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1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
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The 1975 NASCAR Grand National Winston Cup Series season began on Sunday, January 19 and ended on Sunday, November 12. Richard Petty, driving the #43 Petty Enterprises STP Dodge scored his sixth NASCAR Grand National Series Winston Cup Championship. Bruce Hill was named NASCAR Rookie of the Year. NASCAR introduced a new points system in 1975. For the first time, each race on the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National schedule carried an equal point value.

Season recap

Date	Event	Circuit	Winner
January 19	Winston Western 500	Riverside International Raceway	Bobby Allison
February 16	Daytona 500	Daytona International Speedway	Benny Parsons
February 23	Richmond 500	Richmond International Raceway	Richard Petty
March 2	Carolina 500	North Carolina Speedway	Cale Yarborough
March 16	Volunteer 500	Bristol Motor Speedway	Richard Petty
March 23	Atlanta 500	Atlanta International Raceway	Richard Petty
April 6	Gwyn Staley 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Richard Petty
April 13	Rebel 500	Darlington Raceway	Bobby Allison
April 27	Virginia 500	Martinsville Speedway	Richard Petty
May 4	Winston 500	Talladega Superspeedway	Buddy Baker
May 10	Music City USA 420	Nashville Speedway	Darrell Waltrip
May 18 &19	Mason-Dixon 500	Dover Downs International Speedway	David Pearson
May 25	World 600	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Richard Petty
June 8	Tuborg 400	Riverside International Raceway	Richard Petty
June 15	Motor State 400	Michigan International Speedway	David Pearson
July 4	Firecracker 400	Daytona International Speedway	Richard Petty
July 20	Nashville 420	Nashville Speedway	Cale Yarborough
August 3	Purolator 500	Pocono Raceway	David Pearson
August 17	Talladega 500	Talladega Superspeedway	Buddy Baker
August 24	Champion Spark Plug 400	Michigan International Speedway	Richard Petty
September 1	Southern 500	Darlington Raceway	Bobby Allison
September 14	Delaware 500	Dover Downs International Speedway	Richard Petty
September 21	Wilkes 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Richard Petty
September 28	Old Dominion 500	Martinsville Speedway	Dave Marcis
October 5	National 500	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Richard Petty
October 12	Capital City 500	Richmond International Raceway	Darrell Waltrip
October 19	American 500	North Carolina Speedway	Cale Yarborough
November 2	South Eastern 500	Bristol Motor Speedway	Richard Petty
November 9	Dixie 500	Atlanta International Raceway	Buddy Baker
November 12	Los Angeles Times 500	Ontario Motor Speedway	Buddy Baker

Final Points Standings

Richard Petty – 4783
Dave Marcis – 4061
James Hylton – 3914
Benny Parsons – 3820
Richard Childress – 3818
Cecil Gordon – 3702
Darrell Waltrip – 3462
Elmo Langley – 3399
Cale Yarborough – 3295
Dick Brooks – 3182

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