1975 in Sports - Motor Racing

Motor Racing

  • Stock car racing
    • February 16 – Benny Parsons wins the Daytona 500 in the #72 Chevrolet
    • May 25 – Richard Petty wins the World 500 in the #43 Plymouth for Petty Enterprises
    • NASCAR Championship - Richard Petty
  • USAC Racing
    • 25 May – Bobby Unser wins the 59th running of the Indianapolis 500 in an Eagle-Offenhauser
    • A.J. Foyt wins the season championship
  • Formula One
    • Niki Lauda (Austria) wins World Drivers' Champion, driving a Ferrari 312T.
    • Ferrari wins the World Constructors' Championship
  • 24 hours of Le Mans – Jacky Ickx / Derek Bell win, sharing a Mirage GR8
  • Rally racing - Sandro Munari / Mario Manucci win the Monte Carlo Rally, sharing a Lancia Stratos HF
  • Drag racing – Top Fuel Dragster won by Don Garlits at the NHRA World Finals

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