1997 NASCAR Winston West Series

The 1997 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 44th season of the series. The title was won by Butch Gilliland,[1] his first in the series.

Schedule and results

The 1997 season included 14 individual races, although Tucson Raceway Park, Altamont Motorsports Park, Sears Point Raceway Mesa Marin Raceway, and Las Vegas Motor Speedway hosted two races each.[2] The first race at Sears Point was in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.[3]

Date Name Racetrack Location Winner
January 19 Winston West 150 Tucson Raceway Park Tucson, Arizona Gary Collins
March 23 Winston 200 Altamont Motorsports Park Tracy, California Butch Gilliland[4]
May 5 Save Mart Supermarkets 300 Sears Point Raceway Sonoma, California Mark Martin[5]
May 10 The Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 200 Tucson Raceway Park Tucson, Arizona Gary Smith
May 25 Carquest Auto Parts 200 Mesa Marin Raceway Bakersfield, California Butch Gilliland
June 7 Cactus Clash Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada Gary Smith
June 21 Auto Club 200 California Speedway Fontana, California Ken Schrader
July 5 Coors Light 200 Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington Sean Woodside[6]
July 11 Pontiac Widetrack 200 Portland Speedway Portland, Oregon Butch Gilliland
July 27 NASCAR 500K Pikes Peak International Raceway Fountain, Colorado Michael Waltrip[7]
August 24 Winston 250 Altamont Motorsports Park Tracy, California Sean Woodside
October 5 Fry's Electronics/Iomega Zip 100 Sears Point Raceway Sonoma, California Butch Gilliland[8]
October 11 Spears Manufacturing 250 Mesa Marin Raceway Bakersfield, California Sean Woodside[9]
November 8 Winston West 300K Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada Ken Schrader

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 SON TUS MMR LVS CAL EVG POR PPR AMP SON MMR LVS Pts
1 Butch Gilliland 15 1* 24 2 1 2* 4 5 1* 3 3 1* 9 12 2190
2 Sean Woodside 14 2 33 3 2* 4 20 1 3 4 1* 2 1 27 2113
3 Gary Smith 2 7 DNQ 1* 3 1 5 2* 2 12 4 10 3 11 2101
4 Larry Gunselman 5 11 38 6 6 18 19 6 4 20 2 21 2* 24 1833
5 Kevin Culver 4 4 4 7 17 12 9 5 18 6 18 4 18 1795
6 Scott Gaylord 16 6 DNQ 9 4 7 9 4 13 6 12 23 19 31 1706
7 Bill McAnally 7 17 DNQ 11 10 14 11 12 6 13 7 6 13 38 1677
8 John Kinder 8 13 9 5 7 18 9 19 14 5 40 1377
9 St. James Davis 20 24 14 15 23 16 13 15 11 22 DNQ 35 1363
10 Dan Obrist 10 5 5 18 13 10 3 10 1115
11 Lew Miller 11 12 8 8 10 7 21 22 25 1106
12 Kenny Smith 6 20 7 22 19 25 8 18 19 1052
13 Wayne Jacks 3 3 DNQ 15 19 24 19 10 1027
14 Pappy Pryor 20 16 14 12 10 9 24 37 881
15 Billy Kann 9 8 13 8 20 13 773
16 Jeff Davis 9 17 15 16 15 683
17 Kevin Richards 17 5 14 10 9 660
18 Bill Sedgwick 17 18 5 6 14 657
19 Chuck Pruett 8 9 DNQ 12 21 657
20 George Nordling 15 11 11 8 15 638
21 Brandon Ash 13 8 16 15 21 599
22 Craig Rayburn 10 3 8 13 565
23 Ken Schrader 31† 1* 2 1 540
24 Gary Collins 1* 10 16 23 528
25 Rick Scribner 17 5 13 11 521
26 David Gilliland 21 22 23 24 15 500
27 Lance Wade 19 10 21 15 458
28 L. J. Pryor 14 15 22 14 457
29 Tony Taranto 14 26 10 20 443
30 Sammy Potashnick 11 26 9 32 425
31 Kevin Harvick 13 8 8 418
32 Jack Sellers 14 8 17 375
33 Rich Woodland Jr. 6 18 22 356
34 Mike Wallace 22† 2 2 350
35 Kazuteru Wakida 12 11 25 345
36 Rich DeLong Jr. 7 DNQ 21 322
37 David Green DNQ† 3 7 316
38 H. B. Bailey 15 17 26 315
39 Roy Smith 7 12 278
40 Ron Esau 13 6 274
41 Jay Sauter 3 26 255
42 Jim Courage 9 16 253
43 Craig Raudman 4 30 238
44 Bob Howard 14 17 233
45 Ron Burns 12 20 230
46 Eddy Ok 16 17 227
47 Paul Peeples 11 DNQ 218
48 Darrel Krentz 21 22 197
49 Tim McCauley 22 21 197
50 Eric Ash 12 33 191
51 Michael Waltrip 7† 1* 185
52 Rick Mast DNQ† 3 165
53 Lake Speed 4 165
54 R. K. Smith DNQ 160
55 Eric Holmes 5 160
56 Kenny Wallace 36† 5 160
57 Brett Bodine 6† 6 150
58 Jerry Glanville 7 146
59 Jerry Cain 7 146
60 Victor Mibelli 11 130
61 Davy Lee Liniger 12 127
62 Ron Peterson 14 121
63 Jimmy Kitchens 16 115
64 John Wood 16 115
65 Blair Aiken 16 115
66 Joe Bean 18 109
67 Randy Larsen 19 106
68 Mike Skinner 16† 20 103
69 Mike Welch 22 97
70 Scott Saunders 23 94
71 Mike Naake 23 94
72 Bobby Gerhart 23 94
73 Chuck Jones 24 91
74 Bruce Bechtel 24 91
75 Kenny Irwin Jr. 25* 89
76 Kelly Denton 25 88
77 Richard Neill 27 82
78 Ernie Irvan 8† 29 76
79 Bill Elliott 32† 34 61
80 Jeff Streeter 36 55
81 Gene Christensen 39 46
82 Joel White DNQ 40
83 Steve Swick DNQ 37
84 Mark Proctor DNQ 34
85 Tim Steele DNQ 31

See also

References

  1. ^ "NASCAR In 1997 — The 75 Years Edition". SPEED SPORT. July 25, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  2. ^ "1997 NASCAR Winston West Series Stats". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  3. ^ "1997 Save Mart Supermarkets 300 results". The Third Turn. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  4. ^ Linesburgh, Scott (March 23, 1997). "Gilliland plows way to Altamont win". The Stockton Record. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  5. ^ Green Jr., Ron (May 4, 1997). "Martin finds road to victory". That's Racin'. The Charlotte Observer. Archived from the original on August 15, 2000. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  6. ^ "NASCAR WWEST: Woodside and Bill McAnally Racing Hope For Second Win at Monroe". The Auto Channel. July 15, 1999. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  7. ^ "JUST ENOUGH". Pueblo Chieftain. July 28, 1997. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  8. ^ Glick, Shav (October 10, 1997). "If They Needed a Challenge, Trucks Got It". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  9. ^ "NASCAR Winston West: Woodside Looking For A Hat Trick At Mesa Marin". The Auto Channel. October 14, 1999. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
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