1975 NASCAR Race 3 of 16- Richmond 500

sorry, I had to skip yesterday's post, I was busy, but today will be a double psot with MLB coming late tonight. Right now here is the recap from the Richmond 500.

I am doing weather for all outdoor sports for now, it was a non factor at Richmond with sunny skies and temps of about 55.

It was by far the most exciting of the three races thus far this season with 5 different drivers leading the 19 segments of the race. The winner ended up being an old veteran, 47 year old Elmo Langley, who won his third career race in 21 years and his first since 1966. Langley is in his final season as a full time driver, he will move to a part time schedule in 1976.


David Pearson in th Wood Brothers #21 won the pole and led the first segment, but blew hsi engine in segment #2 and finished 37th. This allowed part-timer Joe Frasson to take control of the race. Frasson led all the way through segment 10, gaining 10 bonus points for leading the most laps. Unfortunatly, on lap 11, Frasson had to stay late on a pit stop to repair sheet metal and fell back to 18th place. He later blew his engine on the 18th segment and finished 22nd.

Darrell Waltrip would take the lead on the 11th lap pit stops after Frasson's debacle, but lost it the next segment to Richard Childress. Childress led the race through lap 14, but then lsot the lead to Langley, who started 24th and worked his way through the pack. Langley would hold off the top 2 standings leaders Richard Petty and Dave Marcis late to take the checkered flag. Full results are below.


Bonus Total
POS DRIVER Points Points Points
1 Elmo Langley 175 5 180 Running
2 Carl Adams 170 170 Running
3 Bobby Allison 165 165 Running
4 Richard Petty 160 160 Running
5 Dave Marcis 155 155 Running
6 Richard Childress 150 5 155 Running
7 Dick May 146 146 Running
8 Jim Vandiver 142 142 Running
9 James Hylton 138 138 Running
10 Alton Jones 134 134 Running
11 Dick Brooks 130 130 Running
12 Benny Parsons 127 127 Running
13 Cecil Gordon 124 124 Out of gas
14 Richie Panch 121 121 Running
15 Henley Gray 118 118 Running
16 Buddy Arrington 115 115 Running
17 Ed Negre 112 112 Running
18 Bruce Hill 109 109 Running
19 Donnie Allison 106 106 Running
20 Walter Ballard 103 103 Running
21 Bill Hollar 100 100 Running
22 Joe Frasson 97 10 107 Engine
23 Darrell Waltrip 94 5 99 Engine
24 David Sisco 91 91 Rear End
25 Earl Canavan 88 88 Engine
26 Earl Brooks 85 85 Engine
27 Lennie Pond 82 82 Ignition
28 Cale Yarborough 79 79 Engine
29 Frank Warren 76 76 Steering/Handling/Vibrat.
30 Bobby Isaac 73 73 Engine
31 Joe Mihalic 70 70 Transmission
32 Joey Arrington 67 67 Engine
33 Neil Bonnett 64 64 Engine
34 Bill Champion 61 61 Engine
35 Rick Newsom 58 58 Engine
36 Grant Adcox 55 55 Engine
37 David Pearson 52 5 57 Engine
38 J. D. McDuffie 49 49 Brakes
39 Coo Coo Marlin 46 46 Engine
40 Jabe Thomas 43 43 Steering/Handling/Vibrat.
41 Buddy Baker 40 40 Engine
42 Jimmy Hensley 37 37 Engine
43 D. K. Ulrich 34 34 Engine


The point standings didn't change much. Petty still leads Marcis, now by 55 points. Langley is in 3rd, 75 points back of Petty, and Childress is also within 100 of Petty. Below are the top 20 in driver's points.

Total
Points DRIVER POS
520 Richard Petty 1
465 Dave Marcis 2
445 Elmo Langley 3
431 Richard Childress 4
397 James Hylton 5
335 Bobby Allison 6
333 David Pearson 7
330 Cecil Gordon 8
315 Frank Warren 9
306 Dick May 10
294 Benny Parsons 11
266 J. D. McDuffie 12
260 Darrell Waltrip 13
256 Harry Jefferson 14
254 Ed Negre 15
251 Dick Brooks 16
233 Jim Vandiver 17
231 Joe Frasson 18
215 Buddy Baker 19
207 Carl Adams 20

Also, after race #5 the top 20 cars in OWNERS points will be locked into races.

Tonight we will have week 3 action from the MLB. So long for now.