1988 Winston 200
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| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 5 of 8 in the 1988 NASCAR Winston West Series season | |||
| Location | Portland Speedway in Portland, Oregon | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 0.500 miles (0.804 km) | ||
| Distance | 200 laps, 100.00 mi (160.93 km) | ||
| Average speed | 69.659 miles per hour (112.105 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Schmitt Racing Enterprises | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Hershel McGriff | McGriff Racing | |
| Laps | 105 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 98 | Derrike Cope | Kieper Racing | |
The 1988 Winston 200 was the 5th stock car race of the 1988 NASCAR Winston West Series season. The race was held on Sunday, July 10, 1988, at Portland Speedway, a 0.500 mile (0.804 km) oval shaped racetrack in Portland, Oregon. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. Derrike Cope won the race, his first and only win of the season. Cope won the race by 3.47 seconds over Hershel McGriff. During a late caution, Cope made a pit stop, but quickly regained the lead from Roy Smith en route to victory.[2] Smith, Bill Sedgwick, and Bill Schmitt rounded out the top five.
Background
Portland Speedway was a half-mile race track located in Portland, Oregon. The track began as a five-eighths-mile (one km) clay oval in 1924 on the site of a field in north Portland. The track hosted big cars, midget cars, and stock cars before the suspension of racing during World War II. It was paved in 1946 as a half-mile oval. The 1988 Winston 200 was one of 36 NASCAR Winston West Series races held at the track.
Entry list
| No. | Driver | Owner | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Bown | Dick Bown | Chevrolet |
| 2 | Scott Gaylord | Geoff Burney | Oldsmobile |
| 04 | Hershel McGriff | Hershel McGriff | Pontiac |
| 7 | Ron Eaton | Ron Eaton | Buick |
| 07 | Mark Walbridge | Unknown | Ford |
| 11 | Rick Catalano | Unknown | Buick |
| 16 | Reno Fontana | Dave Phelps | Pontiac |
| 19 | Chad Little | George Jefferson/Fred Stoke | Ford |
| 22 | St. James Davis | LaDonna Davis | Buick |
| 33 | John Krebs | John Krebs | Oldsmobile |
| 41 | Jack Sellers | Sara Vincent | Chevrolet |
| 68 | Larry Gaylord | Larry Gaylord | Oldsmobile |
| 72 | Brad Tidrick | Cindi Tidrick | Buick |
| 73 | Bill Schmitt | Bill Schmitt | Chevrolet |
| 75 | Bill Sedgwick | Wayne Spears | Chevrolet |
| 79 | Roy Smith | Warren Razore | Ford |
| 82 | J.C. Danielsen | Shirnell Gautsche | Buick |
| 83 | Sumner McKnight | Sumner McKnight | Ford |
| 89 | Bob Howard | Tom Hathaway | Oldsmobile |
| 98 | Derrike Cope | John Kieper | Chevrolet |
Qualifying
Bill Schmitt won the pole with an average speed of 86.659 mph.
