The 1989 Spears Manufacturing 200 was the second stock car race of the 1989 NASCAR Winston West Series season. The race was held on Saturday, May 13, 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. Hershel McGriff won the race, his first and only win of the season. McGriff won by 5.5 seconds over Rick McCray. McGriff traded the lead with Roy Smith several times, but would secure the position when Smith spun out on lap 187. Bill Sedgwick, Smith, and Bill Schmitt rounded out the top five. The race was the 34th and final win of McGriff's career, and in winning the race he became the oldest driver to win a major NASCAR series race, aged 61 days and four months.
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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 Spears Manufacturing 200 was one of 45 NASCAR Winston West Series races to be held at the track during its existence.
Entry list +DriverOwnerManufacturer04Hershel McGriffHershel McGriffPontiac08Rick McCrayRick McCrayPontiac09Terry FisherDick MidgleyPontiac11Rick CatalanoUnknownOldsmobile13Ted KennedyMatt PuskarichOldsmobile14Mike FrenchMike FrenchOldsmobile19Deake LyndallUnknownFord22St. James DavisLaDonna DavisBuick24Butch GillilandButch GillilandBuick41Keith Van HoutenSara VincentChevrolet44Jack SellersAdele EmersonBuick50Mark WalbridgeUnknownPontiac63Walt PriceM. K. KankeChevrolet65Robert SpragueUnknownFord73Bill SchmittBill SchmittChevrolet74Ray KellyRay KellyPontiac75Bill SedgwickWayne SpearsChevrolet79Roy SmithWarren RazoreFord82J.C. DanielsenUnknownFord83Sumner McKnightSumner McKnightFord88Bob WalkerBob WalkerPontiac89Bob HowardTom HathawayOldsmobile98Jerry BowersJohn KieperChevrolet99John KrebsJohn KrebsPontiac
Qualifying Bill Sedgwick won the pole with a speed of 91.975 mph.
Race results +FinSt#DriverOwnerMakeLapsLedStatusPts1504Hershel McGriffHershel McGriffPontiac20043Running1802808Rick McCrayRick McCrayPontiac2000Running1703175Bill SedgwickWayne SpearsChevrolet20060Running1704979Roy SmithWarren RazoreFord20080Running1705773Bill SchmittBill SchmittChevrolet1990Running15561609Terry FisherDick MidgleyPontiac1988Running1557319Deake LyndallUnknownFord1980Running14681283Sumner McKnightSumner McKnightFord1970Running1429298Jerry BowersJohn KieperChevrolet1970Running138102314Mike FrenchMike FrenchOldsmobile1950Running134111350Mark WalbridgeUnknownPontiac1899Running135121874Ray KellyRay KellyPontiac1860Running127132011Rick CatalanoUnknownOldsmobile1770Running124141065Robert SpragueUnknownFord1720Running121152124Butch GillilandButch GillilandBuick1560Running118161763Walt PriceM. K. KankeChevrolet1510Rear End11517699John KrebsJohn KrebsPontiac1440Running112182222St. James DavisLaDonna DavisBuick1170Engine109191144Jack SellersAdele EmersonBuick570Accident106201913Ted KennedyMatt PuskarichOldsmobile490Accident103211582J.C. DanielsenUnknownFord470Suspension100221488Bob WalkerBob WalkerPontiac380Transmission9723441Keith Van HoutenSara VincentChevrolet90Engine94242489Bob HowardTom HathawayOldsmobile00Engine91
Standings after the race +PosDriverPoints 1Bill Sedgwick 355 1 2Hershel McGriff 350 (-5) 1 3Roy Smith 340 (-15) 4Bill Schmitt 315 (-40) 1 5Jerry Bowers 288 (-67) 1 6Sumner McKnight 288 (-67) 8 7Rick McCray 288 (-67) 3 8Butch Gilliland 273 (-82) 9John Krebs 250 (-105) 2 10J.C. Danielsen 242 (-113)
Note: Only the first 10 positions are included for the driver standings.
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