1975 NASCAR Winston Cup Series


The 1975 NASCAR Grand National Winston Cup Series was the 27th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 4th modern era NASCAR Cup series. The 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 for 1975, a system designed by statistician Bob Latford. For the first time, each race on the NASCAR Winston Cup Grand National schedule carried an equal point value, a system that would be used for 36 seasons, from 1975 to 2010. The original points system ran for the first 29 seasons, from 1975 to 2003.

Season recap

Races

Final Points Standings

  1. Richard Petty – 4783
  2. Dave Marcis – 4061
  3. James Hylton – 3914
  4. Benny Parsons – 3820
  5. Richard Childress – 3818
  6. Cecil Gordon – 3702
  7. Darrell Waltrip – 3462
  8. Elmo Langley – 3399
  9. Cale Yarborough – 3295
  10. Dick Brooks – 3182