International Raceway	Riverside, California	Tim Richmond
July 4	Winston Portland 150	Rose City Speedway	Portland, Oregon	Ron Eaton
July 10	Victoria Winston 150	Western Speedway	Victoria, British Columbia	Jim Reich^[5]
July 24	Winston Shasta 150	Shasta Speedway	Anderson, California	Ron Eaton
August 1	Winston Evergreen 200	Evergreen Speedway	Monroe, Washington	Ron Eaton^[6]^[7]
August 8	Sears Point Winston 200	Sears Points International Raceway	Sonoma, California	Roy Smith
August 15	Colorado Winston 200	Continental Divide Raceways	Castle Rock, Colorado	Rick McCray^[8]
August 29	Warner W. Hodgdon 200	Riverside International Raceway	Riverside, California	Rick McCray
November 21	Winston Western 500	Riverside International Raceway	Riverside, California	Tim Richmond^[9]
November 28	Coors 250	Phoenix International Raceway	Avondale, Arizona	Bobby Allison

Pos	Driver	MMR	S99	AAS	RSD	POR	WSP	SHA	EVG	SON	CDR	RSD	RSD	PHO	Pts
1	Roy Smith	15	5	6	6	4	4	5	3	1*	5	3	24	6	607
2	Jim Reich	13	6	5	10	3	1*	2	8	2	2	14	19	20	592
3	Jim Bown	14	1*	1	17	2	16	3	2	13	14	2	10	22	586
4	Jim Robinson	1	3	4	28	7	3	9	18	3	17	6	20	5	581
5	Bill Schmitt	2*	2	11*	24	6	15	6	6	6	3	4	21	7	579
6	Rick McCray	4	4	2	14	20	12	10	19	19	1*	1	34	9	565
7	Don Waterman	6	11	3	11	14	2	4	5	16	12	5	33	10	561
8	John Krebs	20	10	9	19	10	11	12	9	4	13	12	37	21	511
9	Randy Becker	8	15	13	22	8	10	17	17	9	6	24	38	28	484
10	Hershel McGriff	3	8	14	33	19			4	20	10	20*	28	3	348
11	Sumner McKnight	11	13	10		9	18	8	11	12	4	11		18	436
12	Mark Stahl	21	14		21	18	13	14	10	18		10	39	31	386
13	Ron Eaton	18				1*	19	1*	1*	21	7	19		23	379
14	Bob Kennedy	16			DNQ	11	9	19	14	8	9	13		13	378
15	Gene Thonesen	12	12	12				16		14		17		30	300
16	Don Puskarich	9	9	8	20	13						23			236
17	Clive Skilton							15	12	10	11	16	DNQ	33	235
18	Pat Mintey					17	17			11	16	9		24	212
19	Gary Kershaw	10	7	7			8								172
20	Johnny Kieper					12		11	7					8	166
21	Jim Lee				34	16						8	23		159
22	Derrike Cope					5	14						36	14	158
23	Steve Pfeifer				Wth					17		21		19	156
24	Glenn Francis	17										18	14	16	151
25	Trevor Boys										15	22	22	15	146
26	Al Vanderbyl						6		15					34	98
27	Harry Goularte									15		15		29	94
28	Scott Miller											7			91
29	Don Stanley				Wth	15									66
30	Bud Palmer						20	18							64
31	Bobby Allison				27†								16†	1	60
32	Kevin Terris												41	27	58
33	Neil Bonnett				5†								4†	2*	49
34	Joe Ruttman				26†								40†	4	47
35	Rocky Collins						5								46
36	Bill Sedgwick	5													46
37	Doug Wheeler									5					46
	Bob Bondurant									7					44
	Roy Haslam						7								44
	Jim Walker	7													44
	Tom Patson										8				43
	Clark Dwyer													11	40
	Randy Olson													12	39
	Jack Epperson							13							38
	Terry Forsythe								13						38
	Ron Esau													17	34
	Earle Canavan													25	26
	Steve Kosiki													26	25
	Richard Petty				36†								31†	32	19
	Dennis DeVea													35	16
	Roger Gannon							7
	Tobey Butler								16
	Mike Chase	19
	Don Dowdy								20
	Jimmy Insolo												30
	Lennie Pond				Wth
	Donnie Allison				Wth
	Slick Johnson				Wth
	Jim Lee				Wth
	Tommy Gale				Wth

1982 NASCAR Winston West Series

Full Drivers' Championship

See also

References

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