Delaware 500

Dover International Speedway — January 1, 1975

Richard Petty

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1975 Delaware 500 at Dover International Speedway on January 1, 1975, leading 250 of 500 laps. Dick Brooks finished second; Benny Parsons rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1975

Track

Dover International Speedway

Season

1975

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

7 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	500	—	Running	250	185
2	10	+8	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		500	—	Running	1	175
3	6	+3	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		500	—	Running	17	170
4	7	+3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		497	—	Running	104	165
5	11	+6	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		496	—	Running	—	155
6	14	+8	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		483	—	Running	—	150
7	17	+10	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		482	—	Running	—	146
8	28	+20	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		482	—	Running	—	142
9	23	+14	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		474	—	Running	—	138
10	21	+11	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		469	—	DNF	—	134
11	36	+25	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	469	—	Running	—	130
12	32	+20	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		464	—	Running	—	127
13	37	+24	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		461	—	Running	—	124
14	18	+4	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		460	—	DNF	—	121
15	29	+14	Randy Tissot	Charles Little (Owner)		459	—	Running	—	118
16	27	+11	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	454	—	Running	—	115
17	19	+2	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		443	—	DNF - Engine	—	112
18	35	+17	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	439	—	DNF	—	109
19	15	-4	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		401	—	Running	—	106
20	9	-11	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		376	—	DNF - Engine	25	108
21	16	-5	Terry Bivins	Moyer Racing		366	—	DNF	—	0
22	31	+9	Bruce Jacobi	Opal Voight (Owner)		328	—	DNF - Crash	—	97
23	30	+7	Bill Hollar	Hollar Racing		327	—	DNF	—	94
24	25	+1	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		326	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	22	-3	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	322	—	DNF	—	88
26	2	-24	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	320	—	DNF	15	90
27	8	-19	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		319	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	4	-24	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Matador	280	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	12	-17	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		198	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	1	-29	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	156	—	DNF - Engine	88	78
31	13	-18	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		136	—	DNF	—	70
32	24	-8	Joe Mihalic	Viglione Racing		122	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	5	-28	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		109	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	34	—	Earl Brooks	Robertson Racing	Dodge	88	—	DNF	—	61
35	26	-9	Tommy Gale	Champion Racing		43	—	DNF	—	58
36	33	-3	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	27	—	DNF - Engine	—	55
37	20	-17	Dick May	Donlavey Racing		8	—	DNF	—	52