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1974 Indianapolis 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 6 of 14 Sunday, May 26, 1974 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Speedway, IN 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:09:10 Average speed: 158.589 mph Pole speed: 191.632 mph Cautions: 7 Margin of victory: 22.33 sec Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 13 Glossary    1974 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1974 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 25 3   Johnny Rutherford McLaren Cars   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Offy 200 237193 running 122 1000 2 7 48   Bobby Unser Olsonite   (Oscar Olson) Eagle / Offy 200 95854 running 6 800 3 16 4   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) Eagle / Offy 199 61455 running 0 700 4 4 20   Gordon Johncock STP Double Oil Filter   (Pat Patrick) Eagle / Offy 198 35524 running 0 600 5 9 73   David Hobbs Carling Black Label   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Offy 196 30684 running 0   6 30 45   Jim McElreath Thermo King   (Don Gerhardt) Eagle / Offy 194 26675 running 0 400 7 21 11   Pancho Carter Cobre Firestone   (Robert Fletcher) Eagle / Offy 191 26551 running 0 300 8 31 79   Bob Harkey City of Peru Circus   (Lindsey Hopkins) Kenyon / Foyt 189 22850 running 0 250 9 18 9   Lloyd Ruby Unlimited Racing Eagle / Offy 187 22396 out of fuel 0 200 10 17 55   Jerry Grant Cobre Firestone   (Robert Fletcher) Eagle / Offy 175 20980 running 0 150 11 22 89   John Martin Sea Snack Shrimp Cocktail   (Automotive Technology) McLaren / Offy 169 20391 running 0 100 12 23 27   Tom Bigelow Bryant Heating & Air Conditioning   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 166 19798 running 0 50 13 20 18   Bill Simpson American Kids Racers   (Richard Beith) Eagle / Offy 163 18981 piston 0   14 3 68   Mike Hiss Norton Spirit   (Roger Penske) McLaren / Offy 158 20692 running 0   15 1 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore Racing   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 142 37681 oil line 70   16 27 1   Roger McCluskey English Leather   (Lindsey Hopkins) Riley / Offy 141 18209 rear end 0   17 14 77   Salt Walther Dayton-Walther   (George Walther) McLaren / Offy 141 17348 piston 0   18 26 15   Al Unser Viceroy   (Parnelli Jones) Eagle / Offy 131 16640 valve 0   19 19 42   Jerry Karl Ayr-Way / Lloyd's   (Lindsey Hopkins) Eagle / Offy 115 16534 crash 0   20 8 24   Tom Sneva Raymond Companies   (Grant King) King / Offy 94 18296 ring / pinion 0   21 32 51   Jan Opperman Viceroy   (Parnelli Jones) Parnelli / Offy 85 14866 spun out 0   22 15 60   Steve Krisiloff STP Gas Treatment   (Pat Patrick) Eagle / Offy 72 15292 clutch 0   23 12 21   Jimmy Caruthers Cobre Firestone   (Robert Fletcher) Eagle / Offy 64 15315 gearbox 0   24 33 59   Larry Cannon American Financial   (Richard Hoffman) Eagle / Offy 49 14725 differential 0   25 28 56   Jim Hurtubise Miller High Life McLaren / Offy 31 14613 engine 0   26 29 94   Johnny Parsons Vatis Enterprises   (Tassi Vatis) Finley / Offy 18 13802 turbocharger 0   27 24 61   Rick Muther Eisenhour-Brayton Racing Eagle / Foyt 11 14077 piston 0   28 13 82   George Snider Gilmore Racing   (Jim Greer) Atlanta / Foyt 7 13355 valve 0   29 6 98   Mike Mosley Lodestar   (Ralph Wilke) Eagle / Offy 6 15730 engine 0   30 2 40   Wally Dallenbach STP Oil Treatment   (Pat Patrick) Eagle / Offy 3 15493 piston 2   31 5 5   Mario Andretti Viceroy   (Parnelli Jones) Eagle / Offy 2 14887 valve 0   32 11 8   Gary Bettenhausen Score   (Roger Penske) McLaren / Offy 2 13548 valve 0   33 10 44   Dick Simon TraveLodge   (Dick Simon) Eagle / Foyt 1 13891 valve 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Mel Kenyon 19 Ayr-Way / Lloyds Jigger Sirois 25 Adams Automotive Tom Sneva 26 Raymond Companies Bentley Warren 26, 94 Raymond Companies, Vatis Sammy Sessions 30 Oriente Express Dennis Zimmerman 31 MVS Billy Vukovich, Jr. 32 Johnny Parsons 38 Midwest Manufacturing / Dura-Pot Bill Puterbaugh 38 Midwest Manufacturing Dick Simon 38 Midwest Manufacturing / Dura-Pot Larry Rice 39 Precision Engine Jim McElreath 46 Thermo King John Cannon 53 Minnesota Serendipity Eldon Rasmussen 58 Ras-Car Larry McCoy 63 Shurfine Foods John Mahler 69, 74 Woods Lee Brayton 76 Webster Racing Al Loquasto 86 Martin Guitar Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Wally Dallenbach 1 2 2   A.J. Foyt 3 24 22   Bobby Unser 25 26 2   A.J. Foyt 27 49 23   Bobby Unser 50 52 3   A.J. Foyt 53 64 12   Johnny Rutherford 65 125 61   A.J. Foyt 126 135 10   Johnny Rutherford 136 137 2   A.J. Foyt 138 140 3   Johnny Rutherford 141 175 35   Bobby Unser 176 176 1   Johnny Rutherford 177 200 24