1975 Richmond 500

Race 3 of 30

Richmond
500 laps
Time of race: 3:37:03
Average speed of winner: 74.913 mph
Margin of victory: 6 laps
Lead changes: 2 between 2 drivers
Cautions: 7 for 89 laps
Lap leaders: Petty 1-157, Parsons 158-213, Petty 214-500

Race notes: Richard Petty took the points lead from Bobby Allison.

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	93.340	500	2	444	running	6265	185
2	3	Lennie Pond	54	Master Chevrolet	'75 Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			494	0	0	running	4160	170
3	2	Benny Parsons	72	Kings Row Fireplaces	'75 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter		491	1	56	running	2935	170
4	5	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore Industries	'73 Ford	Donlavey			489	0	0	running	1760	160
5	9	Elmo Langley	64	Langley Racing	'73 Ford	Langley			476	0	0	running	1385	155
6	10	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington Racing	'74 Dodge	Arrington			474	0	0	running	1285	150
7	8	Cecil Gordon	24	Bob Stott Chevrolet	'75 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			466	0	0	running	1185	146
8	14	David Sisco	05	Reliable Plumbing	'75 Chevrolet	Sisco			464	0	0	running	1110	142
9	11	Richard Childress	96	L.C. Newton Trucking	'75 Chevrolet	Garn			462	0	0	running	1045	138
10	12	Ed Negre	8	10,000 RPM Speed Equipment	'74 Dodge	Negre			444	0	0	running	975	134
11	22	Bruce Hill	47	Hill Racing	'75 Chevrolet	Bruce Hill			436	0	0	running	885	130
12	16	Jabe Thomas	25	Ward's Mobile Homes	'73 Dodge	Don Robertson			396	0	0	running	835	127
13	15	Earle Canavan	01	Kava Coffee	'74 Plymouth	Canavan			353	0	0	running	810	124
14	7	James Hylton	48	Nitro 9	'74 Chevrolet	Hylton	Champion		344	0	0	running	735	121
15	4	Darrell Waltrip	17	Terminal Transport	'75 Chevrolet	Waltrip	Elder		232	0	0	engine	710	118
16	6	Dave Marcis	71	K&K Insurance	'74 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		211	0	0	engine	660	115
17	17	Frank Warren	79	Warren Racing	'74 Dodge	Frank Warren			118	0	0	drive shaft	650	112
18	18	Neil Castles	5	Faustina Racing	'74 Dodge	Castles			98	0	0	gas leak	630	109
19	13	Walter Ballard	10	Champion Racing	'73 Ford	Bill Champion			89	0	0	piston	640	106
20	19	Dick May	70	Glenn's Landscaping/Butler's	'73 Chevrolet	McDuffie			66	0	0	oil leak	605	103
21	21	Bill Champion	30	Ballard Racing	'75 Chevrolet	Ballard			41	0	0	oil pump	555	100
22	20	Rick Newsom	20	Newsom Racing	'73 Ford	Newsom			5	0	0	piston	545	97

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Richard Petty	487	3	1	1	1	3
2	Benny Parsons	441	3	0	1	2	2
3	Cecil Gordon	429	3	0	0	1	2
4	Dave Marcis	425	3	0	0	1	2
5	James Hylton	405	3	0	0	0	2
6	Ed Negre	393	3	0	0	0	2
7	Richard Childress	377	3	0	0	0	1
8	Bobby Allison	355	2	1	1	2	2
9	David Pearson	345	2	0	0	2	2
10	Elmo Langley	310	2	0	0	2	2
11	Lennie Pond	276	2	0	0	1	1
12	Walter Ballard	264	3	0	0	0	0
13	Dick Brooks	257	2	0	0	1	1
14	David Sisco	242	2	0	0	0	1
15	Hershel McGriff	207	2	0	0	0	1
16	Darrell Waltrip	203	2	0	0	0	0
17	Bruce Hill	197	2	0	0	0	0
18	J.D. McDuffie	185	2	0	0	0	0
19	Cale Yarborough	170	1	0	0	1	1
20	Rick Newsom	167	2	0	0	0	0
21	Ramo Stott	155	1	0	0	1	1
22	Buddy Arrington	150	1	0	0	0	1
23	Richie Panch	142	1	0	0	0	1
24	Gary Matthews	142	1	0	0	0	1
25	G.C. Spencer	138	1	0	0	0	1