Race 10 of 30 in the 1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
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
Buddy Baker
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
Motor car race
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.
^Weather information for the 1975 Winston 500 at The Old Farmers' Almanac
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