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1974 American 500

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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

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
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