Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — January 1, 1975

Richard Petty

Winner

328

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1975 Atlanta 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on January 1, 1975, leading 170 of 328 laps. Buddy Baker finished second; David Pearson rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1975

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1975

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

7 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	328	—	Running	170	185
2	3	+1	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		328	—	Running	1	175
3	4	+1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	327	—	Running	147	170
4	14	+10	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		324	—	Running	—	160
5	15	+10	Darrell Waltrip	DarWal Inc.		323	—	Running	—	155
6	7	+1	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports		323	—	Running	—	150
7	16	+9	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		321	—	Running	—	146
8	18	+10	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		317	—	Running	4	147
9	19	+10	Harry Jefferson	Jefferson Racing		314	—	Running	—	138
10	5	-5	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		313	—	DNF - Engine	1	139
11	29	+18	Ferrel Harris	Harris Racing	Dodge	311	—	Running	—	0
12	22	+10	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	310	—	Running	—	127
13	31	+18	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		309	—	Running	—	124
14	24	+10	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		308	—	Running	—	0
15	27	+12	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		305	—	Running	—	118
16	28	+12	Carl Adams	Adams Racing		304	—	Running	—	115
17	32	+15	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		304	—	Running	—	112
18	26	+8	Warren Tope	Warren Tope (Owner)		302	—	Running	—	0
19	34	+15	Henley Gray	McDuffie Racing		288	—	Running	—	106
20	35	+15	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		279	—	DNF	—	103
21	21	—	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		278	—	Running	—	100
22	12	-10	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		260	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	23	—	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		251	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	30	+6	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		227	—	Running	—	91
25	33	+8	Ricky Rudd	Champion Racing		130	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	36	+10	Jim Vandiver	Ranier Racing	Dodge	129	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	13	-14	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	106	—	DNF	—	82
28	9	-19	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		99	—	DNF	3	84
29	8	-21	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing		95	—	DNF	—	0
30	2	-28	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Matador	73	—	DNF - Engine	2	78
31	17	-14	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		68	—	DNF	—	70
32	6	-26	Johnny Rutherford	Norris Reed (Owner)		55	—	DNF - Crash	—	0
33	11	-22	Joe Mihalic	Viglione Racing		54	—	DNF - Crash	—	64
34	20	-14	Richie Panch	Panch Racing		49	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	10	-25	A.J. Foyt	Ellington Racing		44	—	DNF	—	0
36	25	-11	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	17	—	DNF	—	55