Winston 500

Talladega Superspeedway — January 1, 1975

Buddy Baker

Winner

188

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Buddy Baker won the 1975 Winston 500 at Talladega Superspeedway on January 1, 1975, leading 99 of 188 laps. David Pearson finished second; Dick Brooks rounded out the podium. The race featured 12 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1975

Track

Talladega Superspeedway

Season

1975

Winner

Buddy Baker

Leaders

12 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		188	—	Running	99	185
2	4	+2	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	188	—	Running	27	175
3	7	+4	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		188	—	Running	6	170
4	22	+18	Darrell Waltrip	DarWal Inc.		182	—	DNF - Engine	6	165
5	24	+19	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		182	—	Running	8	160
6	15	+9	Harry Jefferson	Jefferson Racing		181	—	Running	—	150
7	23	+16	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby		181	—	Running	—	146
8	38	+30	Bruce Jacobi	Opal Voight (Owner)		180	—	Running	—	142
9	14	+5	Joe Mihalic	Viglione Racing		179	—	Running	—	138
10	18	+8	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		177	—	Running	—	134
11	40	+29	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		175	—	Running	—	130
12	26	+14	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		175	—	Running	—	127
13	21	+8	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	171	—	Running	5	129
14	32	+18	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		170	—	Running	—	121
15	20	+5	Skip Manning	Hagan Enterprises		168	—	Running	—	118
16	19	+3	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		157	—	Running	—	115
17	49	+32	Earle Canavan	Canavan Racing	Dodge	152	—	Running	—	112
18	47	+29	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing		150	—	DNF	—	109
19	5	-14	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	140	—	DNF	22	111
20	37	+17	Tom Williams	Tom Williams (Owner)		133	—	Running	—	0
21	12	-9	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		122	—	DNF - Engine	2	105
22	33	+11	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	121	—	DNF	—	97
23	46	+23	Travis Tiller	Morgan-McClure	Dodge	120	—	DNF - Engine	—	94
24	13	-11	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	107	—	DNF - Engine	—	91
25	50	+25	Jabe Thomas	Robertson Racing	Dodge	102	—	Running	—	88
26	6	-20	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		83	—	DNF	—	85
27	25	-2	Jim Vandiver	Ranier Racing	Dodge	81	—	DNF	—	82
28	36	+8	Randy Tissot	Charles Little (Owner)		72	—	DNF - Engine	—	79
29	27	-2	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		64	—	DNF	—	76
30	10	-20	Ramo Stott	Norris Reed (Owner)		62	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
31	17	-14	Marty Robbins	Robbins Racing	Dodge	62	—	DNF - Crash	2	75
32	35	+3	Ed Negre	Dalton Racing		61	—	DNF - Engine	—	67
33	11	-22	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		60	—	DNF - Crash	3	69
34	48	+14	Harold Miller	H Miller Racing		53	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	3	-32	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Matador	47	—	DNF - Engine	2	63
36	9	-27	Gordon Johncock	Ellington Racing		47	—	DNF	—	0
37	31	-6	Red Farmer	Ed Clark (Owner)		36	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	34	-4	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	26	—	DNF	—	49
39	28	-11	Dean Dalton	Negre Racing	Dodge	22	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	16	-24	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		19	—	DNF	—	43
41	45	+4	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing		13	—	DNF	—	40
42	2	-40	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports		11	—	DNF - Engine	6	42
43	8	-35	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		11	—	DNF - Crash	—	34
44	29	-15	Carl Adams	Adams Racing		10	—	DNF - Crash	—	31
45	44	-1	Ferrel Harris	Harris Racing	Dodge	10	—	DNF - Crash	—	28
46	30	-16	Dan Daughtry	Davis Racing		6	—	DNF	—	25
47	42	-5	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		5	—	DNF - Engine	—	22
48	43	-5	John Ray	Clay Blackwell (Owner)		1	—	DNF - Engine	—	19
49	39	-10	Richie Panch	Panch Racing		0	—	DNF	—	0
50	41	-9	John Banks	Ken Thurlby (Owner)	Dodge	0	—	DNF - Engine	—	0