1975 Carolina 500

Race 4 of 30

Rockingham
492 laps
Time of race: 4:15:18
Average speed of winner: 117.588 mph
Margin of victory: 13.5 sec.
Lead changes: 15 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 34 laps
Lap leaders: Baker 1-7, Waltrip 8-29, Pearson 30-32, Yarborough 33-86, Pearson 87-92, Petty 93-128, Yarborough 129-152, Petty 153-194, Pearson 195-285, Yarborough 286-294, Pearson 295-303, Yarborough 304-320, Pearson 321-329, Yarborough 330-456, Pearson 457-462, Yarborough 463-492

Race notes: Debut for Ricky Rudd. Finale for Clyde Dagit.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Cale Yarborough	11	Russell Bennett Chevrolet	'75 Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		492	6	261	running	14200	0
2	8	David Pearson	21	Purolator	'73 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		492	6	124	running	10325	175
3	2	Richard Petty	43	STP	'74 Dodge	Petty	Inman		483	2	78	running	7925	170
4	10	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore Industries	'73 Ford	Donlavey			478	0	0	running	4700	160
5	22	Bruce Hill	47	Hill Racing	'75 Chevrolet	Bruce Hill			465	0	0	running	3950	155
6	20	Richard Childress	96	L.C. Newton Trucking	'75 Chevrolet	Garn			464	0	0	running	3250	150
7	16	Ed Negre	8	10,000 RPM Speed Equipment	'74 Dodge	Negre			462	0	0	running	2800	146
8	21	James Hylton	48	Nitro 9	'74 Chevrolet	Hylton	Champion		455	0	0	running	2625	142
9	27	Buddy Arrington	67	Arrington Racing	'74 Dodge	Arrington			452	0	0	running	2400	138
10	25	Dean Dalton	7	Belden Asphalt	'73 Ford	Dean Dalton			450	0	0	running	2200	134
11	26	Ricky Rudd	10	Champion Racing	'73 Ford	Bill Champion			436	0	0	running	2000	130
12	31	Elmo Langley	64	Langley Racing	'73 Ford	Langley			436	0	0	running	1800	127
13	23	Carl Adams	65	Adams Racing	'73 Ford	Mummert			434	0	0	running	1630	124
14	17	David Sisco	05	Reliable Plumbing	'75 Chevrolet	Sisco			431	0	0	battery	1500	121
15	29	Clyde Dagit	0	Dagit Racing	'74 Dodge	Dagit			418	0	0	running	1400	118
16	28	Travis Tiller	46	Precision Engine Machine	'74 Dodge	Tiller			412	0	0	running	1300	115
17	13	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing	'75 Chevrolet	Ballard			406	0	0	running	1200	112
18	14	Frank Warren	79	Warren Racing	'74 Dodge	Frank Warren			390	0	0	running	1100	109
19	24	Rick Newsom	20	Newsom Racing	'73 Ford	Newsom			372	0	0	engine	1000	106
20	19	Cecil Gordon	24	Bob Stott Chevrolet	'75 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			348	0	0	running	1000	103
21	3	Darrell Waltrip	17	Terminal Transport	'75 Chevrolet	Waltrip	Elder		301	1	22	accident	900	105
22	5	Benny Parsons	72	Kings Row Fireplaces	'75 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter		301	0	0	accident	775	97
23	4	Lennie Pond	54	Master Chevrolet	'75 Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			301	0	0	accident	750	94
24	6	Dave Marcis	71	K&K Insurance	'74 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		294	0	0	accident	725	91
25	1	Buddy Baker	15	Bud Moore Engineering	'75 Ford	Moore	Moore	137.611	236	1	7	valve	1200	93
26	12	Coo Coo Marlin	14	Cunningham-Kelley	'75 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			235	0	0	engine	675	85
27	15	Jabe Thomas	25	Ward's Mobile Homes	'74 Chevrolet	Don Robertson			173	0	0	engine	650	82
28	11	Donnie Allison	88	DiGard Racing	'75 Chevrolet	DiGard			165	0	0	oil pressure	625	79
29	9	Bobby Isaac	28	Gilmore Enterprises	'75 Chevrolet	Ellington			113	0	0	handling	600	76
30	18	Dick Skillen	78	Tom Goff Racing	'74 Chevrolet	Goff			97	0	0	ignition	575	73
31	30	Earle Canavan	01	Kava Coffee	'74 Dodge	Canavan			2	0	0	valve	570	70

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Richard Petty	657	4	1	1	2	4
2	James Hylton	547	4	0	0	0	3
3	Ed Negre	539	4	0	0	0	3
4	Benny Parsons	538	4	0	1	2	2
5	Cecil Gordon	532	4	0	0	1	2
6	Richard Childress	527	4	0	0	0	2
7	David Pearson	520	3	0	0	3	3
8	Dave Marcis	516	4	0	0	1	2
9	Elmo Langley	437	3	0	0	2	2
10	Dick Brooks	417	3	0	0	2	2
11	Walter Ballard	376	4	0	0	0	0
12	Lennie Pond	370	3	0	0	1	1
13	David Sisco	363	3	0	0	0	1
14	Bobby Allison	355	2	1	1	2	2
15	Bruce Hill	352	3	0	0	1	1
16	Darrell Waltrip	308	3	0	0	0	0
17	Buddy Arrington	288	2	0	0	0	2
18	Rick Newsom	273	3	0	0	0	0
19	Frank Warren	221	2	0	0	0	0
20	Jabe Thomas	209	2	0	0	0	0
21	Hershel McGriff	207	2	0	0	0	1
22	Buddy Baker	201	2	1	0	0	0
23	Coo Coo Marlin	197	2	0	0	0	0
24	Earle Canavan	194	2	0	0	0	0
25	Carl Adams	185	2	0	0	0	0