1989 Coors 200
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| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 8 of 11 in the 1989 NASCAR Winston West Series season | |||
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| Location | Mesa Marin Speedway in Bakersfield, California | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility | ||
| Course length | 0.500 miles (0.805 km) | ||
| Distance | 200 laps, 100.00 mi (160.93 km) | ||
| Average speed | 73.514 miles per hour (118.309 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Beebe Racing | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Bill Schmitt | Schmitt Racing | |
| Laps | 128 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 79 | Roy Smith | Razore Racing | |
The 1989 Coors 200 was the eighth stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston West Series season. The race was held on Saturday, August 5, 1989, at Mesa Marin Raceway, a 0.500 mile (0.805 km) oval shaped racetrack in Bakersfield, California. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. Roy Smith won the race, his second and final win of the season. Smith, restarting sixth after the final caution after barely avoided losing a lap on pit road, passed pole sitter Troy Beebe and Bill Schmitt in the final laps en route to the win.[2] Bill Sedgwick would finish second after Schmitt's brakes began to fail. Schmitt, Beebe, and Robert Sprague rounded out the top five.
Background
Mesa Marin Raceway was a 0.500 mi (0.805 km) paved oval race track, located near the junction of CA 178 and CA 184 (Kern Canyon Road), east of Bakersfield, California. It opened in 1977 and was owned by Marion Collins throughout its existence. The 1989 Coors 200 was one of 45 NASCAR Winston West Series races to be held at the track during its existence.
Entry list
| No. | Driver | Owner | Manufacturer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 03 | Dave Mood | M.K. Kanke | Pontiac |
| 04 | Hershel McGriff | Hershel McGriff | Pontiac |
| 07 | Mark Walbridge | Unknown | Pontiac |
| 08 | Rick McCray | Rick McCray | Chevrolet |
| 9 | J.C. Danielsen | Larry Rouse | Ford |
| 15 | Rick Scribner | Rick Scribner | Chevrolet |
| 19 | Robert Sprague | Fred Stoke/Larry Rouse | Ford |
| 22 | St. James Davis | LaDonna Davis | Buick |
| 24 | Butch Gilliland | Butch Gilliland | Buick |
| 28 | Gary Collins | Marion Collins | Oldsmobile |
| 38 | Duke Hoenshell | Duke Hoenshell | Pontiac |
| 41 | Danny Lawson | Sara Vincent | Chevrolet |
| 44 | Jack Sellers | Adele Emerson | Buick |
| 56 | Ron Esau | Ron Esau | Oldsmobile |
| 73 | Bill Schmitt | Bill Schmitt | Chevrolet |
| 75 | Bill Sedgwick | Wayne Spears | Chevrolet |
| 79 | Roy Smith | Warren Razore | Ford |
| 83 | Sumner McKnight | Sumner McKnight | Ford |
| 88 | Bob Walker | Bob Walker | Pontiac |
| 89 | Bob Howard | Tom Hathaway | Oldsmobile |
| 93 | Troy Beebe | Troy Beebe | Buick |
| 98 | Jerry Bowers | John Kieper | Chevrolet |
| 99 | John Krebs | John Krebs | Pontiac |
Qualifying
Troy Beebe won the pole with a speed of 92.44 mph. Jerry Bowers withdrew from the event.
