1975 Music City USA 420

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1975 Music City USA 420
Race details [1]
Race 11 of 30 in the 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
NashvilleSpeedwayMap.svg
Date May 10, 1975 (1975-May-10)
Official name Music City USA 420
Location Nashville Speedway, Nashville, Tennessee
Course Permanent racing facility
0.596 mi (0.959 km)
Distance 420 laps, 250.3 mi (402.8 km)
Weather Temperatures ranging between 55 °F (13 °C) and 80.1 °F (26.7 °C); wind speeds of 11.1 miles per hour (17.9 km/h)
Average speed 94.107 miles per hour (151.451 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
 DarWal Inc.
Most laps led
Driver Cale Yarborough Junior Johnson & Associates
Laps 273
Winner
No. 17Darrell WaltripDarWal Inc.
Television in the United States
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1975 Music City USA 420 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on May 10, 1975, at Nashville Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee. Darrell Waltrip won his first NASCAR Cup Series race

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Background

Nashville Speedway was converted to a half-mile paved oval in 1957, when it began to be a NASCAR series track. The speedway was lengthened between the 1969 and 1970 seasons. The corners were cut down from 35 degrees to their present 18 degrees in 1972.[ citation needed ]

Race report

There were 28 American-born drivers on the grid; Buddy Arrington received credit for the last-place finish after his car overheated on the second lap. [2] There were 420 laps in this race. [2] They were completed in more than two and a half hours with Darrell Waltrip defeating Benny Parsons by at least two laps in front of an audience of 20000. [2] It was the first of 84 career Cup Series wins in what would become a Hall of Fame career.

Waltrip earned the pole position in qualifying for his fast qualifying run of 103.793 miles per hour (167.039 km/h); driving a 1975 Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna. [2] [3] Only one caution flag waved for a period of eight laps; two changes in first-place were made between Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip. [2]

Notable crew chiefs who were Tim Brewer, Travis Carter, Harry Hyde, Dale Inman, and Jake Elder. [4]

Richard Petty would retain his championship points lead over Dave Marcis by 225 points. [2] He had won five races and earned two pole positions prior to qualifying this event. [5]

Frank Warren was the lowest finishing driver to actually finish the race; being 47 laps behind Waltrip. Attrition took its toll as only twelve cars were running at the end. [2] Other notable drivers who raced included J.D. McDuffie, Richard Childress, Elmo Langley and Coo Coo Marlin. [2] [3] Monetary awards ranged from $6,500 for Waltrip ($35,350.03 when adjusted for inflation) to $305 for last-place finisher Arrington ($1,658.73 when adjusted for inflation). [5] Engine problems and overheating issues would cause many of the qualifying drivers not to finish the race. [3]

Qualifying

Grid [2] No.DriverManufacturer
117Darrell Waltrip'75 Chevrolet
272Benny Parsons'75 Chevrolet
311Cale Yarborough'75 Chevrolet
443Richard Petty'74 Dodge
570J.D. McDuffie'75 Chevrolet
671Dave Marcis'74 Dodge
768Alton Jones'74 Chevrolet
830Walter Ballard'75 Chevrolet
996Richard Childress'75 Chevrolet
1047Bruce Hill'75 Chevrolet
1114Coo Coo Marlin'75 Chevrolet
1224Cecil Gordon'75 Chevrolet
1305David Sisco'75 Chevrolet
148Ed Negre'74 Dodge
1548James Hylton'74 Chevrolet
1610Bill Champion'73 Ford
176Jody Ridley'74 Dodge
1820Rick Newsom'73 Ford
1946Travis Tiller'74 Dodge
2064Elmo Langley'73 Ford
2179Frank Warren'74 Dodge
2201Earle Canavan'74 Dodge
2323Earl Brooks'74 Dodge
2444Richard B. Brown'74 Pontiac
2525Jabe Thomas'74 Chevrolet
2639Paul Dean Holt'73 Ford
2745Baxter Price'74 Chevrolet
2867Buddy Arrington'73 Plymouth

Finishing order

Section reference: [2]

  1. Darrell Waltrip (No. 17)
  2. Benny Parsons† (No. 72)
  3. Coo Coo Marlin† (No. 14)
  4. Dave Marcis (No. 71)
  5. Cecil Gordon† (No. 24)
  6. Alton Jones (No. 68)
  7. Richard Petty (No. 43)
  8. David Sisco (No. 05)
  9. James Hylton† (No. 48)
  10. Walter Ballard (No. 30)
  11. J.D. McDuffie† (No. 70)
  12. Frank Warren (No. 79)
  13. Rick Newsom*† (No. 20)
  14. Cale Yarborough*† (No. 11)
  15. Elmo Langley*† (No. 64)
  16. Richard Childress* (No. 96)
  17. Earle Canavan* (No. 01)
  18. Bill Champion*† (No. 10)
  19. Jabe Thomas* (No. 25)
  20. Baxter Price* (No. 45)
  21. Paul Dean Holt* (No. 39)
  22. Earl Brooks*† (No. 23)
  23. Bruce Hill* (No. 7)
  24. Ed Negre* (No. 8)
  25. Richard D. Brown* (No. 44)
  26. Travis Tiller* (No. 46)
  27. Jody Ridley* (No. 6)
  28. Buddy Arrington* (No. 67)

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

Timeline

Section reference: [2]

Standings after the race

PosDriverPoints [2] Differential
1 1rightarrow.png Richard Petty 17440
2 1rightarrow.png Dave Marcis 1519-225
3 Increase2.svg Benny Parsons 1466-278
4 Increase2.svg Darrell Waltrip 1459-285
5 Decrease2.svg James Hylton 1439-305
6 1rightarrow.png Cecil Gordon 1431-313
7 1rightarrow.png Richard Childress 1379-365
8 1rightarrow.png Dick Brooks 1225-519
9 Increase2.svg Elmo Langley 1215-529
10 Increase2.svg Walter Ballard 1198-546

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References

  1. ↑ Weather for the 1975 Music City USA 420 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 1975 Music City USA 420 racing information at Racing Reference
  3. 1 2 3 1975 Music City USA 420 racing information at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet
  4. ↑ 1975 Music City USA 420 crew chiefs at Racing Reference
  5. 1 2 1975 Music City USA 420 Archived 2015-04-25 at the Wayback Machine racing information at Driver Averages
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