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1974 American 500

Rockingham Speedway · 1974 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
David Pearson	3	36	24	2	5	169	492	500.4

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status
1	3	21	David Pearson	Wood Brothers Racing	Mercury	492	169	running
2	4	11	Cale Yarborough	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	492	231	running
3	1	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Dodge	490	79	running
4	6	12	Bobby Allison	Penske Racing South	Chevrolet	487	1	running
5	9	95	Darrell Waltrip	DarWal Inc.	Chevrolet	487		running
6	8	88	Donnie Allison	DiGard Motorsports	Chevrolet	486		running
7	23	2	Dick Trickle	Marcis Auto Racing	Mercury	483		running
8	7	52	Earl Ross	Junior Johnson & Associates	Chevrolet	482		running
9	10	72	Benny Parsons	DeWitt Racing	Chevrolet	479		running
10	21	93	Jackie Rogers	J Rogers Racing	Chevrolet	479		running
11	13	54	Lennie Pond	Elder-Ranier	Chevrolet	476		running
12	17	14	Coo Coo Marlin	Cunningham-Kelley	Chevrolet	475		running
13	18	07	Jerry Schild	Rush & Associates	Chevrolet	471		running
14	24	19	Bob Burcham	Gray Racing	Chevrolet	469		running
15	20	30	Walter Ballard	Ballard Racing	Chevrolet	468		running
16	26	60	Joe Mihalic	Viglione Racing	Chevrolet	462		running
17	29	67	Joe Millikan	Arrington Racing	Plymouth	456		running
18	27	48	James Hylton	Hylton Engineering	Chevrolet	451		running
19	34	70	J.D. McDuffie	McDuffie Racing	Chevrolet	447		engine
20	36	40	Tony Bettenhausen	Ulrich Racing	Chevrolet	443		running
21	16	24	Cecil Gordon	Gordon Racing	Chevrolet	436		running
22	32	10	Bill Champion	Champion Racing	Ford	436		running
23	30	79	Frank Warren	Warren Racing	Dodge	421		running
24	19	96	Richard Childress	Garn Racing	Chevrolet	421		running
25	33	64	Elmo Langley	Langley-Woodfield Racing	Ford	421		running
26	22	05	David Sisco	Sisco Racing	Chevrolet	357		suspension
27	12	98	Richie Panch	Panch Racing	Chevrolet	317		accident
28	28	8	Ed Negre	Negre Racing	Dodge	249		water pump
29	11	71	Dave Marcis	K&K Insurance Racing	Dodge	157		piston
30	14	90	Jody Ridley	Donlavey Racing	Ford	85		valve
31	5	28	Dick Brooks	Brooks Racing	Chevrolet	52		accident
32	15	97	Harry Jefferson	Jefferson Racing	Ford	30		oil pressure
33	31	5	Neil Castles	Faustina Racing	Dodge	21		transmission
34	2	15	Buddy Baker	Bud Moore Engineering	Ford	18	12	brakes
35	25	49	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Dodge	12		engine
36	35	18	Joe Frasson	Frasson Racing	Dodge	4		steering

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Cale Yarborough	231	47.0%	P2
2	David Pearson	169	34.3%	P1
3	Richard Petty	79	16.1%	P3
4	Buddy Baker	12	2.4%	P34
5	Bobby Allison	1	0.2%	P4

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