# 1988 Winston 200

The 1988 Winston 200 was the 5th stock car race of the 1988 NASCAR Winston West Series season. The race was held on Sunday, July 10, 1988, at Portland Speedway, a 0.500 mile (0.804 km) oval shaped racetrack in Portland, Oregon. The race took the scheduled 200 laps to complete. Derrike Cope won the race, his first and only win of the season. Cope won the race by 3.47 seconds over Hershel McGriff. During a late caution, Cope made a pit stop, but quickly regained the lead from Roy Smith en route to victory. Smith, Bill Sedgwick, and Bill Schmitt rounded out the top five.

## Background

Portland Speedway was a half-mile race track located in Portland, Oregon. The track began as a five-eighths-mile (one km) clay oval in 1924 on the site of a field in north Portland. The track hosted big cars, midget cars, and stock cars before the suspension of racing during World War II. It was paved in 1946 as a half-mile oval. The 1988 Winston 200 was one of 36 NASCAR Winston West Series races held at the track.

### Entry list

| No. | Driver | Owner | Manufacturer |
| 1 | Jim Bown | Dick Bown | Chevrolet |
| 2 | Scott Gaylord | Geoff Burney | Oldsmobile |
| 04 | Hershel McGriff | Hershel McGriff | Pontiac |
| 7 | Ron Eaton | Ron Eaton | Buick |
| 07 | Mark Walbridge | unknown | Ford |
| 11 | Rick Catalano | unknown | Buick |
| 16 | Reno Fontana | Dave Phelps | Pontiac |
| 19 | Chad Little | George Jefferson/Fred Stoke | Ford |
| 22 | St. James Davis | LaDonna Davis | Buick |
| 33 | John Krebs | John Krebs | Oldsmobile |
| 41 | Jack Sellers | Sara Vincent | Chevrolet |
| 68 | Larry Gaylord | Larry Gaylord | Oldsmobile |
| 72 | Brad Tidrick | Cindi Tidrick | Buick |
| 73 | Bill Schmitt | Bill Schmitt | Chevrolet |
| 75 | Bill Sedgwick | Wayne Spears | Chevrolet |
| 79 | Roy Smith | Warren Razore | Ford |
| 82 | J.C. Danielsen | Shirnell Gautsche | Buick |
| 83 | Sumner McKnight | Sumner McKnight | Ford |
| 89 | Bob Howard | Tom Hathaway | Oldsmobile |
| 98 | Derrike Cope | John Kieper | Chevrolet |

## Qualifying

Bill Schmitt won the pole with an average speed of 86.659 mph.

## Race results

| Fin | St | # | Driver | Owner | Make | Laps | Led | Status | Pts |
| 1 | 9 | 98 | Derrike Cope | John Kieper | Chevrolet | 200 | 68 | Running | 60 |
| 2 | 2 | 04 | Hershel McGriff | Hershel McGriff | Pontiac | 200 | 105 | Running | 49 |
| 3 | 6 | 79 | Roy Smith | Warren Razore | Ford | 200 | 6 | Running | 48 |
| 4 | 7 | 75 | Bill Sedgwick | Wayne Spears | Chevrolet | 198 | 0 | Running | 47 |
| 5 | 1 | 73 | Bill Schmitt | Bill Schmitt | Chevrolet | 197 | 11 | Running | 46 |
| 6 | 16 | 72 | Brad Tidrick | Cindi Tidrick | Buick | 197 | 0 | Running | 45 |
| 7 | 12 | 89 | Bob Howard | Tom Hathaway | Oldsmobile | 194 | 0 | Running | 44 |
| 8 | 13 | 33 | John Krebs | John Krebs | Oldsmobile | 194 | 0 | Running | 43 |
| 9 | 11 | 82 | J.C. Danielsen | Shirnell Gautsche | Buick | 194 | 0 | Running | 42 |
| 10 | 17 | 16 | Reno Fontana | Dave Phelps | Pontiac | 183 | 0 | Running | 41 |
| 11 | 18 | 68 | Larry Gaylord | Larry Gaylord | Oldsmobile | 178 | 0 | Running | 40 |
| 12 | 15 | 41 | Jack Sellers | Sara Vincent | Chevrolet | 172 | 0 | Running | 39 |
| 13 | 10 | 19 | Chad Little | George Jefferson/Fred Stoke | Ford | 172 | 10 | Transmission | 38 |
| 14 | 14 | 2 | Scott Gaylord | Geoff Burney | Oldsmobile | 161 | 0 | Running | 37 |
| 15 | 5 | 1 | Jim Bown | Dick Bown | Chevrolet | 126 | 0 | Rear End | 36 |
| 16 | 8 | 07 | Mark Walbridge | unknown | Ford | 86 | 0 | Overheating | 35 |
| 17 | 4 | 7 | Ron Eaton | Ron Eaton | Buick | 82 | 0 | Overheating | 34 |
| 18 | 19 | 11 | Rick Catalano | unknown | Buick | 72 | 0 | Overheating | 33 |
| 19 | 20 | 22 | St. James Davis | LaDonna Davis | Buick | 27 | 0 | Overheating | 32 |
| 20 | 3 | 83 | Sumner McKnight | Sumner McKnight | Ford | 21 | 0 | Accident | 31 |

## Standings after the race

| Pos | Driver | Points |
| 1 | Roy Smith | 262 |
| 2 | Bill Schmitt | 240 (-22) |
| 3 | Chad Little | 217 (-45) |
| 4 | Jim Bown | 198 (-64) |
| 5 | Hershel McGriff | 197 (-65) |
| 6 | John Krebs | 193 (-69) |
| 7 | J.C. Danielsen | 178 (-84) |
| 8 | Bob Howard | 169 (-93) |
| 9 | Scott Gaylord | 163 (-99) |
| 10 | Sumner McKnight | 146 (-116) |
* Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.