Richmond 500

Richmond Raceway — January 1, 1975

Richard Petty

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1975 Richmond 500 at Richmond Raceway on January 1, 1975, leading 444 of 500 laps. Lennie Pond finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 2 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1975

Track

Richmond Raceway

Season

1975

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

2 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	500	—	Running	444	185
2	3	+1	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		494	—	Running	—	170
3	2	-1	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		491	—	Running	56	170
4	5	+1	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		489	—	Running	—	160
5	9	+4	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		476	—	Running	—	155
6	10	+4	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Dodge	474	—	Running	—	150
7	8	+1	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		466	—	Running	—	146
8	14	+6	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		464	—	Running	—	142
9	11	+2	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		462	—	Running	—	138
10	12	+2	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	444	—	Running	—	134
11	22	+11	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		436	—	Running	—	130
12	16	+4	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	396	—	Running	—	127
13	15	+2	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	353	—	Running	—	124
14	7	-7	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		344	—	Running	—	121
15	4	-11	Darrell Waltrip	DarWal Inc.		232	—	DNF - Engine	—	118
16	6	-10	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	211	—	DNF - Engine	—	115
17	17	—	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	118	—	DNF	—	112
18	18	—	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)	Dodge	98	—	DNF	—	109
19	13	-6	Walter Ballard	Champion Racing		89	—	DNF	—	106
20	19	-1	Dick May	McDuffie Racing		66	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	21	—	Bill Champion	Ballard Racing		41	—	DNF	—	100
22	20	-2	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		5	—	DNF	—	97