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1977 Winston Ontario 250

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NASCAR Winston West Series race number 3 of 20
Sunday, May 15, 1977 at Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, CA
100 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (250.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:57:27
Average speed: 127.713 mph
Pole speed: 158.861 mph

Cautions: 3 for 13 laps
Margin of victory: n/a
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 4

Glossary 1977 NASCAR Winston West Series results / 1977 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	44	Gary Johnson	Noble Auto Parts (Al Clark)	Chevrolet	100	3875	running	35	160
2	5	73	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing (Bill Schmitt)	Chevrolet	100	2300	running	26	149
3	19	32	Gary Matthews	Midland Motor Homes (Dave Hill)	Plymouth	99	1500	running	0	147
4	14	4	Hershel McGriff	McGriff Racing (Hershel McGriff)	Chevrolet	99	900	running	0	146
5	4	37	Chuck Wahl	Excel Trailer (DuWayne Wahl)	Chevrolet	99	750	running	0	145
6	30	24	Bryce Mann	Saskatoon Motor Products (Ed Singler)	Chevrolet	99	590	running	0	144
7	10	88	Don Noel	Noel Welding (John Kieper)	Chevrolet	98	450	running	0	142
8	18	8	Glen Steurer	Steurer Racing (Mike Steurer)	Chevrolet	97	400	running	0	140
9	24	2	Richard White	Lindsey Auto Parts (Mike White)	Chevrolet	97	425	running	0	139
10	31	35	Pat Mintey	RES Electric (Pat Mintey)	Chevrolet	97	355	running	0	138
11	25	3	Terry Wood	San Bernardino Auto Parts (Ed Moore)	Chevrolet	95	325	running	0	135
12	21	41	Ernie Stierly	Allied Plating (Ernie Stierly)	Chevrolet	91	350	running	0	130
13	17	13	Don Puskarich	Craven's Performance Automotive (Matt Puskarich)	Chevrolet	89	275	running	0	127
14	34	43	George Spink	Toyota of Riverside	Pontiac	88	250	running	0	125
15	1	01	Chuck Bown	Lake's Drywall (Gerald Craker)	Chevrolet	85	1300	engine	35	121
16	28	23	Jim Haney, Jr.	Haney Racing	Chevrolet	84	200	running	0	119
17	13	22	John Hamson	Vaught Auto & Marine (Greg Hamson)	Chevrolet	79	195	drive shaft	0	113
18	6	74	Bill Osborne	Black Gold Oil	Ford	70	185	overheating	0	103
19	26	08	Rick McCray	McCray Racing (Rick McCray)	Chevrolet	58	175	rear end	0	90
20	22	11	Ron Esau	Esau Racing (Ron Esau)	Chevrolet	57	150	wheel bearing	0	88
21	29	1	Pete Torres	Frank Coletto (Frank Coletto)	Ford	55	150	crash	0	85
22	35	0	Steve Pfeifer	Southside Machine Shop (David Hails)	Chevrolet	40	150	oil leak	0	69
23	2	5	Jim Thirkettle	Allied Box (Jim Thirkettle)	Chevrolet	39	250	engine	4	67
24	16	17	Harry Goularte	U.S. Army (Donald Dean)	Chevrolet	37	125	transmission	0	64
25	32	96	Marc Vogel	Southard School of Racing (Richard Elder)	Chevrolet	35	125	engine	0	61
26	33	90	Bob Forester	Forester Racing	Chevrolet	35	125	oil leak	0	60
27	15	55	Bill Baker	R.W. Scott Construction (Bill Baker)	Chevrolet	29	125	running	0	53
28	37	89	Don Reynolds	Riley Plastering (Tom Reynolds)	Chevrolet	27	100	transmission	0	50
29	9	39	Vince Giamformaggio	Cal-French Bread (Sam Arakalian)	Chevrolet	20	100	overheating	0	42
30	27	52	Don Graham	City Towing (Bob Lehman)	Chevrolet	6	100	overheating	0	27
31	36	19	Tom Blair	Blair Racing	Chevrolet	4	100	head gasket	0	24
32	7	51	Bob Switzer	Switzer Racing (Bob Switzer)	Chevrolet	1	100	crash	0	20
33	8	48	Rocky Moran	Daisy Shoppe	Chevrolet	1	75	crash	0	19
34	11	82	Sumner McKnight	Action Engineering (Sumner McKnight)	Chevrolet	1	75	crash	0	18
35	12	33	Glenn Francis	Yellow Pages Cocktail Lounge (Trent Francis)	Chevrolet	1	75	crash	0	17
36	20	18	John Dineen	Dineen Racing (George Stark)	Ford	1	75	crash	0	16
37	23	81	John Borneman	Borneman Plastering (Arthur Godfrey)	Chevrolet	1	50	crash	0	15

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Chuck Bown	1	35	35
Jim Thirkettle	36	39	4
Gary Johnson	40	40	1
Bill Schmitt	41	66	26
Gary Johnson	67	100	34

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Bill Schmitt	292.75
2	Gary Johnson	290.75	-2
3	Hershel McGriff	280	-12.75
4	Gary Matthews	273.75	-19
5	Don Puskarich	237.5	-55.25
6	Chuck Bown	227.75	-65
7	Richard White	214.25	-78.5
8	Terry Wood	198.25	-94.5
9	John Hamson	197	-95.75
10	Ernie Stierly	195.75	-97
11	Chuck Wahl	184	-108.75
12	Bill Baker	172.25	-120.5
13	Pat Mintey	168	-124.75
14	Bryce Mann	144	-148.75
15	Don Noel	142	-150.75
16	Glen Steurer	140	-152.75
17	George Spink	125	-167.75
18	Jim Haney, Jr.	119	-173.75
19	Jim Thirkettle	112	-180.75
20	Harry Goularte	111	-181.75
21	Glenn Francis	106.5	-186.25