1975 Winston 500

1975 Winston 500
Race details[1]
Race 10 of 30 in the 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Layout of Talladega Superspeedway
Layout of Talladega Superspeedway
Date May 4, 1975 (1975-May-04)
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.

  1. ^ Weather information for the 1975 Winston 500 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference 1975w500 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

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