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1974 California 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post USAC Champ Car Series race number 3 of 14 Sunday, March 10, 1974 at Ontario Motor Speedway, Ontario, CA 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:11:04 Average speed: 157.017 mph Pole speed: n/a Cautions: 6 Margin of victory: n/a Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 21 Glossary    1974 USAC Champ Car Series results   /   1974 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Chass./Eng. Laps Money Status Led Pts 8 9 1   Roger McCluskey Hopkins Buick   (Lindsey Hopkins) McLaren / Offy 193 6843 running 0 250 6 10 2   Wally Dallenbach Patrick Racing   (Pat Patrick) Eagle / Offy 196 7318 running 0 400 27 2 3   Johnny Rutherford McLaren Cars   (Bruce McLaren) McLaren / Offy 49 9738 valve 0   21 15 4   Billy Vukovich, Jr. Sugaripe Prune   (Jerry O'Connell) Eagle / Offy 141 3406 piston 0   25 14 5   Mario Andretti Viceroy   (Vel Miletich) Parnelli / Offy 91 5152 engine 0   26 18 7   Gordon Johncock Patrick Racing   (Pat Patrick) Eagle / Offy 71 3436 crash 0   20 16 8   Gary Bettenhausen Penske Products   (Roger Penske) McLaren / Offy 146 3769 running 0   5 6 9   Lloyd Ruby Unlimited Racing Eagle / Offy 197 11521 running 0 500 30 1 14   A.J. Foyt Gilmore Racing   (A.J. Foyt) Coyote / Foyt 21 18297 oil line 21   2 8 15   Al Unser Viceroy   (Vel Miletich) Eagle / Offy 200 60477 running 106 800 19 19 16   Joe Leonard Vel's Parnelli Ford   (Vel Miletich) Eagle / Offy 146 4616 crash 0   24 5 18   Steve Krisiloff American Kids Racers   (Richard Beith) Eagle / Offy 93 6551 pit fire 6   4 4 21   Jimmy Caruthers Cobre Firestone   (Robert Fletcher) Eagle / Offy 198 15544 running 0 600 32 29 23   Skip Barber Crower Cams   (Crower Engineering) Eagle / Offy 8 2595 overheating 0   12 25 24   Tom Sneva Grant King Racing   (Grant King) King / Offy 192 4498 running 0 50 10 22 27   Tom Bigelow Bryant Heating & Air Conditioning   (Rolla Vollstedt) Vollstedt / Offy 192 5203 running 0 150 31 33 28   Mike Hiss Eisenhour-Brayton Racing Team Eagle / Offy 17 2877 crash 0   29 11 42   Jerry Karl Hopkins Racing   (Lindsey Hopkins) Eagle / Offy 32 3323 crash 0   28 12 44   Dick Simon TraveLodge   (Dick Simon) Eagle / Foyt 38 3503 piston 1   15 7 45   Jim McElreath Thermo King   (Don Gerhardt) Eagle / Offy 173 5727 water hose 2   1 3 48   Bobby Unser Olsonite   (Oscar Olson) Eagle / Offy 200 88758 running 64 1000 16 28 53   John Cannon Minnesota Serendipity   (Pat O'Reilly) Atlanta / Foyt 173 3805 running 0   3 17 55   Jerry Grant Cobre Firestone   (Robert Fletcher) Eagle / Offy 199 21534 running 0 700 23 27 76   Rick Muther Webster Racing   (Marvin Webster) Eagle / Offy 121 2548 engine 0   22 13 77   Salt Walther Dayton-Walther   (George Walther) McLaren / Offy 128 3535 engine 0   11 23 82   George Snider Jim Greer Coyote / Foyt 192 4863 running 0 100 18 31 86   Al Loquasto Martin Guitar   (Al Loquasto) McLaren / Chevy 152 2783 timing gear 0   9 21 89   John Martin Automotive Technology McLaren / Offy 193 5861 running 0 200 14 26 92   Bill Simpson Apple Annie   (Bill Simpson) Brabham / Offy 180 4064 running 0   17 30 93   Bob Harkey Cicada Racing Cicada / Offy 154 3441 gearbox 0   13 24 94   Bentley Warren Tassi Vatis Finley / Offy 187 4369 running 0   33 32 97   Johnny Parsons Lodestar   (Ralph Wilke) Eagle / Offy 0 2078 gearbox 0   7 20 98   Mike Mosley Lodestar   (Ralph Wilke) Eagle / Offy 195 6519 running 0 300

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car DC Lee Brayton 28 Eisenhour-Brayton Racing Team Eagle / Offy Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Bobby Unser 1 1 1   A.J. Foyt 2 22 21   Bobby Unser 23 33 11   Jim McElreath 34 35 2   Al Unser 36 36 1   Dick Simon 37 37 1   Al Unser 38 72 35   Steve Krisiloff 73 74 2   Al Unser 75 77 3   Bobby Unser 78 87 10   Al Unser 88 88 1   Steve Krisiloff 89 92 4   Bobby Unser 93 96 4   Al Unser 97 115 19   Bobby Unser 116 120 5   Al Unser 121 139 19   Bobby Unser 140 144 5   Al Unser 145 171 27   Bobby Unser 172 176 5   Al Unser 177 177 1   Bobby Unser 178 200 23