1975 Music City USA 420
Race details[1] | |||
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Race 11 of 30 in the 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
Date | May 10, 1975 | ||
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); maximum sustained 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. 17 | Darrell Waltrip | DarWal Inc. | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | untelevised | ||
Announcers | none |
The 1975 Music City USA 420 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on May 10, 1975, at Nashville Speedway in Nashville, Tennessee.
Summary
There were 28 American-born drivers in the entire racing 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 people.[2]
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 in that event.[2][3] Only one caution flag was given out for a period of eight laps; two changes in the first-place position were made between Cale Yarborough and Darrell Waltrip.[2] 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.[4]
Frank Warren was the lowest finishing driver to actually finish the race; being 47 laps behind Waltrip.[2] Other notable drivers who raced included J.D. McDuffie, Richard Childress, Elmo Langley and Coo Coo Marlin.[2][3] Monetary awards given out to this race ranged from $6,500 for Waltrip ($28,584.72 when adjusted for inflation) to $305 for last-place finisher Arrington ($1,341.28 when adjusted for inflation).[4] Engine problems and overheating issues would cause many of the qualifying drivers not to finish the race.[3]
Finishing order
- 17-Darrell Waltrip
- 72-Benny Parsons†
- 14-Coo Coo Marlin†
- 71-Dave Marcis
- 24-Cecil Gordon†
- 68-Alton Jones
- 43-Richard Petty
- 05-David Sisco
- 48-James Hylton
- 30-Walter Ballard
- 70-J.D. McDuffie†
- 79-Frank Warren
- 20-Rick Newsom*†
- 11-Cale Yarborough*
- 64-Elmo Langley*†
- 96-Richard Childress*
- 01-Earle Canavan*
- 10-Bill Champion*†
- 25-Jabe Thomas*
- 45-Baxter Price*
- 39-Paul Dean Holt*
- 23-Earl Brooks*†
- 47-Bruce Hill*
- 8-Ed Negre*
- 44-Richard D. Brown*
- 46-Travis Tiller*
- 6-Jody Ridley*
- 67-Buddy Arrington*
† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased
* Driver failed to finish race
Standings after the race
Pos | Driver | Points[2] |
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1 | Richard Petty | 1744 |
2 | Dave Marcis | 1519 |
3 | Benny Parsons | 1466 |
4 | Darrell Waltrip | 1459 |
5 | James Hylton | 1439 |
References
- ↑ Weather for the 1975 Music City USA 420 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 1975 Music City USA 420 racing information at Racing Reference
- 1 2 3 1975 Music City USA 420 racing information at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet
- 1 2 1975 Music City USA 420 racing information at Driver Averages
Preceded by 1975 Winston 500 |
NASCAR Winston Cup Season 1975 |
Succeeded by 1975 Mason-Dixon 500 |
Preceded by 1974 |
Music City USA 420 races 1975 |
Succeeded by 1976 |