When Bill McAnally went from driver to car owner in 1998, it all looked so easy. He began his role as owner with Gary Smith as his driver, Smith, the son of four-time NASCAR champion, Roy Smith, quickly put the #16 NAPA car in victory circle.
Sean Woodside took over the wheel in 1999 and was instrumental in helping McAnally win his first NASCAR West Series Championship....a feat accomplished in McAnally's first full year as a car owner!
In 2000 Brendan Gaughan took over the #16 NAPA ride and McAnally ran a multi-car operation out of Michael Gaughan’s shop in Las Vegas. Gaughan brought two more championships to McAnally in 2000 and 2001.
It was three championships in three years and it looked like there was no stopping him.
Then came several more talented drivers and several more years, but the championship eluded McAnally.
Now with Eric Holmes, McAnally is once again leading the car owner points…but can it last? Can McAnally’s #20 NAPA Auto Parts Toyota maintain the lead over the #2 Bennett Lane Winery car of fellow car owner, Randy Lynch? How about Bob Bruncati and his #22 Sunrise Ford with Jason Bowles as the pilot? Could they be poised to close in on the points?
Stay tuned with the points so close…it is still anyone’s game. And it sure is fun watching it all unfold.
NASCAR West Car Owner Points as of June, 24, 2008
1 20 Bill McAnally 971 2 2 Randy Lynch 969 3 22 Bob Bruncati 905 4 18 Bill Mcanally 874 5 46 Bob Barkshire 867 6 1 Valerie Inglebright 864 7 16 Bill Mcanally 795 8 34 Robert Dixon 777 9 42 Cynthia Warn 738 10 88 Jamie Dick 736 11 17 Darrell Wong 726 12 10 Mike Warn 726 13 5 Dennis Hardin 715 14 8 John Borneman,Jr 693 15 21 Jim Offenbach 687 16 71 Carl Harr 634 17 61 Rich Thompson 632 18 15 Jack Sellers 494 19 33 Jim Inglebright 470 20 3 Kim Banks 400 21 77 Joe Nava 324 22 75 Charles Silva 316 23 70 Gene Price 273 24 41 Hollis Thackeray 272 25 52 Steve Yatsko 264 26 65 Stan Silva, Jr 239 27 09 Dick Midgley 203 28 84 Jamie Dick 202 29 91 Daniel Toste 187 30 29 Karen Lynch 170 31 78 Becky Kann 170 32 25 Tony Oddo 165 33 53 Ken Schrader 155 34 4 Bob Farmer 155 35 2-31 Christina Marsh 150 36 7 Bob Kelley 147 37 76 Mike Olsen 137 38 2-40 Lori Kobyluck 134 39 40 Kenny Bumbera 130 40 23 T J Clark 130 41 74 Scott Ivie 124 42 83 James Wood 121 43 92 J D Gibbs 117 44 05 Frank Jordan 115 45 89 Mariko Wong 115 46 31 Jim Offenbach 112 47 35 Randall McCullough 109 48 27 Melanie Carter 106 49 19 Steve McGowan 106 50 59 Susan O'Connell 103 51 51 Kyle Busch 100 52 54 Tim Woods, Iii 91 53 81 Debbie Self 73 54 26 Robert Rucker 70 55 24 Lisa Lynch 69 56 38 Hollis Thackeray 64 57 96 Frank Lafrance 61 58 13 Kelly Souza 58
