1983 NASCAR Winston West Series

{{short description|30th season of the NASCAR Winston West Series}}

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The 1983 NASCAR Winston West Series was the 30th season of the series. The title was won by Jim Robinson, his first in the series.

Schedule and results

The 1983 season included 10 individual races, although Riverside International Raceway hosted three races.{{Cite web |title=Season Stats |url=https://www.racing-reference.info/season-stats/1983/P/ |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=Racing-Reference |language=en-US}} The first and third of these races were in combination with the NASCAR Winston Cup Series.{{Cite web |title=1983 Budweiser 400 - The Third Turn |url=https://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/1983_Budweiser_400 |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=The Third Turn |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=1983 Winston Western 500 - The Third Turn |url=https://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/1983_Winston_Western_500 |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=The Third Turn |language=en}}

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!Date

!Name

!Racetrack

!Location

!Winner

May 14

|Stockton Winston 150

|Stockton 99 Speedway

|Stockton, California

|Jim Bown

May 22

|Sears Point Winston 200

|Sears Point International Raceway

|Sonoma, California

|Hershel McGriff

June 5

|Budweiser 400

|Riverside International Raceway

|Riverside, California

|Ricky Rudd{{Cite web |date=May 10, 2021 |title=No Race Car Experience, No Problem for 1983 First-Time NASCAR Cup Winner Ricky Rudd |url=https://www.autoweek.com/racing/nascar/a36383294/no-experience-1983-nascar-cup-winner-ricky-rudd/ |url-status=live |archive-url= |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=Autoweek}}

July 2

|Yakima Winston 150

|Yakima Speedway

|Yakima, Washington

|Ron Eaton

July 31

|Winston Evergreen 200

|Evergreen Speedway

|Monroe, Washington

|Jim Robinson

August 6

|Mountain Dew 150

|Shasta Speedway

|Anderson, California

|Jim Robinson

August 28

|Warner W. Hodgdon 200

|Riverside International Raceway

|Riverside, California

|Hershel McGriff

October 9

|Coors 200

|Caesars Palace

|Las Vegas, Nevada

|Jim Robinson{{Cite web |last=Kerchner |first=Mike |date=June 29, 2023 |title=Chicago Is Not NASCAR’s First Street Race |url=https://speedsport.com/nascar/nascar-cup-series/chicago-is-not-nascars-first-street-race/ |access-date=February 19, 2025 |website=SPEED SPORT |language=en-US}}

November 20

|Winston Western 500

|Riverside International Raceway

|Riverside, California

|Bill Elliott{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=February 27, 2020 |title=Watch: Bill Elliott’s first NASCAR Cup Series win from 1983 |url=https://www.nascar.com/news-media/2020/02/27/watch-full-race-replay-bill-elliott-first-nascar-cup-series-win-1983-riverside/ |access-date=February 13, 2025 |website=NASCAR |language=en-US}}

November 27

|Sands Chevrolet 250

|Phoenix International Raceway

|Avondale, Arizona

|Ron Eaton

References

Category:ARCA Menards Series West

Winston West

1983 NASCAR Winston West Series

Schedule and results

See also

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