1974 Carolina 500

Race 4 of 30

Rockingham
492 laps
Time of race: 3:42:50
Average speed of winner: 121.622 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Lead changes: 9 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 2 for 15 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough pole, 1-49 not scored, Yarborough 50-132, B. Allison 133, Yarborough 134-211, Petty 212-236, Yarborough 237, Petty 238, Yarborough 239, Petty 240-324, Yarborough 325, Petty 326-492

Race notes: Debut for Grant Adcox and Dick Skillen.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Richard Petty	43	STP	'74 Dodge	Petty	Inman		492	4	278	running	18025	0
2	1	Cale Yarborough	11	Kar-Kare	'74 Chevrolet	Howard	Nab	134.868	491	5	164	running	11600	0
3	5	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'74 Chevrolet	Allison	Hamner		486	1	1	running	8400	0
4	3	Charlie Glotzbach	28		'74 Chevrolet	Ellington			483	0	0	running	4125	0
5	11	George Follmer	15	RC Cola	'73 Ford	Moore	Moore		483	0	0	running	6475	0
6	16	Walter Ballard	30		'74 Chevrolet	Vic Ballard			476	0	0	running	2825	0
7	26	Bill Dennis	90		'73 Ford	Donlavey			476	0	0	running	2475	0
8	14	Dave Marcis	2		'73 Dodge	Marcis			475	0	0	running	2425	0
9	8	Lennie Pond	54		'74 Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			474	0	0	running	2025	0
10	19	James Hylton	48		'74 Chevrolet	Hylton			473	0	0	running	2125	0
11	12	Bob Burcham	57		'74 Chevrolet	Jack White			473	0	0	running	1670	0
12	17	Dick Brooks	32		'74 Dodge	Dick Brooks			472	0	0	running	1420	0
13	20	J.D. McDuffie	70		'72 Chevrolet	McDuffie			471	0	0	running	1620	0
14	21	Richie Panch	98		'72 Chevrolet	Thornley			469	0	0	running	1370	0
15	32	Jackie Rogers	93		'74 Chevrolet	Ray Frederick			466	0	0	running	1020	0
16	34	Buddy Arrington	67		'72 Plymouth	Arrington			465	0	0	running	1470	0
17	15	Joe Mihalic	60		'74 Chevrolet	Viglione			458	0	0	running	1195	0
18	25	Grant Adcox	41		'74 Chevrolet	Adcox			450	0	0	running	1070	0
19	33	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	9	Vita Fresh	'72 Chevrolet	Van Liew			449	0	0	running	895	0
20	35	Frank Warren	79		'74 Dodge	Frank Warren			442	0	0	running	1370	0
21	36	Dick Skillen	78		'73 Chevrolet	Goff			429	0	0	running	845	0
22	37	Ed Negre	8		'73 Dodge	Negre			428	0	0	ignition	820	0
23	10	Benny Parsons	72		'74 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter		419	0	0	oil pan	4245	0
24	13	Coo Coo Marlin	14		'73 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			416	0	0	suspension	1020	0
25	9	Darrell Waltrip	95	Terminal Transport	'74 Chevrolet	Waltrip			368	0	0	heating	695	0
26	31	Jimmy Crawford	22		'72 Plymouth	Jimmy Crawford			283	0	0	fatigue	720	0
27	7	Donnie Allison	88		'74 Chevrolet	DiGard	Rossi		254	0	0	rear end	1145	0
28	27	Charlie Blanton	5		'74 Dodge	Faustina-Barnett			231	0	0	clutch	720	0
29	18	Cecil Gordon	24		'72 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			229	0	0	engine	1395	0
30	30	Roy Mayne	25		'73 Dodge	Don Robertson			185	0	0	engine	1170	0
31	23	David Sisco	05		'74 Chevrolet	Sisco			179	0	0	engine	1290	0
32	6	Hershel McGriff	04		'74 Dodge	Petty			169	0	0	heating	560	0
33	22	Dean Dalton	7		'74 Chevrolet	Dean Dalton			158	0	0	engine	905	0
34	4	David Pearson	21	Purolator	'73 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		131	0	0	ignition	1050	0
35	24	Neil Castles	06		'73 Dodge	Castles			111	0	0	engine	745	0
36	28	Richard Childress	96		'73 Chevrolet	Garn			100	0	0	heating	1140	0
37	38	Joe Frasson	18		'73 Dodge	Frasson			88	0	0	engine	585	0
38	39	Elmo Langley	64		'73 Ford	Langley			78	0	0	engine	1080	0
39	29	G.C. Spencer	49		'74 Dodge	G.C. Spencer			67	0	0	rear end	625	0
40	40	Charlie Roberts	77		'74 Chevrolet	Charlie Roberts			57	0	0	handling	1070	0