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1975 Winston Western 500

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NASCAR Winston Cup race number 1 of 30
Sunday, January 19, 1975 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA
191 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (500.420 miles)

Time of race: 5:04:26
Average speed: 98.627 mph
Pole speed: 110.382 mph

Cautions: 5 for 32 laps
Margin of victory: 22.6 sec
Attendance: 53000
Lead changes: 13

Glossary 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup results / 1975 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	16	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola / AMC (Roger Penske)	'75 Matador	191	14735	running	173	185
2	2	21	David Pearson	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	'73 Mercury	191	11135	running	11	175
3	25	24	Cecil Gordon	Bob Stott Motors (Cecil Gordon)	'75 Chevrolet	184	8535	running	0	165
4	27	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance (Nord Krauskopf)	'74 Dodge	183	8235	running	0	160
5	22	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing (Elmo Langley)	'72 Ford	178	4535	running	0	155
6	35	48	James Hylton	Nitro 9 (James Hylton)	'74 Chevrolet	175	3365	running	0	150
7	3	43	Richard Petty	STP (Petty Enterprises)	'74 Dodge	172	6185	running	4	151
8	21	57W	Gary Matthews	Matthews Racing (Gary Matthews)	'72 Chevrolet	168	2485	running	0	142
9	33	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing (Ed Negre)	'74 Dodge	167	2835	running	0	138
10	10	29W	Hershel McGriff	Mercury Marine (Dick Midgley)	'72 Chevrolet	166	2185	oil pump	0	134
11	17	88	Richard Childress	L.C. Newton Trucking (Tom Garn)	'72 Chevrolet	166	2485	running	0	130
12	24	13W	Don Puskarich	M.M. Denbo Agency (Matt Puskarich)	'72 Chevrolet	148	1835	running	0	127
13	6	96W	Ray Elder	Olympia Beer (Fred Elder)	'74 Dodge	145	2235	engine	1	129
14	28	70	J.D. McDuffie	Glenn's Landscaping (J.D. McDuffie)	'72 Chevrolet	142	2135	running	0	121
15	18	77W	Larry Esau	McDuffie Racing (Lefty Robinson)	'72 Chevrolet	135	1535	running	0	118
16	11	55W	Bill Osborne	Haddick's Towing & Transfer (Bill Osborne)	'73 Ford	125	1435	engine	0	115
17	15	37W	Chuck Wahl	Excel Trailer (Joe Marsik)	'74 Chevrolet	125	1385	engine	0	112
18	29	73W	Bill Schmitt	Colley Construction (Bill Schmitt)	'74 Chevrolet	118	1335	engine	0	109
19	16	2W	Richard White	Termine's Auto Wrecking (Mike White)	'72 Chevrolet	117	1285	engine	0	106
20	32	89W	Don Reynolds	Riley Plastering (Tom Reynolds)	'73 Chevrolet	110	1230	engine	0	103
21	26	68W	Sonny Easley	San-Val Roofing (Jerry Lankford)	'72 Ford	97	1150	engine	2	105
22	30	94W	Ron Esau	Kord's Tires (Phil Kord)	'72 Chevrolet	96	1125	transmission	0	97
23	13	78W	Hugh Pearson	Pearson Apts. (Hugh Pearson)	'72 Chevrolet	65	1100	engine	0	94
24	4	72	Benny Parsons	King's Row Fireplace (L.G. DeWitt)	'75 Chevrolet	44	3575	oil pump	0	91
25	12	33W	Glenn Francis	Yellow Pages Lounge (Trent Francis)	'74 Chevrolet	44	1025	rear end	0	88
26	34	1W	Pete Torres	Fuentes Enterprises (Frank Coletto)	'73 Ford	40	975	engine	0	85
27	5	03W	Chuck Bown	Rose Auto Wrecking (Dick Bown)	'74 Dodge	36	925	transmission	0	82
28	19	31W	Chuck Little	United Advertising (Chuck Little)	'72 Ford	35	875	engine	0	79
29	31	20	G.T. Tallas	U.S. Borax (G.T. Tallas)	'72 Ford	28	825	oil leak	0	76
30	7	26W	Dick Bown	Marquardt Racing (Gene Marquardt)	'75 Chevrolet	17	775	engine	0	73
31	23	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing (Walter Ballard)	'74 Chevrolet	15	1220	engine	0	70
32	8	97W	Harry Jefferson	Jefferson Racing (George Jefferson)	'72 Ford	14	670	engine	0	67
33	9	38W	Jimmy Insolo	Martin's Union 76 (Roger Paquette)	'74 Chevrolet	13	620	oil pump	0	64
34	20	56	Carl Adams	Marck Motors (Richard Mummert)	'73 Ford	5	570	oil leak	0	61
35	14	7W	Ivan Baldwin	Noble Auto Parts (Ernie Conn)	'74 Dodge	4	520	engine	0	58

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Dennis Wilson	61W	Quick Stop	Theresa Smiley	Chevrolet

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	15	15
	16	24	9	#97 engine turn 9
	25	32	8
	33	35	3	#43 accident turn 9
	36	104	69
	105	111	7	oil turns 1/8
	112	146	35
	147	152	6	#55 engine turn 5
	153	154	2
	155	161	7	#37 engine turn 2
	162	191	30
Percent of race run under caution: 16.8% Average green flag run: 26.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Allison	1	12	12
Richard Petty	13	15	3
Bobby Allison	16	16	1
David Pearson	17	17	1
Bobby Allison	18	34	17
Sonny Easley	35	36	2
Ray Elder	37	37	1
Bobby Allison	38	64	27
David Pearson	65	65	1
Bobby Allison	66	137	72
David Pearson	138	138	1
Bobby Allison	139	154	16
David Pearson	155	162	8
Bobby Allison	163	191	29

Rank	Driver	Points	Diff
Points Standings after this race:
1	Bobby Allison	185
2	David Pearson	175	-10
3	Cecil Gordon	165	-20
4	Dave Marcis	160	-25
5	Elmo Langley	155	-30
6	Richard Petty	151	-34
7	James Hylton	150	-35
8	Gary Matthews	142	-43
9	Ed Negre	138	-47
10	Hershel McGriff	134	-51
11	Richard Childress	130	-55
12	Ray Elder	129	-56
13	Don Puskarich	127	-58
14	J.D. McDuffie	121	-64
15	Larry Esau	118	-67
16	Bill Osborne	115	-70
17	Chuck Wahl	112	-73
18	Bill Schmitt	109	-76
19	Richard White	106	-79
20	Sonny Easley	105	-80
21	Don Reynolds	103	-82