1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

The 1975 NASCAR Grand National Winston Cup Series was the 27th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 4th season in the modern era of the NASCAR Cup series. The season began on Sunday, January 19 and ended on Sunday, November 12. Richard Petty, driving the #43 Petty Enterprises STP Dodge scored his sixth NASCAR Grand National Series Winston Cup Championship. Bruce Hill was named NASCAR Rookie of the Year. NASCAR introduced a new points system for 1975, a system designed by statistician Bob Latford. For the first time, each race on the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National schedule carried an equal point value, a system that would be used for 36 seasons, from 1975 to 2010, with modifications in 2004 and 2007 each time by increasing the emphasis for a win in adding five additional points each time for a race winner. The original points system ran for the first 29 seasons, from 1975 to 2003.

1975 Season races

Round 7: Gwyn Staley 400

The 1975 Gwyn Staley 400 took place on April 6 at North Wilkesboro Speedway. The race was dominated by Richard Petty, who led a total of 311 laps and won by a margin of over three laps.

Round 15: Michigan 400

Round 17: Nashville 420

The 1975 Nashville 420 took place on July 20 at Nashville Speedway. Cale Yarborough dominated the race after passing Walter Ballard on lap 50, leading the rest of the laps afterwards and winning.

Round 18: Purolator 500">Pennsylvania 500">Purolator 500

Current rules state a black flag assessed at the end of the race results in a time penalty, primarily for driving standards or track limits. This was assessed on Ricky Rudd at Sonoma in 1991, Chase Briscoe at Indianapolis in 2021, or Shane van Gisbergen at Austin in a second national series race in 2024.

Round 26: [Capital City 500]

Full Drivers’ Championship

Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led.

	Driver	RIV	DAY	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	RIV	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	DAR	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	ONT
1	Richard Petty	7	7	1*	3	1*	1*	1*	26	1*	19	7	3	1*	1	2	1	2	2	2	1	2*	1*	1*	22	1*	28	35	1*	3	16	4783
2	Dave Marcis	4	6	16	24	8	27	4	4	5	13	4	20	34	5	3	3	3	25	4	5	24	30	27	1	26	23	3	4	2	3	4061
3	James Hylton	6	10	14	8	5	13	11	8	10	33	9	4	20	13	9	11	11	9	7	17	23	7	13	13	6	6	15	9	22	9	3914
4	Benny Parsons	24	1	3	22	2	28	6	6	6	43	2	23	39	3	34	8	4	4	6	34	20	3	6	2	4	18	24	5	19	34	3820
5	Richard Childress	11	18	9	6	9	15	17	22	9	10	16	16	23	9	10	13	6	5	13	31	7	6	8	4	8	21	21	13	12	10	3818
6	Cecil Gordon	3	15	7	20	4	8	9	21	23	21	5	2	37	18	33	29	5	10	10	13	6	29	16	9	5	4	30	8	9	19	3702
7	Darrell Waltrip		26	15	21	6	5	7	2	2	4	1	22	4	21	5	4	28	34	42	7	34	27	3	17	24	1	32	3	36		3462
8	Elmo Langley	5		5	12	17	17	27	20	11	14	15	12	24	12	14	25	10	24	14	18	10	24	14	10	10	7	23	10	15	22	3399
9	Cale Yarborough		3		1*	20	22	2	36	3	40	14*	27	2		4	26	1*	35	41	3	19	4	2	19*	19	26	1*	20	5	4	3295
10	Dick Brooks		22	4	4	19	4	8	25	8	3		29	7		7	6			38	20	26	2	11	6	35	3	29	6	7	8	3182
11	Walter Ballard	31	25	19	17	18	24	10	18	15	12	10	25	10	24	11	31	18	13	48	11	25	14	25	14	41	15	11	12	17	20	3151
12	Frank Warren			17	18	12	12	12	16	18	24	12	15	19	17	16	17	16	16	17	26	14	16	24	12	14	14	14	22	25	17	3148
13	David Sisco		21	8	14	7	31	23	28	26	16	8	5	27		8	33	7	19	27	12	3	17	19	20	15	24	26	16	29	12	3116
14	David Pearson	2	4*		2		3		7*	20	2		1*	3		1*	20		1*	39	2	27	26		23	2		25		4	2	3057
15	Buddy Baker		20		25	3	2	3	19	19	1*		11	5			2*		3	1*	6	28	33	4	18	3		28	24	1*	1*	3050
16	Bruce Hill '		32	11	5		23	16	15		47	23	8	18		30	7	13	8	31	8	5	5	10	25	27	8	6	10	13	26	3002
17	Ed Negre	9	14	10	7	13		19	31	13	32	24	31	32	28	27	12	15	14	18	33	30	11	17	21	30	22	12	11	10	40	2982
18	J. D. McDuffie	14	33					13	11	28	29	11	18	11	6	18	22	9	27	45	28	33	8	7	30	9	5	20	30	18	21	2745
19	Buddy Arrington			6	9	15		20	10	14	38	28	13	26		15	21	25	12	24	22	17	18	18	11	17	12	13	15	20		2654
20	Coo Coo Marlin		17		26		7		5		5	3	6	40		12	34	26	7	5	35	39	31	12	29	42	9	10	7	8		2584
21	Lennie Pond		19	2	23		10	5	27	25	26		33	36			38			32		21	20	5	24	22	2*	4	2	6	6	2540
22	Jabe Thomas			12	27	14	DNQ	15	35	22	25	19	10					21	20	16	23	12	13	26	15	20	10	18	18			2252
23	Carl Adams '	34	DNQ		13		16	18	12	12	44			DNQ	23	21	9	8	6	23	29	DNQ		20	7		11		14	16	28	2182
24	Bobby Allison	1*	2				30		1	4	35				2*	22	35		31	29	4	1	28		3	31		2		26	5	2181
25	Bruce Jacobi '		12						9		8			16		25	32	19	11	12	15	9	22				20	16		14		1732
26	Dean Dalton				10				32	30	39		17	17		19				11	10	32	9	15			19		29	32		1486
27	D. K. Ulrich					11							30			26	DNQ	20	15	25	21	16	10	23	28		13	31	27	33	13	1453
28	Donnie Allison		28		28		6		3	21	42		28	9		35	5			3						33		9		27		1376
29	Richie Panch		8				34			17	49			8		6	28		33	43	25				5	25				35	36	1243
30	Jim Vandiver		35				26				27			15			14			33		4		9	8	23	27	8		28		1228
31	Bill Champion		DNQ	21					34	16	11	18	19	29				30		30		29		21			25		17			1218
32	Earle Canavan			13	31	23		25	17		17	17	34						29		32	35	25									1062
33	Grant Adcox '		37				21				7					29	36	27		34	14	13				16			25			1020
34	Joe Mihalic '		34				33	14	13		9						27		21	26		DNQ	32		16							957
35	Joe Frasson		DNQ			22					18		14	DNQ		31				8			36			13		37	26			939
36	Travis Tiller '				16	21		21		24	23	26	24	30		23													28			922
37	Rick Newsom		31	22	19		20	24	33		41	13				36							12									877
38	Ferrel Harris '		16				11		14		45			DNQ		13	DNQ			15	16	18						22		24		797
39	Henley Gray					16	19						9	28							27	36	19	29				33				747
40	G. C. Spencer		9				36		24		22			38			39			49		31				32						634
41	Dick May '		QL	20									35				23		17		19	8	37					17	21			631
42	Earl Brooks								QL			22	26					23	26	22		QL	34				17					534
43	Neil Castles		DNQ	18				22	30									29								40		34		31		529
44	Jackie Rogers													14			19		30	9	36	38				29		36				502
45	Harry Jefferson	32					9				6			21												28						455
46	Tommy Gale		23														18		28			22	35									437
47	Ricky Rudd				11	10	25	28					QL																			431
48	Bobby Isaac				29									35												37		7	23	30		405
49	Dick Skillen				30				23					25								37						27				389
50	Ray Elder	13													4																25	372
51	Randy Tissot		29						29		28						16			50		15	15									364
52	Harold Miller										34					28				36	24	QL								34		347
53	Jimmy Insolo	33													27											39					7	343
54	Darel Dieringer													12			10			37						7						337
55	Bob Burcham		13																							18				23		327
56	Chuck Wahl	17													7																35	322
57	Chuck Bown	27													34										26	12					38	319
58	Bill Schmitt	18													8																33	315
59	Baxter Price											20						22	18													309
60	Bill Hollar																						23	22			16					306
61	Skip Manning						14				15						15					11										297
62	Alton Jones											6						12														277
63	Richard D. Brown									29		25						17						30								261
64	Gary Matthews	8													15																	260
65	Don Puskarich	12													32																37	246
66	Sonny Easley	21													30																39	224
67	Glenn Francis	25													11																	218
68	Johnny Ray										48					24	30			40												207
69	Hershel McGriff	10	30												19											11					31	205
70	Jim Boyd														14																27	203
71	Hugh Pearson	23																													18	203
72	Bill Osborne	16													26																	200
73	Pete Torres	26													16																	200
74	George Follmer		24												29																	167
75	Charlie Griffin							26																28								164
76	Kenny Brightbill												7																			146
77	Terry Bivins																				9		21									138
78	Gene Riniker														10																	134
79	Don Hall																														11	130
80	Marty Robbins		39								31																					121
81	Clyde Dagit		DNQ		15																											118
82	Larry Esau	15																														118
83	Richard White	19																														106
84	Billy Hagan																			19												106
85	John Banks										50					20														21		103
86	Jeff Handy																			20												103
87	Johnny Kieper														20																24	103
88	Don Reynolds	20																														103
89	A. J. Reno																			21												100
90	Carl Joiner														22																	97
91	Doc Faustina																		22													97
92	Ron Esau	22																														97
93	Carl Van Horn																		23													94
94	Paul Dean Holt											21						24														91
95	Eddie Bradshaw														25																	88
96	Red Farmer		QL								37									44												83
97	Jimmy Hensley									7															27							82
98	Joey Arrington									27		27	32																			82
99	Bill Ward																			28												79
100	Chuck Little	28																														79
101	G. T. Tallas	29	DNQ																													76
102	Dan Daughtry		38								46																					74
103	Dick Brown	30																														73
104	Harry Gant													31																		70
105	John Soares Jr.														31																	70
106	Jim Thirkettle																														32	67
107	George Wiltshire																		32													67
108	Ted Fritz														33																	64
109	Randy Bethea													33																		64
110														6												36						60
111	Ivan Baldwin	35													35																	58
112	Dick Trickle		40																													55
113	H. B. Bailey		DNQ																			40										43
114	Warren Tope		40				18																									43
115	Tiny Lund		DNQ																	46												25
116	Terry Link		DNQ																	47												22
117	A. J. Foyt		11				35										24				30*					21		5			14
118			27				32										40									34
119	Ramo Stott		5								30
120	Jody Ridley						29																							11
121	Tom Williams										20						QL														23
122	Neil Bonnett																	14		35
123	Salt Walther															17	37													DNQ
124	Earl Ross													13
125	Don Hoffman																														15
126	Glen McDuffie																											19
127	John Harkins												21
128	Dale Earnhardt													22
129	Roy Smith																														29
130	John Martin																														30
131	Mel Larson															32
132	Gordon Johncock										36
133	Dennis Wilson	DNQ													DNQ
134	Tom Culbertson		DNQ
135	Joe Booher		DNQ
136	Jimmy Crowe		DNQ
137	Bill Dennis													DNQ
138	Bill Elliott																													DNQ
	Driver	RIV	DAY	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	NWS	DAR	MAR	TAL	NSV	DOV	CLT	RIV	MCH	DAY	NSV	POC	TAL	MCH	DAR	DOV	NWS	MAR	CLT	RCH	CAR	BRI	ATL	ONT