Purolator 500

Pocono Raceway — January 1, 1975

David Pearson

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1975 Purolator 500 at Pocono Raceway on January 1, 1975, leading 111 of 200 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1975

Track

Pocono Raceway

Season

1975

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	111	185
2	6	+4	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	200	—	Running	33	175
3	3	—	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		200	—	Running	24	170
4	9	+5	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		200	—	Running	20	165
5	12	+7	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		196	—	Running	—	155
6	14	+8	Carl Adams	Adams Racing		195	—	Running	—	150
7	10	+3	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		194	—	Running	—	146
8	13	+5	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		194	—	Running	—	142
9	16	+7	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		193	—	Running	—	138
10	11	+1	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		192	—	Running	—	134
11	28	+17	Bruce Jacobi	Opal Voight (Owner)		190	—	Running	—	130
12	33	+21	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	189	—	Running	—	127
13	22	+9	Walter Ballard	Dalton Racing		187	—	DNF - Engine	—	124
14	26	+12	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	187	—	Running	—	121
15	18	+3	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		186	—	Running	—	118
16	27	+11	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	186	—	Running	—	115
17	29	+12	Dick May	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	184	—	Running	—	112
18	30	+12	Baxter Price	Price Racing		184	—	Running	—	109
19	19	—	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		177	—	DNF - Engine	—	106
20	32	+12	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		171	—	Running	—	103
21	21	—	Joe Mihalic	Viglione Racing		156	—	Running	—	100
22	35	+13	Doc Faustina	Faustina Racing	Dodge	116	—	DNF	—	97
23	17	-6	Carl Van Horn	Ballard Racing		110	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	23	-1	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		109	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	4	-21	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	86	—	DNF - Engine	5	93
26	31	+5	Earl Brooks	Robertson Racing	Dodge	83	—	DNF	—	85
27	15	-12	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		73	—	DNF	—	82
28	24	-4	Tommy Gale	Champion Racing		55	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	25	-4	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	45	—	DNF	—	76
30	20	-10	Jackie Rogers	Viglione Racing		26	—	DNF	—	73
31	1	-30	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Matador	22	—	DNF - Engine	7	75
32	34	+2	George Wiltshire	Wiltshire Racing	Dodge	15	—	DNF	—	67
33	8	-25	Richie Panch	Panch Racing		12	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	7	-27	Darrell Waltrip	DarWal Inc.		2	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	5	-30	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		1	—	DNF - Crash	—	58