1974 Mason-Dixon 500

Race 12 of 30

Dover
500 laps
Time of race: 3:54:40
Average speed of winner: 115.057 mph
Margin of victory: 20 sec.
Lead changes: 9 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 3 for 25 laps
Lap leaders: Pearson pole, 1-50 not scored, Pearson 51-68, Yarborough 69-247, Pearson 248-249, Yarborough 250-260, Petty 261, Yarborough 262-286, Petty 287-338, Yarborough 339-340, Petty 341-497, Yarborough 498-500

Race notes: Cale Yarborough took the points lead from Richard Petty.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Cale Yarborough	11	Kar-Kare	'74 Chevrolet	Howard	Nab		500	5	220	running	18300	0
2	1	David Pearson	21	Purolator	'73 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood	134.403	500	2	20	running	8900	0
3	2	Richard Petty	43	STP	'74 Dodge	Petty	Inman		498	3	210	engine	8250	0
4	5	Benny Parsons	72		'74 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter		492	0	0	running	7150	0
5	10	George Follmer	15	RC Cola	'73 Ford	Moore	Moore		492	0	0	running	5850	0
6	9	Lennie Pond	54		'74 Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			488	0	0	running	2425	0
7	15	Dave Marcis	2		'73 Dodge	Marcis			480	0	0	running	2500	0
8	18	Jackie Rogers	93		'74 Chevrolet	Ray Frederick			479	0	0	running	1850	0
9	8	Ramo Stott	83		'74 Chevrolet	Norris Reed			479	0	0	running	1475	0
10	14	James Hylton	48		'74 Chevrolet	Hylton			477	0	0	running	2125	0
11	24	J.D. McDuffie	70		'72 Chevrolet	McDuffie			473	0	0	running	1895	0
12	16	Buddy Arrington	67		'72 Plymouth	Arrington			473	0	0	running	1895	0
13	35	Dean Dalton	7		'74 Chevrolet	Dean Dalton			466	0	0	running	1045	0
14	22	Ed Negre	8		'73 Dodge	Negre			465	0	0	running	1170	0
15	23	Frank Warren	79		'74 Dodge	Frank Warren			456	0	0	running	1645	0
16	28	Earle Canavan	01		'74 Plymouth	Canavan			452	0	0	running	1020	0
17	27	D.K. Ulrich	40		'73 Chevrolet	Ulrich			452	0	0	running	995	0
18	29	Elmo Langley	64		'72 Ford	Langley			427	0	0	running	1470	0
19	21	Bill Champion	10		'72 Ford	Bill Champion			384	0	0	brakes	1045	0
20	7	Darrell Waltrip	95	Terminal Transport	'74 Chevrolet	Waltrip			382	0	0	engine	1345	0
21	19	Richard Childress	96		'73 Chevrolet	Garn			373	0	0	clutch	1595	0
22	17	Walter Ballard	30		'74 Chevrolet	Vic Ballard			320	0	0	engine	1570	0
23	25	Travis Tiller	46		'73 Dodge	Tiller			266	0	0	engine	945	0
24	20	David Sisco	05		'74 Chevrolet	Sisco			265	0	0	engine	1520	0
25	30	Jabe Thomas	25		'73 Dodge	Don Robertson			199	0	0	engine	1295	0
26	34	Ernie Shaw	75		'72 Chevrolet	Ed Hawks			153	0	0	engine	720	0
27	12	Cecil Gordon	24		'72 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			145	0	0	engine	1595	0
28	4	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'74 Chevrolet	Allison	Hamner		99	0	0	heating	3695	0
29	31	Jack Donohue	51		'72 Chevrolet	Jack Donohue			95	0	0	engine	645	0
30	6	Donnie Allison	88		'74 Chevrolet	DiGard	Rossi		87	0	0	engine	1095	0
31	11	G.C. Spencer	49		'74 Dodge	G.C. Spencer			78	0	0	ignition	1015	0
32	13	Eddie Pettyjohn	90		'72 Ford	Donlavey			76	0	0	engine	1360	0
33	32	Jim Bray	56		'72 Chevrolet	Bray			65	0	0	oil line	605	0
34	26	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	9	Vita Fresh	'72 Chevrolet	Van Liew			54	0	0	engine	1150	0
35	33	Richard D. Brown	44		'74 Pontiac	Jerry Brown			51	0	0	engine	595	0