1975 Virginia 500

Race 9 of 30

Martinsville
500 laps
Time of race: 3:47:15
Average speed of winner: 69.282 mph
Margin of victory: 6 sec.
Lead changes: 18 among 7 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 58 laps
Lap leaders: Parsons 1-63, Marcis 64-89, B. Allison 90-138, Yarborough 139-145, B. Allison 146, Parsons 147-170, Baker 171, Waltrip 172-200, Petty 201-274, Yarborough 275-277, Baker 278-280, Petty 281-297, Yarborough 298-299, Petty 300-373, Waltrip 374, Yarborough 375-397, Petty 398-451, Waltrip 452-479, Petty 480-500

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	6	Richard Petty	43	STP	'74 Dodge	Petty	Inman		500	5	240	running	18000	185
2	3	Darrell Waltrip	17	Terminal Transport	'75 Chevrolet	Waltrip	Elder		500	3	58	running	7200	175
3	7	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	'75 Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		499	4	35	running	4550	170
4	4	Bobby Allison	16	Coca-Cola/AMC	'75 Matador	Penske	Woodard		496	2	50	running	4000	0
5	8	Dave Marcis	71	K&K Insurance	'74 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		493	1	26	running	2500	160
6	1	Benny Parsons	72	Kings Row Fireplaces	'75 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter	85.789	492	2	87	running	2800	155
7	11	Jimmy Hensley	63	Hensley Racing	'75 Chevrolet				492	0	0	running	1300	0
8	12	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore Industries	'73 Ford	Donlavey			484	0	0	running	1200	142
9	13	Richard Childress	96	L.C. Newton Trucking	'75 Chevrolet	Garn			475	0	0	running	1100	138
10	14	James Hylton	48	Nitro 9	'74 Chevrolet	Hylton	Champion		472	0	0	running	1000	134
11	25	Elmo Langley	64	Langley Racing	'73 Ford	Langley			470	0	0	running	900	130
12	21	Carl Adams	65	Travelodge	'73 Ford	Mummert			469	0	0	running	800	127
13	26	Ed Negre	7	10,000 RPM Speed Equipment	'73 Dodge	Dean Dalton			467	0	0	running	700	124
14	19	Buddy Arrington	67	J.R. Stanley Trucking	'73 Plymouth	Arrington			465	0	0	running	675	121
15	18	Walter Ballard	30	Ballard Racing	'75 Chevrolet	Ballard			460	0	0	running	650	118
16	23	Bill Champion	10	Al Rudd Auto Parts	'73 Ford	Bill Champion			413	0	0	running	640	115
17	15	Richie Panch	98	Panch Go-Club	'75 Chevrolet	Panch			365	0	0	rear end	630	112
18	22	Frank Warren	79	Warren Racing	'74 Dodge	Frank Warren			356	0	0	overheating	620	109
19	10	Buddy Baker	15	Mitchell-Howell Ford	'75 Ford	Moore	Moore		350	2	4	accelerator	610	111
20	5	David Pearson	21	Purolator	'73 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		280	0	0	rear end	600	103
21	2	Donnie Allison	88	DiGard Racing	'75 Chevrolet	DiGard			248	0	0	brakes	590	100
22	24	Jabe Thomas	25	Ward's Mobile Homes	'74 Chevrolet	Don Robertson			245	0	0	oil pressure	580	97
23	17	Cecil Gordon	24	Stott Chevrolet	'75 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			237	0	0	engine	570	94
24	30	Travis Tiller	46	Precision Engine Machine	'74 Dodge	Tiller			124	0	0	overheating	560	91
25	9	Lennie Pond	54	Master Chevrolet	'75 Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			117	0	0	brakes	550	88
26	20	David Sisco	05	Reliable Plumbing	'75 Chevrolet	Sisco			102	0	0	engine	540	85
27	27	Joey Arrington	57	Arrington Racing	'74 Dodge	Arrington			9	0	0	overheating	530	82
28	16	J.D. McDuffie	70	Butler's/Glenn's Landscaping	'75 Chevrolet	McDuffie			4	0	0	engine	520	79
29	28	Richard D. Brown	44	Bush Olds Pontiac	'74 Pontiac	Jerry Brown			4	0	0	pulley	510	76
30	29	Dean Dalton	8	10,000 RPM Speed Equipment	'74 Dodge	Negre			1	0	0	oil pressure	500	73

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Richard Petty	1487	9	2	5	6	8
2	Benny Parsons	1262	9	1	1	3	6
3	James Hylton	1232	9	0	0	1	6
4	Dave Marcis	1230	9	0	0	4	6
5	Cecil Gordon	1171	9	0	0	2	5
6	Richard Childress	1130	9	0	0	0	4
7	Darrell Waltrip	1114	8	1	0	3	5
8	Dick Brooks	1055	8	0	0	3	5
9	Elmo Langley	976	8	0	0	2	2
10	Ed Negre	963	8	0	0	0	3
11	David Pearson	949	6	1	0	4	5
12	Buddy Baker	938	7	2	0	3	3
13	Walter Ballard	937	9	0	0	0	1
14	Lennie Pond	844	7	0	0	2	3
15	David Sisco	837	8	0	0	0	2
16	Frank Warren	826	7	0	0	0	0
17	Cale Yarborough	775	7	0	1	4	4
18	Buddy Arrington	764	6	0	0	0	3
19	Bruce Hill	679	6	0	0	1	1
20	Carl Adams	663	6	0	0	0	0
21	Bobby Allison	613	5	1	2	4	4
22	Jabe Thomas	603	6	0	0	0	0
23	Donnie Allison	578	5	1	0	1	2
24	Rick Newsom	531	6	0	0	0	0
25	J.D. McDuffie	518	5	0	0	0	0