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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 (250.0 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

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	3	44	Gary Johnson	Noble Auto Parts	Chevrolet	100	3,875	running	35
2	5	73	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing (Bill Schmitt)	Chevrolet	100	2,300	running	26
3	19	32	Gary Matthews	Midland Motor Homes	Plymouth	99	1,500	running	0
4	14	4	Hershel McGriff	McGriff Racing (Hershel McGriff)	Chevrolet	99	900	running	0
5	4	37	Chuck Wahl	Excel Trailer	Chevrolet	99	750	running	0
6	30	24	Bryce Mann	Saskatoon Motor Products (Ed Singler)	Chevrolet	99	590	running	0
7	10	88	Don Noel	Noel Welding (John Kieper)	Chevrolet	98	450	running	0
8	18	8	Glen Steurer	Steurer Racing (Mike Steurer)	Chevrolet	97	400	running	0
9	24	2	Richard White	Lindsey Auto Parts (Mike White)	Chevrolet	97	425	running	0
10	31	35	Pat Mintey	RES Electric (Pat Mintey)	Chevrolet	97	355	running	0
11	25	3	Terry Wood	San Bernardino Auto Parts (Ed Moore)	Chevrolet	95	325	running	0
12	21	41	Ernie Stierly	Allied Plating (Ernie Stierly)	Chevrolet	91	350	running	0
13	17	13	Don Puskarich	Craven's Performance Automotive (Matt Puskarich)	Chevrolet	89	275	running	0
14	34	43	George Spink	Toyota of Riverside	Pontiac	88	250	running	0
15	1	01	Chuck Bown	Lake's Drywall (Gerald Craker)	Chevrolet	85	1,300	engine	35
16	28	23	Jim Haney, Jr.	Haney Racing	Chevrolet	84	200	running	0
17	13	22	John Hamson	Vaught Auto & Marine (Greg Hamson)	Chevrolet	79	195	drive shaft	0
18	6	74	Bill Osborne	Black Gold Oil	Ford	70	185	overheating	0
19	26	08	Rick McCray	McCray Racing (Rick McCray)	Chevrolet	58	175	rear end	0
20	22	11	Ron Esau	Esau Racing (Ron Esau)	Chevrolet	57	150	wheel bearing	0
21	29	1	Pete Torres	Frank Coletto	Ford	55	150	crash	0
22	35	0	Steve Pfeifer	Southside Machine Shop	Chevrolet	40	150	oil leak	0
23	2	5	Jim Thirkettle	Allied Box	Chevrolet	39	250	engine	4
24	16	17	Harry Goularte	U.S. Army (Donald Dean)	Chevrolet	37	125	transmission	0
25	32	96	Marc Vogel	Southard School of Racing	Chevrolet	35	125	engine	0
26	33	90	Bob Forester	Forester Racing	Chevrolet	35	125	oil leak	0
27	15	55	Bill Baker	R.W. Scott Construction	Chevrolet	29	125	running	0
28	37	89	Don Reynolds	Riley Plastering	Chevrolet	27	100	transmission	0
29	9	39	Vince Giamformaggio	Cal-French Bread	Chevrolet	20	100	overheating	0
30	27	52	Don Graham	City Towing (Bob Lehman)	Chevrolet	6	100	overheating	0
31	36	19	Tom Blair	Blair Racing	Chevrolet	4	100	head gasket	0
32	7	51	Bob Switzer	Switzer Racing	Chevrolet	1	100	crash	0
33	8	48	Rocky Moran	Daisy Shoppe	Chevrolet	1	75	crash	0
34	11	82	Sumner McKnight	Action Engineering (Sumner McKnight)	Chevrolet	1	75	crash	0
35	12	33	Glenn Francis	Yellow Pages Cocktail Lounge (Trent Francis)	Chevrolet	1	75	crash	0
36	20	18	John Dineen	Dineen Racing (George Stark)	Ford	1	75	crash	0
37	23	81	John Borneman	Borneman Plastering (Arthur Godfrey)	Chevrolet	1	50	crash	0

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
2	Gary Johnson	290	-2
3	Hershel McGriff	280	-12
4	Gary Matthews	273	-19
5	Don Puskarich	237	-55
6	Chuck Bown	227	-65
7	Richard White	214	-78
8	Terry Wood	198	-94
9	John Hamson	197	-95
10	Ernie Stierly	195	-97
11	Chuck Wahl	184	-108
12	Bill Baker	172	-120
13	Pat Mintey	168	-124
14	Bryce Mann	144	-148
15	Don Noel	142	-150
16	Glen Steurer	140	-152
17	George Spink	125	-167
18	Jim Haney, Jr.	119	-173
19	Jim Thirkettle	112	-180
20	Harry Goularte	111	-181

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