Champion Spark Plug 400

Michigan International Speedway — January 1, 1975

Richard Petty

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1975 Champion Spark Plug 400 at Michigan International Speedway on January 1, 1975, leading 45 of 200 laps. David Pearson finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 13 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1975

Track

Michigan International Speedway

Season

1975

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

13 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	200	—	Running	45	180
2	1	-1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	33	175
3	8	+5	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		200	—	Running	—	165
4	5	+1	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Matador	200	—	Running	9	165
5	21	+16	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	199	—	Running	3	160
6	2	-4	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		198	—	Running	2	155
7	11	+4	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		198	—	Running	3	151
8	14	+6	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		197	—	Running	1	147
9	25	+16	Terry Bivins	Moyer Racing		196	—	Running	—	138
10	16	+6	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		196	—	Running	—	134
11	24	+13	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		196	—	Running	1	135
12	18	+6	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		196	—	Running	28	132
13	12	-1	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		195	—	Running	—	124
14	27	+13	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		195	—	Running	—	121
15	34	+19	Bruce Jacobi	Opal Voight (Owner)		195	—	Running	—	118
16	33	+17	Ferrel Harris	Harris Racing	Dodge	194	—	Running	—	115
17	13	-4	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		194	—	Running	—	112
18	31	+13	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		194	—	Running	—	109
19	36	+17	Dick May	Hiram Handy (Owner)		193	—	Running	—	0
20	7	-13	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		192	—	Running	—	103
21	28	+7	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		192	—	Running	—	100
22	29	+7	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	192	—	Running	—	97
23	35	+12	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		190	—	Running	—	94
24	30	+6	Harold Miller	H Miller Racing		187	—	Running	—	91
25	23	-2	Richie Panch	Panch Racing		183	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	19	-7	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	154	—	Running	—	85
27	17	-10	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		142	—	DNF	2	87
28	22	-6	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		132	—	DNF	—	79
29	26	-3	Carl Adams	Adams Racing		119	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	3	-27	A.J. Foyt	Ellington Racing		117	—	DNF - Engine	69	0
31	15	-16	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		96	—	DNF	2	75
32	32	—	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	61	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	20	-13	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	58	—	DNF - Engine	2	69
34	10	-24	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		46	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	6	-29	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		17	—	DNF - Engine	—	58
36	9	-27	Jackie Rogers	Viglione Racing		6	—	DNF - Engine	—	55