1974 American 500

Race 29 of 30

Rockingham
492 laps
Time of race: 4:13:21
Average speed of winner: 118.493 mph
Margin of victory: 2.2 sec.
Lead changes: 23 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 37 laps
Lap leaders: Petty 1-4, Baker 5-16, Petty 17-20, Pearson 21-54, B. Allison 55, Yarborough 56-68, Petty 69-81, Pearson 82-89, Yarborough 90-106, Petty 107-140, Pearson 141-161, Yarborough 162, Pearson 163-181, Yarborough 182-243, Pearson 244-247, Yarborough 248-332, Pearson 333-334, Yarborough 335-345, Pearson 346-347, Petty 348-371, Yarborough 372-411, Pearson 412-444, Yarborough 445-446, Pearson 447-492

Race notes: Debut for Joe Millikan. Finale for Jerry Schild.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	David Pearson	21	Purolator	'73 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		492	9	169	running	16350	0
2	4	Cale Yarborough	11	Carling	'74 Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		492	8	231	running	11925	0
3	1	Richard Petty	43	STP	'74 Dodge	Petty	Inman	135.297	490	5	79	running	9725	0
4	6	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'74 Matador	Penske	Woodard		487	1	1	running	4600	0
5	9	Darrell Waltrip	95	Terminal Transport	'72 Chevrolet	Waltrip			487	0	0	running	4200	0
6	8	Donnie Allison	88		'74 Chevrolet	DiGard	Rossi		486	0	0	running	3500	0
7	23	Dick Trickle	2		'73 Dodge	Marcis			483	0	0	running	3475	0
8	7	Earl Ross	52	Carling	'74 Chevrolet	Johnson			482	0	0	running	2500	0
9	10	Benny Parsons	72		'74 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter		479	0	0	running	5300	0
10	21	Jackie Rogers	93		'74 Chevrolet	Ray Frederick			479	0	0	running	1975	0
11	13	Lennie Pond	54		'74 Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			476	0	0	running	2130	0
12	17	Coo Coo Marlin	14		'73 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			475	0	0	running	2025	0
13	18	Jerry Schild	07		'72 Chevrolet	Rush Johnson			471	0	0	running	1475	0
14	24	Bob Burcham	19		'73 Chevrolet	Henley Gray			469	0	0	running	1425	0
15	20	Walter Ballard	30		'74 Chevrolet	Vic Ballard			468	0	0	running	1875	0
16	26	Joe Mihalic	60		'74 Chevrolet	Viglione			462	0	0	running	1225	0
17	29	Joe Millikan	67		'72 Plymouth	Arrington			456	0	0	running	1150	0
18	27	James Hylton	48		'74 Chevrolet	Hylton			451	0	0	running	1600	0
19	34	J.D. McDuffie	70		'72 Chevrolet	McDuffie			447	0	0	engine	1575	0
20	36	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	40		'72 Chevrolet	Ulrich			443	0	0	running	1300	0
21	16	Cecil Gordon	24		'72 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			436	0	0	running	1600	0
22	32	Bill Champion	10		'72 Ford	Bill Champion			436	0	0	running	975	0
23	30	Frank Warren	79		'74 Dodge	Frank Warren			421	0	0	running	1450	0
24	19	Richard Childress	96		'73 Chevrolet	Garn			421	0	0	running	1525	0
25	33	Elmo Langley	64		'72 Ford	Langley			421	0	0	running	900	0
26	22	David Sisco	05		'74 Chevrolet	Sisco			357	0	0	suspension	1525	0
27	12	Richie Panch	98		'72 Chevrolet	Thornley			317	0	0	accident	1550	0
28	28	Ed Negre	8		'74 Dodge	Negre			249	0	0	water pump	830	0
29	11	Dave Marcis	71	K&K Insurance	'74 Dodge	Krauskopf	Hyde		157	0	0	engine	1020	0
30	14	Jody Ridley	90		'72 Ford	Donlavey			85	0	0	engine	1410	0
31	5	Dick Brooks	28		'74 Chevrolet	Dick Brooks			52	0	0	accident	600	0
32	15	Harry Jefferson	97		'72 Ford				30	0	0	engine	890	0
33	31	Neil Castles	5		'74 Dodge	Faustina-Barnett			21	0	0	transmission	780	0
34	2	Buddy Baker	15	RC Cola	'74 Ford	Moore	Moore		18	1	12	brakes	3770	0
35	25	G.C. Spencer	49		'74 Dodge	G.C. Spencer			12	0	0	engine	760	0
36	35	Joe Frasson	18		'74 Dodge	Frasson			4	0	0	steering	550	0