1975 Music City USA 420

1975 Music City USA 420
Race details
Race 11 of 30 in the 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Date May 10, 1975
Location Nashville Speedway (Nashville, Tennessee)
Course Permanent racing facility
0.596 mi (0.959 km)
Distance 420 laps, 250.3 mi (402.8 km)
WeatherTemperatures 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)[1]
Average speed 94.107 miles per hour (151.451 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Darrell Waltrip 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 is a NASCAR Winston Cup Series racing event that took place on May 10, 1975, at Nashville Speedway in the American community of 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] K&K Insurance would be one of the major sponsors of the race; being the official race sponsor for Dave Marcis.[3] Monetary awards given out to this race ranged from $6,500 for Waltrip ($28,488.25 when adjusted for inflation) to $305 for last-place finisher Arrington ($1,336.76 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

  1. 17-Darrell Waltrip
  2. 72-Benny Parsons†
  3. 14-Coo Coo Marlin†
  4. 71-Dave Marcis
  5. 24-Cecil Gordon†
  6. 68-Alton Jones
  7. 43-Richard Petty
  8. 05-David Sisco
  9. 48-James Hylton
  10. 30-Walter Ballard
  11. 70-J.D. McDuffie†
  12. 79-Frank Warren
  13. 20-Rick Newsom*†
  14. 11-Cale Yarborough*
  15. 64-Elmo Langley*†
  16. 96-Richard Childress*
  17. 01-Earle Canavan*
  18. 10-Bill Champion*†
  19. 25-Jabe Thomas*
  20. 45-Baxter Price*
  21. 39-Paul Dean Holt*
  22. 23-Earl Brooks*†
  23. 47-Bruce Hill*
  24. 8-Ed Negre*
  25. 44-Richard D. Brown*
  26. 46-Travis Tiller*
  27. 6-Jody Ridley*
  28. 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]
1 Richard Petty 1744
2 Dave Marcis 1519
3 Benny Parsons 1466
4 Darrell Waltrip 1459
5 James Hylton 1439

References

  1. ↑ Weather for the 1975 Music City USA 420 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 1975 Music City USA 420 racing information at Racing Reference
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 1975 Music City USA 420 racing information at Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 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