World 600

Charlotte Motor Speedway — January 1, 1975

Richard Petty

Winner

400

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Richard Petty won the 1975 World 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on January 1, 1975, leading 234 of 400 laps. Cale Yarborough finished second; David Pearson rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Wednesday, January 1, 1975

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1975

Winner

Richard Petty

Leaders

5 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	400	—	Running	234	185
2	5	+3	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates		399	—	Running	149	175
3	1	-2	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	396	—	Running	8	170
4	6	+2	Darrell Waltrip	DarWal Inc.		395	—	Running	—	160
5	4	-1	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering		395	—	Running	—	155
6	9	+3	Charlie Glotzbach	Ellington Racing		395	—	Running	—	0
7	10	+3	Dick Brooks	Donlavey Racing		392	—	Running	—	146
8	13	+5	Richie Panch	Panch Racing		389	—	Running	2	147
9	7	-2	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports		386	—	Running	—	138
10	29	+19	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing		377	—	Running	—	134
11	27	+16	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing		377	—	Running	—	130
12	24	+12	Darel Dieringer	Ken Friez (Owner)		373	—	DNF - Engine	—	0
13	31	+18	Earl Ross	Donlavey Racing		372	—	Running	—	0
14	19	+5	Jackie Rogers	J Rogers Racing		370	—	Running	—	0
15	15	—	Jim Vandiver	Ranier Racing	Dodge	369	—	Running	—	118
16	28	+12	Bruce Jacobi	Opal Voight (Owner)		369	—	Running	—	115
17	30	+13	Dean Dalton	Dalton Racing		369	—	Running	—	112
18	34	+16	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing		367	—	Running	—	109
19	32	+13	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	359	—	Running	—	106
20	26	+6	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering		357	—	DNF - Engine	—	103
21	12	-9	Harry Jefferson	Jefferson Racing		356	—	Running	—	100
22	33	+11	Dale Earnhardt	Negre Racing	Dodge	355	—	Running	—	0
23	21	-2	Richard Childress	Garn Racing		355	—	Running	—	94
24	20	-4	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing		353	—	Running	—	91
25	37	+12	Dick Skillen	Goffco		349	—	DNF - Engine	—	88
26	23	-3	Buddy Arrington	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	349	—	Running	—	85
27	22	-5	David Sisco	Sisco Racing		347	—	Running	—	82
28	35	+7	Henley Gray	Gray Racing		347	—	Running	—	79
29	38	+9	Bill Champion	Champion Racing		340	—	Running	—	76
30	36	+6	Travis Tiller	Morgan-McClure	Dodge	324	—	Running	—	73
31	11	-20	Harry Gant	Neil Castles (Owner)		306	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
32	40	+8	Ed Negre	Marcis Auto Racing	Dodge	284	—	Running	—	67
33	39	+6	Randy Bethea	Ulrich Racing		251	—	DNF - Engine	—	64
34	8	-26	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	239	—	DNF - Engine	—	61
35	17	-18	Bobby Isaac	Norris Reed (Owner)		208	—	DNF	—	58
36	2	-34	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier		198	—	DNF	7	60
37	14	-23	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing		157	—	DNF - Engine	—	52
38	25	-13	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	96	—	DNF	—	49
39	16	-23	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing		55	—	DNF - Engine	—	46
40	18	-22	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley		33	—	DNF - Engine	—	43