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The 1990 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 37th season of the series. The title was won by Bill Schmitt, his fourth in the series [1] and second in succession. Schmitt won the championship by just 1 point over Bill Sedgwick. [2]
The 1990 season included 9 individual races, although Mesa Marin Raceway hosted two races. [3] The races at Sears Point International Raceway and Phoenix International Raceway were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. [4] [5]
Date | Name | Racetrack | Location | Winner |
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May 20 | Spears Manufacturing 400 | Mesa Marin Raceway | Bakersfield, California | Bill Sedgwick [6] |
June 10 | Banquet Frozen Foods 300 | Sears Point International Raceway | Sonoma, California | Rusty Wallace [7] |
June 16 | Winston 200 | Saugus Speedway | Saugus, California | Bill Sedgwick [8] [9] |
July 1 | Winston 200 | Portland Speedway | Portland, Oregon | Roy Smith [10] |
July 15 | Motorcraft 500 | Evergreen Speedway | Monroe, Washington | Bill Sedgwick [11] |
August 25 | Six Rivers National Bank 200 | Redwood Acres Speedway | Eureka, California | Bill Sedgwick |
September 30 | Miller Genuine Draft 200 | Tri-City Raceway | West Richland, Washington | Roy Smith [12] |
October 14 | Spears Manufacturing 400 | Mesa Marin Raceway | Bakersfield, California | Mike Chase [13] |
November 4 | Checker 500 | Phoenix International Raceway | Avondale, Arizona | Dale Earnhardt [14] |
The Spears Manufacturing 400 was held on May 20 at Mesa Marin Raceway. Bill Sedgwick won the pole.
Top Ten Results
The Banquet Frozen Foods 300 was held on June 10 at Sears Point International Raceway and was the first of two combination races with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. Ricky Rudd won the pole.
Top Ten Results
Failed to qualify: 52 - Jimmy Means, J. C. Danielsen, 22 - St. James Davis, Mike Hickingbottom
The Winston 200 was held on June 16 at Saugus Speedway. Bill Sedgwick won the pole.
Top Ten Results
The Winston 200 was held on July 1 at Portland Speedway. Mike Chase won the pole.
Top Ten Results
The Motorcaft 500 was held on July 15 at Evergreen Speedway. Winston Cup driver Bill Elliott won the pole.
Top Ten Results
The Six Rivers National Bank 200 was held on August 25 at Redwood Acres Speedway. Jim Bown won the pole.
Top Ten Results
The Miller Genuine Draft 200 was held on September 30 at Tri-City Raceway. Bill Sedgwick won the pole.
Top Ten Results
The Spears Manufacturing 400 was held on October 14 at Mesa Marin Raceway. Bill Sedgwick won the pole.
Top Ten Results
The Checker 500 was held on November 4 at Phoenix International Raceway and was the second of two combination races with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. Rusty Wallace won the pole.
Top Ten Results
Failed to qualify: 04 - Hershel McGriff, 34 - Ted Kennedy, 24 - Butch Gilliland, 61 - Rick Scribner, 44 - Jack Sellers, 22 - St. James Davis, 09 - Terry Fisher, 36 - Rick Mackey, 56 - Ron Esau, 88 - Bob Walker
(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 | MMR | SON | SGS | POR | EVG | RAS | TCR | MMR | PHO | Pts |
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1 | Bill Schmitt | 21 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 3* | 12 | 3 | 2* | 18 | 1342 |
2 | Bill Sedgwick | 1* | 36 | 1* | 3* | 1 | 1* | 16 | 22 | 20 | 1341 |
3 | Mike Chase | 20 | 25 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2* | 1 | 39 | 1278 |
4 | Terry Fisher | 3 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 24 | DNQ | 1205 |
5 | John Krebs | 15 | 23 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 1183 |
6 | Robert Sprague | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 18 | DNQ | 1128 | |
7 | Butch Gilliland | 10 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 22 | 4 | 19 | 10 | DNQ | 1107 |
8 | Jack Sellers | 24 | 40 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 13 | DNQ | 1018 |
9 | Rick Mackey | DNQ | 14 | 9 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 7 | DNQ | 994 | |
10 | Bob Walker | 7 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 20 | 6 | DNQ | 947 | ||
11 | St. James Davis | 23 | DNQ | 17 | 21 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 19 | DNQ | 902 |
12 | Hershel McGriff | 8 | 44 | 5 | 6 | 23 | DNQ | 814 | |||
13 | J.C. Danielsen | 13 | DNQ | 7 | 14 | 19 | 3 | 792 | |||
14 | Roy Smith | 18 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 782 | ||||
15 | Gary Collins | 2 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 33 | 712 | ||||
16 | Mike Hickingbottom | 17 | DNQ | 12 | 19 | 21 | 15 | 690 | |||
17 | Rick Scribner | 11 | 11 | 13 | 9 | DNQ | 640 | ||||
18 | Chuck Welch | 25 | 24 | 25 | 18 | 21 | 17 | 640 | |||
19 | Mike Nicholson | 14 | 6 | 16 | 5 | 541 | |||||
20 | Ted Kennedy | 6 | 43 | 16 | DNQ | 519 | |||||
21 | Bob Howard | 16 | 7 | 11 | 396 | ||||||
22 | Mark Walbridge | 9 | 11 | 12 | 395 | ||||||
23 | Brad Tidrick | 18 | 10 | 7 | 394 | ||||||
24 | Troy Beebe | 30 | 24 | 35 | 387 | ||||||
25 | Larry Gaylord | 23 | 14 | 12 | 342 | ||||||
26 | Gary Scott | 20 | 18 | 15 | 330 | ||||||
27 | Mike French | 20 | 14 | 22 | 321 | ||||||
28 | Mark Reed | 15 | 34 | 273 | |||||||
29 | Jim Bown | 13 | 9 | 272 | |||||||
30 | L.J. Pryor | 10 | 23 | 228 | |||||||
31 | Tim McCauley | 14 | 20 | 224 | |||||||
32 | Bill Elliott | 21† | 2 | 5† | 175 | ||||||
33 | Brent Kaeding | 29 | 165 | ||||||||
34 | Jerry Bowers | 4 | 165 | ||||||||
35 | Derrike Cope | 13† | 4 | 14† | 160 | ||||||
36 | Will Harper | 8 | 142 | ||||||||
37 | Ron Esau | DNQ | 138 | ||||||||
38 | Glen Steurer | 12 | 132 | ||||||||
39 | Randy Becker | 11 | 130 | ||||||||
40 | Larry Gunselman | 11 | 130 | ||||||||
41 | John Clayton | 12 | 127 | ||||||||
42 | Duke Hoenshell | 13 | 124 | ||||||||
43 | Chad Little | 37† | 15 | 21† | 123 | ||||||
44 | Ron Eaton | 16 | 115 | ||||||||
45 | Ron Hornaday Jr. | 18 | 109 | ||||||||
46 | Ray Kelly | 19 | 106 | ||||||||
47 | Rick McCray | 22 | 102 | ||||||||
48 | P. J. Jones | 21 | 100 | ||||||||
49 | Dick Gaboury | 22 | 97 |