Official name National 500 | ||
Date October 5, 1975 (1975-October-05) Location Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina Course Permanent racing facility
1.500 mi (2.414 km) Distance 334 laps, 500 mi (804 km) Weather Temperatures reaching a maximum of 72.0 °F (22.2 °C)
Wind speeds up to 7 miles per hour (11 km/h)
No precipitation within 24 hours of the race | ||
The 1975 National 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on October 5, 1975, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. A race called the World Service Life 300 was organized by a different stock car association the day before this race. Both of those races took place on the same race track.
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By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore.
Summary
An official program was handed out to the spectators at a cost of $2 USD per copy ($8.90 when considering inflation). It took three hours and forty-seven seconds for the race to resolve itself from its 12:30 P.M. scheduled green flag time; Richard Petty defeated David Pearson by 0.26 seconds for his 176th win of his 200-win career. The race ended at approximately 4:07 P.M.; enough time for most families make the drive back to their motel rooms or to their homes to prepare for supper.
Pearson would achieve the pole position with a speed of 161.701 miles per hour (260.233 km/h) during the qualifying runs; his next pole position start would be at the 1976 World 600. More than 61,000 spectators would attend this live racing event with seven cautions given out for 53 laps. The average speed of the race was 132.209 miles per hour (212.770 km/h); done over 334 laps on an oval track spanning 1.500 miles (2.414 km). There were 42 drivers on the grid; all of them were born in the United States of America. Coo Coo Marlin was the last-place finisher due to an engine problem on lap 8 in his 1975 Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna automobile.
Darel Dieringer would make his final NASCAR appearance in this race; finishing in seventh place in the process.
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Finishing order
Note: * denotes that the driver failed to finish the race.