Auto race held at Michigan International Speedway in 1975
1975 Champion Spark Plug 400
Race details[1]
Race 20 of 30 in the 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
Official program featuring Benny Parsons
Date
August 24, 1975 (1975-August-24)
Official name
Champion Spark Plug 400
Location
Michigan International Speedway, Brooklyn, Michigan
Course
Permanent racing facility 2.000 mi (3.218 km)
Distance
200 laps, 400 mi (643 km)
Weather
Hot with temperatures of 89.1 °F (31.7 °C); wind speeds up to 12.8 miles per hour (20.6 km/h)
Average speed
107.583 miles per hour (173.138 km/h)
Attendance
47,000[2]
Pole position
Driver
David Pearson
Wood Brothers Racing
Most laps led
Driver
A. J. Foyt
Hoss Ellington
Laps
69
Winner
No. 43
Richard Petty
Petty Enterprises
Television in the United States
Network
CBS Sports (aired September 20, 1975)
Radio in the United States
Radio
MRN Radio
Motor car race
The 1975 Champion Spark Plug 400 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on August 24, 1975, at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn, Michigan.
Programs were sold for this race at a price of $1.50 per copy ($8.49 when adjusted for inflation). The cost of admission to this race was relatively cheap; children got in for US$5 ($28.31 when adjusted for inflation) while adults got decent seats for US$10 ($56.62 when adjusted for inflation).
This was the first Cup race at Michigan International Speedway to have a corporate title sponsor. In all prior years, the August Michigan Cup race had been called the Yankee 400.
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