1975 Los Angeles Times 500

Race 30 of 30

Ontario
200 laps
Time of race: 3:33:12
Average speed of winner: 140.712 mph
Margin of victory: 29.4 sec.
Lead changes: 20 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 1 for 9 laps
Lap leaders: D. Pearson 1-2, Baker 3-14, Petty 15, Baker 16-28, Petty 29-35, D. Pearson 36-39, Petty 40-57, Baker 58, Allison 59, Marcis 60-63, Petty 64-66, Baker 67-94, D. Pearson 95-96, Allison 97-100, Baker 101-128, D. Pearson 129-130, Marcis 131, Yarborough 132, Baker 133-164, D. Pearson 165-166, Baker 167-200

Race notes: Debut for Roy Smith and Jim Thirkettle. Finale for Carl Adams, Jim Boyd, Don Hall, and John Martin. Only start for Don Hoffman.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Buddy Baker	15	Norris Industries	'75 Ford	Moore	Moore		200	7	148	running	32300	0
2	1	David Pearson	21	Purolator	'73 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	153.525	200	5	12	running	13800	175
3	3	Dave Marcis	71	K&K Insurance	'74 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		200	2	5	running	9000	170
4	7	Cale Yarborough	11	Holly Farms	'75 Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		199	1	1	running	5825	165
5	4	Bobby Allison	16	Coca-Cola/AMC	'75 Matador	Penske	Woodard		199	2	5	running	4925	160
6	12	Lennie Pond	54	Master Chevrolet	'75 Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			196	0	0	running	3725	150
7	8	Jimmy Insolo	38	Stock Car Products	'75 Chevrolet	Paquette			196	0	0	running	3425	146
8	10	Dick Brooks	90	Truxmore Industries	'73 Ford	Donlavey			195	0	0	running	3125	142
9	37	James Hylton	48	Nitro 9	'74 Chevrolet	Hylton	Champion		191	0	0	running	2825	138
10	28	Richard Childress	96	L.C. Newton Trucking	'75 Chevrolet	Garn			190	0	0	running	2525	134
11	30	Don Hall	01	Lake's Drywall	'75 Chevrolet	Craker			188	0	0	running	2225	130
12	33	David Sisco	05	Reliable Plumbing	'75 Chevrolet	Sisco			188	0	0	running	2050	127
13	38	D.K. Ulrich	40	Garden State Auto Body	'75 Chevrolet	Ulrich			188	0	0	running	1875	124
14	5	A.J. Foyt	28	Gilmore-Foyt Enterprises	'75 Chevrolet	Ellington			184	0	0	engine	1725	0
15	23	Don Hoffman	63	Moyer Chevrolet	'75 Chevrolet	Moyer			178	0	0	running	1650	118
16	6	Richard Petty	43	STP	'74 Dodge	Petty	Inman		168	4	29	valve	4975	120
17	24	Frank Warren	79	Warren Racing	'74 Dodge	Frank Warren			160	0	0	engine	1500	112
18	31	Hugh Pearson	76	Wayne's Pump Service	'75 Chevrolet	Hugh Pearson			153	0	0	engine	1450	109
19	16	Cecil Gordon	24	Pruette Chevrolet	'75 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			141	0	0	engine	1400	106
20	27	Walter Ballard	30	Clyde Lynn Auto Parts	'75 Chevrolet	Ballard			131	0	0	engine	1350	103
21	17	J.D. McDuffie	70	Butler's	'75 Chevrolet	McDuffie			114	0	0	rocker arm	1300	100
22	21	Elmo Langley	64	Langley Racing	'73 Ford	Langley			113	0	0	battery	1250	97
23	25	Tom Williams	39	Varner Realty	'74 Chevrolet				102	0	0	overheating	1200	0
24	36	John Kieper	98W	Wholesale Truck Parts	'75 Chevrolet	Kieper			86	0	0	oil pressure	1150	0
25	14	Ray Elder	96W	Olympia Brewery	'74 Dodge	Elder			71	0	0	engine	1600	88
26	11	Bruce Hill	47	Howson Algraphy	'75 Chevrolet	Bruce Hill			69	0	0	engine	1050	85
27	39	Jim Boyd	31	Boyd Racing	'74 Dodge	Jim Boyd			68	0	0	head gasket	1000	82
28	32	Carl Adams	65	Adams Racing	'73 Ford	Mummert			67	0	0	engine	950	79
29	18	Roy Smith	29	Mercury Marine	'75 Chevrolet	Midgley			62	0	0	suspension	900	76
30	29	John Martin	2	Marcis Racing	'74 Dodge	Marcis			53	0	0	engine	850	73
31	19	Hershel McGriff	26	Bridal Veil Lumber	'75 Chevrolet	Friez			50	0	0	engine	800	70
32	22	Jim Thirkettle	5	Allied Box/Speedway Engineering	'75 Chevrolet				50	0	0	engine	750	67
33	35	Bill Schmitt	73	Schmitt Racing	'75 Chevrolet	Schmitt			32	0	0	engine	700	64
34	9	Benny Parsons	72	Kings Row Fireplaces	'75 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter		31	0	0	ignition	650	61
35	26	Chuck Wahl	37	Excel Trailer Co.	'75 Mercury	Wahl			29	0	0	transmission	600	58
36	13	Richie Panch	98	Grey-Rock Brake Products	'75 Mercury	Panch			22	0	0	accident	590	55
37	40	Don Puskarich	10	Puskarich Racing	'74 Dodge	Puskarich			20	0	0	accident	580	52
38	20	Chuck Bown	03	Rose Auto Wrecking	'74 Dodge	Dick Bown			13	0	0	valve	570	49
39	15	Sonny Easley	68	San Fernando Valley Lumber	'73 Ford	Lankford			10	0	0	sump belt	560	46
40	34	Ed Negre	8	10,000 RPM Speed Equipment	'74 Dodge	Negre			2	0	0	engine	550	43

Points standings

Rank	Driver	Points	Starts	Poles	Wins	Top 5s	Top 10s
1	Richard Petty	4783	30	3	13	21	24
2	Dave Marcis	4061	30	4	1	16	18
3	James Hylton	3914	30	0	0	2	16
4	Benny Parsons	3820	30	3	1	11	17
5	Richard Childress	3818	30	0	0	2	15
6	Cecil Gordon	3702	30	0	0	7	16
7	Darrell Waltrip	3462	28	2	2	11	14
8	Elmo Langley	3399	29	0	0	2	7
9	Cale Yarborough	3295	27	3	3	13	13
10	Dick Brooks	3182	25	0	0	6	15
11	Walter Ballard	3151	30	0	0	0	3
12	Frank Warren	3148	28	0	0	0	0
13	David Sisco	3116	28	0	0	2	7
14	David Pearson	3057	21	7	3	13	14
15	Buddy Baker	3050	23	3	4	12	13
16	Bruce Hill	3002	26	0	0	3	11
17	Ed Negre	2982	29	0	0	0	4
18	Buddy Arrington	2766	25	0	0	0	3
19	J.D. McDuffie	2745	26	0	0	1	6
20	Coo Coo Marlin	2584	23	0	0	4	11
21	Lennie Pond	2540	22	0	0	6	9
22	Jabe Thomas	2252	21	0	0	0	2
23	Carl Adams	2182	20	0	0	0	4
24	Bobby Allison	2181	19	3	3	10	10
25	Bruce Jacobi	1732	15	0	0	0	3