Motor State 400

Michigan International Speedway — January 1, 1975

David Pearson

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

David Pearson won the 1975 Motor State 400 at Michigan International Speedway on January 1, 1975, leading 70 of 200 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Dave Marcis rounded out the podium. The race featured 9 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1975

Track

Michigan International Speedway

Season

1975

Winner

David Pearson

Leaders

9 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	70	185
2	4	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	200	—	Running	65	175
3	5	+2	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	199	—	Running	5	170
4	1	-3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		199	—	Running	40	165
5	35	+30	Darrell Waltrip	DarWal Inc.		199	—	Running	2	160
6	6	—	Richie Panch	Panch Racing		197	—	Running	4	155
7	9	+2	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		196	—	Running	—	146
8	15	+7	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		196	—	Running	2	147
9	18	+9	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		194	—	Running	—	138
10	11	+1	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		193	—	Running	—	134
11	20	+9	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		193	—	Running	—	130
12	8	-4	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		192	—	Running	2	132
13	27	+14	Ferrel Harris	Harris Racing	Dodge	192	—	Running	—	124
14	24	+10	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		191	—	Running	—	121
15	26	+11	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	190	—	Running	—	118
16	13	-3	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	190	—	Running	—	115
17	21	+4	Salt Walther	Walther Racing		188	—	Running	—	0
18	22	+4	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		188	—	Running	—	109
19	17	-2	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		187	—	Running	—	106
20	34	+14	John Banks	Ken Thurlby (Owner)	Dodge	186	—	Running	—	103
21	25	+4	Carl Adams	Adams Racing		184	—	Running	—	100
22	7	-15	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Matador	172	—	DNF - Engine	10	102
23	36	+13	Travis Tiller	Morgan-McClure	Dodge	129	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	10	-14	John Ray	Clay Blackwell (Owner)		98	—	DNF	—	91
25	32	+7	Bruce Jacobi	Opal Voight (Owner)		92	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	29	+3	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		86	—	DNF	—	85
27	30	+3	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	76	—	DNF	—	82
28	28	—	Harold Miller	H Miller Racing		60	—	DNF	—	79
29	16	-13	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		51	—	DNF	—	76
30	12	-18	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		48	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	31	—	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	44	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	23	-9	Mel Larson	Larson Racing		36	—	DNF	—	0
33	19	-14	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		32	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	14	-20	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		28	—	DNF	—	61
35	2	-33	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports		27	—	DNF	—	58
36	33	-3	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		15	—	DNF - Engine	—	55