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, 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. The first race at Sears Point was in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. DateNameRacetrackLocationWinnerJanuary 19Winston West 150Tucson Raceway ParkTucson, ArizonaGary CollinsMarch 23Winston 200Altamont Motorsports ParkTracy, CaliforniaButch GillilandMay 5Save Mart Supermarkets 300Sears Point RacewaySonoma, CaliforniaMark MartinMay 10The Exide NASCAR Select Batteries 200Tucson Raceway ParkTucson, ArizonaGary SmithMay 25Carquest Auto Parts 200Mesa Marin RacewayBakersfield, CaliforniaButch GillilandJune 7Cactus ClashLas Vegas Motor SpeedwayLas Vegas, NevadaGary SmithJune 21Auto Club 200California SpeedwayFontana, CaliforniaKen SchraderJuly 5Coors Light 200Evergreen SpeedwayMonroe, WashingtonSean WoodsideJuly 11Pontiac Widetrack 200Portland SpeedwayPortland, OregonButch GillilandJuly 27NASCAR 500KPikes Peak International RacewayFountain, ColoradoMichael WaltripAugust 24Winston 250Altamont Motorsports ParkTracy, CaliforniaSean WoodsideOctober 5Fry's Electronics/Iomega Zip 100Sears Point RacewaySonoma, CaliforniaButch GillilandOctober 11Spears Manufacturing 250Mesa Marin RacewayBakersfield, CaliforniaSean WoodsideNovember 8Winston West 300KLas Vegas Motor SpeedwayLas Vegas, NevadaKen Schrader

Full Drivers' Championship

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led. † – Ineligible for West Series points DriverTUSAMPSONTUSMMRLVSCALEVGPORPPRAMPSONMMRLVS1Butch Gilliland151*24212*451*331*91221902Sean Woodside1423332*4201341*212721133Gary Smith27DNQ1*3152*21241031121014Larry Gunselman5113866181964202212*2418335Kevin Culver44471712951861841817956Scott Gaylord166DNQ947941361223193117067Bill McAnally717DNQ111014111261376133816778John Kinder813957189191454013779St. James Davis20241415231613151122DNQ35136310Dan Obrist1055181310310111511Lew Miller111288107212225110612Kenny Smith620722192581819105213Wayne Jacks33DNQ1519241910102714Pappy Pryor20161412109243788115Billy Kann98138201377316Jeff Davis91715161568317Kevin Richards1751410966018Bill Sedgwick1718561465719Chuck Pruett89DNQ122165720George Nordling15111181563821Brandon Ash13816152159922Craig Rayburn10381356523Ken Schrader31†1*2154024Gary Collins1*10162352825Rick Scribner175131152126David Gilliland212223241550027Lance Wade1910211545828L. J. Pryor1415221445729Tony Taranto1426102044330Sammy Potashnick112693242531Kevin Harvick138841832Jack Sellers1481737533Rich Woodland Jr.6182235634Mike Wallace22†2235035Kazuteru Wakida12112534536Rich DeLong Jr.7DNQ2132237David GreenDNQ†3731638H. B. Bailey15172631539Roy Smith71227840Ron Esau13627441Jay Sauter32625542Jim Courage91625343Craig Raudman43023844Bob Howard141723345Ron Burns122023046Eddy Ok161722747Paul Peeples11DNQ21848Darrel Krentz212219749Tim McCauley222119750Eric Ash123319151Michael Waltrip7†1*18552Rick MastDNQ†316553Lake Speed416554R. K. SmithDNQ16055Eric Holmes516056Kenny Wallace36†516057Brett Bodine6†615058Jerry Glanville714659Jerry Cain714660Victor Mibelli1113061Davy Lee Liniger1212762Ron Peterson1412163Jimmy Kitchens1611564John Wood1611565Blair Aiken1611566Joe Bean1810967Randy Larsen1910668Mike Skinner16†2010369Mike Welch229770Scott Saunders239471Mike Naake239472Bobby Gerhart239473Chuck Jones249174Bruce Bechtel249175Kenny Irwin Jr.25*8976Kelly Denton258877Richard Neill278278Ernie Irvan8†297679Bill Elliott32†346180Jeff Streeter365581Gene Christensen394682Joel WhiteDNQ4083Steve SwickDNQ3784Mark ProctorDNQ3485Tim SteeleDNQ31

See also

1997 NASCAR Winston Cup Series 1997 NASCAR Busch Series 1997 NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series 1997 NASCAR Goody's Dash Series

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