Talladega 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1975

Buddy Baker

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Buddy Baker won the 1975 Talladega 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1975, leading 93 of 188 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Donnie Allison rounded out the podium. The race featured 17 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1975

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1975

Winner

Buddy Baker

Leaders

17 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		188	—	Running	93	185
2	7	+5	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	188	—	Running	21	175
3	4	+1	Donnie Allison	Ellington Racing		187	—	Running	23	170
4	1	-3	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	186	—	Running	—	160
5	19	+14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		186	—	Running	5	160
6	6	—	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		185	—	Running	1	155
7	20	+13	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		183	—	Running	6	151
8	22	+14	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing		183	—	Running	1	147
9	28	+19	Jackie Rogers	Viglione Racing		182	—	Running	2	143
10	11	+1	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		181	—	Running	—	134
11	40	+29	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		181	—	Running	—	130
12	39	+27	Bruce Jacobi	Opal Voight (Owner)		181	—	Running	—	127
13	13	—	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		181	—	Running	1	129
14	32	+18	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		179	—	Running	—	121
15	33	+18	Ferrel Harris	Harris Racing	Dodge	179	—	Running	—	118
16	41	+25	Jabe Thomas	Gray Racing		177	—	Running	—	115
17	49	+32	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	177	—	Running	—	112
18	47	+29	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	177	—	Running	—	109
19	23	+4	Billy Hagan	Hagan Enterprises		175	—	Running	—	106
20	38	+18	Jeff Handy	Handy Racing		174	—	Running	—	103
21	44	+23	A.J. Reno	George Avery (Owner)		170	—	Running	—	100
22	48	+26	Earl Brooks	Robertson Racing		170	—	Running	—	97
23	30	+7	Carl Adams	Adams Racing		169	—	Running	—	94
24	50	+26	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	169	—	Running	—	91
25	42	+17	D.K. Ulrich	Ulrich Racing		168	—	Running	—	88
26	29	+3	Joe Mihalic	Viglione Racing		162	—	DNF - Engine	—	85
27	18	-9	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		155	—	DNF	2	87
28	43	+15	Bill Ward	Bill Ward (Owner)		145	—	DNF	—	79
29	9	-20	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Matador	128	—	DNF - Engine	9	81
30	45	+15	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		124	—	DNF	—	73
31	12	-19	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		109	—	DNF	—	70
32	8	-24	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		105	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	25	-8	Jim Vandiver	Ranier Racing	Dodge	102	—	DNF	—	64
34	37	+3	Grant Adcox	Tom Williams (Owner)		101	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	10	-25	Neil Bonnett	Bobby Allison Motorsports		97	—	DNF - Engine	12	0
36	46	+10	Harold Miller	H Miller Racing		96	—	DNF	—	55
37	17	-20	Darel Dieringer	Davis Racing		82	—	DNF - Engine	2	57
38	21	-17	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		72	—	DNF - Engine	5	54
39	3	-36	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	64	—	DNF - Engine	2	51
40	14	-26	John Ray	Clay Blackwell (Owner)		54	—	DNF - Engine	—	43
41	15	-26	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		42	—	DNF - Engine	1	45
42	5	-37	Darrell Waltrip	DiGard Motorsports		39	—	DNF - Engine	2	42
43	16	-27	Richie Panch	Panch Racing		24	—	DNF - Engine	—	34
44	26	-18	Red Farmer	Ed Clark (Owner)		8	—	DNF - Engine	—	31
45	27	-18	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		6	—	DNF - Crash	—	28
46	31	-15	Tiny Lund	King Enterprises	Dodge	6	—	DNF - Crash	—	25
47	36	-11	Terry Link	Mike Link (Owner)		6	—	DNF - Crash	—	22
48	24	-24	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		6	—	DNF - Crash	—	19
49	35	-14	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	4	—	DNF	—	16
50	34	-16	Randy Tissot	Charles Little (Owner)		1	—	DNF	—	13