American 500

Rockingham Speedway — January 1, 1975

Cale Yarborough

Winner

492

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Cale Yarborough won the 1975 American 500 at Rockingham Speedway on January 1, 1975, leading 396 of 492 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Dave Marcis rounded out the podium. The race featured 4 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1975

Track

Rockingham Speedway

Season

1975

Winner

Cale Yarborough

Leaders

4 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		492	—	Running	396	185
2	6	+4	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Matador	492	—	Running	—	170
3	1	-2	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	491	—	Running	19	170
4	10	+6	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		488	—	Running	—	160
5	3	-2	A.J. Foyt	Ellington Racing		487	—	Running	73	0
6	13	+7	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		486	—	Running	—	150
7	12	+5	Bobby Isaac	Ed Gibson (Owner)		478	—	Running	—	146
8	28	+20	Jim Vandiver	Ranier Racing	Dodge	470	—	Running	—	0
9	7	-2	Donnie Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		470	—	Running	—	0
10	14	+4	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		467	—	Running	—	134
11	15	+4	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		461	—	Running	—	130
12	30	+18	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	460	—	Running	—	127
13	20	+7	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	459	—	Running	—	124
14	22	+8	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	458	—	Running	—	121
15	23	+8	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		455	—	Running	—	118
16	32	+16	Bruce Jacobi	Opal Voight (Owner)		439	—	Running	—	115
17	33	+16	Dick May	Hiram Handy (Owner)		438	—	Running	—	112
18	18	—	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		432	—	Running	—	109
19	26	+7	Glen McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		431	—	Running	—	0
20	24	+4	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		430	—	Running	—	103
21	17	-4	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		428	—	Running	—	100
22	25	+3	Ferrel Harris	Harris Racing	Dodge	409	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	37	+14	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		409	—	Running	—	94
24	11	-13	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		380	—	DNF	—	91
25	21	-4	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	364	—	DNF	—	88
26	31	+5	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		336	—	DNF	—	85
27	36	+9	Dick Skillen	Goffco		334	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	9	-19	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		230	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	5	-24	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		209	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	16	-14	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		180	—	DNF	—	73
31	19	-12	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		140	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	8	-24	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		89	—	DNF	—	67
33	34	+1	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		83	—	DNF	—	64
34	27	-7	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)		45	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	2	-33	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	20	—	DNF - Engine	4	63
36	29	-7	Jackie Rogers	Viglione Racing		4	—	DNF	—	0
37	35	-2	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing		4	—	DNF	—	52