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The 1998 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 45th season of the series. The title was won by future NASCAR Cup Series champion Kevin Harvick,[1] his first in the series.

Schedule and results

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The 1998 season included 14 individual races, although Las Vegas Motor Speedway, California Speedway, and Mesa Marin Raceway hosted two races each.[2] Unlike in past years, there were no combination races with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.

Date Name Racetrack Location Winner
January 11 Winston West 200 Tucson Raceway Park Tucson, Arizona Butch Gilliland[3]
February 25 Cactus Clash Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada Kevin Harvick[4]
April 19 Phoenix 150 Phoenix International Raceway Avondale, Arizona Rich Woodland Jr.
May 2 Auto Club 200 California Speedway Fontana, California Ken Schrader
May 17 LUKOil 250K Heartland Park Topeka Topeka, Kansas Sean Woodside
May 24 Re-Refined Oil Memorial Day 200 Mesa Marin Raceway Bakersfield, California Butch Gilliland
June 14 Spears Manufacturing 200 Altamont Motorsports Park Tracy, California Kevin Harvick[5]
July 10 TCI Digital Cable 200 Portland Speedway Portland, Oregon Gary Smith
July 18 California 200 California Speedway Fontana, California Kevin Harvick[6]
July 26 Kidde Safety 200 Pikes Peak International Raceway Fountain, Colorado Kevin Harvick
August 15 Coors Light 200 Evergreen Speedway Monroe, Washington Butch Gilliland
October 11 Iomega/Fry's 100 Sears Point Raceway Sonoma, California Kevin Harvick
October 17 Spears Manufacturing 250 Mesa Marin Raceway Bakersfield, California Sean Woodside
November 7 Sam's Town 125 Las Vegas Motor Speedway Las Vegas, Nevada Andy Houston

Full Drivers' Championship

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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.

Pos Driver TUS LVS PHO CAL HPT MMR AMP POR CAL PPR EVG SON MMR LVS Pts
1 Kevin Harvick 13 1* 2* 2 4* 21 1 7 1* 1* 3 1 5 3 2315
2 Sean Woodside 4 9 4 4 1 7* 5* 3 3 4 8 14 1* 10 2215
3 Gary Smith 7 6 3 28 7 2 2 1* 13 31 2 30 2 17 1945
4 Austin Cameron 32 6 8 9 10 3 6 2 2 12 3 7 4 1909
5 Kevin Richards 8 30 7 11 2 6 14 9 25 13 5 4 4 11 1897
6 Butch Gilliland 1 16 23 27 22 1 15 2 10 12 1 22* 3 13 1888
7 Kelly Tanner 6 7 31 19 3 11 4 10 18 6 18* 9 17 12 1821
8 Tony Toste 16 2 10 9 11 15 20 8 19 9 10 8 14 23 1790
9 Scott Gaylord 14 14 24 31 5 13 7 11 15 17 7 10 6 16 1748
10 Jeff Davis 26 8 20 12 20 9 8 12 6 8 19 6 15 22 1745
11 Brandon Ash 20 29 5 16 14 19 19 16 17 11 20 2 21 35 1580
12 Ron Burns DNQ 10 28 21 8 14 16 14 16 29 6 15 13 20 1574
13 Craig Raudman 9 15 8 6 6 24 10 17 26 28 21 16 18 1528
14 Eric Norris 23 DNQ 14 20 12 22 13 12 18 9 5 8 36 1441
15 Jeff Streeter DNQ 25 24 16 16 11 13 23 15 15 21 24 19 1348
16 Blair Aiken DNQ 23 26 22 10 3 6 15 20 26 28 19 1291
17 Pappy Pryor 18 22 16 33 19 18 17 18 30 24 14 27 34 1188
18 Wayne Jacks 12 20 29 26 24 17 18 12 23 30 997
19 Kevin Culver 21 25 21 5 13 18 28 755
20 Jerry Cain 5 DNQ 17 18 13 5 710
21 Bruce Bechtel DNQ 18 DNQ 8 12 9 647
22 Lance Norick 27 27 29 15 7 DNQ 32 637
23 Nipper Alsup 13 3 27 3 23 630
24 Brendan Gaughan 19 19 5 20 5 625
25 Bo Lemler 17 DNQ 17 23 19 25 564
26 Kenny Smith 25 13 21 20 22 39 558
27 T. J. Clark 24 14 11 24 38 492
28 Davy Lee Liniger 12 9 23 12 486
29 Ken Schrader 2* 1* 18 479
30 Bill McAnally 11 21 9 23 462
31 Don Abreu 24 DNQ 14 13 33 455
32 Randy Nelson 4 22 15 28 454
33 Hershel McGriff 23 32 7 9 450
34 Rich Woodland Jr. 1 17 8 434
35 Jerry Glanville 3 21 7 411
36 Mike Chase 5 5 29 391
37 Bob Howard DNQ 34 DNQ 21 25 389
38 Billy Kann 26 11 25 30 376
39 Rick Scribner DNQ 11 12 339
40 Gary Collins 3 31 25 328
41 Darrel Krentz DNQ 12 DNQ 34 316
42 Larry Gunselman 19 28 13 309
43 L. J. Pryor 16 16 291
44 Dan Obrist 4 11 290
45 Andy Coyle 17 11 DNQ 242
46 St. James Davis DNQ 36 32 27 DNQ 272
47 Dean Wanless 8 16 257
48 Davey Manthei 10 17 246
49 Ricky Logan 32 10 DNQ 241
50 Joe Bean 31 17 DNQ 207
51 Jay Sauter 32 9 205
52 Steve Almquist 20 22 200
53 Motohiro Nakaji 15 27 200
54 Andy Houston 1* 185
55 Jack Sellers DNQ 22 25 185
56 Craig Rayburn 15 35 176
57 Tom Hubert 2 175
58 Sean Monroe 4 160
59 Lance Wade 4 160
60 Lance Hooper 4 160
61 Boris Said 5 155
62 Mike Dillon 7 151
63 Hank Parker Jr. 6 150
64 Sammy Potashnick 22 37 149
65 David Starr 7 146
66 Jerry Spilsbury 20 DNQ 137
67 Ron Esau 35 29 134
68 Bow Carpenter DNQ 30 134
69 Jimmy Kitchens 10 134
70 Jason Small DC 10 134
71 Scott Saunders 21 DNQ 131
72 Eric Ash 11 130
73 Rick Ware 14 121
74 Mark Starr 14 121
75 Jeff Ward 15 118
76 George Nordling DNQ DNQ 116
77 Dirk Piz 18 109
78 Bobby Gerhart 18 109
79 Hideo Fukuyama 19 106
80 Leo Hindery 21 100
81 Kazuteru Wakida 22 97
82 Keiichi Tsuchiya 24 91
83 Bobby Pangonis 24 91
84 Ron Jacks 25 88
85 Rudy Revak 25 88
86 Rod Bennett 26 85
87 Tim Buckley 26 85
88 Doc Faustina 29 76
89 Ron Hornaday Jr. 30 73
90 Ron Peterson DNQ 70
91 Tim Steele 31 70
92 Tom Burba DNQ 67
93 Brian Cutter DNQ 64
94 Michael Alsup 33 64
95 Mike Snow DNQ 58
96 John Walsh DNQ 52
97 Glen Morgan 40 43
98 Mike Rose DNQ 43
99 Kenneth Mosby DNQ 28

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "NASCAR In 1998 — The 75 Years Edition". SPEED SPORT. July 28, 2023. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  2. ^ "1998 NASCAR Winston West Series Stats". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  3. ^ "Butch Gilliland comes into race confident". Las Vegas Sun. February 24, 1998. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  4. ^ Jensen, Tom (January 22, 2024). "Kevin Harvick: 4Ever A Champion". NASCAR Hall of Fame. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  5. ^ Linesburgh, Scott (June 15, 1998). "Fortunes turn with wild Altamont finish". The Stockton Record. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
  6. ^ Glick, Shav (July 19, 1998). "Second Run Goes Better for Harvick". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved May 15, 2025.
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