1996 NASCAR Winston West Series

The 1996 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 43rd season of the series. The title was won by Lance Hooper,[1] his first in the series.

Schedule and results

The 1996 season included 15 individual races, although Mesa Marin Raceway hosted three races and Sears Point Raceway, Tucson Raceway Park, and Madera Speedway hosted two races each.[2] The first race at Sears Point and the race at Phoenix International Raceway were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.[3][4] After returning the finale to Phoenix in 1995, it would again move in 1996, this time at Las Vegas Motor Speedway.

Date Name Racetrack Location Winner
January 21 NASCAR Winston West Series 150 Tucson Raceway Park Tucson, Arizona Ron Hornaday Jr.
March 17 St. Patrick's Day 200 Altamont Motorsports Park Tracy, California Lance Hooper[5]
April 27 Spears Manufacturing 200 Mesa Marin Raceway Bakersfield, California Larry Gunselman
May 5 Save Mart Supermarkets 300 Sears Point Raceway Sonoma, California Rusty Wallace[6]
May 18 Imperial Palace/Race Stuff 200 Madera Speedway Madera, California Butch Gilliland[7]
June 1 Reser's Fine Foods 200 by Action Auto Glass Portland Speedway Portland, Oregon Lance Hooper[8]
June 15 Valvoline/Jiffy Lube 200 Tucson Raceway Park Tucson, Arizona Mark Krogh
June 29 Winston 200 Presented by Alley Chevrolet Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington Butch Gilliland
July 13 Snap-On 200 Colorado National Speedway Erie, Colorado Ron Hornaday Jr.
August 10 Race Stuff 250 Madera Speedway Madera, California Lance Hooper
August 24 Carquest Auto Parts 250 Mesa Marin Raceway Bakersfield, California Joe Bean[9]
October 5 Sonoma 100 Sears Point Raceway Sonoma, California Butch Gilliland
October 12 Spears Manufacturing 300 Mesa Marin Raceway Bakersfield, California Lance Hooper
October 27 Dura Lube 500 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Bobby Hamilton[10]
November 1 Las Vegas 300K Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada Ken Schrader[11]

Full Drivers' Championship

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led. † – Ineligible for West Series points

Pos Driver TUS AMP MMR SON MAD POR TUS EVG CNS MAD MMR SON MMR PHO LVS Pts
1 Lance Hooper 2 1* 7 DNQ 10 1* 4 4 5 1* 16* 3 1* 33 10 2185
2 Jeff Krogh 6 21 4 35 4 4 3 5 2 2 5 2 2 41 2155
3 Larry Gunselman 16 7 1 36 3 2 13 3 3 6 4 14 5 DNQ 4 2070
4 Mark Krogh 18 12 10 DNQ 2* 7 1 6 6 12 10 16 10 DNQ 1907
5 Scott Gaylord 25 2 18 38 13 5 16 12 11 3 3 4 20 DNQ 9 1883
6 Rich Woodland Jr. 10 15 8 37 8 8 11 9 16 9 6 8 6 DNQ 19 1841
7 Joe Bean 22 11 9 DNQ 12 10 5 19 8 10 1 15 12 DNQ 25 1789
8 Butch Gilliland 6 1 18 2* 1 14* 18 2 1 14 6 1675
9 Bill McAnally 15 16 17 DNQ 11 17 10 17 12 15 17 12 9 DNQ 22 1623
10 Pete Graham 19 20 11 14 9 12 14 7 13 22 22 23 1404
11 Dan Obrist 23 24 16 6 15 7 20 7 18 3 16 1352
12 Jack Sellers 17 23 9 14 9 18 13 7 11 17 18 1333
13 John Kinder 9 18 2 5 11 14 16 5 8 28 1314
14 Mike Welch 20 19 16 20 23 19 14 12 21 11 1105
15 St. James Davis 26 15 18 24 17 19 20 23 17 24 1021
16 Wayne Jacks 28 3 15 DNQ 7 13 20 14 1002
17 Lew Miller 19 13 10 8 18 7 20 864
18 Gary Collins 3 9 13 7 9 17 828
19 Kevin Culver 3 11 4 6 8 29 823
20 Pappy Pryor 17 14 15 11 10 15 733
21 Ron Burns 13 6 8 5 571
22 Ron Hornaday Jr. 1 1 11* 500
23 Dan Press 8 5 3 462
24 Brandon Ash 16 22 21 21 412
25 Victor Mibelli 10 14 9 393
26 Leo Hindery 12 12 17 366
27 Lee Olibas 21 7 16 361
28 Kenny Smith 24 13 15 333
29 Bobby Gill 7* 5* 321
30 L. J. Pryor 27 22 10 313
31 Billy Kahn 31 17 18 291
32 Steve Portenga 4 14 281
33 Tobey Butler 8* 12 279
34 Rick Carelli 5 15 273
35 Rick Scribner 8 13 266
36 Nick Jennings 6 16 265
37 Craig Raudman 13 9 262
38 Greg Biffle 30 4 238
39 Sonny Scott 15 19 224
40 Mike Naake 18 19 215
41 Sean Monroe 13 26 209
42 John Sahm 19 21 206
43 Ernie Cope 21 25 188
44 Ken Schrader 8† 35† 1* 185
45 Rich DeLong Jr. 19 30 179
46 Tim Steele 2 175
47 Gary Smith 2 175
48 Michael Waltrip 3 170
49 Nathan Buttke 4 160
50 Roger Avants 4 160
51 Rudy Revak 5 155
52 Carl Trimmer 6 150
53 Bobby Gerhart 7 146
54 Darrel Krentz 8 142
55 Jon Paques 11 130
56 Chris Trickle 11 130
57 Terry Fisher 12 127
58 Kevin Harvick 13 124
59 Eric Norris 14 121
60 Gary Clark 15 118
61 Ron Jacks 19 106
62 George Nordling 20 103
63 Ken Bailey 20 103
64 Barry Graham 20 103
65 Hershel McGriff 21 100
66 Bob Howard 26 85
67 Dennis Dyer 27 82
68 Tim McCauley 29 76
Michael Cochran 31 70

See also

References

  1. ^ "NASCAR In 1996 — The 75 Years Edition". SPEED SPORT. July 21, 2023. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  2. ^ "1996 NASCAR Winston West Series Stats". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  3. ^ "1996 Save Mart Supermarkets 300 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  4. ^ "1996 Dura Lube 500 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved May 14, 2025.
  5. ^ Rodgers, Bryan (March 23, 1996). "Morgan Revved Up for Start of Season at Ventura Tonight". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  6. ^ Higgins, Tom (May 6, 1996). "Wallace springs into action at Sears Point". That's Racin'. The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  7. ^ Delforge, Vincent (October 3, 2024). "2024 ARCA West at Madera: Team Reactions, Analysis". Kickin' The Tires. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  8. ^ Rodgers, Bryan (June 8, 1996). "Castro Riding a Straight Line". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  9. ^ Delforge, Vincent (March 18, 2023). "Tribute to NASCAR West Series Legend John Krebs". Kickin' The Tires. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  10. ^ Higgins, Tom (October 28, 1996). "No. 43 returns to Victory Lane". That's Racin'. The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  11. ^ "Daytona could be special victory for Ken Schrader". Las Vegas Sun. February 12, 1998. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
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