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1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

26th season of NASCAR stock-car racing

26th season of NASCAR stock-car racing

The 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 26th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 3rd modern-era NASCAR Cup series. The season began on Sunday January 20 and ended on Sunday November 24. The first 15 races were shortened 10 percent due to the 1973 oil crisis. Following criticism of the 1972 and 1973 points systems that placed emphasis on completed miles, NASCAR implemented a new points system, that took basic purse winnings, multiplied by number of starts, and divided by 1,000; it was designed to more directly reward winning races, a response to Benny Parsons' championship the previous year with just one win. Richard Petty was Winston Cup champion at the end of the season finishing 567.45 points ahead of Cale Yarborough, while David Pearson finished a strong third in points despite only nineteen starts. Earl Ross was named NASCAR Rookie of the Year.

This was the last season without Dale Earnhardt, Ricky Rudd, and Bill Elliott until 2002, 2006, and 2013, respectively. It was also the first year that all cars had to run the 358 cuin engine.

Races

Winston Western 500

Begun on January 20, the Western 500 at Riverside International Raceway was stopped by rain and resumed on January 26. Cale Yarborough led 144 laps but was closely contested by Bobby Allison, who led 33 laps. Allison faltered and finished a distant fifth, while Cale took the win with Richard Petty second. David Pearson finished third in the final eligible race for the Wood Brothers 1971 Mercury Cyclone; the car had won 19 times with Pearson and A. J. Foyt the previous two seasons.

Top ten results

  1. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. 43 - Richard Petty
  3. 21 - David Pearson
  4. 72 - Benny Parsons
  5. 12 - Bobby Allison
  6. 88 - Donnie Allison
  7. 16 - Gary Bettenhausen
  8. 24 - Cecil Gordon
  9. 98 - Richie Panch
  10. 04 - Hershel McGriff

Daytona 500

Main article: 1974 Daytona 500

Top ten results

  1. 43 - Richard Petty
  2. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  3. 83 - Ramo Stott
  4. 14 - Coo Coo Marlin
  5. 50 - A. J. Foyt
  6. 88 - Donnie Allison
  7. 95 - Darrell Waltrip
  8. 27 - Bobby Isaac
  9. 32 - Dick Brooks
  10. 30 - Walter Ballard

Richmond 500

Bobby Allison grabbed the win, his third with his own team since the start of 1973.

Top ten results

  1. 12 - Bobby Allison
  2. 43 - Richard Petty
  3. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  4. 54 - Lennie Pond
  5. 2 - Dave Marcis
  6. 48 - James Hylton
  7. 70 - J.D. McDuffie
  8. 90 - Bill Dennis
  9. 64 - Elmo Langley
  10. 67 - Buddy Arrington

Carolina 500

Cale Yarborough led most of the first half but his car's handling deteriorated throughout the race and Richard Petty dominated the second half en route to the win.

Top ten results

  1. 43 - Richard Petty
  2. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  3. 12 - Bobby Allison
  4. 28 - Charlie Glotzbach
  5. 15 - George Follmer
  6. 30 - Walter Ballard
  7. 90 - Bill Dennis
  8. 2 - Dave Marcis
  9. 54 - Lennie Pond
  10. 48 - James Hylton

Southeastern 500

Amid periodic snow flurries, a crowd of 18,000 witnessed Cale Yarborough win for the second straight spring Bristol race. Richard Petty was hit in the driver side door in a four-car crash.

Top ten results

  1. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. 27 - Bobby Isaac
  3. 72 - Benny Parsons
  4. 12 - Bobby Allison
  5. 88 - Donnie Allison
  6. 24 - Cecil Gordon
  7. 60 - Joe Mihalic
  8. 48 - James Hylton
  9. 68 - Alton Jones
  10. 14 - Coo Coo Marlin

Atlanta 500

NASCAR mandated smaller carburetors for big-block engines. David Pearson led the most laps in a small block but had to pit late for fuel, giving Cale Yarborough the win.

Top ten results

  1. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. 21 - David Pearson
  3. 71 - Buddy Baker
  4. 15 - George Follmer
  5. 88 - Donnie Allison
  6. 43 - Richard Petty
  7. 95 - Darrell Waltrip
  8. 57 - Bob Burcham
  9. 16 - Gary Bettenhausen
  10. 54 - Lennie Pond

Rebel 450

Darlington's spring race shaved 10 percent off its race distance as other races did, but did not lop off the opening 36 laps, it simply scheduled the race as a 450-miler. David Pearson took his third straight Rebel race win (and fifth in all). The race was stopped for half an hour when Lennie Pond smashed a guardrail and several posts were pushed off. Cale Yarborough took the point lead.

Top ten results

  1. 21 - David Pearson
  2. 12 - Bobby Allison
  3. 71 - Buddy Baker
  4. 88 - Donnie Allison
  5. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  6. 16 - Dave Marcis
  7. 28 - Sam McQuagg
  8. 18 - Joe Frasson
  9. 95 - Darrell Waltrip
  10. 57 - Bob Burcham

Gwyn Staley Memorial

Richard Petty debuted a hand-built (by his brother, the team's chief engine builder Maurice) small-block Chrysler engine and won going away. The win put him back into the point lead. Petty stated the small block cost $50,000; “so we're still in the red right now.”

Top ten results

  1. 43 - Richard Petty
  2. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  3. 12 - Bobby Allison
  4. 72 - Benny Parsons
  5. 54 - Lennie Pond
  6. 15 - George Follmer
  7. 88 - Donnie Allison
  8. 70 - J.D. McDuffie
  9. 90 - Harry Gant
  10. 2 - Dave Marcis

Virginia 500

Cale Yarborough lead almost wire to wire and the win gave him back the point lead. Richard Petty finished second despite multiple pitstops.

Top ten results

  1. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. 43 - Richard Petty
  3. 12 - Bobby Allison
  4. 72 - Benny Parsons
  5. 54 - Lennie Pond
  6. 90 - Jimmy Hensley
  7. 48 - James Hylton
  8. 2 - Dave Marcis
  9. 70 - J.D. McDuffie
  10. 96 - Richard Childress

Winston 500

Main article: 1974 Winston 500

The lead changed 52 times among 14 drivers as David Pearson edged Benny Parsons. During pitstops at Lap 105 crewman Don Miller lost a leg when he was hit by the spinning car of rookie Grant Adcox.

Top ten results

  1. 21 - David Pearson
  2. 72 - Benny Parsons
  3. 43 - Richard Petty
  4. 90 - Charlie Glotzbach
  5. 54 - Lennie Pond
  6. 2 - Dave Marcis
  7. 14 - Coo Coo Marlin
  8. 28 - Sam McQuagg
  9. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  10. 57 - Bob Burcham

Music City 420

Rain pushed the second half of the race from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon. Richard Petty took his fourth win of the season and retook the point lead over Yarborough. It was Neil Bonnett's first Winston Cup start.

Top ten results

  1. 43 - Richard Petty
  2. 88 - Donnie Allison
  3. 95 - Darrell Waltrip
  4. 57 - Bob Burcham
  5. 2 - Dave Marcis
  6. 15 - George Follmer
  7. 70 - J.D. McDuffie
  8. 05 - David Sisco
  9. 14 - Coo Coo Marlin
  10. 67 - Buddy Arrington

Mason-Dixon 500

Petty, Pearson, and Yarborough were the only leaders in a race interrupted only three times for yellows. Petty, running the small-block Chrysler engine, led 210 laps but fell out with engine failure while leading with three laps to go. Cale took the win having led 220 laps, while Pearson was second with only 20 laps led.

Top ten results

  1. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. 21 - David Pearson
  3. 43 - Richard Petty
  4. 72 - Benny Parsons
  5. 15 - George Follmer
  6. 54 - Lennie Pond
  7. 2 - Dave Marcis
  8. 93 - Jackie Rogers
  9. 83 - Ramo Stott
  10. 48 - James Hylton

World 600

David Pearson edged Richard Petty as the lead changed 37 times, the most for the race to that point of its history. Buddy Baker left Harry Hyde's Dodge team to drive Bud Moore's Ford after Moore released driver George Follmer. Baker led 94 laps before falling out with engine failure; he was signed to drive the rest of the season in Moore's Ford.

Top ten results

  1. 21 - David Pearson
  2. 43 - Richard Petty
  3. 12 - Bobby Allison
  4. 95 - Darrell Waltrip
  5. 52 - Earl Ross
  6. 2 - Dave Marcis
  7. 81 - Dick Trickle
  8. 31 - Jim Vandiver
  9. 05 - David Sisco
  10. 70 - J.D. McDuffie

[[Tuborg]] 400

George Follmer was fired from Bud Moore's team before the 600 and jumped into Roger Penske's AMC Matador; he won the pole but blew his engine after just seven laps. Cale Yarborough edged Bobby Allison for the win, his sixth of the season.

Top ten results

  1. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. 12 - Bobby Allison
  3. 72 - Benny Parsons
  4. 24 - Cecil Gordon
  5. 79 - Frank Warren
  6. 48 - James Hylton
  7. 68 - Sonny Easley
  8. 37 - Chuck Wahl
  9. 56 - Eddie Bradshaw
  10. 89 - Don Reynolds

Motor State 400

This was the last race of the season shortened by NASCAR due to the energy crunch. The lead changed 50 times among eight drivers, a new record for the track to that point. Petty edged rookie Earl Ross after Pearson pitted under a late yellow for tires and the green never flew again.

Top ten results

  1. 43 - Richard Petty
  2. 52 - Earl Ross
  3. 21 - David Pearson
  4. 16 - Gary Bettenhausen
  5. 42 - Marty Robbins
  6. 96 - Richard Childress
  7. 05 - David Sisco
  8. 2 - Dave Marcis
  9. 98 - Richie Panch
  10. 24 - Cecil Gordon

[[Firecracker 400]]

David Pearson, the winner of the previous two 400s, pulled an audacious fake as he slammed his brakes to put Petty into the lead on the final lap, then drafted past at the stripe; Pearson's maneuver was such that an angered Petty confronted Pearson in the pressbox after the race; the ensuing dialogue was transcribed by The Charlotte Observer and published the next day (July 5, 1974, edition). Bobby Allison took over Roger Penske's Matador; he led 50 laps but broke an intake valve late in the race and finished fifth. The lead changed 45 times, a race record that stood until 2010.

Top ten results

  1. 21 - David Pearson

  2. 43 - Richard Petty

3 *DH. 15 - Buddy Baker

3 *DH. 11 - Cale Yarborough

  1. 16 - Bobby Allison

  2. 28 - Bobby Isaac

  3. 54 - Lennie Pond

  4. 93 - Jackie Rogers

  5. 05 - David Sisco

  6. 24 - Cecil Gordon

  • Cale Yarborough and Buddy Baker crossed the line nose to nose in a dead heat for third. Because electronic timing and scoring didn't exist at the time, no one could determine who finished ahead. As a result, both Yarborough and Baker were credited with third place, and were awarded the same amount of points and prize money.

Volunteer 500

Junior Johnson had purchased his race team from Richard Howard when Carling Breweries joined the #52 of Earl Ross along with Cale Yarborough's #11. In the second race as owner of the team Junior saw Cale dominate but Buddy Baker surged to the lead late. A caution set up a two lap sprint and Cale sideslammed Baker on the final lap for the win. The race saw Neil Bonnett strike the inside pit guardrail, tearing up numerous support posts and requiring a 40-lap caution for repairs.

Top ten results

  1. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. 15 - Buddy Baker
  3. 43 - Richard Petty
  4. 90 - Charlie Glotzbach
  5. 12 - Bobby Allison
  6. 24 - Cecil Gordon
  7. 32 - Dick Brooks
  8. 67 - Buddy Arrington
  9. 2 - Dave Marcis
  10. 30 - Walter Ballard

Nashville 420

Controversy marred Nashville's mid-summer event. Following Richard Petty's crash a scoring controversy ensued involving Cale Yarborough and Charlie Glotzbach; Glotzbach was placed a lap down based on scoring, but Cale stayed on the lead lap. Allison finished just behind Yarborough and drove into victory lane ahead of Yarborough, insisting Cale was a lap down. NASCAR later said a scoring mistake had been made but that the Yarborough win would stand.

Top ten results

  1. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. 12 - Bobby Allison
  3. 95 - Darrell Waltrip
  4. 05 - David Sisco
  5. 68 - Alton Jones
  6. 90 - Charlie Glotzbach
  7. 72 - Benny Parsons
  8. 52 - Earl Ross
  9. 67 - Buddy Arrington
  10. 98 - Richie Panch

Dixie 500

Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, Buddy Baker, and David Pearson dueled over the first 170 laps. Petty then lost a lap on a cut tire but made it up after Tony Bettenhausen suffered engine failure. At Lap 300 final stops occurred and the Petty Enterprises team put on tires they'd kept after the Atlanta 500 in March, a softer compound for March's much cooler temperatures; the gamble worked as Petty stormed to a 21-second win. It was the eleventh race they'd run a small block Chrysler engine and their fourth win with it.

[[Pennsylvania 400|Purolator 500]]

Originally published in NASCAR's schedule, the annual 300-miler at Trenton Speedway was cancelled and replaced by Pocono's Purolator 500. Richard Petty won the race as rain shortened the race by eight laps. Buddy Baker won the pole; he'd also won the pole in late April in Pocono's USAC stock car 500-miler. It was the inaugural race for NASCAR at Pocono, which has become part of the annual schedule since then.

Top ten results

  1. 43 - Richard Petty
  2. 15 - Buddy Baker
  3. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  4. 21 - David Pearson
  5. 72 - Benny Parsons
  6. 2 - Dave Marcis
  7. 24 - Cecil Gordon
  8. 77 - Jan Opperman
  9. 93 - Jackie Rogers
  10. 30 - Kenny Brightbill

[[Talladega 500]]

25 of the event's 50 entries were found sabotaged in the garage area on race morning. NASCAR instituted several competition cautions to allow teams to find previously undetected sabotage. Buddy Baker fell out after leading 98 laps with rearend failure with three laps to go. Petty sideswiped past Pearson at the stripe ("Pearson tried to cut me off," Petty said; "I'd rather rub fenders with Richard than compete clean with some of the other cats, who are crazy at times," Pearson added); it was Petty's third straight win. Three days before the race A. J. Foyt brought his Coyote Indycar for a speed test; he hit 217 MPH, a closed-course record for the time.

Top ten results

  1. 43 - Richard Petty
  2. 21 - David Pearson
  3. 12 - Bobby Allison
  4. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  5. 72 - Benny Parsons
  6. 15 - Buddy Baker
  7. 83 - Ramo Stott
  8. 28 - Bobby Isaac
  9. 42 - Marty Robbins
  10. 52 - Earl Ross

[[Yankee 400]]

Pearson won for the first time since Daytona in July, beating Petty by some five seconds. The lead changed 45 times as Cale Yarborough led 60 laps but lost contact with the leaders after a late tire change backfired with mismatched tires.

Top ten results

  1. 21 - David Pearson
  2. 43 - Richard Petty
  3. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  4. 15 - Buddy Baker
  5. 12 - Bobby Allison
  6. 52 - Earl Ross
  7. 2 - Dave Marcis
  8. 32 - Dick Brooks
  9. 05 - David Sisco
  10. 98 - Richie Panch

[[Southern 500]]

Main article: 1974 Southern 500

Cale Yarborough took his third win in the race after melees eliminated half the field; Richard Petty, Bobby Allison and Buddy Baker were notable crash victims, and rookie Richie Panch was singled out for criticism after being involved in three wrecks. Sophomore Darrell Waltrip took second. NASCAR's 1974 point system, which took purse winnings multiplied by number of starts divided by 1,000, came under fire when Petty wrecked early yet outpointed every car that finished ahead of him except race-winner Yarborough.

Top ten results

  1. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. 95 - Darrell Waltrip
  3. 05 - David Sisco
  4. 2 - Dave Marcis
  5. 48 - James Hylton
  6. 49 - G.C. Spencer
  7. 93 - Jackie Rogers
  8. 07 - Jerry Schild
  9. 18 - Joe Frasson
  10. 67 - Pee Wee Wentz

Capital City 500

Cale Yarborough led 98 of the first 120 laps but the pavement was grinding up and Cale slipped in loose asphalt and crashed. The wreck put Richard Petty into the lead for the remaining 380 laps. Bobby Allison, originally entered in the race, did not race.

Top ten results

  1. 43 - Richard Petty
  2. 72 - Benny Parsons
  3. 98 - Richie Panch
  4. 90 - Charlie Glotzbach
  5. 30 - Walter Ballard
  6. 64 - Elmo Langley
  7. 9 - Tony Bettenhausen Jr.
  8. 70 - J. D. McDuffie
  9. 24 - Cecil Gordon
  10. 54 - Lennie Pond

[[Delaware 500]]

Petty led 491 laps and put the entire field three laps down while Yarborough fell out with engine failure.

Top ten results

  1. 43 - Richard Petty
  2. 15 - Buddy Baker
  3. 52 - Earl Ross
  4. 72 - Benny Parsons
  5. 2 - Dave Marcis
  6. 05 - David Sisco
  7. 24 - Cecil Gordon
  8. 83 - Kenny Brightbill
  9. 19 - Henley Gray
  10. 30 - Walter Ballard

Wilkes 400

Petty and Yarborough swept the front row and led 391 laps. Cale led for 275 laps. Petty lost a lap on late pitstops but unlapped himself; he had to settle for second when a late yellow ended the race under caution.

Top ten results

  1. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. 43 - Richard Petty
  3. 15 - Buddy Baker
  4. 52 - Earl Ross
  5. 2 - Dave Marcis
  6. 28 - Bobby Isaac
  7. 96 - Richard Childress
  8. 93 - Jackie Rogers
  9. 30 - Walter Ballard
  10. 05 - David Sisco

Old Dominion 500

Main article: 1974 Old Dominion 500

Earl Ross pulled off the upset win, the first for a rookie since 1965 and first for a Canadian driver ever. The win came after teammate Cale Yarborough crashed.

Top ten results

  1. 52 - Earl Ross
  2. 15 - Buddy Baker
  3. 88 - Donnie Allison
  4. 2 - Dave Marcis
  5. 98 - Richie Panch
  6. 48 - James Hylton
  7. 64 - Elmo Langley
  8. 79 - Frank Warren
  9. 67 - Satch Worley
  10. 25 - Jabe Thomas

National 500

Main article: 1974 National 500

David Pearson made up a lap lost in the first 100 laps of the race and edged Richard Petty, who erased a two-lap deficit despite a pit fire three-quarters into the race; it was the fifth time in the season Pearson and Petty finished together in the top two and Pearson's fourth win in that rivalry. The race was chaotic as a ten-car melee erupted on the third lap and a vicious two-car crash in Turn Four eliminated Grant Adcox and Ramo Stott. The lead changed 47 times, a race record that was tied in 2000, and a track record that lasted until the 1979 World 600, among 11 drivers; it was the sixth race of the season to break 40 official lead changes.

Top ten results

  1. 21 - David Pearson
  2. 43 - Richard Petty
  3. 95 - Darrell Waltrip
  4. 88 - Donnie Allison
  5. 12 - Bobby Allison
  6. 54 - Lennie Pond
  7. 97 - Harry Jefferson
  8. 2 - Dick Trickle
  9. 19 - Bob Burcham
  10. 35 - Dan Daughtry

American 500

Pearson grabbed his seventh win of 1974, edging Cale by two seconds. The surface at North Carolina Motor Speedway proved hard on tires and pitstops became frequent. Buddy Baker led twelve laps but fell out after only eighteen laps with brake failure.

Top ten results

  1. 21 - David Pearson
  2. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  3. 43 - Richard Petty
  4. 12 - Bobby Allison
  5. 95 - Darrell Waltrip
  6. 88 - Donnie Allison
  7. 2 - Dick Trickle
  8. 52 - Earl Ross
  9. 72 - Benny Parsons
  10. 93 - Jackie Rogers

[[Los Angeles Times 500]]

Originally left off of NASCAR's schedule, the race was added late in the season. Richard Petty led the most laps but fell out late and finished 15th. Bobby Allison took the win in Roger Penske's AMC Matador but was fined $9,100 for unapproved valve lifters in postrace inspection. The race lead changed 38 times officially (a track record for stock cars) while several laps saw up to four lead changes in one circuit.

Top ten results

  1. 12 - Bobby Allison
  2. 21 - David Pearson
  3. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  4. 28 - A. J. Foyt
  5. 15 - Buddy Baker
  6. 95 - Darrell Waltrip
  7. 83 - Ramo Stott
  8. 52 - Earl Ross
  9. 98 - Richie Panch
  10. 70 - J. D. McDuffie

Season recap

No.DateEventCircuitWinner123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930
January 20 & 26Winston Western 500Riverside International RacewayCale Yarborough
February 14125 Mile Qualifying RacesDaytona International SpeedwayBobby Isaac
Cale Yarborough
February 17Daytona 500Richard Petty
February 24Richmond 500Richmond Fairgrounds RacewayBobby Allison
March 4Carolina 500North Carolina SpeedwayRichard Petty
March 17Southeastern 500Bristol International SpeedwayCale Yarborough
March 24Atlanta 500Atlanta International RacewayCale Yarborough
April 7Rebel 500Darlington RacewayDavid Pearson
April 21Gwyn Staley 400North Wilkesboro SpeedwayRichard Petty
April 28Virginia 500Martinsville SpeedwayCale Yarborough
May 5Winston 500Alabama International Motor SpeedwayDavid Pearson
May 11 & 12Music City USA 420Nashville SpeedwayRichard Petty
May 19Mason-Dixon 500Dover Downs International SpeedwayCale Yarborough
May 26World 600Charlotte Motor SpeedwayDavid Pearson
June 9Tuborg 400Riverside International RacewayCale Yarborough
June 16Motor State 400Michigan International SpeedwayRichard Petty
July 4Firecracker 400Daytona International SpeedwayDavid Pearson
July 14Volunteer 500Bristol International SpeedwayCale Yarborough
July 20Nashville 420Nashville SpeedwayCale Yarborough
July 28Dixie 500Atlanta International RacewayRichard Petty
August 4Purolator 500Pocono RacewayRichard Petty
August 11Talladega 500Alabama International Motor SpeedwayRichard Petty
August 25Yankee 400Michigan International SpeedwayDavid Pearson
September 2Southern 500Darlington RacewayCale Yarborough
September 8Capital City 500Richmond Fairgrounds RacewayRichard Petty
September 15Delaware 500Dover Downs International SpeedwayRichard Petty
September 22Wilkes 400North Wilkesboro SpeedwayCale Yarborough
September 29Old Dominion 500Martinsville SpeedwayEarl Ross
October 6National 500Charlotte Motor SpeedwayDavid Pearson
October 20American 500North Carolina SpeedwayDavid Pearson
November 24Los Angeles Times 500Ontario Motor SpeedwayBobby Allison

Final Points standings

(key) Bold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led. ** - All laps led.

Pos.DriverRIVDAYRCHCARBRIATLDARNWSMARTALNSVDOVCLTRIVMCHDAYBRINSVATLPOCTALMCHDARRCHDOVNWSMARCLTCARONTPts15037.7524470.332389.2542019.19551591.561378.271016.8881009.4791000.6510956.211924.95512920.8513820.84514775.4415748.4416735.4417728.80518723.2519609.97520601.69521587.8822581.6723534.324445.525433.7826293.0927267.5228240.829230.4930221.231207.7232155.32533152.9534146.4435141.7236125.4437123.5653896.83982.954071.44163.044249.1443494441.224535.3754634.924724.4954823.784920.45020.345119.25217.925317.6255416.65515.765614.765714.15813.365913.326012.186111.856211.246310.426410.305659.86669.645679.48688.92698.865708.31717.17727.05735.94745.4755.32765.3775.22785.2794.7804.57814.525824.16834.02843.76853.75863.72873.52883.17893.1902.81912.77922.75932.7942.57952.27962.05971.97981.94991.8451001.751011.5751021.5751031.551041.4251051.3751061.3251071.251081.21091.1751101.11111.0751121.061131.0251141.0111511160.951170.8951180.8751190.8451200.8251210.7751220.7551230.7251240.6951250.6951260.671270.651280.621290.621300.621310.6151320.591330.5451340.531350.531360.51370.441380.3139140141142143144145146147148149150151152153154155156157158159Pos.DriverRIVDAYRCHCARBRIATLDARNWSMARTALNSVDOVCLTRIVMCHDAYBRINSVATLPOCTALMCHDARRCHDOVNWSMARCLTCARONTPts
Richard Petty21*21*236201*23132251*2313*11*12351*1*2292315*
Cale Yarborough1*2321*1521*914*1*111*2741*1143431*21281*11*232*3
David Pearson335342*1*1*21*312*421*25301*12
Bobby Allison5301*342623331202832235*522821353013541
Benny Parsons4221323329324421643132527177855222624131527935
Dave Marcis2814582220610865762781992166117413554312917
Buddy Baker333322303225326*43323237345
Earl Ross (R)111312505213168201310622153412088
Cecil Gordon81311296341111152125272841010620107151219972726152129
David Sisco152331171413151839824979194121128931761020132611
James HyltonDNQ1661081226287142410156323220222334123552319246111814
J. D. McDuffie2228713121530891971110171711112719252413178122316211910
Frank Warren34202013171719161818151551416213017191720121916188252321
Richie Panch (R)918211427363718134428239341510272643102432017514279
Walter Ballard101961440121124212212352010261329482416510925121516
Richard Childress40163620273922101126213415623242311121327182418724412412
Donnie Allison66172755472336230302033304031346
Lennie Pond23492610215551162026753013103212611
Darrell Waltrip72579DNQ3204243444235356
Tony Bettenhausen Jr.17331219291814293023342131361426112427322511715251420
Jackie Rogers (R)321516141783911830189213172233828281025
Coo Coo Marlin424102819127938131812289351129182511222212
Ed NegreDNQ2422112224172634142331261329252014212120113017172823
Bob Burcham1711810104361638142215271427142919914
Elmo Langley15DNQ93816381327231218271816182016206222673325
Charlie Glotzbach364114372246263414415QL30
Dick Brooks91224292429271915729834163631
Joe Frasson263719825401817742239DNQ3836
George Follmer182052842262228653332
Buddy ArringtonDNQ101621162717461012191221891516Wth
Bill ChampionDNQ2718282524DNQ193340223322363031113828QL22
D. K. UlrichDNQ222126171715231217302826141324
Bobby Isaac82332533634837632
Travis Tiller181935DNQ2035232629243817123616DNQ
Roy MayneDNQ3021151313252432311939DNQ
Dean DaltonDNQ2833242914491513211228152932Wth
Neil Castles15353416281634Wth3533463621DNQ4033
G. C. SpencerDNQ39303631253021637Wth35
Ramo Stott (R)3DNQ9728197
Jim Vandiver2716835331539
Dan Daughtry3832482931364110
Jabe Thomas263020192528Wth29322010
Gary Bettenhausen7129374
A. J. Foyt529264
Jerry Schild401683413
Earle CanavanDNQ161415231730
Dick Trickle787
Marty Robbins155942
Alton JonesDNQ94727526
Hershel McGriff1039321235
Carl Adams1318DNQ2240
Harry Jefferson2773234
Joe Mihalic371772316
Grant AdcoxDNQ18253818
Henley Gray132214329DNQ
Jimmy Crawford1926DNQ3631Wth
Sam McQuaggDNQ7832
John Martin31422338
Ron Keselowski24282916
Bill Dennis2187QL
Sonny Easley12726
L. D. Ottinger29253725
Jim BrayDNQ33353421
Harry Gant81435
Johnny Barnes27472540
Dick SkillenDNQ212518Wth
Jimmy Insolo232219
Ernie Shaw21261816
Jerry Hansen252638
Randy TissotDNQ233235
Charlie Roberts164035
Jack McCoy213433
Pee Wee WentzDNQ311023
Chuck Wahl820
Dick May14DNQQL18
Don Reynolds1018
Red FarmerDNQ2723
Jim Hurtubise2523
Glenn Francis1322
Johnny Ray4122
George England262729QL
Johnny Rutherford243924
Jimmy Hensley619
Johnny Anderson2028
Bill Osborne2628
Terry LinkDNQ4337
Neil Bonnett4539
Jody Ridley3330
Walt Price2131
Dick Bown30
Hugh Pearson1937
Rick NewsomDNQ1422
Chuck Bown352039
Eddie Pettyjohn3224
Ray Elder3436
Bobby Fleming1530
Joey Arrington2712
Jack Donohue1929
Ross Surgenor3312
Jerry Hufflin2523
Bruce Hill13
Iggy Katona20
Jan Opperman8
J. C. Danielson11
Eddie Bradshaw9
Kenny Brightbill108
Buck Peralta11DNQ
Richard White19
Billy Scott24
Satch Worley9
Odie Robertson24
Leon Fox14
Jim Gilliam25
Phil FinneyDNQ31
Earl Brooks40
Don Hall27
Clyde Dagit18
Jack Simpson16
Markey James18
Larry Esau29
Jerry Grant30
Harry Schilling24
Gary Matthews26
George Behlman29DNQ
Gary MyersWth3634
Don Pruitt32
Jim Lee32
Ray Hendrick18
Charlie Blanton28
Larry RichardsonDNQDNQ28
Jimmy Hailey14
Sonny Hutchins21
Richard D. Brown35
Randy Hutchison27
Larry Manning39
Paul Radford30
Bobby Ore17
Ronnie Childress30
Joe Millikan17
Dub Simpson19
Bob Whitlow19
Jerry Sisco22
Marv Acton26
Wally Dallenbach Sr.29
Budd Hagelin31
Dick SimonDNQ31
John Banks33
A. J. Reno45
Bob McGintyDNQ
Billy Vukovich Jr.DNQ
Rick CatalanoDNQ
Eddie BondDNQ
G. T. TallasDNQ
Jimmy CroweDNQ
Robert BrownDNQ
Bob KennedyDNQ
Ed SauerDNQ
Bob NottDNQ
Don NoelDNQ

References

References

  1. "Sprint Cup Page – Racing-Reference.info".
  2. [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXKvqgxWCXs 1974 Firecracker 400] from [[YouTube]]
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