The 1975 Los Angeles Times 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on November 23, 1975, at

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in Ontario, California.''1975 Los Angeles Times 500''
information at Racing Reference''1975 Los Angeles Times 500''
racing information at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet This was the last race where the car's model year was part of the race info. From 1975 onwards, the passenger vehicles that people actually drove in real life started to deviate from the stock cars exhibited in NASCAR due to environmental regulations on the automobile industry. The gulf between NASCAR vehicles and regular passenger automobiles started to become even greater throughout the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s. By the 21st century, regular passenger vehicles had nothing to do with the NASCAR vehicles except for the manufacturer name and the model of the vehicle.

Race report

Two hundred laps were completed in three hours and thirty-three minutes on the paved track spanning . More than 50,000 spectators see

Buddy Baker Elzie Wylie "Buddy" Baker Jr. (January 25, 1941 – August 10, 2015) was an American professional stock car racing driver and commentator. Over the course of his 33-year racing career, he won 19 races in the NASCAR Cup Series, including the 198 ...

defeat

David Pearson David or Dave Pearson may refer to: * David Pearson (librarian) (born 1955), British librarian and scholar * David Pearson (racing driver) (1934–2018), American car racing champion * David Pearson (scientist) (born 1942), Canadian scientist, a ...

by 29.4 seconds in the #15 Norris Industries Ford machine. Only one caution for nine laps slowed the action. Pearson would earn the pole position with a speed of , the average race of the speed would be . The total prize purse was $140,775 ($ when adjusted for inflation); Baker would receive $35,300 of it ($ when adjusted for inflation) while Negre earned $1,050 ($ when adjusted for inflation). Out of the 40-driver grid, 39 were American-born while Roy Smith was a Canadian. Cecil Gordon had engine problems that put him out of the race on lap 141; which nearly destroyed his vehicle. A tie-rod end had backed out and was just hanging on. Ed Negre would be the last-place finisher due to an engine problem on the second lap. Richard Childress finished tenth in his final race at the wheel of Tom Garn's #96. Childress became an owner-driver for 1976 and changed numbers to #3. Notable crew chiefs in this race were Tim Brewer, Travis Carter, Harry Hyde,

Dale Inman Dale Inman (born August 19, 1936) is a retired NASCAR Grand National/Winston Cup Series crew chief from Level Cross, Randolph County, North Carolina. He is best known for being the crew chief of Richard Petty at Petty Enterprises during three de ...

, Bud Moore among others. Carl Adams; Jim Boyd; Don Hall and

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all made what would be their final starts in NASCAR's top series.

Richard Petty Richard Lee Petty (born July 2, 1937), nicknamed "The King", is an American former stock car racing driver who raced from 1958 to 1992 in the former NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup Series (now called the NASCAR Cup Series), most notabl ...

had already clinched his sixth NASCAR championship; defeating

Dave Marcis David Alan Marcis (born March 1, 1941) is an American former professional stock car racing 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 ...

in the standings by more than 700 points.Richard Petty's Championship Ride
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Qualifying

Finishing order

Section reference: # Buddy Baker (No. 15) # David Pearson (No. 21) #

(No. 71) #

Cale Yarborough William Caleb "Cale" Yarborough (born March 27, 1939) is an American former NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver and owner, businessman, and farmer. He is one of only two drivers in NASCAR history to win three consecutive championships, winning in 1 ...

(No. 11) # Bobby Allison (No. 16) # Lennie Pond (No. 54) # Jimmy Insolo (No. 38) # Dick Brooks† (No. 90) # James Hylton† (No. 48) #

Richard Childress Richard Childress (born September 21, 1945 in Winston-Salem, North Carolina) is an American former race car driver in NASCAR. As the owner of Richard Childress Racing (RCR), he became one of the wealthiest men in North Carolina. In 2004, he opene ...

(No. 96) # Don Hall (No. 01) # David Sisco (No. 05) #

D.K. Ulrich Donald Keith (D. K.) Ulrich (born April 10, 1944) is a former driver/owner in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series. As a driver, he had sixteen top ten finishes in 273 starts. His last race came in 1992. As car owner, he fielded cars for many years fo ...

(No. 40) # A. J. Foyt* (No. 28) # Don Huffman (No. 63) #

* (No. 43) # Frank Warren* (No. 79) #

Hugh Pearson Hugh Pearson may refer to: * Hugh Pearson (canon of Windsor) (1817–1882), vicar of Sonning and canon at Windsor * Hugh Pearson (dean of Salisbury) (1776–1856), his father, Anglican priest * Hugh Pearson (racing driver), American NASCAR driver, ...

* (No. 76) #

Cecil Gordon Cecil Gordon (June 21, 1941 – September 19, 2012) was an American stock car racing driver. A competitor in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series between 1968 and 1985, he competed in 449 events without winning a race. NASCAR Career as driver Gordon d ...

*† (No. 24) # Walter Ballard* (No. 30) #

J.D. McDuffie John Delphus McDuffie Jr. (December 5, 1938 – August 11, 1991) was an American racing driver. He competed in the NASCAR Winston Cup Series from 1963 to 1991, collecting 106 top-10 finishes during his career, despite never finishing on the lead ...

*† (No. 70) # Elmo Langley*† (No. 64) # Tom Williams* (No. 39) # John Kieper* (No. 98W) # Ray Elder*† (No. 96W) # Bruce Hill* (No. 47) # Jim Boyd* (No. 31) # Carl Adams* (No. 65) # Roy Smith*† (No. 29) #

* (No. 2) # Hershel McGriff* (No. 26) #

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* (No. 5) # Bill Schmitt* (No. 73) # Benny Parsons*† (No. 72) # Chuch Wahl* (No. 37) #

Richie Panch Richard "Richie" Panch (born May 28, 1954, in Daytona Beach, Florida – died September 1, 1985, near Rion, South Carolina) was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series driver from 1973 to 1976.

*† (No. 98) # Don Puskarich* (No. 10) # Chuck Bown* (No. 03) #

Sonny Easley Lynwood Lacey "Sonny" Easley (June 5, 1939 – January 15, 1978) 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. Easley tallied nine Winston West victor ...

*† (No. 68) # Ed Negre* (No. 8) ''† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased''
''* Driver failed to finish race''

Standings after the race

References

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Los Angeles Times 500 The Los Angeles Times 500 was an annual NASCAR Winston Cup race held at Ontario Motor Speedway in Ontario, California, United States, in February from 1971 to 1972 and in November from 1974 to 1980. Past winners Multiple winners (drivers) Mul ...

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