The 1975 National 500 is a NASCAR

NASCAR

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 Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on October 5, 1975 at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the Sprint All-Star Race...

 (Concord

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, North Carolina

North Carolina

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, USA

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). 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.

Summary

An official program was handed out to the spectators at a cost of $2 USD per copy ($ in today's money). 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

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...

 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 (260.2 km/h) during the qualifying runs; his next pole position start would be at the 1976 World 600

1976 World 600

The 1976 World 600 is a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on May 30, 1976 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the American community of Concord, North Carolina.-Summary:Four hundred laps took place on a paved track spanning...

. 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 (212.8 km/h); done over 334 laps on a oval track spanning 1.5 miles (2.4 km). There were 42 drivers on the grid; all of them were born in the United States of America. Coo Coo Marlin

Coo Coo Marlin

Clifton "Coo Coo" Marlin was a NASCAR Winston Cup driver who spent 14 years in the series.-Local track history:...

 was the last-place finisher due to an engine

Engine

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 problem on lap 8 in his 1975 Chevrolet Chevelle Laguna automobile.

Darel Dieringer

Darel Dieringer

Darel Dieringer was a NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series driver.-Summary:...

 would make his final NASCAR appearance in this race; finishing in seventh place in the process.

Finishing order

1. Richard Petty
2. David Pearson (fourth consecutive pole position in his career)
3. Buddy Baker
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4. Benny Parsons
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5. Cecil Gordon
   Cecil Gordon
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6. James Hylton
   James Hylton
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7. Darel Dieringer
   Darel Dieringer
   Darel Dieringer was a NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series driver.-Summary:...
   
   
8. Richard Childress
   Richard Childress
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9. J.D. McDuffie
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10. Elmo Langley
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11. Hershel McGriff
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    Hershel McGriff won four races during his brief career in the NASCAR Grand National series, and later in the NASCAR Winston West Series.-Racing career:...
    
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12. Chuck Bown
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13. Joe Frasson
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14. Frank Warren
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15. David Sisco
    David Sisco
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16. Grant Adcox
    Grant Adcox
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17. Buddy Arrington
    Buddy Arrington
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18. Bob Burcham
    Bob Burcham
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19. Cale Yarborough
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20. Jabe Thomas
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    Cerry Ezra "Jabe" Thomas is a retired NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series driver who competed from the mid 1960s through the late 1970s. His son Ronnie was also a NASCAR Cup Series driver; competing from 1977 to 1989.-Career:Thomas drove 75243 laps of racing and earned $295,497 in total...
    
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21. A.J. Foyt*
22. Lennie Pond
    Lennie Pond
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23. Jim Vandiver
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24. Darrell Waltrip
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25. Richie Panch
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26. Dave Marcis
    Dave Marcis
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27. Bruce Hill
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28. Harry Jefferson
    Harry Jefferson
    Harry Jefferson is a retired NASCAR Winston Cup Series whose career spanned from 1973 to 1977.In addition to his Cup Series career, he also raced in the Winston West Series in a 1973 Mercury Cougar vehicle. That vehicle would eventually be refurbished into a 1979 Ford Granada and driven by NASCAR...
    
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29. Jackie Rogers
    Jackie Rogers
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30. Ed Negre
    Ed Negre
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31. Bobby Allison
    Bobby Allison
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32. G.C. Spencer
    G.C. Spencer
    G. C. Spencer July 9, 1925 in Owensboro, Kentucky – September 20, 2007 in Johnson City, Tennessee was a NASCAR driver who competed in 415 Grand National/Winston Cup races from 1958 to 1977...
    
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33. Donnie Allison
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34. Johnny Rutherford*
35. Dick Brooks
    Dick Brooks
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36. Charlie Glotzbach
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37. Bobby Isaac
    Bobby Isaac
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38. Skip Manning
    Skip Manning
    Skip Manning is a former NASCAR driver from Bogalusa, Louisiana. He competed in seventy-nine Winston Cup events in his career, spanning from 1975 to 1979. Manning won the rookie-of-the-year award in 1976...
    
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39. 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...
    
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40. Neil Castles
    Neil Castles
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41. Walter Ballard
    Walter Ballard
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42. Coo Coo Marlin
    Coo Coo Marlin
    Clifton "Coo Coo" Marlin was a NASCAR Winston Cup driver who spent 14 years in the series.-Local track history:...
    
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Note: ^* denotes that the driver failed to finish the race.