1974 Virginia 500

Race 9 of 30

Martinsville
500 laps
Time of race: 3:22:41
Average speed of winner: 70.427 mph
Margin of victory: 2.1 sec.
Lead changes: 5 among 3 drivers
Cautions: 12 for 70 laps
Lap leaders: Yarborough pole, 1-50 not scored, Yarborough 51-84, Dalton 85-90, B. Allison 91-105, Yarborough 106-172, B. Allison 173-241, Yarborough 242-500

Race notes: Finale for Bobby Fleming. 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	1	Cale Yarborough	11	Kar-Kare	'74 Chevrolet	Howard	Nab	84.362	500	3	360	running	20000	0
2	5	Richard Petty	43	STP	'74 Dodge	Petty	Inman		500	0	0	running	8000	0
3	6	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'74 Chevrolet	Allison	Hamner		496	2	84	running	5000	0
4	8	Benny Parsons	72		'74 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter		494	0	0	running	4250	0
5	9	Lennie Pond	54		'74 Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			491	0	0	running	1750	0
6	4	Jimmy Hensley	90		'73 Ford	Donlavey			489	0	0	running	1650	0
7	16	James Hylton	48		'74 Chevrolet	Hylton			487	0	0	running	1750	0
8	18	Dave Marcis	2		'73 Dodge	Marcis			484	0	0	running	1450	0
9	15	J.D. McDuffie	70		'72 Chevrolet	McDuffie			483	0	0	running	1550	0
10	12	Richard Childress	96		'73 Chevrolet	Garn			482	0	0	running	1500	0
11	11	Walter Ballard	30		'74 Chevrolet	Vic Ballard			482	0	0	running	1450	0
12	21	Coo Coo Marlin	14		'73 Chevrolet	Cunningham-Kelley			479	0	0	running	1000	0
13	14	Richie Panch	98		'72 Chevrolet	Thornley			477	0	0	running	900	0
14	10	Dean Dalton	7		'74 Chevrolet	Dean Dalton			476	1	6	running	925	0
15	20	Cecil Gordon	24		'72 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			470	0	0	running	900	0
16	17	Frank Warren	79		'74 Dodge	Frank Warren			469	0	0	running	1015	0
17	13	Buddy Arrington	67		'72 Plymouth	Arrington			458	0	0	running	1105	0
18	23	David Sisco	05		'74 Chevrolet	Sisco			370	0	0	brakes	1010	0
19	27	Jabe Thomas	25		'73 Dodge	Don Robertson			337	0	0	engine	860	0
20	29	Travis Tiller	46		'73 Dodge	Tiller			292	0	0	heating	600	0
21	26	Ernie Shaw	75		'72 Chevrolet	Ed Hawks			214	0	0	wheel	590	0
22	2	George Follmer	15	RC Cola	'73 Ford	Moore	Moore		179	0	0	engine	2580	0
23	3	Donnie Allison	88		'74 Chevrolet	DiGard	Rossi		170	0	0	accident	820	0
24	22	Bill Champion	10		'72 Ford	Bill Champion			115	0	0	vibration	720	0
25	7	Bobby Isaac	28		'74 Chevrolet	Ellington			113	0	0	heating	550	0
26	24	Ed Negre	8		'74 Dodge	Negre			89	0	0	engine	540	0
27	28	Elmo Langley	64		'73 Ford	Langley			70	0	0	heating	780	0
28	19	Neil Castles	06		'73 Dodge	Castles			63	0	0	axle	520	0
29	25	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	9	Vita Fresh	'72 Chevrolet	Van Liew			55	0	0	engine	510	0
30	30	Bobby Fleming	51		'72 Chevrolet				53	0	0	oil leak	500	0