The 1975 Champion Spark Plug 400 is a NASCAR

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 Winston Cup Series race that took place on August 24, 1975 at Michigan International Speedway

Michigan International Speedway

Michigan International Speedway is a two-mile moderate-banked D-shaped superspeedway located off U.S. Highway 12 on more than in Brooklyn, in the scenic Irish Hills area of southeastern Michigan. The track is used primarily for NASCAR events. It is sometimes known as a "sister track" to Texas...

 in Brooklyn

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, Michigan

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, U.S.A.

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. Historic flyers were sold for this race at a price of $1.50 per copy ($ in today's money).

Summary

Two hundred laps were completed in three hours and forty-five seconds on a paved oval track spanning 2 miles (3.2 km).

Six yellow flags were given for 63 laps while 25 drivers took turns being the leader of the race. Richard Petty

Richard Petty

Richard Lee Petty is a former NASCAR driver who raced in the Strictly Stock/Grand National Era and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series...

 would defeat David Pearson by ½ of a car length in front of 47000 live audience members. Pearson would make the pole position with a top speed of 159.798 miles per hour (257.2 km/h) while the average speed of the race would just be 107.583 miles per hour (173.1 km/h). Jackie Rogers

Jackie Rogers

Jackie Rogers is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver who has led only six out of the 4943 laps that he raced in his entire career. Rogers earned $64,582 and drove for finishing an average of 21st place.-References:...

 would receive the last-place finish of the race for owner Lou Viglione

Lou Viglione

Lou Viglione is a former NASCAR Winston Cup Series race car owner.-Summary:Viglione's career as a NASCAR owner spanned from 1974 to 1977.Drivers under his employment included: Joe Mihalic, Jackie Rogers, David Sisco, and Ramo Stott...

 and his 1975 Chevrolet

Chevrolet

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 team. Prize winnings would range from $15,140 for the winner ($ in today's money) to $700 for the last-place finisher ($ in today's money). There were 36 cars on the official racing grid; most of them drove for the Chevrolet manufacturer. Terry Bivins

Terry Bivins

Terry Bivins is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver whose career spanned from 1975 to 1977.-Summary:He managed to lead only six laps out of 7,901 - the equivalent of . For starting an average of 20th place and finishing an average of 17th, Bivins earned a grand total of $61,725 in total...

 would make his NASCAR debut in this race.

Richard Petty would keep his championship lead after this race. However, Dave Marcis

Dave Marcis

Dave Marcis is a retired driver on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit whose career spanned five decades. Marcis won five times over this tenure, twice at Richmond, including his final win in 1982...

 would only be 573 points behind (despite not winning a race up to this point). Walter Ballard

Walter Ballard

Walter Ballard is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver from Houston, Texas.He made a single Grand National start in 1966 and did not return to the series until 1971 when he ran a nearly full season in a car owned by his father Vic capturing 11 top tens on his way to Rookie of the Year honors and a...

 would be mathematically eliminated from winning the Winston Cup Series championship at this point despite participating in all 20 races.

Top ten finishers

1. Richard Petty
2. David Pearson
3. Cale Yarborough
   Cale Yarborough
   William Caleb "Cale" Yarborough , is a farmer, businessman and former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner. He is one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships...
   
   
4. Bobby Allison
   Bobby Allison
   Robert Arthur Allison is a former NASCAR Winston Cup driver and was named one of NASCAR's 50 greatest drivers. His two sons, Clifford Allison and Davey Allison followed him into racing, and both died within a year of each other....
   
   
5. Dave Marcis
   Dave Marcis
   Dave Marcis is a retired driver on the NASCAR Winston Cup circuit whose career spanned five decades. Marcis won five times over this tenure, twice at Richmond, including his final win in 1982...
   
   
6. Buddy Baker
   Buddy Baker
   Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. , nicknamed "Leadfoot" or more famously Buddy, is a former American NASCAR racecar driver.-Early life:...
   
   
7. Darrell Waltrip
   Darrell Waltrip
   Darrell Lee Waltrip is a 3-time NASCAR Cup Series champion , 3-time runner-up , winner of the 1989 Daytona 500 and 5-time winner of the prestigeous Coca-Cola 600 ,...
   
   
8. Bruce Hill
   Bruce Hill
   Bruce Edward Hill is a former professional American football player who selected by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in the fourth round of the 1987 NFL Draft with a draft pick the Buccaneers had received for trading Steve Young. A 6'0", 175-lb. wide receiver from Arizona State, Hill played his entire NFL...
   
   
9. Terry Bivins
   Terry Bivins
   Terry Bivins is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver whose career spanned from 1975 to 1977.-Summary:He managed to lead only six laps out of 7,901 - the equivalent of . For starting an average of 20th place and finishing an average of 17th, Bivins earned a grand total of $61,725 in total...
   
   
10. Dean Dalton