1975 Wilkes 400

Race 23 of 30

North Wilkesboro
400 laps
Time of race: 2:48:34
Average speed of winner: 88.986 mph
Margin of victory: 2.4 sec.
Lead changes: 11 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 34 laps
Lap leaders: Petty 1-47, Marcis 48-91, Yarborough 92-104, Petty 105, Yarborough 106-193, Petty 194-247, Yarborough 248-313, Petty 314-331, Yarborough 332-334, Petty 335-380, Yarborough 381-382, Petty 383-400

Race notes: Finale for Charlie Griffin.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Richard Petty	43	STP	'74 Dodge	Petty	Inman	105.500	400	6	184	running	7960	185
2	4	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms Poultry	'75 Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		400	5	172	running	3960	175
3	2	Darrell Waltrip	88	Terminal Transport	'75 Chevrolet	DiGard	Elder		396	0	0	running	3035	165
4	5	Buddy Baker	15	Bud Moore Enterprises	'75 Ford	Moore	Moore		394	0	0	running	2060	160
5	6	Lennie Pond	54	Master Chevrolet/Va. Concrete	'75 Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			394	0	0	running	1560	155
6	8	Benny Parsons	72	Kings Row Fireplaces	'75 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter		392	0	0	running	1110	150
7	12	J.D. McDuffie	70	Butler's	'75 Chevrolet	McDuffie			392	0	0	running	960	146
8	13	Richard Childress	96	L.C. Newton Trucking	'75 Chevrolet	Garn			389	0	0	running	910	142
9	16	Jim Vandiver	31	Triple Elkhorn Mining	'74 Dodge	Vandiver			388	0	0	running	860	138
10	10	Bruce Hill	47	Dixie 500	'75 Chevrolet	Bruce Hill			386	0	0	running	835	134
11	3	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore Industries	'73 Ford	Donlavey			385	0	0	running	735	130
12	15	Coo Coo Marlin	14	Cunningham-Kelley	'75 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			384	0	0	running	710	127
13	11	James Hylton	48	Nitro 9	'74 Chevrolet	Hylton	Champion		378	0	0	running	685	124
14	20	Elmo Langley	64	Independent Auto Salvage	'73 Ford	Langley			376	0	0	running	635	121
15	25	Dean Dalton	7	Belden Asphalt	'73 Ford	Dean Dalton			374	0	0	running	610	118
16	9	Cecil Gordon	24	Bob Stott Chevrolet	'75 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			373	0	0	running	685	115
17	19	Ed Negre	8	10,000 RPM Speed Equipment	'74 Dodge	Negre			370	0	0	running	585	112
18	29	Buddy Arrington	67	J.R. Stanley Trucking	'73 Plymouth	Arrington			367	0	0	running	535	109
19	14	David Sisco	05	Reliable Plumbing	'75 Chevrolet	Sisco			367	0	0	running	510	106
20	22	Carl Adams	65	Travelodge	'73 Ford	Mummert			361	0	0	running	485	103
21	18	Bill Champion	10	Champion Racing	'73 Ford	Bill Champion			357	0	0	engine	480	100
22	26	Bill Hollar	29	Hollar Racing	'74 Chevrolet	Hollar			328	0	0	running	430	97
23	27	D.K. Ulrich	40	Garden State Auto Body	'75 Chevrolet	Ulrich			290	0	0	front end	400	94
24	30	Frank Warren	79	Warren Racing	'74 Dodge	Frank Warren			207	0	0	engine	390	91
25	17	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing	'75 Chevrolet	Ballard			194	0	0	rear end	405	88
26	24	Jabe Thomas	25	Robertson Racing	'74 Chevrolet	Don Robertson			105	0	0	battery	370	85
27	7	Dave Marcis	71	K&K Insurance	'74 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		92	1	44	engine	385	87
28	28	Charlie Griffin	23	Robertson Racing	'74 Dodge	Don Robertson			46	0	0	too slow	350	79
29	21	Henley Gray	19	Belden Asphalt	'74 Chevrolet	Henley Gray			14	0	0	oil leak	340	76
30	23	Richard D. Brown	44	Bush Olds Pontiac	'74 Pontiac	Jerry Brown			12	0	0	vibration	330	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Richard Petty	3879	23	3	11	18	21
2	Dave Marcis	3017	23	2	0	11	13
3	James Hylton	2989	23	0	0	2	12
4	Benny Parsons	2953	23	2	1	8	14
5	Richard Childress	2931	23	0	0	1	12
6	Cecil Gordon	2790	23	0	0	5	11
7	Darrell Waltrip	2782	22	2	1	9	12
8	Elmo Langley	2570	22	0	0	2	4
9	Buddy Baker	2411	17	3	2	9	10
10	David Sisco	2401	21	0	0	2	7
11	Walter Ballard	2400	23	0	0	0	3
12	Frank Warren	2361	21	0	0	0	0
13	David Pearson	2360	16	5	3	10	11
14	Cale Yarborough	2360	20	1	2	10	10
15	Dick Brooks	2290	18	0	0	5	10
16	Ed Negre	2278	22	0	0	0	3
17	Bruce Hill	2197	19	0	0	3	8
18	Buddy Arrington	2052	19	0	0	0	3
19	J.D. McDuffie	1994	19	0	0	0	4
20	Coo Coo Marlin	1911	17	0	0	4	7
21	Jabe Thomas	1679	16	0	0	0	1
22	Bobby Allison	1596	14	3	3	7	7
23	Carl Adams	1591	15	0	0	0	3
24	Lennie Pond	1532	15	0	0	3	4
25	Bruce Jacobi	1393	12	0	0	0	3