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The 1987 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 34th season of the series. The title was won by Chad Little, his first in the series.
The 1987 season included 8 individual races, although Riverside International Raceway hosted two races. [1] Both races at Riverside were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. [2] [3]
Date | Name | Racetrack | Location | Winner |
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April 26 | AC-Delco 200 | Sears Point International Raceway | Sonoma, California | Hershel McGriff [4] |
June 21 | Budweiser 400 | Riverside International Raceway | Riverside, California | Tim Richmond [5] |
July 5 | Budweiser 300 | Spokane Grand Prix Course | Spokane, Washington | Roy Smith [6] |
July 12 | Winston Washington 500 | Evergreen Speedway | Monroe, Washington | Bill Elliott [7] |
August 2 | Mike's Auto Parts/Winston 200 | Portland Speedway | Portland, Oregon | Chad Little [8] |
August 9 | Armed Forces 200 | Tacoma Dome | Tacoma, Washington | Chad Little [8] |
September 20 | American National Bank 200 | Mesa Marin Raceway | Bakersfield, California | Hershel McGriff |
November 8 | Winston Western 500 | Riverside International Raceway | Riverside, California | Rusty Wallace [9] |
(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 | SON | RSD | SGP | EVG | POR | TAC | MMR | RSD | Pts |
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1 | Chad Little | 3 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1* | 1 | 2 | 15 | 412 |
2 | Hershel McGriff | 1* | 12 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 9 | 1* | 42 | 362 |
3 | Roy Smith | 21 | 39 | 1* | 2 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 40 | 345 |
4 | Ruben Garcia | 6 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 7* | 11 | 39 | 342 |
5 | Bill Schmitt | 14 | 33 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 4 | 36 | 342 |
6 | Jim Robinson | 16 | 36 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 339 |
7 | Harry Goularte | 7 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 17 | 8 | 12 | 32 | 330 |
8 | John Krebs | 8 | 29 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 5 | 14 | DNQ | 316 |
9 | Roman Calczynski | 9 | DNQ | 20 | 8 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 278 | |
10 | Jack Sellers | 23 | DNQ | 7 | 13 | 21 | 12 | 15 | DNQ | 277 |
11 | Rick McCray | 26 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 18 | 35 | 273 | |
12 | St. James Davis | 19 | DNQ | 12 | 21 | 19 | 16 | 16 | DNQ | 267 |
13 | Sumner McKnight | 2 | 3 | 24 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 262 | ||
14 | J. C. Danielsen | 4 | 14 | 20 | 3 | 18 | 10 | 237 | ||
15 | Ray Kelly | 10 | DNQ | 19 | 16 | 13 | 15 | 216 | ||
16 | Jim Bown | 22 | 31 | 25 | 24 | 21 | 9 | 197 | ||
17 | Brad Tidrick | 17 | 23 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 185 | |||
18 | Glen Steurer | 17 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 168 | ||||
19 | Derrike Cope | 4 | 18 | 20 | 151 | |||||
20 | Ron Rainwater | 5 | 13 | 29 | 19 | 138 | ||||
21 | Larry Gaylord | 8 | 19 | 16 | 25 | 136 | ||||
22 | Bob Howard | 11 | 23 | 13 | DNQ | 136 | ||||
23 | Bob Kennedy | 12 | 21 | 22 | 20 | 129 | ||||
24 | Terry Fisher | 11 | 14 | 11 | 118 | |||||
25 | Ron Eaton | 18 | 7 | 24 | 104 | |||||
26 | George Follmer | 40 | 16 | 87 | ||||||
27 | Trevor Boys | 6 | 11 | DNQ | 85 | |||||
28 | Mark Walbridge | 11 | 15 | 76 | ||||||
29 | Bud Hickey | 10 | 20 | 72 | ||||||
30 | Terry Petris | 13 | 21 | 68 | ||||||
31 | Brad Noffsinger | 17 | DNQ | 67 | ||||||
32 | Bill Elliott | 5† | 1* | 23† | 60 | |||||
33 | Jeff Barrister | 15 | 58 | |||||||
34 | Reno Fontana | 22 | DNQ | 58 | ||||||
35 | Norm Boucher | 18 | 27 | 57 | ||||||
36 | Kenny Schmitt | 22 | 27 | 53 | ||||||
37 | Tommy Kendall | 38 | 43 | |||||||
38 | Gordy Oberg | 14 | 37 | |||||||
39 | Darren Puskarich | 16 | 35 | |||||||
40 | Dave Byrd | 20 | 31 | |||||||
41 | Butch Gilliland | 22 | 29 | |||||||
42 | Laury Cover | 23 | 28 | |||||||
43 | Troy Beebe | 23 | 28 | |||||||
44 | M. K. Kanke | 24 | 27 | |||||||
45 | Tobey Butler | 24 | 26 | 25 | ||||||
46 | Pat Mintey | 26 | 25 | |||||||
47 | Ron Esau | 22 | 28 | 23 | ||||||
48 | Steve Hurley | 30 | 21 | |||||||
49 | Chuck Little | 25 | 0 |