Veteran Bill Schmitt came from a lap...

Veteran Bill Schmitt came from a lap behind to win the NASCAR Winston 200 stock car race at Portland, Ore., Speedway, taking the lead in a chain-reaction tangle with four laps remaining.

Schmitt, a two-time NASCAR Winston West Series champion from Redding, Calif., scored a six car-length victory over Jerry Bowers of Meridian, Idaho, who led much of the $33,000 race.

Bowers appeared to have the race won but was hit from behind in the half-mile paved oval’s third turn, enabling Schmitt to slip his Chevrolet Monte Carlo into the lead.