L.A.Times 500

Ontario Motor Speedway — January 1, 1975

Buddy Baker

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Buddy Baker won the 1975 L.A.Times 500 at Ontario Motor Speedway on January 1, 1975, leading 148 of 200 laps. David Pearson finished second; Dave Marcis rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1975

Track

Ontario Motor Speedway

Season

1975

Winner

Buddy Baker

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		200	—	Running	148	0
2	1	-1	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	200	—	Running	12	175
3	3	—	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	200	—	Running	5	170
4	7	+3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		199	—	Running	1	165
5	4	-1	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Matador	199	—	Running	5	160
6	12	+6	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		196	—	Running	—	150
7	8	+1	Jimmy Insolo	Roger Paquette (Owner)		196	—	Running	—	146
8	10	+2	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		195	—	Running	—	142
9	37	+28	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		191	—	Running	—	138
10	28	+18	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		190	—	Running	—	134
11	30	+19	Don Hall	Gerald Craker (Owner)		188	—	Running	—	130
12	33	+21	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		188	—	Running	—	127
13	38	+25	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		188	—	Running	—	124
14	5	-9	A.J. Foyt	Ellington Racing		184	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
15	23	+8	Don Hoffman	Moyer Racing		178	—	Running	—	118
16	6	-10	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	168	—	DNF - Engine	29	120
17	24	+7	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	160	—	DNF - Engine	—	112
18	31	+13	Hugh Pearson	Hugh Pearson (Owner)		153	—	DNF - Engine	—	109
19	16	-3	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		141	—	DNF - Engine	—	106
20	27	+7	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		131	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	17	-4	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		114	—	DNF	—	100
22	21	-1	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		113	—	DNF	—	97
23	25	+2	Tom Williams	Tom Williams (Owner)		102	—	DNF	—	0
24	36	+12	John Kieper	John Kieper (Owner)		86	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
25	14	-11	Ray Elder	Fred Elder (Owner)	Dodge	71	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	11	-15	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		69	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	39	+12	Jim Boyd	Boyd Racing	Dodge	68	—	DNF	—	82
28	32	+4	Carl Adams	Adams Racing		67	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	18	-11	Roy Smith	Dick Midgley Motorsports		62	—	DNF	—	76
30	29	-1	John Martin	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	53	—	DNF - Engine	—	73
31	19	-12	Hershel McGriff	Ken Friez (Owner)		50	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	22	-10	Jim Thirkettle			50	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	35	+2	Bill Schmitt	Schmitt Racing		32	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	9	-25	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		31	—	DNF	—	61
35	26	-9	Chuck Wahl	DuWayne Wahl (Owner)		29	—	DNF	—	58
36	13	-23	Richie Panch	Panch Racing	Mercury	22	—	DNF - Crash	—	55
37	40	+3	Don Puskarich	Puskarich Racing	Dodge	20	—	DNF - Crash	—	52
38	20	-18	Chuck Bown	Bown Racing	Dodge	13	—	DNF - Engine	—	49
39	15	-24	Sonny Easley	Jerry Lankford (Owner)		10	—	DNF	—	46
40	34	-6	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	2	—	DNF - Engine	—	43