Wilkes 400

North Wilkesboro Speedway — January 1, 1975

Richard Petty

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1975 Wilkes 400 at North Wilkesboro Speedway on January 1, 1975, leading 184 of 400 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; Darrell Waltrip rounded out the podium. The race featured 3 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1975

Track

North Wilkesboro Speedway

Season

1975

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

3 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	400	—	Running	184	185
2	4	+2	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		400	—	Running	172	175
3	2	-1	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		396	—	Running	—	165
4	5	+1	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		394	—	Running	—	160
5	6	+1	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		394	—	Running	—	155
6	8	+2	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		392	—	Running	—	150
7	12	+5	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		392	—	Running	—	146
8	13	+5	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		389	—	Running	—	142
9	16	+7	Jim Vandiver	Ranier Racing	Dodge	388	—	Running	—	138
10	10	—	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		386	—	Running	—	134
11	3	-8	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		385	—	Running	—	130
12	15	+3	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		384	—	Running	—	127
13	11	-2	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		378	—	Running	—	124
14	20	+6	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		376	—	Running	—	121
15	25	+10	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		374	—	Running	—	118
16	9	-7	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		373	—	Running	—	115
17	19	+2	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	370	—	Running	—	112
18	29	+11	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	367	—	Running	—	109
19	14	-5	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		367	—	Running	—	106
20	22	+2	Carl Adams	Adams Racing		361	—	Running	—	103
21	18	-3	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		357	—	DNF - Engine	—	100
22	26	+4	Bill Hollar	Hollar Racing		328	—	Running	—	97
23	27	+4	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		290	—	DNF	—	94
24	30	+6	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	207	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	17	-8	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		194	—	DNF	—	88
26	24	-2	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing		105	—	DNF	—	85
27	7	-20	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	92	—	DNF - Engine	44	87
28	28	—	Charlie Griffin	Robertson Racing	Dodge	46	—	DNF	—	79
29	21	-8	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		14	—	DNF - Engine	—	76
30	23	-7	Richard Brown	Brown Racing (Jerry Brown)		12	—	DNF	—	73