Race details[1] | |||
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Race 10 of 30 in the 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
![]() Layout of Talladega Superspeedway | |||
Date | May 4, 1975 | ||
Official name | Winston 500 | ||
Location | Alabama International Motor Speedway, Talladega, Alabama | ||
Course |
Permanent racing facility 2.660 mi (4.280 km) | ||
Distance | 188 laps, 500.1 mi (804.8 km) | ||
Weather | Temperatures of 80.1 °F (26.7 °C); wind speeds of 9.9 miles per hour (15.9 km/h) | ||
Average speed | 144.948 miles per hour (233.271 km/h) | ||
Attendance | 65,000[2] | ||
Pole position | |||
Driver | Bud Moore Engineering | ||
Most laps led | |||
Driver | Buddy Baker | Bud Moore Engineering | |
Laps | 99 | ||
Winner | |||
No. 15 | Buddy Baker | Bud Moore Engineering | |
Television in the United States | |||
Network | CBS | ||
Announcers | Ken Squier |
The 1975 Winston 500 was an automobile race at the Alabama International Motor Speedway on May 4, 1975.
The tenth race of 30 in the 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National season, it started 50 cars and ran 500.1 miles. It was the sixth annual late-April/early May running at Talladega and the fifth under Winston cigarettes sponsorship.
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