# 1989 Coors 200

The 1989 Coors 200 was the 8th stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston West Series season. The race was held on Saturday, August 5, 1989, at Mesa Marin Raceway, a 0.500 mile (0.805 km) oval shaped racetrack in Bakersfield, California. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. Roy Smith won the race, his second and final win of the season. Smith, restarting sixth after the final caution after barely avoided losing a lap on pit road, passed pole sitter Troy Beebe and Bill Schmitt in the final laps en route to the win. Bill Sedgwick would finish second after Schmitt's brakes began to fail. Schmitt, Beebe, and Robert Sprague rounded out the top five.

## Background

Mesa Marin Raceway was a 0.500 mi (0.805 km) paved oval race track, located near the junction of CA 178 and CA 184 (Kern Canyon Road), east of Bakersfield, California. It opened in 1977 and was owned by Marion Collins throughout its existence. The 1989 Coors 200 was one of 45 NASCAR Winston West Series races to be held at the track during its existence.

### Entry list

| No. | Driver | Owner | Manufacturer |
| 03 | Dave Mood | M.K. Kanke | Pontiac |
| 04 | Hershel McGriff | Hershel McGriff | Pontiac |
| 07 | Mark Walbridge | unknown | Pontiac |
| 08 | Rick McCray | Rick McCray | Chevrolet |
| 9 | J.C. Danielsen | Larry Rouse | Ford |
| 15 | Rick Scribner | Rick Scribner | Chevrolet |
| 19 | Robert Sprague | Fred Stoke/Larry Rouse | Ford |
| 22 | St. James Davis | LaDonna Davis | Buick |
| 24 | Butch Gilliland | Butch Gilliland | Buick |
| 28 | Gary Collins | Marion Collins | Oldsmobile |
| 38 | Duke Hoenshell | Duke Hoenshell | Pontiac |
| 41 | Danny Lawson | Sara Vincent | Chevrolet |
| 44 | Jack Sellers | Adele Emerson | Buick |
| 56 | Ron Esau | Ron Esau | Oldsmobile |
| 73 | Bill Schmitt | Bill Schmitt | Chevrolet |
| 75 | Bill Sedgwick | Wayne Spears | Chevrolet |
| 79 | Roy Smith | Warren Razore | Ford |
| 83 | Sumner McKnight | Sumner McKnight | Ford |
| 88 | Bob Walker | Bob Walker | Pontiac |
| 89 | Bob Howard | Tom Hathaway | Oldsmobile |
| 93 | Troy Beebe | Troy Beebe | Buick |
| 98 | Jerry Bowers | John Kieper | Chevrolet |
| 99 | John Krebs | John Krebs | Pontiac |

## Qualifying

Troy Beebe won the pole with an average speed of 92.44 mph. Jerry Bowers withdrew from the event.

## Race results

| Fin | St | # | Driver | Owner | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
| 1 | 6 | 79 | Roy Smith | Warren Razore | Ford | 200 | 29 | Running | 180 |
| 2 | 3 | 75 | Bill Sedgwick | Wayne Spears | Chevrolet | 200 | 25 | Running | 175 |
| 3 | 2 | 73 | Bill Schmitt | Bill Schmitt | Chevrolet | 200 | 128 | Running | 175 |
| 4 | 1 | 93 | Troy Beebe | Troy Beebe | Buick | 200 | 0 | Running | 160 |
| 5 | 16 | 19 | Robert Sprague | Fred Stoke/Larry Rouse | Ford | 198 | 0 | Running | 155 |
| 6 | 8 | 99 | John Krebs | John Krebs | Pontiac | 197 | 2 | Running | 155 |
| 7 | 9 | 56 | Ron Esau | Ron Esau | Oldsmobile | 196 | 0 | Running | 146 |
| 8 | 14 | 08 | Rick McCray | Rick McCray | Chevrolet | 195 | 0 | Running | 142 |
| 9 | 5 | 04 | Hershel McGriff | Hershel McGriff | Pontiac | 195 | 0 | Running | 138 |
| 10 | 13 | 88 | Bob Walker | Bob Walker | Pontiac | 195 | 0 | Running | 134 |
| 11 | 11 | 9 | J.C. Danielsen | Larry Rouse | Ford | 194 | 0 | Running | 130 |
| 12 | 15 | 44 | Jack Sellers | Adele Emerson | Buick | 172 | 0 | Running | 127 |
| 13 | 10 | 83 | Sumner McKnight | Sumner McKnight | Ford | 155 | 16 | Accident | 129 |
| 14 | 17 | 15 | Rick Scribner | Rick Scribner | Chevrolet | 140 | 0 | Engine | 121 |
| 15 | 4 | 28 | Gary Collins | Marion Collins | Oldsmobile | 122 | 0 | Engine | 118 |
| 16 | 18 | 41 | Danny Lawson | Sara Vincent | Chevrolet | 111 | 0 | Handling | 115 |
| 17 | 7 | 38 | Duke Hoenshell | Duke Hoenshell | Pontiac | 107 | 0 | Handling | 112 |
| 18 | 12 | 07 | Mark Walbridge | unknown | Pontiac | 57 | 0 | Handling | 109 |
| 19 | 20 | 89 | Bob Howard | Tom Hathaway | Oldsmobile | 6 | 0 | Engine | 106` |
| 20 | 19 | 22 | St. James Davis | LaDonna Davis | Buick | 3 | 0 | Oil Pump | 103 |
| 21 | 22 | 03 | Dave Mood | M.K. Kanke | Pontiac | 2 | 0 | Handling | 100 |
| 22 | 21 | 24 | Butch Gilliland | Butch Gilliland | Buick | 0 | 0 | Engine | 97 |

## Standings after the race

| | Pos | Driver | Points |
| | 1 | Bill Schmitt | 1325 |
| | 2 | Roy Smith | 1324 (-1) |
| | 3 | Hershel McGriff | 1221 (-104) |
| | 4 | Rick McCray | 1176 (-149) |
| | 5 | Bill Sedgwick | 1139 (-186) |
| | 6 | John Krebs | 1110 (-215) |
| 2 | 7 | Robert Sprague | 922 (-403) |
| 1 | 8 | Jerry Bowers | 920 (-405) |
| 1 | 9 | Butch Gilliland | 893 (-432) |
| | 10 | Jack Sellers | 870 (-455) |
* Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.