1975 Los Angeles Times 500

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1975 Los Angeles Times 500
Race details [1]
Race 30 of 30 in the 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Ontario Motor Speedway.png
Date November 23, 1975 (1975-November-23)
Official name Los Angeles Times 500
Location Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, California
Course Permanent racing facility
2.500 mi (4.023 km)
Distance 200 laps, 500 mi (804 km)
Weather Warm with temperatures of 82 °F (28 °C); wind speeds of 8.9 miles per hour (14.3 km/h)
Average speed 140.712 miles per hour (226.454 km/h)
Attendance 50,106 [2]
Pole position
Driver
 Bud Moore Engineering
Most laps led
DriverBuddy BakerBud Moore Engineering
Laps 148
Winner
No. 15Buddy BakerBud Moore Engineering
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1975 Los Angeles Times 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on November 23, 1975, at Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California. [2] [3]

Contents

This was the last race where the car's model year was part of the race info. [2] From 1975 onwards, the passenger vehicles that people actually drove in real life started to deviate from the stock cars exhibited in NASCAR due to environmental regulations on the automobile industry. The gulf between NASCAR vehicles and regular passenger automobiles started to become even greater throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. By the 21st century, regular passenger vehicles had nothing to do with the NASCAR vehicles except for the manufacturer name and the model of the vehicle.

Race report

Two hundred laps were completed in three hours and thirty-three minutes on the paved track spanning 2.500 miles (4.023 km). [2] [3] More than 50,000 spectators see Buddy Baker defeat David Pearson by 29.4 seconds in the #15 Norris Industries Ford machine. [2] [4] Only one caution for nine laps slowed the action. [2] [3] Pearson would earn the pole position with a speed of 153.525 miles per hour (247.075 km/h), the average race of the speed would be 140.712 miles per hour (226.454 km/h). [2] [3] The total prize purse was $140,775 ($797,115.58 when adjusted for inflation); Baker would receive $35,300 of it ($199,880.52 when adjusted for inflation) while Negre earned $1,050 ($5,945.45 when adjusted for inflation). [3]

Out of the 40-driver grid, 39 were American-born while Roy Smith was a Canadian. Cecil Gordon had engine problems that put him out of the race on lap 141; which nearly destroyed his vehicle. [2] A tie-rod end had backed out and was just hanging on.

Ed Negre would be the last-place finisher due to an engine problem on the second lap. [2] [3] Richard Childress finished tenth in his final race at the wheel of Tom Garn's #96. [2] [3] Childress became an owner-driver for 1976 and changed numbers to #3.

Notable crew chiefs in this race were Tim Brewer, Travis Carter, Harry Hyde, Dale Inman, Bud Moore among others. [5] Carl Adams; Jim Boyd; Don Hall and John Martin all made what would be their final starts in NASCAR's top series. [6]

Richard Petty had already clinched his sixth NASCAR championship; defeating Dave Marcis in the standings by more than 700 points. [7]

Qualifying

Grid [2] No.DriverManufacturer
121David Pearson'73 Mercury
215Buddy Baker'75 Ford
371Dave Marcis'74 Dodge
416Bobby Allison'75 AMC Matador
528A.J. Foyt'75 Chevrolet
643Richard Petty'74 Dodge
711Cale Yarborough'75 Chevrolet
838Jimmy Insolo'75 Chevrolet
972Benny Parsons'75 Chevrolet
1090Dick Brooks'73 Ford
1147Bruce Hill'75 Chevrolet
1254Lennie Pond'75 Chevrolet
1398Richie Panch'75 Mercury
1496WRay Elder'74 Dodge
1568Sonny Easley'73 Ford
1624Cecil Gordon'75 Chevrolet
1770J.D. McDuffie'75 Chevrolet
1829Roy Smith'75 Chevrolet
1926Hershel McGriff'75 Chevrolet
2003Chuck Bown'74 Dodge
2164Elmo Langley'73 Ford
225Jim Thirkettle'75 Chevrolet
2363Don Hoffman'75 Chevrolet
2479Frank Warren'74 Dodge
2539Tom Williams'74 Chevrolet

Finishing order

Section reference: [2]

  1. Buddy Baker (No. 15)
  2. David Pearson (No. 21)
  3. Dave Marcis (No. 71)
  4. Cale Yarborough (No. 11)
  5. Bobby Allison (No. 16)
  6. Lennie Pond (No. 54)
  7. Jimmy Insolo (No. 38)
  8. Dick Brooks† (No. 90)
  9. James Hylton† (No. 48)
  10. Richard Childress (No. 96)
  11. Don Hall (No. 01)
  12. David Sisco (No. 05)
  13. D.K. Ulrich (No. 40)
  14. A. J. Foyt* (No. 28)
  15. Don Huffman (No. 63)
  16. Richard Petty* (No. 43)
  17. Frank Warren* (No. 79)
  18. Hugh Pearson* (No. 76)
  19. Cecil Gordon*† (No. 24)
  20. Walter Ballard* (No. 30)
  21. J.D. McDuffie*† (No. 70)
  22. Elmo Langley*† (No. 64)
  23. Tom Williams* (No. 39)
  24. John Kieper* (No. 98W)
  25. Ray Elder*† (No. 96W)
  26. Bruce Hill* (No. 47)
  27. Jim Boyd* (No. 31)
  28. Carl Adams* (No. 65)
  29. Roy Smith*† (No. 29)
  30. John Martin* (No. 2)
  31. Hershel McGriff* (No. 26)
  32. Jim Thirkettle* (No. 5)
  33. Bill Schmitt* (No. 73)
  34. Benny Parsons*† (No. 72)
  35. Chuck Wahl* (No. 37)
  36. Richie Panch*† (No. 98)
  37. Don Puskarich* (No. 10)
  38. Chuck Bown* (No. 03)
  39. Sonny Easley*† (No. 68)
  40. Ed Negre* (No. 8)

† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased
* Driver failed to finish race

Standings after the race

PosDriverPoints [2] Differential
1 1rightarrow.png Richard Petty 47830
2 1rightarrow.png Dave Marcis 4061-722
3 1rightarrow.png James Hylton 3914-869
4 1rightarrow.png Benny Parsons 3820-963
5 1rightarrow.png Richard Childress 3818-965
6 1rightarrow.png Cecil Gordon 3702-1081
7 1rightarrow.png Darrell Waltrip 3462-1303
8 Increase2.svg Elmo Langley 3399-1321
9 Decrease2.svg Cale Yarborough 3295-1384
10 Increase2.svg Dick Brooks 3182-1601

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