1975 Daytona 500

Auto race held at Daytona International Speedway in 1975 February 2025 1975 NASWINSTON 2 30 1975_Daytona_500_program_cover_and_logo.jpg 1975 Daytona 500 program cover 1975 2 16 200 500 804.672 Temperatures of 82.9 F C; wind speeds of 13 mph km/hhttp://www.almanac.com/weather/history/FL/Daytona%20Beach/1975-02-16 Weather of the 1975 Daytona 500 The Old Farmers' Almanac 2014-03-08 153.649 mi/h Donnie Allison DiGard Motorsports Bobby Allison Penske Racing David Pearson Wood Brothers Racing David Pearson Wood Brothers Racing 74 72 Benny Parsons L.G. DeWitt ABC's Wide World of Sports Bill Flemming Jackie Stewart The 1975 Daytona 500, the 17th running of the event on February 16, 1975, was a race in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. Race report From the start, it appeared that David Pearson was on his way to his first Daytona 500 victory as he built a sizable lead on second place Benny Parsons late in the race. However, Richard Petty, eight laps behind the leaders due to a leaking radiator which needed frequent pit stops to replenish, and Parsons hooked up in a draft and began reeling in Pearson who was slowed by lapped traffic. The key moment of the race occurred two laps from the end when contact with Cale Yarborough in traffic sent Pearson spinning on the backstretch. Parsons avoided the accident and went on to take the win.1975 Daytona 500 – Racing-Reference.info One of the things that set up the late incident that cost David Pearson the race was that Cale Yarborough was running on 7 cylinders. On the final restart, Cale was placed in front of the leaders, on the end of the lead lap, but the power deficit he was at resulted in the leaders lapping him in less than 25 laps. When Pearson caught up to Yarborough and Richie Panch, Yarborough was trying to slip in behind Pearson and simply misjudged it. Of course, another was the role Richard Petty played. Even in a two-car draft with Ramo Stott (who barely missed the massive lap 4 crash), Parsons was losing ground to Pearson, who was content to draft A.J. Foyt, but Foyt dropped out with nine laps left while running third, not long after Petty got back onto the track after his final pit stop, and where he came out was a stroke of luck for Parsons and Stott, because he came out exactly where they were running. As per the list below, 26 of the 40 drivers failed to finish the race for various reasons, including a huge crash on the fourth lap, which took out nine cars, nearly one-quarter of the field. West Coast ace Hershel McGriff's third and final Daytona 500 ends with a blown motor on lap 13. Bruce Jacobi would debut in this race, finishing in 12th place after qualifying in 39th place. Among those involved were famous country music singer Marty Robbins, who also crashed out of the 1973 Daytona 500. At the time, it was the biggest crash in terms of the number of cars involved in race history. Donnie Allison started on the pole, but only led the first lap and was sidelined by mechanical problems, as was DiGard Racing teammate Johnny Rutherford, the reigning Indianapolis 500 champion. Another that failed to finish was Buddy Baker, who led 46 laps. As a result, a record-low 14 cars, including that of Pearson, were classified as running at the finish. None of the 40 cars in this year's Daytona 500 had a single-digit car number. Race results Pos Grid No. Car number Driver Entrant Manufacturer Laps Laps completed Winnings Laps led Laps as the lead driver Time/Status Points Points include 5 bonus points for leading a lap and an additional 5 bonus points for leading the most laps. 1 32 72 Benny Parsons L. G. DeWitt 1975 Chevrolet 200 $43,905 4 3:15:15 180 2 3 16 Bobby Allison Penske Racing 1975 Matador 199 $26,700 0 +1 Lap 170 3 6 11 Cale Yarborough Junior Johnson & Associates 1975 Chevrolet 198 $21,850 6 +2 Laps 170 4 2 21 David Pearson Wood Brothers Racing 1973 Mercury 198 $18,150 74 +2 Laps 170 5 31 83 Ramo Stott Norris Reed 1975 Chevrolet 197 $11,650 0 +3 Laps 155 6 8 71 Dave Marcis Nord Krauskopf 1974 Dodge 197 $13,650 0 +3 Laps 150 7 4 43 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises 1974 Dodge 192 $13,700 51 +8 Laps 151 8 10 98 Richie Panch Bettie Panch 1975 Chevrolet 191 $8,950 0 +9 Laps 142 9 37 49 G. C. Spencer G. C. Spencer 1974 Dodge 191 $7,150 0 +9 Laps 138 10 17 48 James Hylton James Hylton 1974 Chevrolet 189 $7,485 0 +11 Laps 134 11 9 28 A. J. Foyt Hoss Ellington 1975 Chevrolet 188 $6,700 18 Engine 135 12 39 37 Bruce Jacobi Opal Voight 1975 Chevrolet 185 $4,935 0 +15 Laps 127 13 30 97 Bob Burcham Ed Clark 1973 Ford 184 $4,320 0 Axle 124 14 26 79 Ed Negre Frank Warren 1974 Dodge 184 $4,390 0 +16 Laps 121 15 15 24 Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon 1975 Chevrolet 183 $4,195 0 Engine 118 16 16 82 Ferrel Harris Ferrel Harris 1974 Dodge 176 $2,800 0 +24 Laps 115 17 35 14 Coo Coo Marlin H. B. Cunningham 1975 Chevrolet 162 $3,105 0 Engine 112 18 36 96 Richard Childress Tom Garn 1975 Chevrolet 150 $3,760 0 +50 Laps 109 19 7 54 Lennie Pond Ronnie Elder 1975 Chevrolet 146 $3,250 0 Oil pump 106 20 13 15 Buddy Baker Bud Moore Engineering 1973 Ford 144 $8,200 46 Timing chain 108 21 12 05 David Sisco David Sisco 1975 Chevrolet 118 $2,925 0 Engine 100 22 5 90 Dick Brooks Donlavey Racing 1973 Ford 104 $3,300 0 Water pump 97 23 24 64 Tommy Gale Elmo Langley 1973 Ford 83 $2,625 0 Engine 94 24 40 33 George Follmer Billy Moyer 1975 Chevrolet 67 $1,650 0 Suspension 91 25 22 30 Walter Ballard Vic Ballard 1975 Chevrolet 67 $2,385 0 Ignition 88 26 33 17 Darrell Waltrip Darrell Waltrip 1975 Chevrolet 54 $4,310 0 Axle 85 27 11 08 Johnny Rutherford DiGard Racing 1975 Chevrolet 51 $2,075 0 Engine 82 28 1 88 Donnie Allison DiGard Racing 1975 Chevrolet 36 $6,365 1 Fuel pump 84 29 18 74 Randy Tissot Charles Little 1975 Chevrolet 30 $1,860 0 Engine 76 30 38 69 Hershel McGriff Ken Friez 1975 Chevrolet 13 $1,400 0 Engine 73 31 21 20 Rick Newsom Rick Newsom 1973 Ford 7 $1,760 0 Engine 70 32 20 47 Bruce Hill Bruce Hill 1975 Chevrolet 4 $1,750 0 Crash 67 33 14 70 J. 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McDuffie McDuffie Racing 1975 Chevrolet 3 $2,355 0 Crash 64 34 19 60 Joe Mihalic Lou Viglione 1975 Chevrolet 3 $1,700 0 Crash 61 35 24 99 Jim Vandiver John Keselowski 1974 Dodge 3 $1,350 0 Crash 58 36 27 75 Dick Trickle Delbert Puro 1973 Mercury 3 $1,705 0 Crash 55 37 25 41 Grant Adcox Herb Adcox 1975 Chevrolet 3 $1,615 0 Crash 52 38 23 35 Dan Daughtry Morris Davis 1973 Ford 3 $1,550 0 Crash 49 39 28 42 Marty Robbins Marty Robbins 1974 Dodge 3 $1,705 0 Crash 46 40 29 81 Warren Tope Warren Tope 1973 Ford 3 $1,470 0 Crash 43 Source:1975 Daytona 500 Standings after the race Pos Driver Points Differential 1 Bobby Allison 355 0 2 David Pearson 345 -10 3 Dave Marcis 310 -45 4 Richard Petty 302 -53 5 James Hylton 284 -71 6 Cecil Gordon 283 -72 7 Benny Parsons 271 -84 8 Ed Negre 259 -96 9 Richard Childress 239 -116 10 Hershel McGriff 207 -148 References External links NASCAR.COM – Daytona Countdown: '75 – Jan 20, 2005 Daytona 500 Daytona 500 Daytona 500 Category:NASCAR races at Daytona International Speedway