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1974 American 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 29 of 30 Sunday, October 20, 1974 at North Carolina Motor Speedway, Rockingham, NC 492 laps on a 1.017 mile paved track (500.364 miles) Time of race: 4:13:21 Average speed: 118.493 mph Pole speed: 135.297 mph Cautions: 4 for 37 laps Margin of victory: 2.2 sec Attendance: 35000 Lead changes: 23 Glossary    1974 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1974 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 3 21   David Pearson Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '73 Mercury 492 16350 running 169 2 4 11   Cale Yarborough Carling   (Junior Johnson) '74 Chevrolet 492 11925 running 231 3 1 43   Richard Petty STP Oil Treatment + Oil Filters   (Petty Enterprises) '74 Dodge 490 9725 running 79 4 6 12   Bobby Allison Coca-Cola   (Roger Penske) '74 Matador 487 4600 running 1 5 9 95   Darrell Waltrip Terminal Transport   (Darrell Waltrip) '72 Chevrolet 487 4200 running 0 6 8 88   Donnie Allison DiGard Racing   (DiGard Racing) '74 Chevrolet 486 3500 running 0 7 23 2   Dick Trickle Trickle Racing   (Dave Marcis) '73 Mercury 483 3475 running 0 8 7 52   Earl Ross Carling   (Junior Johnson) '74 Chevrolet 482 2500 running 0 9 10 72   Benny Parsons King's Row Fireplace   (L.G. DeWitt) '74 Chevrolet 479 5300 running 0 10 21 93   Jackie Rogers Lemon Tree Inns   (Ray Frederick) '74 Chevrolet 479 1975 running 0 11 13 54   Lennie Pond Master Chevy Sales   (Ronnie Elder) '74 Chevrolet 476 2130 running 0 12 17 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '73 Chevrolet 475 2025 running 0 13 18 07   Jerry Schild Rush Johnson & Assoc.   (Rush Johnson) '72 Chevrolet 471 1475 running 0 14 24 19   Bob Burcham Belden Asphalt   (Henley Gray) '73 Chevrolet 469 1425 running 0 15 20 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '74 Chevrolet 468 1875 running 0 16 26 60   Joe Mihalic Viglione Racing   (Lou Viglione) '74 Chevrolet 462 1225 running 0 17 29 67   Joe Millikan J.R. Stanley Trucking   (Buddy Arrington) '72 Plymouth 456 1150 running 0 18 27 48   James Hylton Nitro 9   (James Hylton) '74 Chevrolet 451 1600 running 0 19 34 70   J.D. McDuffie McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) '72 Chevrolet 447 1575 engine 0 20 36 40   Tony Bettenhausen Jr Noel's Auto Sales   (D.K. Ulrich) '72 Chevrolet 443 1300 running 0 21 16 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) '72 Chevrolet 436 1600 running 0 22 32 10   Bill Champion Champion Racing   (Bill Champion) '72 Ford 436 975 running 0 23 30 79   Frank Warren Warren Racing   (Frank Warren) '74 Dodge 421 1450 running 0 24 19 96   Richard Childress L.C. Newton Trucking   (Tom Garn) '73 Chevrolet 421 1525 running 0 25 33 64   Elmo Langley Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) '72 Ford 421 900 running 0 26 22 05   David Sisco Reliable Plumbing   (David Sisco) '74 Chevrolet 357 1525 suspension 0 27 12 98   Richie Panch Tuxedo Plumbing   (Roy Thornley) '72 Chevrolet 317 1550 crash 0 28 28 8   Ed Negre Horseless Carriage Shop   (Ed Negre) '74 Dodge 249 830 water pump 0 29 11 71   Dave Marcis Marcis Racing   (Nord Krauskopf) '74 Dodge 157 1020 engine 0 30 14 90   Jody Ridley Truxmore Industries   (Junie Donlavey) '72 Ford 85 1410 engine 0 31 5 28   Dick Brooks Ellington Insulation   (Dick Brooks) '74 Chevrolet 52 600 crash 0 32 15 97   Harry Jefferson George Jefferson '72 Ford 30 890 engine 0 33 31 5   Neil Castles Castles Racing   (Doc Faustina) '74 Dodge 21 780 transmission 0 34 2 15   Buddy Baker R.C. Cola   (Bud Moore) '74 Ford 18 3770 brakes 12 35 25 49   G.C. Spencer Spencer Racing   (G.C. Spencer) '74 Dodge 12 760 engine 0 36 35 18   Joe Frasson Frasson Racing   (Joe Frasson) '74 Dodge 4 550 steering 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Richard Petty 1 4 4   Buddy Baker 5 16 12   Richard Petty 17 20 4   David Pearson 21 54 34   Bobby Allison 55 55 1   Cale Yarborough 56 68 13   Richard Petty 69 81 13   David Pearson 82 89 8   Cale Yarborough 90 106 17   Richard Petty 107 140 34   David Pearson 141 161 21   Cale Yarborough 162 162 1   David Pearson 163 181 19   Cale Yarborough 182 243 62   David Pearson 244 247 4   Cale Yarborough 248 332 85   David Pearson 333 334 2   Cale Yarborough 335 345 11   David Pearson 346 347 2   Richard Petty 348 371 24   Cale Yarborough 372 411 40   David Pearson 412 444 33   Cale Yarborough 445 446 2   David Pearson 447 492 46