The 1975 Los Angeles Times 500 was a NASCAR

NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...

 Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on November 23, 1975 at Ontario Motor Speedway

Ontario Motor Speedway

The Ontario Motor Speedway, located in Ontario, California, east of Los Angeles, was the first and only automobile racing facility built to accommodate major races sanctioned by all of the four dominant racing sanctioning bodies: IndyCar Series and USAC for open-wheel oval car races; NASCAR for a ...

 in the American

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

 community of Ontario

Ontario, California

Ontario is a city located in San Bernardino County, California, United States, 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. Located in the western part of the Inland Empire region, it lies just east of the Los Angeles county line and is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area...

, California

California

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.

Summary

Two hundred laps were completed in three hours and thirty-three minutes on a paved track spanning 2.5 miles (4 km). More than 50,000 live specators would show up to see Buddy Baker

Buddy Baker

Elzie Wylie Baker, Jr. , nicknamed "Leadfoot" or more famously Buddy, is a former American NASCAR racecar driver.-Early life:...

 defeat David Pearson by 29.4 seconds in the #15 Norris Industries Ford

Ford Motor Company

Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...

 machine. Only one caution was handed out by NASCAR officials for nine laps. While Pearson would earn the pole position with a speed of 153.525 miles per hour (247.1 km/h), the average race of the speed would only be 140.712 miles per hour (226.5 km/h). Out of the 40-driver grid, 39 of them were American-born while Roy Smith

Roy Smith (racecar driver)

Roy Smith is a former NASCAR driver and part of a Victoria-era racing family—brother Al and son Gary have raced.-Career:...

 was a Canadian

Canada

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. Ed Negre

Ed Negre

Ed Negre is a retired NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series driver who raced from 1955 to 1979....

 would be the last-place finisher due to an engine

Engine

An engine or motor is a machine designed to convert energy into useful mechanical motion. Heat engines, including internal combustion engines and external combustion engines burn a fuel to create heat which is then used to create motion...

 problem on the second lap.

Carl Adams would retire from NASCAR after this race along with Jim Boyd

Jim Boyd

Jim Boyd may refer to:*James E. Boyd , director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute 1957–1961*Jim Boyd , The Electric Company actor*Jim Boyd , American boxer...

, Don Hall

Don Hall

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 and John Martin

John Martin (driver)

John Martin , is a former driver in the USAC and CART Championship Car series. He raced in the 1970-1977 and 1979-1980 seasons, with 52 career starts, including the 1972-1976 Indianapolis 500 races. He finished in the top ten 17 times, with his best finish in 5th position at Ontario Motor...

. 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 clinch his sixth NASCAR championship; defeating 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...

 in the championship standings by more than 700 points.

Finishing order

1. Buddy Baker
2. David Pearson
3. 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...
   
   
4. 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...
   
   
5. 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....
   
   
6. Lennie Pond
   Lennie Pond
   Lennie Pond is a former NASCAR driver. He won NASCAR Winston Cup Rookie of the Year honors in 1973, and won his only race at Talladega Superspeedway in 1978 for Ronnie Elder and Harry Ranier....
   
   
7. Jimmy Insolo
   Jimmy Insolo
   Jimmy Insolo is a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race driver whose career spanned from 1970 to 1983.-Summary:He would mainly drive the Buick vehicles sponsored by Miller High Life. In addition to his Winston Cup Series starts, Insolo would make 129 appearances in a Chevrolet vehicle at the Winston West...
   
   
8. Dick Brooks
   Dick Brooks
   Richard "Dick" Brooks was an American NASCAR driver. Born in Porterville, California, he was the 1969 NASCAR Rookie of the Year, and went on to win the 1973 Talladega 500...
   
   
9. James Hylton
   James Hylton
   James Harvey Hylton is a part-time race car driver. He is a two-time winner in NASCAR and competes in the ARCA RE/MAX Series,finishing 16th in points in 2006. He made headlines while attempting to qualify for the 2007 Daytona 500 at age 72...
   
   
10. Richard Childress
    Richard Childress
    Richard Childress is a former NASCAR driver and the current team owner of Richard Childress Racing in the NASCAR Sprint Cup series. As a business entrepreneur, Childress became one of the wealthiest men in North Carolina...
    
    
11. Don Hall
    Don Hall
    Don Hall is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who spent the majority of his career with the Johnstown Jets of the Eastern Hockey League....
    
    
12. David Sisco
    David Sisco
    David Sisco is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver who has led 98 laps out of the 33668 that he raced in his entire career. Sisco also managed to earn $251,359 in his seven-year NASCAR career . His average starting position is 22nd place while he managed to finish in 19th place on average...
    
    
13. D.K. Ulrich
14. A.J. Foyt*
15. Don Huffman
16. 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...
    
    *
17. Frank Warren
    Frank Warren (NASCAR driver)
    Frank Warren is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver who raced from 1963 to 1980.Out of 88863 laps finished in his career, Warren had led 72 of them. Warren's total career earnings were $625,886 and while his average finish was 20th place in his entire career. The total amount of miles...
    
    *
18. Hugh Pearson
    Hugh Pearson
    Hugh Pearson was vicar of Sonning and a Canon at Windsor, both in Berkshire, England.- Life :Hugh Pearson was the son of Hugh Nicholas Pearson , who was Dean of Salisbury . He was born in Oxford and studied briefly at Eton College, before moving on to Harrow School, where he was Head Boy...
    
    *
19. Cecil Gordon
    Cecil Gordon
    Cecil Gordon was a NASCAR driver. He is not related to Sprint Cup driver Jeff Gordon although the two drivers drove in car number 24....
    
    *
20. 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...
    
    *
21. J.D. McDuffie
    J.D. McDuffie
    John Delphus McDuffie was a NASCAR Winston Cup driver. He raced in the top division of NASCAR from 1963 to 1991. McDuffie had 106 top-tens in his Cup Series career...
    
    *
22. Elmo Langley
    Elmo Langley
    Elmo Langley was a NASCAR driver and owner. Langley primarily used the number "64" on his race cars during his NASCAR career.-Racing career:...
    
    *
23. Tom Williams
    Tom Williams
    Tom Williams may refer to:*Tom Williams , head football coach at Yale University*Tom Williams *Tom Williams , English-Cypriot football player...
    
    *
24. John Kieper*
25. Ray Elder
    Ray Elder
    Raymond Marvin Elder was a former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series driver.He participated primarily in west coast races at Riverside International Raceway and Ontario Motor Speedway from 1967 to 1978. He won races at Riverside in 1971 and 1972 driving for Fred Elder...
    
    *
26. 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...
    
    *
27. Jim Boyd
    Jim Boyd
    Jim Boyd may refer to:*James E. Boyd , director of the Georgia Tech Research Institute 1957–1961*Jim Boyd , The Electric Company actor*Jim Boyd , American boxer...
    
    *
28. Carl Adams*
29. Roy Smith
    Roy Smith (racecar driver)
    Roy Smith is a former NASCAR driver and part of a Victoria-era racing family—brother Al and son Gary have raced.-Career:...
    
    *
30. John Martin
    John Martin
    -In the arts:*John H. Martin, American actor in TV soap operas One Life to Live and Sunset Beach*John Martin , English-born Canadian broadcaster*John Martin , dance critic at the New York Times...
    
    *
31. Hershell McGriff*
32. Jim Thirkettle*
33. Bill Schmitt*
34. Benny Parsons
    Benny Parsons
    Benjamin Stewart Parsons was an American NASCAR driver, and later an announcer/analyst on TBS, ESPN, NBC and TNT...
    
    *
35. Chuch Wahl*
36. Richie Panch
    Richie Panch
    Richard "Richie" Panch was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver from 1973 to 1976. Panch had officially raced a grand total of 9295 laps - the equivalent of of stock car racing. His average start is 18th place while his average finish is 23rd place. Total earnings for Richie Panch were $90,842 USD...
    
    *
37. Don Puskarich*
38. Chuck Bown
    Chuck Bown
    Richard Charles Bown, Jr. is a former NASCAR champion. His last ride came in 1999. He currently lives with his wife in Asheboro, North Carolina. He is the brother of former fellow NASCAR competitor Jim Bown...
    
    *
39. Sonny Easley
    Sonny Easley
    Lynwood Lacey "Sonny" Easley was an American racecar driver who is best known for competing in the NASCAR Winston West Series and a handful of Winston Cup Series events....
    
    *
40. Ed Negre
    Ed Negre
    Ed Negre is a retired NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series driver who raced from 1955 to 1979....
    
    *

* Driver failed to finish race