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1974 Winston Western 500 Previous race results Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Winston West Series race number 1 of 28 Combination race with Winston Cup drivers An explanation of combination races from The Third Turn Saturday, January 26, 1974 at Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, CA 191 laps on a 2.620 mile road course (500.420 miles) Time of race: 4:56:52 Average speed: 101.14 mph Pole speed: 110.098 mph Cautions: 2 for 12 laps Margin of victory: 3 sec Attendance: 32500 Lead changes: 15 Glossary    1974 NASCAR Winston West Series results   /   1974 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led Pts 1 2 11   Cale Yarborough   (Cup) Kar-Kare   (Richard Howard) '74 Chevrolet 191 19325 running 144 0 2 6 43   Richard Petty   (Cup) STP Oil Treatment + Oil Filters   (Petty Enterprises) '74 Dodge 191 12825 running 0 0 3 1 21   David Pearson   (Cup) Purolator   (Wood Brothers) '71 Mercury 191 8525 running 9 0 4 8 72   Benny Parsons   (Cup) DeWitt Racing   (L.G. DeWitt) '74 Chevrolet 188 8825 running 0 0 5 3 12   Bobby Allison   (Cup) Coca-Cola   (Bobby Allison) '74 Chevrolet 188 6975 running 33 0 6 16 88   Donnie Allison   (Cup) DiGard Racing   (DiGard) '74 Chevrolet 188 3025 running 0 0 7 5 16   Gary Bettenhausen   (Cup) AMC   (Roger Penske) '74 Matador 185 2275 running 0 0 8 13 24   Cecil Gordon   (Cup) Gordon Racing   (Cecil Gordon) '74 Chevrolet 184 2625 running 0 0 9 14 98   Richie Panch   (Cup) Tuxedo Plumbing   (Roy Thornley) '74 Chevrolet 183 2025 running 0 0 10 10 04   Hershel McGriff Almost Heaven, West Virginia   (Petty Enterprises) '74 Dodge 181 1725 running 0 0 11 20 84   J.C. Danielsen Danielson Co.   (Louis Nissen) '71 Mercury 178 1425 running 0 0 12 23 68   Sonny Easley San-Val Roofing   (Vic Kurten) '72 Ford 178 1375 running 0 0 13 27 56   Carl Adams Marck Motors   (Richard Mummert) '72 Ford 177 1350 running 0 0 14 25 19   Dick May   (Cup) Gray Racing   (Henley Gray) '71 Mercury 176 1825 running 0 0 15 21 64   Elmo Langley   (Cup) Langley Racing   (Elmo Langley) '71 Mercury 164 1800 running 0 0 16 34 77   Charlie Roberts   (Cup) Roberts Racing   (Charlie Roberts) '71 Ford 145 1775 running 0 0 17 19 9   Tony Bettenhausen Jr   (Cup) Vita Fresh Orange Juice   (Gordon Van Liew) '72 Chevrolet 144 1250 engine 0 0 18 4 15   George Follmer   (Cup) R.C. Cola   (Bud Moore) '72 Ford 143 4225 brakes 0 0 19 28 42   Richard White Barnicle Oil   (Dean Barnicle) '71 Ford 139 1200 rear end 0 0 20 26 91   Johnny Anderson Connor Muffler / Adams Machine Shop   (Don Nuzum) '72 Chevrolet 129 1175 engine 0 0 21 12 7   Jack McCoy Noble Auto Parts   (Ernie Conn) '72 Dodge 123 1140 transmission 4 0 22 18 70   J.D. McDuffie   (Cup) McDuffie Racing   (J.D. McDuffie) '72 Chevrolet 123 1625 engine 0 0 23 7 38   Jimmy Insolo Martin's Union 76   (Roger Paquette) '72 Chevrolet 113 1100 engine 1 0 24 29 52   Odie Robertson G.B. Auto Salvage '71 Chevrolet 89 1075 suspension 0 0 25 35 73   Jim Gilliam   (Cup) Gilliam Racing '72 Chevrolet 76 1025 transmission 0 0 26 31 94   Bill Osborne Mollicone Racing Engines   (Larry Mollicone) '72 Chevrolet 68 975 engine 0 0 27 24 97   Harry Jefferson Nall Precision Engineering   (George Jefferson) '71 Ford 60 925 transmission 0 0 28 17 2   Dave Marcis   (Cup) Marcis Racing   (Dave Marcis) '72 Dodge 52 1375 transmission 0 0 29 32 60   Larry Esau Esau Supply '72 Chevrolet 47 825 clutch 0 0 30 22 79   Jerry Grant   (Cup) Earl's Supply '73 Chevrolet 45 775 transmission 0 0 31 11 02   Budd Hagelin Ober Logging   (Budd Hagelin) '72 Dodge 44 720 engine 0 0 32 30 66   Don Pruitt Crusader Helmets   (Don Pruitt) '72 Chevrolet 28 670 oil leak 0 0 33 33 29   Ross Surgenor Mercury Marine   (Dick Midgley) '72 Chevrolet 15 620 engine 0 0 34 9 96   Ray Elder Olympia Brewery   (Fred Elder) '73 Dodge 11 570 transmission 0 0 35 15 03   Chuck Bown Rose Auto Wrecking   (Dick Bown) '72 Dodge 9 520 engine 0 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car James Hylton Dick Simon Billy Vukovich, Jr. Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Allison 1 2 2   David Pearson 3 4 2   Bobby Allison 5 10 6   Jimmy Insolo 11 11 1   Jack McCoy 12 15 4   Bobby Allison 16 16 1   Cale Yarborough 17 39 23   David Pearson 40 41 2   Bobby Allison 42 64 23   Cale Yarborough 65 93 29   Bobby Allison 94 94 1   David Pearson 95 95 1   Cale Yarborough 96 115 20   David Pearson 116 119 4   Cale Yarborough 120 191 72