Southeastern 500

Bristol Motor Speedway — January 1, 1975

Richard Petty

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1975 Southeastern 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on January 1, 1975, leading 243 of 500 laps. Benny Parsons finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1975

Track

Bristol Motor Speedway

Season

1975

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

4 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	500	—	Running	243	185
2	4	+2	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		494	—	Running	102	175
3	1	-2	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		493	—	Running	77	170
4	8	+4	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		486	—	Running	—	160
5	10	+5	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		482	—	Running	—	155
6	5	-1	Darrell Waltrip	DarWal Inc.		475	—	Running	—	150
7	9	+2	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		474	—	Running	—	146
8	7	-1	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	472	—	Running	—	142
9	11	+2	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		470	—	Running	—	138
10	23	+13	Ricky Rudd	Champion Racing		456	—	Running	—	134
11	13	+2	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		452	—	Running	—	0
12	14	+2	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	431	—	Running	—	127
13	19	+6	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	424	—	DNF - Engine	—	124
14	21	+7	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		412	—	DNF	—	121
15	16	+1	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	405	—	Running	—	118
16	12	-4	Henley Gray	McDuffie Racing		394	—	Running	—	115
17	18	+1	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		346	—	DNF - Engine	—	112
18	17	-1	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		200	—	DNF - Engine	—	109
19	6	-13	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		186	—	DNF	—	106
20	3	-17	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		155	—	DNF	78	108
21	20	-1	Travis Tiller	Morgan-McClure	Dodge	154	—	DNF	—	100
22	15	-7	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	128	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	22	-1	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	34	—	DNF	—	94