Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway — January 1, 1975

Benny Parsons

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Benny Parsons won the 1975 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on January 1, 1975, leading 4 of 200 laps. Bobby Allison finished second; Cale Yarborough rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1975

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1975

Winner

Benny Parsons

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	32	+31	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		200	—	Running	4	180
2	3	+1	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Matador	199	—	Running	—	170
3	6	+3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		198	—	Running	6	170
4	2	-2	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	198	—	Running	74	170
5	31	+26	Ramo Stott	Norris Reed (Owner)		197	—	Running	—	155
6	8	+2	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	197	—	Running	—	150
7	4	-3	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	192	—	Running	51	151
8	10	+2	Richie Panch	Panch Racing		191	—	Running	—	142
9	37	+28	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	191	—	Running	—	138
10	17	+7	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		189	—	Running	—	134
11	9	-2	A.J. Foyt	Ellington Racing		188	—	DNF - Engine	18	0
12	39	+27	Bruce Jacobi	Opal Voight (Owner)		185	—	Running	—	127
13	30	+17	Bob Burcham	Ed Clark (Owner)		184	—	DNF	—	124
14	26	+12	Ed Negre	Warren Racing	Dodge	184	—	Running	—	121
15	15	—	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		183	—	DNF - Engine	—	118
16	16	—	Ferrel Harris	Harris Racing	Dodge	176	—	Running	—	115
17	35	+18	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		162	—	DNF - Engine	—	112
18	36	+18	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		150	—	Running	—	109
19	7	-12	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		146	—	DNF	—	106
20	13	-7	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		144	—	DNF	46	108
21	12	-9	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		118	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
22	5	-17	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		104	—	DNF	—	97
23	24	+1	Tommy Gale	Langley-Woodfield Racing		83	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	40	+16	George Follmer	Moyer Racing		67	—	DNF	—	91
25	22	-3	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		67	—	DNF	—	88
26	33	+7	Darrell Waltrip	DarWal Inc.		54	—	DNF	—	85
27	11	-16	Johnny Rutherford	DiGard Motorsports		51	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
28	1	-27	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports		36	—	DNF	1	84
29	18	-11	Randy Tissot	Charles Little (Owner)		30	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	38	+8	Hershel McGriff	Ken Friez (Owner)		13	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	21	-10	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		7	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	20	-12	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		4	—	DNF	—	67
33	14	-19	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		3	—	DNF	—	64
34	19	-15	Joe Mihalic	Viglione Racing		3	—	DNF - Crash	—	61
35	34	-1	Jim Vandiver	K-Automotive Motorsports	Dodge	3	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	27	-9	Dick Trickle	Puro Racing	Mercury	3	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	25	-12	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		3	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	23	-15	Dan Daughtry	Davis Racing		3	—	DNF - Crash	—	49
39	28	-11	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	3	—	DNF - Crash	—	46
40	29	-11	Warren Tope	Warren Tope (Owner)		3	—	DNF - Crash	—	43