National 500

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1975

Richard Petty

Winner

334

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1975 National 500 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1975, leading 168 of 334 laps. David Pearson finished second; Buddy Baker rounded out the podium. The race featured 13 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1975

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1975

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

13 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	9	+8	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	334	—	Running	168	185
2	1	-1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	334	—	Running	33	175
3	5	+2	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		334	—	Running	10	170
4	6	+2	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		330	—	Running	—	160
5	23	+18	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		324	—	Running	—	155
6	25	+19	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		319	—	Running	1	155
7	14	+7	Darel Dieringer	Davis Racing		319	—	Running	—	146
8	24	+16	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		317	—	Running	—	142
9	35	+26	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		313	—	Running	—	138
10	30	+20	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		312	—	Running	—	134
11	32	+21	Hershel McGriff	Harris Racing	Dodge	310	—	DNF	4	135
12	33	+21	Chuck Bown	Bown Racing		310	—	Running	—	127
13	42	+29	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing		309	—	Running	—	124
14	22	+8	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	306	—	Running	—	121
15	41	+26	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		295	—	DNF - Engine	—	118
16	38	+22	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		295	—	DNF - Engine	—	115
17	26	+9	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing		290	—	Running	—	112
18	34	+16	Bob Burcham	Gray Racing		284	—	DNF - Engine	—	109
19	7	-12	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		282	—	DNF - Engine	40	111
20	39	+19	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		276	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	3	-18	A.J. Foyt	Ellington Racing		264	—	DNF	23	0
22	11	-11	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		248	—	DNF - Engine	—	97
23	16	-7	Jim Vandiver	Ranier Racing	Dodge	238	—	DNF	1	99
24	4	-20	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		219	—	DNF	—	91
25	17	-8	Richie Panch	Panch Racing		211	—	DNF	2	93
26	2	-24	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	187	—	DNF - Engine	1	90
27	29	+2	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		183	—	DNF - Engine	—	82
28	21	-7	Harry Jefferson	Jefferson Racing		171	—	DNF	—	0
29	27	-2	Jackie Rogers	Viglione Racing		149	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	40	+10	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	143	—	DNF	—	73
31	8	-23	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Matador	123	—	DNF - Engine	49	0
32	36	+4	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	114	—	DNF	—	67
33	15	-18	Donnie Allison	Howard & Egerton Racing		108	—	DNF	1	69
34	10	-24	Johnny Rutherford	Norris Reed (Owner)		82	—	DNF	—	0
35	12	-23	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		76	—	DNF - Crash	—	58
36	13	-23	Charlie Glotzbach	Ed Gibson (Owner)		59	—	DNF	1	60
37	19	-18	Bobby Isaac	Puro Racing	Mercury	40	—	DNF	—	52
38	28	-10	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		32	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	20	-19	Jimmy Insolo	Michael Brockman (Owner)		31	—	DNF	—	46
40	37	-3	Neil Castles	Neil Castles (Owner)		15	—	DNF	—	43
41	31	-10	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		14	—	DNF	—	40
42	18	-24	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		8	—	DNF - Engine	—	37