1975 Winston Western 500 Results | NASCAR Winston Cup

Race: Winston Western 500
NASCAR Winston Cup Series: Race 1 of 30
Date: January 19, 1975
Track: Riverside International Raceway

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Winston Western 500 Race Information

Winner	Bobby Allison	Car	No. 16 Matador
Team / Owner	Roger Penske	Sponsor	Coca-Cola / AMC
Winner Start	1st	Winner Laps Led	173
Started First	Bobby Allison	Most Laps Led	Bobby Allison (173)
Race Distance	500.42 miles (191 laps)	Track Length	2.62 miles
Track Type	Road course	Starters	35
Total Purse	$97,075	Winner Earnings	$14,735
Different Leaders	5	Lead-Lap Finishers	2
Points Leader After Race	Bobby Allison	Season Race	1 of 30

Winston Western 500 Race Results

Fin	Start	No.	Driver	Sponsor	Team / Owner	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Points	Earnings
1	1	16	Bobby Allison	Coca-Cola / AMC	Roger Penske	Matador	191	173	running	185	$14,735
2	2	21	David Pearson	Purolator	Wood Brothers	Mercury	191	11	running	175	$11,135
3	25	24	Cecil Gordon	Bob Stott Motors	Cecil Gordon	Chevrolet	184	0	running	165	$8,535
4	27	71	Dave Marcis	K & K Insurance	Nord Krauskopf	Dodge	183	0	running	160	$8,235
5	22	64	Elmo Langley	Langley Racing	Elmo Langley	Ford	178	0	running	155	$4,535
6	35	48	James Hylton	Nitro 9	James Hylton	Chevrolet	175	0	running	150	$3,365
7	3	43	Richard Petty	STP	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	172	4	running	151	$6,185
8	21	57W	Gary Matthews	Matthews Racing	Gary Matthews	Chevrolet	168	0	running	142	$2,485
9	33	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Ed Negre	Dodge	167	0	running	138	$2,835
10	10	29W	Hershel McGriff	Mercury Marine	Dick Midgley	Chevrolet	166	0	oil pump	134	$2,185
11	17	88	Richard Childress	L.C. Newton Trucking	Tom Garn	Chevrolet	166	0	running	130	$2,485
12	24	13W	Don Puskarich	M.M. Denbo Agency	Matt Puskarich	Chevrolet	148	0	running	127	$1,835
13	6	96W	Ray Elder	Olympia Beer	Fred Elder	Dodge	145	1	engine	129	$2,235
14	28	70	J.D. McDuffie	Glenn's Landscaping	J.D. McDuffie	Chevrolet	142	0	running	121	$2,135
15	18	77W	Larry Esau	McDuffie Racing	Lefty Robinson	Chevrolet	135	0	running	118	$1,535
16	11	55W	Bill Osborne	Haddick's Towing & Transfer	Bill Osborne	Ford	125	0	engine	115	$1,435
17	15	37W	Chuck Wahl	Excel Trailer	Joe Marsik	Chevrolet	125	0	engine	112	$1,385
18	29	73W	Bill Schmitt	Colley Construction	Bill Schmitt	Chevrolet	118	0	engine	109	$1,335
19	16	2W	Richard White	Termine's Auto Wrecking	Mike White	Chevrolet	117	0	engine	106	$1,285
20	32	89W	Don Reynolds	Riley Plastering	Tom Reynolds	Chevrolet	110	0	engine	103	$1,230
21	26	68W	Sonny Easley	San-Val Roofing	Jerry Lankford	Ford	97	2	engine	105	$1,150
22	30	94W	Ron Esau	Kord's Tires	Phil Kord	Chevrolet	96	0	transmission	97	$1,125
23	13	78W	Hugh Pearson	Pearson Apts.	Hugh Pearson	Chevrolet	65	0	engine	94	$1,100
24	4	72	Benny Parsons	King's Row Fireplace	L.G. DeWitt	Chevrolet	44	0	oil pump	91	$3,575
25	12	33W	Glenn Francis	Yellow Pages Lounge	Trent Francis	Chevrolet	44	0	rear end	88	$1,025
26	34	1W	Pete Torres	Fuentes Enterprises	Frank Coletto	Ford	40	0	engine	85	$975
27	5	03W	Chuck Bown	Rose Auto Wrecking	Dick Bown	Dodge	36	0	transmission	82	$925
28	19	31W	Chuck Little	United Advertising	Chuck Little	Ford	35	0	engine	79	$875
29	31	20	G.T. Tallas	U.S. Borax	G.T. Tallas	Ford	28	0	oil leak	76	$825
30	7	26W	Dick Bown	Marquardt Racing	Gene Marquardt	Chevrolet	17	0	engine	73	$775
31	23	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Walter Ballard	Chevrolet	15	0	engine	70	$1,220
32	8	97W	Harry Jefferson	Jefferson Racing	George Jefferson	Ford	14	0	engine	67	$670
33	9	38W	Jimmy Insolo	Martin's Union 76	Roger Paquette	Chevrolet	13	0	oil pump	64	$620
34	20	56	Carl Adams	Marck Motors	Richard Mummert	Ford	5	0	oil leak	61	$570
35	14	7W	Ivan Baldwin	Noble Auto Parts	Ernie Conn	Dodge	4	0	engine	58	$520

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