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1974 - American 500 Race Results


Race Name - American 500
Date - 10/20/1974
Race Track - North Carolina Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.017 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 135.297 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 37
Average Race Speed - 118.49 mph
Lead Changes - 23
Total Race Purse - $99,465
Race Number - 29
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 David Pearson 21 Purolator (Wood Brothers) 492 73 Mercury 169 $16,350
2 4 Cale Yarborough 11 Carling (Junior Johnson) 492 74 Chevrol 231 $11,925
3 1 Richard Petty 43 STP Oil Treatment Oil Filters (Petty Enterprises) 490 74 Dodge 79 $9,725
4 6 Bobby Allison 12 CocaCola (Roger Penske) 487 74 Matador 1 $4,600
5 9 Darrell Waltrip 95 Terminal Transport (Darrell Waltrip) 487 72 Chevrol 0 $4,200
6 8 Donnie Allison 88 DiGard Racing (DiGard) 486 74 Chevrol 0 $3,500
7 23 Dick Trickle 2 Trickle Racing (Dave Marcis) 483 73 Dodge 0 $3,475
8 7 Earl Ross 52 Carling (Junior Johnson) 482 74 Chevrol 0 $2,500
9 10 Benny Parsons 72 Kings Row Fireplace (LG DeWitt) 479 74 Chevrol 0 $5,300
10 21 Jackie Rogers 93 Lemon Tree Inns (Ray Frederick) 479 74 Chevrol 0 $1,975
11 13 Lennie Pond 54 Master Chevy Sales (Ronnie Elder) 476 74 Chevrol 0 $2,130
12 17 Coo Coo Marlin 14 CunninghamKelley (HB Cunningham) 475 73 Chevrol 0 $2,025
13 18 Jerry Schild 7 Rush Johnson 471 72 Chevrol 0 $1,475
14 24 Bob Burcham 19 Belden Asphalt (Henley Gray) 469 73 Chevrol 0 $1,425
15 20 Walter Ballard 30 Ballard Racing (Vic Ballard) 468 74 Chevrol 0 $1,875
16 26 Joe Mihalic 60 Viglione Racing (Lou Viglione) 462 74 Chevrol 0 $1,225
17 29 Joe Millikan 67 JR Stanley Trucking (Buddy Arrington) 456 72 Plymout 0 $1,150
18 27 James Hylton 48 Nitro 9 (James Hylton) 451 74 Chevrol 0 $1,600
19 34 JD McDuffie 70 McDuffie Racing (JD McDuffie) 447 72 Chevrol 0 $1,575
20 36 Tony Bettenhausen Jr 40 Noels Auto Sales (DK Ulrich) 443 72 Chevrol 0 $1,300
21 16 Cecil Gordon 24 Gordon Racing (Cecil Gordon) 436 72 Chevrol 0 $1,600
22 32 Bill Champion 10 Champion Racing (Bill Champion) 436 72 Ford 0 $975
23 30 Frank Warren 79 Warren Racing (Frank Warren) 421 74 Dodge 0 $1,450
24 19 Richard Childress 96 LC Newton Trucking (Tom Garn) 421 73 Chevrol 0 $1,525
25 33 Elmo Langley 64 Langley Racing (Elmo Langley) 421 72 Ford 0 $900
26 22 David Sisco 5 Reliable Plumbing (David Sisco) 357 74 Chevrol 0 $1,525
27 12 Richie Panch 98 Tuxedo Plumbing (Roy Thornley) 317 72 Chevrol 0 $1,550
28 28 Ed Negre 8 Horseless Carriage Shop (Ed Negre) 249 74 Dodge 0 $830
29 11 Dave Marcis 71 Marcis Racing (Nord Krauskopf) 157 74 Dodge 0 $1,020
30 14 Jody Ridley 90 Truxmore Industries (Junie Donlavey) 85 72 Ford 0 $1,410
31 5 Dick Brooks 28 Ellington Insulation (Dick Brooks) 52 74 Chevrol 0 $600
32 15 Harry Jefferson 97 George Jefferson 30 72 Ford 0 $890
33 31 Neil Castles 5 Castles Racing (Doc Faustina) 21 74 Dodge 0 $780
34 2 Buddy Baker 15 RC Cola (Bud Moore) 18 74 Ford 12 $3,770
35 25 GC Spencer 49 Spencer Racing (GC Spencer) 12 74 Dodge 0 $760
36 35 Joe Frasson 18 Joe Frasson 4 74 Dodge 0 $550