1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

American motorsport season February 2025 November 2025 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series 1974 1976 thumb|Richard Petty, the 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion. This would be his 6th of his 7 championships. The 1975 NASCAR Grand National Winston Cup Series was the 27th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 4th season in the modern era of the NASCAR Cup series. The season began on Sunday, January 19 and ended on Sunday, November 12. Richard Petty, driving the #43 Petty Enterprises STP Dodge scored his sixth NASCAR Grand National Series Winston Cup Championship. Bruce Hill was named NASCAR Rookie of the Year. NASCAR introduced a new points system for 1975, a system designed by statistician Bob Latford. For the first time, each race on the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National schedule carried an equal point value, a system that would be used for 36 seasons, from 1975 to 2010, with modifications in 2004 and 2007 each time by increasing the emphasis for a win in adding five additional points each time for a race winner. The original points system ran for the first 29 seasons, from 1975 to 2003. Season recap No. Date Event Circuit Pole positionMost laps led WinnerManufacturer1January 19 Winston Western 500 Riverside International Raceway Bobby AllisonBobby Allison Bobby AllisonAMCFebruary 13125 Mile Qualifying RacesDaytona International SpeedwayBobby AllisonDavid Pearson2February 16 Daytona 500 Donnie AllisonDavid Pearson Benny ParsonsChevrolet3February 23 Richmond 500 Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway Richard PettyRichard Petty Richard PettyDodge4March 2 Carolina 500 North Carolina Speedway Buddy BakerCale Yarborough Cale YarboroughChevrolet5March 16 Southeastern 500 Bristol International Speedway Buddy BakerRichard Petty Richard PettyDodge6March 23 Atlanta 500 Atlanta International Raceway Richard PettyRichard Petty Richard PettyDodge7April 6 Gwyn Staley 400 North Wilkesboro Speedway Darrell WaltripRichard Petty Richard PettyDodge8April 13 Rebel 500 Darlington Raceway David PearsonDavid Pearson Bobby AllisonAMC9April 27 Virginia 500 Martinsville Speedway Benny ParsonsRichard Petty Richard PettyDodge10May 4 Winston 500 Alabama International Motor Speedway Buddy BakerBuddy Baker Buddy BakerFord11May 10 Music City USA 420 Nashville Speedway Darrell WaltripCale Yarborough Darrell WaltripChevrolet12May 18 &19 Mason-Dixon 500 Dover Downs International Speedway David PearsonDavid Pearson David PearsonMercury13May 25 World 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway David PearsonRichard Petty Richard PettyDodge14June 8 Tuborg 400 Riverside International Raceway Bobby AllisonBobby Allison Richard PettyDodge15June 15 Motor State 400 Michigan International Speedway Cale YarboroughDavid Pearson David PearsonMercury16July 4 Firecracker 400 Daytona International Speedway Donnie AllisonBuddy Baker Richard PettyDodge17July 20 Nashville 420 Nashville Speedway Benny ParsonsCale Yarborough Cale YarboroughChevrolet18August 3 Purolator 500 Pocono Raceway Bobby AllisonDavid Pearson David PearsonMercury19August 17 Talladega 500 Alabama International Motor Speedway Dave MarcisBuddy Baker Buddy BakerFord20August 24 Champion Spark Plug 400 Michigan International Speedway David PearsonA.J. Foyt Richard PettyDodge21September 1 Southern 500 Darlington Raceway David PearsonRichard Petty Bobby AllisonAMC22September 14 Delaware 500 Dover Downs International Speedway Dave MarcisRichard Petty Richard PettyDodge23September 21 Wilkes 400 North Wilkesboro Speedway Richard PettyRichard Petty Richard PettyDodge24September 28 Old Dominion 500 Martinsville Speedway Cale YarboroughCale Yarborough Dave MarcisDodge25October 5 National 500 Charlotte Motor Speedway David PearsonRichard Petty Richard PettyDodge26October 12 Capital City 500 Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway Benny ParsonsLennie Pond Darrell WaltripChevrolet27October 19 American 500 North Carolina Speedway Dave MarcisCale Yarborough Cale YarboroughChevrolet28November 2 Volunteer 500 Bristol International Speedway Cale YarboroughRichard Petty Richard PettyDodge29November 9 Dixie 500 Atlanta International Raceway Dave MarcisBuddy Baker Buddy BakerFord30November 23 Los Angeles Times 500 Ontario Motor Speedway David PearsonBuddy Baker Buddy BakerFord 1975 Season races Round 1: Winston Western 500 Bobby Allison led 173 laps at Riverside International Raceway in Roger Penske's AMC Matador to beat David Pearson by 22 seconds. Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake116Bobby AllisonAMC221David PearsonMercury324Cecil GordonChevrolet471Dave MarcisDodge564Elmo LangleyFord648James HyltonChevrolet743Richard PettyDodge857WGary MatthewsChevrolet98Ed NegreDodge1029WHershel McGriffChevrolet Round 2: Daytona 500 After falling back several laps due to overheating, Richard Petty pulled forward Benny Parsons in his draft to catch Pearson. With three to go Pearson moved into a group of lapped cars that included Cale Yarborough; inexplicably Yarborough got into Pearson and David spun down the backstretch. The win was Parsons' first since 1973. Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake172Benny ParsonsChevrolet216Bobby AllisonAMC311Cale YarboroughChevrolet421David PearsonMercury583Ramo StottChevrolet671Dave MarcisDodge743Richard PettyDodge898Richie PanchChevrolet949G.C. SpencerDodge1048James HyltonChevrolet Round 3: Richmond 500 With a field of only 22 entries due to a dearth of team sponsorships, Petty led 444 laps and won by six laps. Cale Yarborough was among the teams not entered, due to losing Carling sponsorship after the 1974 season. Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake143Richard PettyDodge254Lennie PondChevrolet372Benny ParsonsChevrolet490Dick BrooksFord564Elmo LangleyFord667Buddy ArringtonDodge724Cecil GordonChevrolet805David SiscoChevrolet996Richard ChildressChevrolet108Ed NegreDodge Round 4: Carolina 500 The 1975 Carolina 500 was run on March 2. In below-freezing temperatures, Cale Yarborough edged Pearson for the win while Petty finished nine laps down due to the same overheating problems that had plagued him at Daytona. Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake111Cale YarboroughChevrolet221David PearsonMercury343Richard PettyDodge490Dick BrooksFord547Bruce HillChevrolet696Richard ChildressChevrolet78Ed NegreDodge848James HyltonChevrolet967Buddy ArringtonDodge107Dean DaltonFord Round 5: Southeastern 500 Richard Petty won his first race at Bristol International Speedway since 1967. Cale Yarborough led 78 laps but fell out with rearend failure. Following the race Maurice Petty found out the team's overheating problems traced to cracked cylinder heads; "we discovered another cracked head that could have cost us the race."Stock Car Racing Magazine, August 1975 issue, p. 9 Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake143Richard PettyDodge272Benny ParsonsChevrolet315Buddy BakerFord424Cecil GordonChevrolet548James HyltonChevrolet617Darrell WaltripChevrolet705David SiscoChevrolet871Dave MarcisDodge996Richard ChildressChevrolet1010Ricky RuddFord Round 6: Atlanta 500 With Maurice fixing the team's cylinder head issues, Richard Petty engaged Pearson in a running duel for the lead, but Pearson lost a lap in the final 30 laps, result of a slow leaking tire and resultant green flag stop. A late caution for Lennie Pond's engine failure set up a one-lap duel between Petty and Buddy Baker; Petty contended the race ran past 328 laps, a statement supported by his official scorer (Richard Hucks) and the scorers for Pearson (Grover Atkins) and Dick Brooks (Russell Page), but NASCAR showed scoring cards proving it had run the correct distance; among those who scored the race was Richard's daughter Sharon, who said Petty "went by 328 times." Manual scoring with cards and a clock created controversy over the years in NASCAR; the system was used until 1993, when NASCAR switched to transponder-based scoring, which was supplemented by GPS-based scoring in 2003 to determine winners of the race if necessary. Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake143Richard PettyDodge215Buddy BakerFord321David PearsonMercury490Dick BrooksFord517Darrell WaltripChevrolet688Donnie AllisonChevrolet714Coo Coo MarlinChevrolet824Cecil GordonChevrolet997Harry JeffersonFord1054Lennie PondChevrolet Round 7: Gwyn Staley 400 The 1975 Gwyn Staley 400 took place on April 6 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. The race was dominated by Richard Petty, who led a total of 311 laps and won by a margin of over three laps. Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake143Richard PettyDodge211Cale YarboroughChevrolet315Buddy BakerFord471Dave MarcisDodge554Lennie PondChevrolet672Benny ParsonsChevrolet717Darrell WaltripChevrolet890Dick BrooksFord924Cecil GordonChevrolet1030Walter BallardChevrolet Round 8: Rebel 500 Darlington Raceway once again proved tougher than Richard Petty as the #43 Dodge crashed out after 159 laps. Benny Parsons and David Pearson got into the late duel for the lead; when Pearson dove under Parsons entering Turn One on lap 350 both cars hammered the wall and ground to a halt. Bobby Allison, who'd been two laps down earlier, unlapped himself and edged Darrell Waltrip and Donnie Allison nose to tail at the stripe. Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake116Bobby AllisonAMC217Darrell WaltripChevrolet388Donnie AllisonChevrolet471Dave MarcisDodge514Coo Coo MarlinChevrolet672Benny ParsonsChevrolet721David PearsonMercury848James HyltonChevrolet937Bruce JacobiChevrolet1067Buddy ArringtonPlymouth Round 9: Virginia 500 The 1975 Virginia 500 was run on April 27 at Martinsville Speedway. The race saw Richard Petty, Darrell Waltrip, and Cale Yarborough battle in out for the lead in the closing stages of the race. At lap 397, Yarborough would fall back and lose the lead to Petty, leading to Darrell and Richard to battle it out. Darrell would take the lead on lap 452, but on lap 480 Petty would retake the lead and lead the rest of the remaining laps that day to win by 6 seconds Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake143Richard PettyDodge217Darrell WaltripChevrolet311Cale YarboroughChevrolet416Bobby AllisonAMC571Dave MarcisDodge672Benny ParsonsChevrolet763Jimmy HensleyChevrolet890Dick BrooksFord996Richard ChildressChevrolet1048James HyltonChevrolet Round 10: Winston 500 Tragedy blackened Buddy Baker's first win since 1973 and the first win for team owner Bud Moore since 1966. Richard Petty's wheel well caught fire while leading and he pitted; his brother in law Randy Owens fitted a hose to a pressurized water tank; the tank exploded, nearly landing on Petty's roof, and Owens was killed. Baker edged Pearson at the stripe while Dick Brooks and Darrell Waltrip had sparkling efforts in finishing out the top four. The race lead changed 51 times among 13 drivers. Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake115Buddy BakerFord221David PearsonMercury390Dick BrooksFord417Darrell WaltripChevrolet514Coo Coo MarlinChevrolet695Harry JeffersonFord741Grant AdcoxChevrolet837Bruce JacobiChevrolet960Joe MihalicChevrolet1096Richard ChildressChevrolet Round 11: Music City 420 The Music City 420 took place on May 10 at Nashville Speedway. The race had two contenders: Darrell Waltrip and Cale Yarborough. Darrell had the pole and led 47 laps before Cale took it away on lap 48. He then proceeded to lead the next 273 laps, with Darrell behind. However, Cale's car proceeded to have engine problems and retired on lap 322, thus handing the lead back over to Darrell. Darrell, who had a 2 lap lead on the next car behind, Benny Parsons, cruised on to a victory, his first of 84 that is second in post-1972 NASCAR scheduling that led to being part of the 2012 NASCAR Hall of Fame. Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake117Darrell WaltripChevrolet272Benny ParsonsChevrolet314Coo Coo MarlinChevrolet471Dave MarcisDodge524Cecil GordonChevrolet668Alton JonesChevrolet743Richard PettyDodge805David SiscoChevrolet948James HyltonChevrolet1030Walter BallardChevrolet Round 12: Mason-Dixon 500 The 1975 Mason Dixon 500 took place on May 18 at Dover Downs International Speedway. Once again, the race had two contenders; David Pearson and Benny Parsons. In the middle parts of the race, they would swap the lead with each other frequently. However, Parsons would have to retire at lap 360 due to engine problems. David Pearson cruised to a 7 lap margin victory over Cecil Gordon. Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake121David PearsonMercury224Cecil GordonChevrolet343Richard PettyDodge448James HyltonChevrolet505David SiscoChevrolet614Coo Coo MarlinChevrolet793Kenny BrighthillFord847Bruce HillChevrolet919Henley GrayChevrolet1025Jabe ThomasChevrolet Round 13: World 600 Petty won a long-distance race at Charlotte Motor Speedway for the first time in his career (he'd won a 100-mile qualifying race there in 1961) as he led 234 laps and finished a lap ahead of Cale Yarborough. The Junior Johnson team by this point had secured Holly Farms sponsorship, allowing the team to contest the remainder of the season. Future seven-time champion Dale Earnhardt made his Cup debut in this race. Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake143Richard PettyDodge211Cale YarboroughChevrolet321David PearsonMercury417Darrell WaltripChevrolet515Buddy BakerFord628Charlie GlotzbachChevrolet790Dick BrooksFord898Richie PanchChevrolet988Donnie AllisonChevrolet1030Walter BallardChevrolet Round 14: Tuborg 400 Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake143Richard PettyDodge216Bobby AllisonAMC372Benny ParsonsChevrolet496WRay ElderDodge571Dave MarcisDodge670J.D. McDuffieChevrolet737Chuck WahlChevrolet873Bill SchmittChevrolet996Richard ChildressChevrolet1089Gene RinikerChevrolet Round 15: Michigan 400 In a highly competitive race that saw 44 lead changes, Pearson edged Petty for his second win of the season while Dave Marcis and Cale Yarborough finished third and fourth; the top four combined to lead 180 of 200 laps. Petty increased his point lead to 441 over Marcis. Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake121David PearsonMercury243Richard PettyDodge371Dave MarcisDodge411Cale YarboroughChevrolet517Darrell WaltripChevrolet698Richie PanchChevrolet790Dick BrooksFord805David SiscoChevrolet948James HyltonChevrolet1096Richard ChildressChevrolet Round 16: Firecracker 400 Petty struggled during the weekend, qualifying only at 180 MPH but drafted past Buddy Baker with thirteen laps to go. Donnie Allison finished a distant fifth after winning the pole and was released from the DiGard Racing team and replaced by Darrell Waltrip, who finished fourth. Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake143Richard PettyDodge215Buddy BakerFord371Dave MarcisDodge417Darrell WaltripChevrolet588Donnie AllisonChevrolet690Dick BrooksFord747Bruce HillChevrolet872Benny ParsonsChevrolet965Carl AdamsFord1035Darel DieringerFord Round 17: Nashville 420 The 1975 Nashville 420 took place on July 20 at Nashville Speedway. Cale Yarborough dominated the race after passing Walter Ballard on lap 50, leading the rest of the laps afterwards and winning. Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake111Cale YarboroughChevrolet243Richard PettyDodge371Dave MarcisDodge472Benny ParsonsChevrolet524Cecil GordonChevrolet696Richard ChildressChevrolet705David SiscoChevrolet865Carl AdamsFord970J.D. McDuffieChevrolet1010Elmo LangleyFord Round 18: Purolator 500 The inaugural race at Pocono International Raceway for the Cup Series featured controversy at the end. The lead changed 43 times despite a ninety-minute delay for rain near halfway. Pearson took the lead on Lap 186 of 200, but in the final seven laps the Wood Brothers Mercury smoked heavily, to where by Lap 198 it was lapping its own smoke. At that point NASCAR black-flagged Pearson in what was a moot point, because the black flag for mechanical reasons was given on Lap 199 with a three lap period to obey the flag and there were only two laps to go. It was the third win of the season for Pearson. Current rules state a black flag assessed at the end of the race results in a time penalty, primarily for driving standards or track limits. This was assessed on Ricky Rudd at Sonoma in 1991 (inappropriate contact), Chase Briscoe at Indianapolis in 2021 (track limits, then inappropriate contact when under penalty), or Shane van Gisbergen at Austin in a second national series race in 2024 (exceeded track limits in Maggots-Becketts-Chapel on final lap). Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake121David PearsonMercury243Richard PettyDodge315Buddy BakerFord472Benny ParsonsChevrolet596Richard ChildressChevrolet665Carl AdamsFord714Coo Coo MarlinChevrolet847Bruce HillChevrolet948James HyltonChevrolet1024Cecil GordonChevrolet Round 19: Talladega 500 Multiple tragedies surrounded the seventh running of NASCAR's late-summer 500-miler at Talladega. Gene Lovell, crew chief for Grant Adcox, died of a heart attack; Adcox withdrew and first alternate Tiny Lund got his starting spot. Mark Donohue drove a Porsche IMSA racer to a new closed-course speed record of 221 MPH (breaking A. J. Foyt's 217 MPH record in his Indycar the previous year) before pole qualifying; Donohue was killed ten days later during the Austrian Grand Prix. The 500 itself was scheduled for August 10 but was rained out until the 17th. Early in the race a six-car melee erupted and Lund was smashed through the driver side by another car; he succumbed to massive internal injuries. Dick Brooks then survived a furious tumble down the backstretch in the middle of the race. Buddy Baker held off Richard Petty at the stripe after 60 lead changes among 17 drivers. Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake115Buddy BakerFord243Richard PettyDodge328Donnie AllisonChevrolet471Dave MarcisDodge514Coo Coo MarlinChevrolet672Benny ParsonsChevrolet748James HyltonChevrolet818Joe FrassonChevrolet960Jackie RogersChevrolet1024Cecil GordonChevrolet Round 20: Champion Spark Plug 400 A six-car crash pierced the backstretch guardrail and stopped the race for half an hour. A late caution set off a five-lap shootout as Petty and Pearson fought for the lead; the lead changed on every lap before Petty drafted past Pearson for the win.http://www.mrn.com/Media-Center/MRN-Show-Archives/Classic-Races.aspx?id=5f22ab275fba4e0d9a6ac8521e4eefc8 1975 Champion 400, MRN call 2014-03-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20140327222758/http://www.mrn.com/Media-Center/MRN-Show-Archives/Classic-Races.aspx?id=5f22ab275fba4e0d9a6ac8521e4eefc8 2014-03-27 dead Cale Yarborough survived a spin after colliding with Dave Marcis and finished third; the two exchanged words after the race. Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake143Richard PettyDodge221David PearsonMercury311Cale YarboroughChevrolet416Bobby AllisonAMC571Dave MarcisDodge615Buddy BakerFord788Darrell WaltripChevrolet847Bruce HillChevrolet963Terry BivinsChevrolet107Dean DaltonFord Round 21: Southern 500 Bobby Allison, despite breaking a suspension piece in the final 50 laps, completed a season sweep at Darlington as he outlasted Richard Petty, who competed despite illness and heat, needing relief help from Dave Marcis. Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake116Bobby AllisonAMC243Richard PettyDodge305David SiscoChevrolet431Jim VandiverDodge547Bruce HillChevrolet624Cecil GordonChevrolet796Richard ChildressChevrolet833Dick MayChevrolet937Bruce JacobiChevrolet1064Elmo LangleyFord Round 22: Delaware 500 Petty put the entire field two laps down, but with 150 to go a backmarker's blown engine sent debris under the STP Dodge and snapped a tie rod. Petty's crew needed eight laps to fix the problem and he restarted six laps behind Lennie Pond and Cale Yarborough. Pond fell out and Cale fell back; Petty kept lapping the field until he got back onto the lead lap; Buddy Arrington then came to a stop, necessitating a late yellow. Petty won handily and Dick Brooks finished second, upset because Arrington had purchased a transporter from Petty; said Brooks, "I guess Arrington needed that truck paid for." Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake143Richard PettyDodge290Dick BrooksFord372Benny ParsonsChevrolet411Cale YarboroughChevrolet547Bruce HillChevrolet696Richard ChildressChevrolet748James HyltonChevrolet870J.D. McDuffieChevrolet97Dean DaltonFord1040D.K. UlrichChevrolet Round 23: Wilkes 400 Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake143Richard PettyDodge211Cale YarboroughChevrolet388Darrell WaltripChevrolet415Buddy BakerFord554Lennie PondChevrolet672Benny ParsonsChevrolet770J.D. McDuffieChevrolet896Richard ChildressChevrolet931Jim VandiverDodge1047Bruce HillChevrolet Round 24: Old Dominion 500 Richard Petty fell out with rearend failure and pole-sitter Cale Yarborough crashed after leading 272 laps. Darrell Waltrip led before blowing his engine and Dave Marcis took the win, his first Winston Cup win and the first for Harry Hyde's #71 Dodge since 1973. Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake171Dave MarcisDodge272Benny ParsonsChevrolet316Bobby AllisonAMC496Richard ChildressChevrolet598Richie PanchChevrolet690Dick BrooksFord765Carl AdamsFord831Jim VandiverDodge924Cecil GordonChevrolet1064Elmo LangleyFord Round 25: National 500 Richard Petty broke out of a tight battle and led the final 111 laps for the sweep at Charlotte Motor Speedway. The win all but clinched his sixth Winston Cup Grand National title. Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake143Richard PettyDodge221David PearsonMercury315Buddy BakerFord472Benny ParsonsChevrolet524Cecil GordonChevrolet648James HyltonChevrolet735Darel DieringerFord896Richard ChildressChevrolet970J.D. McDuffieChevrolet1064Elmo LangleyFord Round 26: Capital City 500 Richard Petty broke a piston 34 laps in but still clinched his sixth title; the Petty Enterprises team had begun experimenting with new parts in anticipation of the 1976 season. Darrell Waltrip made up two laps to post his second win of 1975 and the first for DiGard Racing. Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake188Darrell WaltripChevrolet254Lennie PondChevrolet390Dick BrooksFord424Cecil GordonChevrolet570J.D. McDuffieChevrolet648James HyltonChevrolet764Elmo LangleyFord847Bruce HillChevrolet914Coo Coo MarlinChevrolet1025Jabe ThomasChevrolet Round 27: American 500 Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake111Cale YarboroughChevrolet216Bobby AllisonAMC371Dave MarcisDodge454Lennie PondChevrolet528A.J. FoytChevrolet647Bruce HillChevrolet73Bobby IssacChevrolet831Jim VandiverDodge927Donnie AllisonChevrolet1014Coo Coo MarlinChevrolet Round 28: Volunteer 500 Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake143Richard PettyDodge254Lennie PondChevrolet388Darrell WaltripChevrolet471Dave MarcisDodge572Benny ParsonsChevrolet690Dick BrooksFord714Coo Coo MarlinChevrolet824Cecil GordonChevrolet948James HyltonChevrolet1047Bruce HillChevrolet Round 29: Dixie 500 Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake115Buddy BakerFord271Dave MarcisDodge343Richard PettyDodge421David PearsonMercury511Cale YarboroughChevrolet654Lennie PondChevrolet790Dick BrooksFord814Coo Coo MarlinChevrolet924Cecil GordonChevrolet108Ed NegreDodge Round 30: Los Angeles Times 500 Buddy Baker initially was not entered in NASCAR's season finale but Bud Moore had secured sponsorship from Norris Industries so Baker flew out to LA and led 148 laps, winning by 30 seconds over Pearson. Richard Petty led but fell out for the second straight year with engine failure; it was also his fourth DNF in his last seven races. Top 10 finishersPos.No.DriverMake115Buddy BakerFord221David PearsonMercury371Dave MarcisDodge411Cale YarboroughChevrolet516Bobby AllisonAMC654Lennie PondChevrolet738Jimmy InsoloChevrolet890Dick BrooksFord948James HyltonChevrolet1096Richard ChildressChevrolet Full Drivers’ Championship List of NASCAR points scoring systems (key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led. Pos. Position Driver RIV DAY RCH CAR BRI ATL NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RIV MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH DAR DOV NWS MAR CLT RCH CAR BRI ATL ONT Pts Points scored 1 Richard Petty 7 7 1* 3 1* 1* 1* 26 1* 19 7 3 1* 1 2 1 2 2 2 1 2* 1* 1* 22 1* 28 35 1* 3 16 4783 2 Dave Marcis 4 6 16 24 8 27 4 4 5 13 4 20 34 5 3 3 3 25 4 5 24 30 27 1 26 23 3 4 2 3 4061 3 James Hylton 6 10 14 8 5 13 11 8 10 33 9 4 20 13 9 11 11 9 7 17 23 7 13 13 6 6 15 9 22 9 3914 4 Benny Parsons 24 1 3 22 2 28 6 6 6 43 2 23 39 3 34 8 4 4 6 34 20 3 6 2 4 18 24 5 19 34 3820 5 Richard Childress 11 18 9 6 9 15 17 22 9 10 16 16 23 9 10 13 6 5 13 31 7 6 8 4 8 21 21 13 12 10 3818 6 Cecil Gordon 3 15 7 20 4 8 9 21 23 21 5 2 37 18 33 29 5 10 10 13 6 29 16 9 5 4 30 8 9 19 3702 7 Darrell Waltrip 26 15 21 6 5 7 2 2 4 1 22 4 21 5 4 28 34 42 7 34 27 3 17 24 1 32 3 36 3462 8 Elmo Langley 5 5 12 17 17 27 20 11 14 15 12 24 12 14 25 10 24 14 18 10 24 14 10 10 7 23 10 15 22 3399 9 Cale Yarborough 3 1* 20 22 2 36 3 40 14* 27 2 4 26 1* 35 41 3 19 4 2 19* 19 26 1* 20 5 4 3295 10 Dick Brooks 22 4 4 19 4 8 25 8 3 29 7 7 6 38 20 26 2 11 6 35 3 29 6 7 8 3182 11 Walter Ballard 31 25 19 17 18 24 10 18 15 12 10 25 10 24 11 31 18 13 48 11 25 14 25 14 41 15 11 12 17 20 3151 12 Frank Warren 17 18 12 12 12 16 18 24 12 15 19 17 16 17 16 16 17 26 14 16 24 12 14 14 14 22 25 17 3148 13 David Sisco 21 8 14 7 31 23 28 26 16 8 5 27 8 33 7 19 27 12 3 17 19 20 15 24 26 16 29 12 3116 14 David Pearson 2 4* 2 3 7* 20 2 1* 3 1* 20 1* 39 2 27 26 23 2 25 4 2 3057 15 Buddy Baker 20 25 3 2 3 19 19 1* 11 5 2* 3 1* 6 28 33 4 18 3 28 24 1* 1* 3050 16 Bruce Hill (R) 32 11 5 23 16 15 47 23 8 18 30 7 13 8 31 8 5 5 10 25 27 8 6 10 13 26 3002 17 Ed Negre 9 14 10 7 13 19 31 13 32 24 31 32 28 27 12 15 14 18 33 30 11 17 21 30 22 12 11 10 40 2982 18 J. D. McDuffie 14 33 13 11 28 29 11 18 11 6 18 22 9 27 45 28 33 8 7 30 9 5 20 30 18 21 2745 19 Buddy Arrington 6 9 15 20 10 14 38 28 13 26 15 21 25 12 24 22 17 18 18 11 17 12 13 15 20 2654 20 Coo Coo Marlin 17 26 7 5 5 3 6 40 12 34 26 7 5 35 39 31 12 29 42 9 10 7 8 2584 21 Lennie Pond 19 2 23 10 5 27 25 26 33 36 38 32 21 20 5 24 22 2* 4 2 6 6 2540 22 Jabe Thomas 12 27 14 DNQ 15 35 22 25 19 10 21 20 16 23 12 13 26 15 20 10 18 18 2252 23 Carl Adams (R) 34 DNQ 13 16 18 12 12 44 DNQ 23 21 9 8 6 23 29 DNQ 20 7 11 14 16 28 2182 24 Bobby Allison 1* 2 30 1 4 35 2* 22 35 31 29 4 1 28 3 31 2 26 5 2181 25 Bruce Jacobi (R) 12 9 8 16 25 32 19 11 12 15 9 22 20 16 14 1732 26 Dean Dalton 10 32 30 39 17 17 19 11 10 32 9 15 19 29 32 1486 27 D. K. Ulrich 11 30 26 DNQ 20 15 25 21 16 10 23 28 13 31 27 33 13 1453 28 Donnie Allison 28 28 6 3 21 42 28 9 35 5 3 33 9 27 1376 29 Richie Panch 8 34 17 49 8 6 28 33 43 25 5 25 35 36 1243 30 Jim Vandiver 35 26 27 15 14 33 4 9 8 23 27 8 28 1228 31 Bill Champion DNQ 21 34 16 11 18 19 29 30 30 29 21 25 17 1218 32 Earle Canavan 13 31 23 25 17 17 17 34 29 32 35 25 1062 33 Grant Adcox (R) 37 21 7 29 36 27 34 14 13 16 25 1020 34 Joe Mihalic (R) 34 33 14 13 9 27 21 26 DNQ 32 16 957 35 Joe Frasson DNQ 22 18 14 DNQ 31 8 36 13 37 26 939 36 Travis Tiller (R) 16 21 21 24 23 26 24 30 23 28 922 37 Rick Newsom 31 22 19 20 24 33 41 13 36 12 877 38 Ferrel Harris (R) 16 11 14 45 DNQ 13 DNQ 15 16 18 22 24 797 39 Henley Gray 16 19 9 28 27 36 19 29 33 747 40 G. C. Spencer 9 36 24 22 38 39 49 31 32 634 41 Dick May (R) QL 20 35 23 17 19 8 37 17 21 631 42 Earl Brooks QL 22 26 23 26 22 QL 34 17 534 43 Neil Castles DNQ 18 22 30 29 40 34 31 529 44 Jackie Rogers 14 19 30 9 36 38 29 36 502 45 Harry Jefferson 32 9 6 21 28 455 46 Tommy Gale 23 18 28 22 35 437 47 Ricky Rudd 11 10 25 28 QL 431 48 Bobby Isaac 29 35 37 7 23 30 405 49 Dick Skillen 30 23 25 37 27 389 50 Ray Elder 13 4 25 372 51 Randy Tissot 29 29 28 16 50 15 15 364 52 Harold Miller 34 28 36 24 QL 34 347 53 Jimmy Insolo 33 27 39 7 343 54 Darel Dieringer 12 10 37 7 337 55 Bob Burcham 13 18 23 327 56 Chuck Wahl 17 7 35 322 57 Chuck Bown (R) 27 34 26 12 38 319 58 Bill Schmitt 18 8 33 315 59 Baxter Price 20 22 18 309 60 Bill Hollar 23 22 16 306 61 Skip Manning 14 15 15 11 297 62 Alton Jones 6 12 277 63 Richard D. Brown 29 25 17 30 261 64 Gary Matthews 8 15 260 65 Don Puskarich 12 32 37 246 66 Sonny Easley 21 30 39 224 67 Glenn Francis 25 11 218 68 Johnny Ray 48 24 30 40 207 69 Hershel McGriff 10 30 19 11 31 205 70 Jim Boyd 14 27 203 71 Hugh Pearson 23 18 203 72 Bill Osborne 16 26 200 73 Pete Torres 26 16 200 74 George Follmer 24 29 167 75 Charlie Griffin 26 28 164 76 Kenny Brightbill 7 146 77 Terry Bivins 9 21 138 78 Gene Riniker 10 134 79 Don Hall 11 130 80 Marty Robbins 39 31 121 81 Clyde Dagit DNQ 15 118 82 Larry Esau 15 118 83 Richard White 19 106 84 Billy Hagan 19 106 85 John Banks 50 20 21 103 86 Jeff Handy 20 103 87 Johnny Kieper 20 24 103 88 Don Reynolds 20 103 89 A. J. Reno 21 100 90 Carl Joiner 22 97 91 Doc Faustina 22 97 92 Ron Esau 22 97 93 Carl Van Horn 23 94 94 Paul Dean Holt 21 24 91 95 Eddie Bradshaw 25 88 96 Red Farmer QL 37 44 83 97 Jimmy Hensley 7 27 82 98 Joey Arrington 27 27 32 82 99 Bill Ward 28 79 100 Chuck Little 28 79 101 G. T. Tallas 29 DNQ 76 102 Dan Daughtry 38 46 74 103 Dick Bown 30 73 104 Harry Gant 31 70 105 John Soares Jr. 31 70 106 Jim Thirkettle 32 67 107 George Wiltshire 32 67 108 Ted Fritz 33 64 109 Randy Bethea 33 64 110 Charlie Glotzbach 6 36 60 111 Ivan Baldwin 35 35 58 112 Dick Trickle 40 55 113 H. B. Bailey DNQ 40 43 114 Warren Tope 40 18 43 115 Tiny Lund DNQ 46 25 116 Terry Link DNQ 47 22 117 A. J. Foyt 11 35 24 30* 21 5 14 118 Johnny Rutherford 27 32 40 34 119 Ramo Stott 5 30 120 Jody Ridley 29 11 121 Tom Williams 20 QL 23 122 Neil Bonnett 14 35 123 Salt Walther 17 37 DNQ 124 Earl Ross 13 125 Don Hoffman 15 126 Glen McDuffie 19 127 John Harkins 21 128 Dale Earnhardt 22 129 Roy Smith 29 130 John Martin 30 131 Mel Larson 32 132 Gordon Johncock 36 133 Dennis Wilson DNQ DNQ 134 Tom Culbertson DNQ 135 Joe Booher DNQ 136 Jimmy Crowe DNQ 137 Bill Dennis DNQ 138 Bill Elliott DNQ Pos. Position Driver RIV DAY RCH CAR BRI ATL NWS DAR MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RIV MCH DAY NSV POC TAL MCH DAR DOV NWS MAR CLT RCH CAR BRI ATL ONT Pts Points scored 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Central - The Third Turn https://www.thethirdturn.com/wiki/1975_NASCAR_Winston_Cup_Series_Central 2021-04-29 www.thethirdturn.com en See also 1975 NASCAR Winston West Series NASCAR Goes Country References External links 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series results on Racing-Reference *Winston Cup Series Category:NASCAR Cup Series seasons