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1975 Atlanta 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 6 of 30
Sunday, March 23, 1975 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
328 laps on a 1.522 mile paved track (499.216 miles)

Time of race: 3:44:06
Average speed: 133.496 mph
Pole speed: 159.029 mph

Cautions: 5 for 43 laps
Margin of victory: .6 sec
Attendance: 52000
Lead changes: 22

Glossary 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1975 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'74 Dodge	328	19500	running	170	185
2	3	15	Buddy Baker	Shoney's Big Boy (Bud Moore)	'75 Ford	328	13025	running	1	175
3	4	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'73 Mercury	327	8025	running	147	170
4	14	90	Dick Brooks	Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey)	'73 Ford	324	5525	running	0	160
5	15	17	Darrell Waltrip	Terminal Transport (Darrell Waltrip)	'75 Chevrolet	323	6525	running	0	155
6	7	88	Donnie Allison	Allison Racing (DiGard Racing)	'75 Chevrolet	323	3850	running	0	150
7	16	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley (H.B. Cunningham)	'75 Chevrolet	321	3525	running	0	146
8	18	24	Cecil Gordon	Bob Stott Motors (Cecil Gordon)	'75 Chevrolet	317	3525	running	4	147
9	19	97	Harry Jefferson	Packy Nall Engines (George Jefferson)	'73 Ford	314	2625	running	0	138
10	5	54	Lennie Pond	Master Chevy Sales (Ronnie Elder)	'75 Chevrolet	313	3050	running	1	139
11	29	82	Ferrel Harris	Cougar Coal (Ferrel Harris)	'74 Dodge	311	2325	running	0	130
12	22	79	Frank Warren	John 3:16 (Frank Warren)	'74 Dodge	310	2700	running	0	127
13	31	48	James Hylton	Nitro 9 (James Hylton)	'74 Chevrolet	309	2675	running	0	124
14	24	92	Skip Manning	Hagan Racing (Billy Hagan)	'75 Chevrolet	308	2200	running	0	121
15	27	96	Richard Childress	L.C. Newton Trucking (Tom Garn)	'75 Chevrolet	305	2500	running	0	118
16	28	65	Carl Adams	TraveLodge (Richard Mummert)	'73 Ford	304	1825	running	0	115
17	32	64	Elmo Langley	Country Green (Elmo Langley)	'73 Ford	304	2225	running	0	112
18	26	81	Warren Tope	Lester Wheels (Warren Tope)	'73 Ford	302	1700	running	0	109
19	34	70	Henley Gray	Glenn's Landscaping (J.D. McDuffie)	'75 Chevrolet	288	2100	running	0	106
20	35	20	Rick Newsom	Newsom Racing (Rick Newsom)	'73 Ford	279	1550	transmission	0	103
21	21	41	Grant Adcox	Adcox-Kirby (Herb Adcox)	'75 Chevrolet	278	1500	running	0	100
22	12	11	Cale Yarborough	Jerry Brown (Junior Johnson)	'75 Chevrolet	260	4300	engine	0	97
23	23	47	Bruce Hill	Hill Racing (Bruce Hill)	'75 Chevrolet	251	1400	engine	0	94
24	30	30	Walter Ballard	Clyde Lynn Auto Parts (Walter Ballard)	'75 Chevrolet	227	1750	running	0	91
25	33	10	Ricky Rudd	Champion Racing (Bill Champion)	'73 Ford	130	1200	engine	0	88
26	36	31	Jim Vandiver	Ranier Construction (Harry Ranier)	'74 Dodge	129	1175	engine	0	85
27	13	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'74 Dodge	106	4175	engine	0	82
28	9	72	Benny Parsons	King's Row Fireplace (L.G. DeWitt)	'75 Chevrolet	99	3875	engine	3	84
29	8	93	Jody Ridley	Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey)	'73 Ford	95	1150	engine	0	76
30	2	16	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola / AMC (Roger Penske)	'75 Matador	73	1325	engine	2	78
31	17	05	David Sisco	Reliable Plumbing (David Sisco)	'75 Chevrolet	68	1575	engine	0	70
32	6	83	Johnny Rutherford	Smithville Farms (Norris Reed)	'75 Chevrolet	55	1075	crash	0	67
33	11	60	Joe Mihalic	Viglione Racing (Lou Viglione)	'75 Chevrolet	54	1025	crash	0	64
34	20	98	Richie Panch	Tuxedo Plumbing (Bettie Panch)	'75 Chevrolet	49	1500	oil leak	0	61
35	10	28	A.J. Foyt	Gilmore-Foyt-Ellington (Hoss Ellington)	'75 Chevrolet	44	1000	overheating	0	58
36	25	49	G.C. Spencer	Spencer Antiques (G.C. Spencer)	'74 Dodge	17	1000	oil pan	0	55

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Jabe Thomas	25	Ward's Mobile Homes	Don Robertson	Chevrolet

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	21	21
	22	29	8	#10,16 accident turn 4
	30	57	28
	58	69	12	#60,83 accident turn 4
	70	138	69
	139	148	10	#31 engine frontstretch
	149	158	10
	159	163	5	#47 spun turn 4
	164	319	156
	320	327	8	#54 oil turn 1
	328	328	1
Percent of race run under caution: 13.1% Average green flag run: 47.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Allison	1	2	2
David Pearson	3	23	21
Richard Petty	24	24	1
Cecil Gordon	25	28	4
Benny Parsons	29	31	3
David Pearson	32	33	2
Richard Petty	34	58	25
David Pearson	59	59	1
Lennie Pond	60	60	1
Richard Petty	61	68	8
David Pearson	69	73	5
Richard Petty	74	83	10
David Pearson	84	107	24
Richard Petty	108	117	10
David Pearson	118	137	20
Buddy Baker	138	138	1
David Pearson	139	172	34
Richard Petty	173	204	32
David Pearson	205	233	29
Richard Petty	234	266	33
David Pearson	267	277	11
Richard Petty	278	328	51

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Richard Petty	1027
2	Cecil Gordon	839	-188
3	James Hylton	826	-201
4	Benny Parsons	797	-230
5	Richard Childress	783	-244
6	Dave Marcis	740	-287
7	David Pearson	690	-337
8	Dick Brooks	683	-344
9	Ed Negre	663	-364
10	Elmo Langley	661	-366
11	Darrell Waltrip	613	-414
12	David Sisco	579	-448
13	Walter Ballard	576	-451
14	Cale Yarborough	560	-467
15	Buddy Baker	546	-481
16	Lennie Pond	509	-518
17	Frank Warren	475	-552
18	Bruce Hill	446	-581
19	Bobby Allison	433	-594
20	Buddy Arrington	406	-621
21	Rick Newsom	376	-651