ARCA Menards West Series Page
The ARCA Menards Series West began in 1954 and was known as the NASCAR Pacific Coast Late Model Division through 1969, the NASCAR Grand National West in 1970, the NASCAR Winston West Series from 1971 through 1993 and 1995 through 2003, the NASCAR Winston Transcontinental Series in 1994, the NASCAR West Series in 2004-2005 and 2007, the NASCAR Autozone West Series in 2006, the NASCAR Camping World West Series in 2008-2009, and the NASCAR K&N Pro Series West from 2010-2019.
Click on the Year to see detailed race results and standings for that year (1954-1957 and 1966-present only).
Total races through 2022: 1,104
Year | Races | Champion | Car Owner | Champion's Crew Chief | Rookie of the Year | Most Popular Driver | Manufacturers' Championship |
2023 | |||||||
2022 | 11 | Jake Drew | Bob Bruncati | Bill Sedgwick | |||
2021 | 9 | Jesse Love | Bill McAnally | Travis Sharpe | |||
2020 | 11 | Jesse Love | Alex McAnally | Kyle Wolosek | Jesse Love | ||
2019 | 14 | Derek Kraus | Mike Curb | John Camilleri | Jagger Jones | Ford | |
2018 | 14 | Derek Thorn | Bob Bruncati | Bill Sedgwick | Hailie Deegan | Ford | |
2017 | 14 | Todd Gilliland | Mike Curb | Chris Lawson | Derek Kraus | Toyota | |
2016 | 14 | Todd Gilliland | Bill McAnally | Chris Lawson | Todd Gilliland | Salvatore Iovino | Toyota |
2015 | 13 | Chris Eggleston | Bill McAnally | Roger Bracken | Noah Gragson | Nicole Behar | Ford |
2014 | 14 | Greg Pursley | Gene Price | Jerry Pitts | James Bickford | Brandon McReynolds | Chevrolet |
2013 | 15 | Derek Thorn | Bob Bruncati | Bill Sedgwick | Dylan Lupton | Cameron Hayley | Ford |
2012 | 15 | Dylan Kwasniewski | Gene Price | Jeff Jefferson | Austin Dyne | Cassie Gannis | Ford |
2011 | 14 | Greg Pursley | Gene Price | Jerry Pitts | Dylan Kwasniewski | Moses Smith | Ford |
2010 | 12 | Eric Holmes | Bill McAnally | Matt Goslant | Luis Martinez, Jr. | Moses Smith | Toyota |
2009 | 13 | Jason Bowles | Bob Bruncati | Bill Sedgwick | Paulie Harraka | Moses Smith | Toyota |
2008 | 13 | Eric Holmes | Bill McAnally | Ty Joiner | Jeff Barkshire | Moses Smith | Toyota |
2007 | 13 | Mike David | Randy Lynch | Mario Isola | Jason Bowles | Mike Duncan | Chevrolet |
2006 | 12 | Eric Holmes | Allen Beebe Robert Torriere (1 race) |
Ty Joiner | Peyton Sellers | Austin Cameron | Chevrolet |
2005 | 12 | Mike Duncan | Mike Duncan | Bill Sedgwick | Andrew Lewis | Sarah Fisher | Chevrolet |
2004 | 13 | Mike Duncan | Mike Duncan | Bill Sedgwick | David Gilliland | Austin Cameron | Chevrolet |
2003 | 12 | Scott Lynch | James Lynch | Charlie Wilson | Scott Lynch | Austin Cameron | Chevrolet |
2002 | 10 | Eric Norris | Matt Stowe | Jerry Pitts | Mike David | Scott Gaylord | Chevrolet |
2001 | 14 | Brendan Gaughan | Bill McAnally | Shane Wilson | Mark Reed | Brendan Gaughan | Chevrolet |
2000 | 12 | Brendan Gaughan | Bill McAnally | Shane Wilson | Mike Duncan | Bobby Dotter | Chevrolet |
1999 | 14 | Sean Woodside | Bill McAnally | Chris Diederich | Jason Small | Butch Gilliland | Chevrolet |
1998 | 14 | Kevin Harvick | Wayne Spears | Adam Emmert | Austin Cameron | Scott Gaylord | Chevrolet |
1997 | 14 | Butch Gilliland | Bill Stroppe | David Gilliland | Gary Smith | Butch Gilliland | Ford |
1996 | 15 | Lance Hooper | Ray Claridge / Lance Hooper | Mike Steurer | Lance Hooper | Larry Gunselman | Chevrolet |
1995 | 15 | Doug George | Eldon George / Tamara Turner | Rodney Haygood | Ernie Cope | Ernie Cope | Ford |
1994 | 14 | Mike Chase | John Strauser / Bill Strauser | Ron Drake | Doug George | Ron Hornaday, Jr. | Chevrolet |
1993 | 14 | Rick Carelli | Marshall Chesrown | Joe Garone | Dirk Stephens | Rick Carelli | Chevrolet |
1992 | 11 | Bill Sedgwick | Wayne Spears | Chris Robinson | Rick Carelli | Hershel McGriff | Chevrolet |
1991 | 9 | Bill Sedgwick | Wayne Spears | Chris Robinson | Billy Jac Shaw | Hershel McGriff | Ford |
1990 | 9 | Bill Schmitt | Bill Schmitt | Jim Schmitt | Mike Chase | Hershel McGriff | Chevrolet |
1989 | 11 | Bill Schmitt | Bill & Sylvia Schmitt | Jim Schmitt | Bill Sedgwick | Hershel McGriff | Chevrolet |
1988 | 8 | Roy Smith | Warren Razore | Jackie Johnson | Bob Howard | Hershel McGriff | Ford |
1987 | 8 | Chad Little | George Jefferson | Chuck Little | Roman Calczynski | Hershel McGriff | Ford |
1986 | 8 | Hershel McGriff | Gary Smith | Ivan Baldwin | Chad Little | Hershel McGriff | Chevrolet |
1985 | 12 | Jim Robinson | Lois Williams | Jim Gibson | Glen Steurer | Hershel McGriff | Chevrolet |
1984 | 11 | Jim Robinson | Lois Williams | Jim Gibson | Derrike Cope | Hershel McGriff | Buick |
1983 | 10 | Jim Robinson | Lois Williams | Jim Gibson | Ron Esau | Hershel McGriff | Buick |
1982 | 13 | Roy Smith | John Edgett John Kieper (3 races) |
J.R. Edgett | Jim Reich | Hershel McGriff | Buick |
1981 | 14 | Roy Smith | Robert Beadle | Jack Johnson | Jim Bown | Hershel McGriff | Buick |
1980 | 11 | Roy Smith | Robert Beadle Baxter Price (1 race) |
Robert Beadle | Don Waterman | David Pearson | Oldsmobile |
1979 | 16 | Bill Schmitt | Jim Schmitt | Jim Schmitt | Tim Williamson | Jimmy Insolo | Pontiac |
1978 | 22 | Jimmy Insolo | Gerald Craker Rod Osterlund (1 race) |
Leon Ruther | Rick McCray | Jimmy Insolo | Pontiac |
1977 | 20 | Bill Schmitt | Bill Schmitt | Jim Schmitt | Pat Mintey | Chuck Bown | Chevrolet |
1976 | 13 | Chuck Bown | Gerald Craker John Kieper (1 race) |
Dick Bown | Gary Johnson | Jimmy Insolo | Chevrolet |
1975 | 18 | Ray Elder | Fred Elder | Richard Elder | Don Puskarich | Ray Elder | Dodge |
1974 | 28 | Ray Elder | Fred Elder | Richard Elder | Markey James | Ray Elder | Dodge |
1973 | 21 | Jack McCoy | Ernie Conn | Gary Nelson | Richard White | Ray Elder | Dodge |
1972 | 30 | Ray Elder | Fred Elder | Richard Elder | Carl Adams | Ray Elder | Plymouth |
1971 | 26 | Ray Elder | Fred Elder | Richard Elder | Dick Kranzler | Ray Elder | Dodge |
1970 | 19 | Ray Elder | Fred Elder | Richard Elder | Ray Elder | Dodge | |
1969 | 20 | Ray Elder | Fred Elder | Richard Elder | Ray Elder | Dodge | |
1968 | 20 | Scotty Cain | Bill Clinton | Bill Clinton | Ray Elder | Ford | |
1967 | 19 | Scotty Cain | Bill Clinton | Bill Clinton | Marshall Sargent | Ford | |
1966 | 15 | Jack McCoy | Charles Bell | Ernie Conn | Ray Elder | Dodge | |
1965 | 14 | Bill Amick | Dick Niles | Parky Nall | Ray Elder | Mercury | |
1964 | 29 | Ron Hornaday | Frank Galpin | Parky Nall | Mercury | ||
1963 | 10 | Ron Hornaday | Frank Galpin | Frank Galpin | Ford | ||
1962 | 10 | Eddie Gray | Eddie Gray | Parky Nall | Ford | ||
1961 | 14 | Eddie Gray | Eddie Gray | Parky Nall | Ford | ||
1960 | 16 | Marvin Porter | Vel Miletich | Vel Miletich / Parky Nall | Ford | ||
1959 | 7 | Bob Ross | Jim Rush / Bob Ross | Bob Ross | Ford | ||
1958 | 9 | Eddie Gray | Vel Miletich | Vel Miletich | Ford | ||
1957 | 24 | Lloyd Dane | Carl Dane / Lloyd Dane | Jim Dane | Ford | ||
1956 | 32 | Lloyd Dane | Carl Dane / Lloyd Dane | Jim Dane | Mercury | ||
1955 | 14 | Danny Letner | Coz Concilla | Coz Concilla | Oldsmobile | ||
1954 | 9 | Lloyd Dane | Carl Dane / Lloyd Dane | Jim Dane | Hudson |