1975 Daytona 500

Race 2 of 30

Daytona
200 laps
Time of race: 3:15:15
Average speed of winner: 153.649 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Lead changes: 19 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 21 laps
Lap leaders: D. Allison 1, Petty 2-12, Foyt 13-16, Petty 17-18, Foyt 19-22, Petty 23-36, Pearson 37-40, Petty 41-44, Foyt 45-54, Petty 55-74, Pearson 75-85, Yarborough 86-87, Baker 88-107, Yarborough 108-111, Pearson 112-117, Baker 118-143, Pearson 144-175, Parsons 176, Pearson 177-197, Parsons 198-200

Race notes: Debut for Ferrel Harris, Bruce Jacobi, and Warren Tope.

Video links: Highlights

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	32	Benny Parsons	72	Kings Row Fireplaces	'75 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter		200	2	4	running	43905	180
2	3	Bobby Allison	16	Coca-Cola/AMC	'75 Matador	Penske	Woodard		199	0	0	running	26700	170
3	6	Cale Yarborough	11	Valvoline	'75 Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		198	2	6	running	21850	170
4	2	David Pearson	21	Purolator	'73 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		198	5	74	running	18150	170
5	31	Ramo Stott	83	Smithville Farms	'75 Chevrolet	Norris Reed			197	0	0	running	11650	155
6	8	Dave Marcis	71	K&K Insurance	'74 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		197	0	0	running	13650	150
7	4	Richard Petty	43	STP	'74 Dodge	Petty	Inman		192	5	51	running	13700	151
8	10	Richie Panch	98	Daytona Budweiser	'75 Chevrolet	Panch			191	0	0	running	8950	142
9	37	G.C. Spencer	49	Spencer Racing	'74 Dodge	G.C. Spencer			191	0	0	running	7150	138
10	17	James Hylton	48	Nitro 9	'74 Chevrolet	Hylton	Champion		189	0	0	running	7485	134
11	9	A.J. Foyt	28	Gilmore Racing	'75 Chevrolet	Ellington			188	3	18	engine	6700	0
12	39	Bruce Jacobi	37	Opal's Truck Stop	'75 Chevrolet	Voight			185	0	0	running	4935	127
13	30	Bob Burcham	97	Long-Lewis Ford	'73 Ford	Ed Clark			184	0	0	rear end	4320	124
14	26	Ed Negre	79	Brook-Masey	'74 Dodge	Frank Warren			184	0	0	running	4390	121
15	15	Cecil Gordon	24	Bob Stott Chevrolet	'75 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			183	0	0	engine	4195	118
16	16	Ferrel Harris	82	Cougar Coal	'74 Dodge	Ferrel Harris	Buddy Parrott		176	0	0	running	2800	115
17	35	Coo Coo Marlin	14	Cunningham-Kelley	'75 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			162	0	0	engine	3105	112
18	36	Richard Childress	96	L.C. Newton Trucking	'75 Chevrolet	Garn			150	0	0	running	3760	109
19	7	Lennie Pond	54	Master Chevrolet	'75 Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			146	0	0	oil pump	3250	106
20	13	Buddy Baker	15	Bud Moore Engineering	'73 Ford	Moore	Moore		144	2	46	timing chain	8200	108
21	12	David Sisco	05	Reliable Plumbing	'75 Chevrolet	Sisco			118	0	0	engine	2925	100
22	5	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore Industries	'73 Ford	Donlavey			104	0	0	water pump	3300	97
23	24	Tommy Gale	64	Elmo Langley Racing	'73 Ford	Langley			83	0	0	valve	2625	94
24	40	George Follmer	33	Bill Moyer Racing	'75 Chevrolet	Moyer			67	0	0	a-frame	1650	91
25	22	Walter Ballard	30	Clyde Lynn Auto Parts	'75 Chevrolet	Ballard			67	0	0	ignition	2385	88
26	33	Darrell Waltrip	17	Terminal Transport	'75 Chevrolet	Waltrip	Elder		54	0	0	axle	4310	85
27	11	Johnny Rutherford	08	DiGard Racing	'75 Chevrolet	DiGard			51	0	0	valve	2075	0
28	1	Donnie Allison	88	DiGard Racing	'75 Chevrolet	DiGard		185.827	36	1	1	fuel pump	6365	84
29	18	Randy Tissot	74	Tilitco Enterprises	'75 Chevrolet	Charles Little			30	0	0	valve	1860	76
30	38	Hershel McGriff	69	Ken Friez Enterprises	'75 Chevrolet	Friez			13	0	0	engine	1400	73
31	21	Rick Newsom	20	Newsom Racing	'73 Ford	Newsom			7	0	0	valve	1760	70
32	20	Bruce Hill	47	Hill Racing	'75 Chevrolet	Bruce Hill			4	0	0	accident	1750	67
33	14	J.D. McDuffie	70	Glenn's Landscaping	'75 Chevrolet	McDuffie			3	0	0	accident	2355	64
34	19	Joe Mihalic	60	Lou Viglione Racing	'75 Chevrolet	Viglione			3	0	0	accident	1700	61
35	34	Jim Vandiver	99	Transmissions Unlimited	'74 Dodge	John Keselowski			3	0	0	accident	1350	58
36	27	Dick Trickle	75	Puro Racing	'73 Mercury	Puro			3	0	0	accident	1705	55
37	25	Grant Adcox	41	Adcox-Kirby	'75 Chevrolet	Adcox			3	0	0	accident	1615	52
38	23	Dan Daughtry	35	DM Construction	'73 Ford	Morris Davis			3	0	0	accident	1550	49
39	28	Marty Robbins	42	Robbins Racing	'74 Dodge	Robbins			3	0	0	accident	1705	46
40	29	Warren Tope	81	Lester Tires & Wheels	'73 Ford	Tope			3	0	0	accident	1470	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Bobby Allison	355	2	1	1	2	2
2	David Pearson	345	2	0	0	2	2
3	Dave Marcis	310	2	0	0	1	2
4	Richard Petty	302	2	0	0	0	2
5	James Hylton	284	2	0	0	0	2
6	Cecil Gordon	283	2	0	0	1	1
7	Benny Parsons	271	2	0	1	1	1
8	Ed Negre	259	2	0	0	0	1
9	Richard Childress	239	2	0	0	0	0
10	Hershel McGriff	207	2	0	0	0	1
11	J.D. McDuffie	185	2	0	0	0	0
12	Cale Yarborough	170	1	0	0	1	1
13	Walter Ballard	158	2	0	0	0	0
14	Ramo Stott	155	1	0	0	1	1
15	Elmo Langley	155	1	0	0	1	1
16	Richie Panch	142	1	0	0	0	1
17	Gary Matthews	142	1	0	0	0	1
18	G.C. Spencer	138	1	0	0	0	1
19	Ray Elder	129	1	0	0	0	0
20	Bruce Jacobi	127	1	0	0	0	0
21	Don Puskarich	127	1	0	0	0	0
22	Bob Burcham	124	1	0	0	0	0
23	Larry Esau	118	1	0	0	0	0
24	Ferrel Harris	115	1	0	0	0	0
25	Bill Osborne	115	1	0	0	0	0