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1974 Capital City 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston Cup race number 24 of 30 Sunday, September 8, 1974 at Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway, Richmond, VA 500 laps on a 0.542 mile paved track (271.000 miles) Time of race: 4:12:22 Average speed: 64.43 mph Pole speed: 88.852 mph Cautions: 13 for 123 laps Margin of victory: .5 lap Attendance: 20000 Lead changes: 6 Glossary    1974 NASCAR Winston Cup results   /   1974 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 43   Richard Petty STP Oil Treatment + Oil Filters   (Petty Enterprises) '74 Dodge 500 8740 running 383 2 6 72   Benny Parsons King's Row Fireplace   (L.G. DeWitt) '74 Chevrolet 500 6010 running 1 3 17 98   Richie Panch Tuxedo Plumbing   (Roy Thornley) '72 Chevrolet 493 3295 running 0 4 11 90   Charlie Glotzbach Truxmore Industries   (Junie Donlavey) '72 Ford 491 1985 running 0 5 10 30   Walter Ballard Ballard Racing   (Vic Ballard) '74 Chevrolet 487 1510 running 0 6 14 64   Elmo Langley Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) '72 Ford 480 1235 running 0 7 15 9   Tony Bettenhausen Jr Vita Fresh Orange Juice   (Gordon Van Liew) '72 Chevrolet 478 1375 running 0 8 18 70   J.D. McDuffie Glenn's Landscaping   (J.D. McDuffie) '72 Chevrolet 473 1235 running 0 9 5 24   Cecil Gordon Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) '72 Chevrolet 470 1085 running 0 10 7 54   Lennie Pond Master Chevy Sales   (Ronnie Elder) '74 Chevrolet 468 1035 running 0 11 26 10   Bill Champion Champion Trucking   (Bill Champion) '72 Ford 468 660 running 0 12 22 46   Travis Tiller Precision Engine Machine   (Travis Tiller) '73 Dodge 420 650 running 0 13 3 2   Dave Marcis Deppe Enterprises   (Dave Marcis) '73 Dodge 391 930 crash 0 14 19 20   Bob Burcham Newsom Racing   (Rick Newsom) '72 Ford 313 760 oil line 0 15 2 52   Earl Ross Carling   (Junior Johnson) '74 Chevrolet 282 920 transmission 18 16 8 32   Dick Brooks Simoniz   (Dick Brooks) '74 Dodge 269 610 engine 0 17 13 05   David Sisco Reliable Plumbing   (David Sisco) '74 Chevrolet 254 805 overheating 0 18 12 14   Coo Coo Marlin Cunningham-Kelley   (H.B. Cunningham) '73 Chevrolet 165 1075 crash 0 19 23 79   Frank Warren Warren Racing   (Frank Warren) '74 Dodge 161 820 suspension 0 20 16 8   Ed Negre The Horseless Carriage Shop   (Ed Negre) '74 Dodge 145 735 ignition 0 21 4 11   Cale Yarborough Carling   (Junior Johnson) '74 Chevrolet 121 2570 crash 98 22 20 25   Jackie Rogers Star City Body Shop   (Ray Frederick) '74 Chevrolet 46 650 clutch 0 23 21 48   James Hylton Nitro 9   (James Hylton) '74 Chevrolet 28 760 ignition 0 24 9 96   Richard Childress L.C. Newton Trucking   (Tom Garn) '73 Chevrolet 23 775 engine 0 25 24 75   Johnny Barnes Hawks Enterprises   (Ed Hawks) '72 Chevrolet 18 490 engine 0 26 27 73   George England Columbia Plastics   (George England) '72 Chevrolet 4 475 overheating 0 27 25 67   Joey Arrington J.R. Stanley Trucking   (Joey Arrington) '72 Plymouth 1 460 axle 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Richard Petty 1 3 3   Cale Yarborough 4 29 26   Earl Ross 30 47 18   Cale Yarborough 48 63 16   Benny Parsons 64 64 1   Cale Yarborough 65 120 56   Richard Petty 121 500 380