1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Series

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The 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Series was the 26th season of professional stock car racing in the United States and the 3rd modern-era NASCAR Cup series. The season began on Sunday January 20 and ended on Sunday November 24. The first 15 races were shortened 10 percent due to the 1973 oil crisis. Following criticism of the 1972 and 1973 points systems that placed emphasis on completed miles, NASCAR implemented a new points system, that took basic purse winnings, multiplied by number of starts, and divided by 1,000; it was designed to more directly reward winning races, a response to Benny Parsons' championship the previous year with just one win. Richard Petty was Winston Cup champion at the end of the season finishing 567.45 points ahead of Cale Yarborough, while David Pearson finished a strong third in points despite only nineteen starts. Earl Ross was named NASCAR Rookie of the Year.[1]

Richard Petty, the 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Series Champion. This would be his 5th of his 7 championships.

It was also the first year that all car had to run the 358 cubic inches (5,870 cc) engine after the transition for teams ended, a rule that continues to this day as of 2024.

1974 was the final season before Ricky Rudd, Bill Elliott and Dale Earnhardt joined the Winston Cup Grand National tour.

Races

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Winston Western 500

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Begun on January 20, the Western 500 at Riverside International Raceway was stopped by rain and resumed on January 26. Cale Yarborough led 144 laps but was closely contested by Bobby Allison, who led 33 laps. Allison faltered and finished a distant fifth, while Cale took the win with Richard Petty second. David Pearson finished third in the final eligible race for the Wood Brothers 1971 Mercury Cyclone; the car had won 19 times with Pearson and A. J. Foyt the previous two seasons.

Top ten results

  1. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. 43 - Richard Petty
  3. 21 - David Pearson
  4. 72 - Benny Parsons
  5. 12 - Bobby Allison
  6. 88 - Donnie Allison
  7. 16 - Gary Bettenhausen
  8. 24 - Cecil Gordon
  9. 98 - Richie Panch
  10. 04 - Hershel McGriff

Daytona 500

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Top ten results

  1. 43 - Richard Petty
  2. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  3. 83 - Ramo Stott
  4. 14 - Coo Coo Marlin
  5. 50 - A. J. Foyt
  6. 88 - Donnie Allison
  7. 95 - Darrell Waltrip
  8. 27 - Bobby Isaac
  9. 32 - Dick Brooks
  10. 30 - Walter Ballard

Richmond 500

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Bobby Allison grabbed the win, his third with his own team since the start of 1973.

Top ten results

  1. 12 - Bobby Allison
  2. 43 - Richard Petty
  3. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  4. 54 - Lennie Pond
  5. 2 - Dave Marcis
  6. 48 - James Hylton
  7. 70 - J.D. McDuffie
  8. 90 - Bill Dennis
  9. 64 - Elmo Langley
  10. 67 - Buddy Arrington

Carolina 500

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Cale Yarborough led most of the first half but his car's handling deteriorated throughout the race and Richard Petty dominated the second half en route to the win.

Top ten results

  1. 43 - Richard Petty
  2. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  3. 12 - Bobby Allison
  4. 28 - Charlie Glotzbach
  5. 15 - George Follmer
  6. 30 - Walter Ballard
  7. 90 - Bill Dennis
  8. 2 - Dave Marcis
  9. 54 - Lennie Pond
  10. 48 - James Hylton

Southeastern 500

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Amid periodic snow flurries, a crowd of 18,000 witnessed Cale Yarborough win for the second straight spring Bristol race. Richard Petty was hit in the driver side door in a four-car crash.

Top ten results

  1. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. 27 - Bobby Isaac
  3. 72 - Benny Parsons
  4. 12 - Bobby Allison
  5. 88 - Donnie Allison
  6. 24 - Cecil Gordon
  7. 60 - Joe Mihalic
  8. 48 - James Hylton
  9. 68 - Alton Jones
  10. 14 - Coo Coo Marlin

Atlanta 500

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NASCAR mandated smaller carburetors for big-block engines. David Pearson led the most laps in a small block but had to pit late for fuel, giving Cale Yarborough the win.

Top ten results

  1. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. 21 - David Pearson
  3. 71 - Buddy Baker
  4. 15 - George Follmer
  5. 88 - Donnie Allison
  6. 43 - Richard Petty
  7. 95 - Darrell Waltrip
  8. 57 - Bob Burcham
  9. 16 - Gary Bettenhausen
  10. 54 - Lennie Pond

Rebel 450

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Darlington's spring race shaved 10 percent off its race distance as other races did, but did not lop off the opening 36 laps, it simply scheduled the race as a 450-miler. David Pearson took his third straight Rebel race win (and fifth in all). The race was stopped for half an hour when Lennie Pond smashed a guardrail and several posts were pushed off. Cale Yarborough took the point lead.

Top ten results

  1. 21 - David Pearson
  2. 12 - Bobby Allison
  3. 71 - Buddy Baker
  4. 88 - Donnie Allison
  5. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  6. 16 - Dave Marcis
  7. 28 - Sam McQuagg
  8. 18 - Joe Frasson
  9. 95 - Darrell Waltrip
  10. 57 - Bob Burcham

Gwyn Staley Memorial

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Richard Petty debuted a hand-built (by his brother, the team's chief engine builder Maurice) small-block Chrysler engine and won going away. The win put him back into the point lead. Petty stated the small block cost $50,000; “so we're still in the red right now.”

Top ten results

  1. 43 - Richard Petty
  2. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  3. 12 - Bobby Allison
  4. 72 - Benny Parsons
  5. 54 - Lennie Pond
  6. 15 - George Follmer
  7. 88 - Donnie Allison
  8. 70 - J.D. McDuffie
  9. 90 - Harry Gant
  10. 2 - Dave Marcis

Virginia 500

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Cale Yarborough lead almost wire to wire and the win gave him back the point lead. Richard Petty finished second despite multiple pitstops.

Top ten results

  1. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. 43 - Richard Petty
  3. 12 - Bobby Allison
  4. 72 - Benny Parsons
  5. 54 - Lennie Pond
  6. 90 - Jimmy Hensley
  7. 48 - James Hylton
  8. 2 - Dave Marcis
  9. 70 - J.D. McDuffie
  10. 96 - Richard Childress

Winston 500

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The lead changed 52 times among 14 drivers as David Pearson edged Benny Parsons. During pitstops at Lap 105 crewman Don Miller lost a leg when he was hit by the spinning car of rookie Grant Adcox.

Top ten results

  1. 21 - David Pearson
  2. 72 - Benny Parsons
  3. 43 - Richard Petty
  4. 90 - Charlie Glotzbach
  5. 54 - Lennie Pond
  6. 2 - Dave Marcis
  7. 14 - Coo Coo Marlin
  8. 28 - Sam McQuagg
  9. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  10. 57 - Bob Burcham

Music City 420

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Rain pushed the second half of the race from Saturday night to Sunday afternoon. Richard Petty took his fourth win of the season and retook the point lead over Yarborough. It was Neil Bonnett's first Winston Cup start.

Top ten results

  1. 43 - Richard Petty
  2. 88 - Donnie Allison
  3. 95 - Darrell Waltrip
  4. 57 - Bob Burcham
  5. 2 - Dave Marcis
  6. 15 - George Follmer
  7. 70 - J.D. McDuffie
  8. 05 - David Sisco
  9. 14 - Coo Coo Marlin
  10. 67 - Buddy Arrington

Mason-Dixon 500

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Petty, Pearson, and Yarborough were the only leaders in a race interrupted only three times for yellows. Petty, running the small-block Chrysler engine, led 210 laps but fell out with engine failure while leading with three laps to go. Cale took the win having led 220 laps, while Pearson was second with only 20 laps led.

Top ten results

  1. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. 21 - David Pearson
  3. 43 - Richard Petty
  4. 72 - Benny Parsons
  5. 15 - George Follmer
  6. 54 - Lennie Pond
  7. 2 - Dave Marcis
  8. 93 - Jackie Rogers
  9. 83 - Ramo Stott
  10. 48 - James Hylton

World 600

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David Pearson edged Richard Petty as the lead changed 37 times, the most for the race to that point of its history. Buddy Baker left Harry Hyde's Dodge team to drive Bud Moore's Ford after Moore released driver George Follmer. Baker led 94 laps before falling out with engine failure; he was signed to drive the rest of the season in Moore's Ford.

Top ten results

  1. 21 - David Pearson
  2. 43 - Richard Petty
  3. 12 - Bobby Allison
  4. 95 - Darrell Waltrip
  5. 52 - Earl Ross
  6. 2 - Dave Marcis
  7. 81 - Dick Trickle
  8. 31 - Jim Vandiver
  9. 05 - David Sisco
  10. 70 - J.D. McDuffie

George Follmer was fired from Bud Moore's team before the 600 and jumped into Roger Penske's AMC Matador; he won the pole but blew his engine after just seven laps. Cale Yarborough edged Bobby Allison for the win, his sixth of the season.

Top ten results

  1. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. 12 - Bobby Allison
  3. 72 - Benny Parsons
  4. 24 - Cecil Gordon
  5. 79 - Frank Warren
  6. 48 - James Hylton
  7. 68 - Sonny Easley
  8. 37 - Chuck Wahl
  9. 56 - Eddie Bradshaw
  10. 89 - Don Reynolds

Motor State 400

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This was the last race of the season shortened by NASCAR due to the energy crunch. The lead changed 50 times among eight drivers, a new record for the track to that point. Petty edged rookie Earl Ross after Pearson pitted under a late yellow for tires and the green never flew again.

Top ten results

  1. 43 - Richard Petty
  2. 52 - Earl Ross
  3. 21 - David Pearson
  4. 16 - Gary Bettenhausen
  5. 42 - Marty Robbins
  6. 96 - Richard Childress
  7. 05 - David Sisco
  8. 2 - Dave Marcis
  9. 98 - Richie Panch
  10. 24 - Cecil Gordon

David Pearson, the winner of the previous two 400s, pulled an audacious fake as he slammed his brakes to put Petty into the lead on the final lap, then drafted past at the stripe; Pearson's maneuver was such that an angered Petty confronted Pearson in the pressbox after the race; the ensuing dialogue was transcribed by The Charlotte Observer and published the next day (July 5, 1974, edition). Some seven seconds behind them Cale Yarborough and Buddy Baker hit the stripe nose to nose for a dead heat for third. Bobby Allison took over Roger Penske's Matador; he led 50 laps but broke an intake valve late in the race and finished fifth. The lead changed 45 times, a race record that stood until 2010. [2]

Top ten results

1. 21 - David Pearson
2. 43 - Richard Petty
3 DH. 15 - Buddy Baker
3 DH. 11 - Cale Yarborough
5. 16 - Bobby Allison
6. 28 - Bobby Isaac
7. 54 - Lennie Pond
8. 93 - Jackie Rogers
9. 05 - David Sisco
10. 24 - Cecil Gordon

Volunteer 500

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Junior Johnson had purchased his race team from Richard Howard when Carling Breweries joined the #52 of Earl Ross along with Cale Yarborough's #11. In the second race as owner of the team Junior saw Cale dominate but Buddy Baker surged to the lead late. A caution set up a two lap sprint and Cale sideslammed Baker on the final lap for the win. The race saw Neil Bonnett strike the inside pit guardrail, tearing up numerous support posts and requiring a 40-lap caution for repairs.

Top ten results

  1. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. 15 - Buddy Baker
  3. 43 - Richard Petty
  4. 90 - Charlie Glotzbach
  5. 12 - Bobby Allison
  6. 24 - Cecil Gordon
  7. 32 - Dick Brooks
  8. 67 - Buddy Arrington
  9. 2 - Dave Marcis
  10. 30 - Walter Ballard

Nashville 420

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Controversy marred Nashville's mid-summer event. Following Richard Petty's crash a scoring controversy ensued involving Cale Yarborough and Charlie Glotzbach; Glotzbach was placed a lap down based on scoring, but Cale stayed on the lead lap. Allison finished just behind Yarborough and drove into victory lane ahead of Yarborough, insisting Cale was a lap down. NASCAR later said a scoring mistake had been made but that the Yarborough win would stand.

Top ten results

  1. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. 12 - Bobby Allison
  3. 95 - Darrell Waltrip
  4. 05 - David Sisco
  5. 68 - Alton Jones
  6. 90 - Charlie Glotzbach
  7. 72 - Benny Parsons
  8. 52 - Earl Ross
  9. 67 - Buddy Arrington
  10. 98 - Richie Panch

Dixie 500

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Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, Buddy Baker, and David Pearson dueled over the first 170 laps. Petty then lost a lap on a cut tire but made it up after Tony Bettenhausen suffered engine failure. At Lap 300 final stops occurred and the Petty Enterprises team put on tires they'd kept after the Atlanta 500 in March, a softer compound for March's much cooler temperatures; the gamble worked as Petty stormed to a 21-second win. It was the eleventh race they'd run a small block Chrysler engine and their fourth win with it.

Originally published in NASCAR's schedule, the annual 300-miler at Trenton Speedway was cancelled and replaced by Pocono's Purolator 500. Richard Petty won the race as rain shortened the race by eight laps. Buddy Baker won the pole; he'd also won the pole in late April in Pocono's USAC stock car 500-miler. It was the inaugural race for NASCAR at Pocono, which has become part of the annual schedule since then.

Top ten results

  1. 43 - Richard Petty
  2. 15 - Buddy Baker
  3. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  4. 21 - David Pearson
  5. 72 - Benny Parsons
  6. 2 - Dave Marcis
  7. 24 - Cecil Gordon
  8. 77 - Jan Opperman
  9. 93 - Jackie Rogers
  10. 30 - Kenny Brightbill

25 of the event's 50 entries were found sabotaged in the garage area on race morning. NASCAR instituted several competition cautions to allow teams to find previously undetected sabotage. Buddy Baker fell out after leading 98 laps with rearend failure with three laps to go. Petty sideswiped past Pearson at the stripe ("Pearson tried to cut me off," Petty said; "I'd rather rub fenders with Richard than compete clean with some of the other cats, who are crazy at times," Pearson added); it was Petty's third straight win. Three days before the race A. J. Foyt brought his Coyote Indycar for a speed test; he hit 217 MPH, a closed-course record for the time.

Top ten results

  1. 43 - Richard Petty
  2. 21 - David Pearson
  3. 12 - Bobby Allison
  4. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  5. 72 - Benny Parsons
  6. 15 - Buddy Baker
  7. 83 - Ramo Stott
  8. 28 - Bobby Isaac
  9. 42 - Marty Robbins
  10. 52 - Earl Ross

Pearson won for the first time since Daytona in July, beating Petty by some five seconds. The lead changed 45 times as Cale Yarborough led 60 laps but lost contact with the leaders after a late tire change backfired with mismatched tires.

Top ten results

  1. 21 - David Pearson
  2. 43 - Richard Petty
  3. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  4. 15 - Buddy Baker
  5. 12 - Bobby Allison
  6. 52 - Earl Ross
  7. 2 - Dave Marcis
  8. 32 - Dick Brooks
  9. 05 - David Sisco
  10. 98 - Richie Panch

Cale Yarborough took his third win in the race after melees eliminated half the field; Richard Petty, Bobby Allison and Buddy Baker were notable crash victims, and rookie Richie Panch was singled out for criticism after being involved in three wrecks. Sophomore Darrell Waltrip took second. NASCAR's 1974 point system, which took purse winnings multiplied by number of starts divided by 1,000, came under fire when Petty wrecked early yet outpointed every car that finished ahead of him except race-winner Yarborough.

Top ten results

  1. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. 95 - Darrell Waltrip
  3. 05 - David Sisco
  4. 2 - Dave Marcis
  5. 48 - James Hylton
  6. 49 - G.C. Spencer
  7. 93 - Jackie Rogers
  8. 07 - Jerry Schild
  9. 18 - Joe Frasson
  10. 67 - Pee Wee Wentz

Capital City 500

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Cale Yarborough led 98 of the first 120 laps but the pavement was grinding up and Cale slipped in loose asphalt and crashed. The wreck put Richard Petty into the lead for the remaining 380 laps. Bobby Allison, originally entered in the race, did not race.

Top ten results

  1. 43 - Richard Petty
  2. 72 - Benny Parsons
  3. 98 - Richie Panch
  4. 90 - Charlie Glotzbach
  5. 30 - Walter Ballard
  6. 64 - Elmo Langley
  7. 9 - Tony Bettenhausen Jr.
  8. 70 - J. D. McDuffie
  9. 24 - Cecil Gordon
  10. 54 - Lennie Pond

Petty led 491 laps and put the entire field three laps down while Yarborough fell out with engine failure.

Top ten results

  1. 43 - Richard Petty
  2. 15 - Buddy Baker
  3. 52 - Earl Ross
  4. 72 - Benny Parsons
  5. 2 - Dave Marcis
  6. 05 - David Sisco
  7. 24 - Cecil Gordon
  8. 83 - Kenny Brightbill
  9. 19 - Henley Gray
  10. 30 - Walter Ballard

Wilkes 400

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Petty and Yarborough swept the front row and led 391 laps. Cale led for 275 laps. Petty lost a lap on late pitstops but unlapped himself; he had to settle for second when a late yellow ended the race under caution.

Top ten results

  1. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  2. 43 - Richard Petty
  3. 15 - Buddy Baker
  4. 52 - Earl Ross
  5. 2 - Dave Marcis
  6. 28 - Bobby Isaac
  7. 96 - Richard Childress
  8. 93 - Jackie Rogers
  9. 30 - Walter Ballard
  10. 05 - David Sisco

Old Dominion 500

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Earl Ross pulled off the upset win, the first for a rookie since 1965 and first for a Canadian driver ever. The win came after teammate Cale Yarborough crashed.

Top ten results

  1. 52 - Earl Ross
  2. 15 - Buddy Baker
  3. 88 - Donnie Allison
  4. 2 - Dave Marcis
  5. 98 - Richie Panch
  6. 48 - James Hylton
  7. 64 - Elmo Langley
  8. 79 - Frank Warren
  9. 67 - Satch Worley
  10. 25 - Jabe Thomas

National 500

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David Pearson made up a lap lost in the first 100 laps of the race and edged Richard Petty, who erased a two-lap deficit despite a pit fire three-quarters into the race; it was the fifth time in the season Pearson and Petty finished together in the top two and Pearson's fourth win in that rivalry. The race was chaotic as a ten-car melee erupted on the third lap and a vicious two-car crash in Turn Four eliminated Grant Adcox and Ramo Stott. The lead changed 47 times, a race record that was tied in 2000, and a track record that lasted until the 1979 World 600, among 11 drivers; it was the sixth race of the season to break 40 official lead changes.

Top ten results

  1. 21 - David Pearson
  2. 43 - Richard Petty
  3. 95 - Darrell Waltrip
  4. 88 - Donnie Allison
  5. 12 - Bobby Allison
  6. 54 - Lennie Pond
  7. 97 - Harry Jefferson
  8. 2 - Dick Trickle
  9. 19 - Bob Burcham
  10. 35 - Dan Daughtry

American 500

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Pearson grabbed his seventh win of 1974, edging Cale by two seconds. The surface at North Carolina Motor Speedway proved hard on tires and pitstops became frequent. Buddy Baker led twelve laps but fell out after only eighteen laps with brake failure.

Top ten results

  1. 21 - David Pearson
  2. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  3. 43 - Richard Petty
  4. 12 - Bobby Allison
  5. 95 - Darrell Waltrip
  6. 88 - Donnie Allison
  7. 2 - Dick Trickle
  8. 52 - Earl Ross
  9. 72 - Benny Parsons
  10. 93 - Jackie Rogers

Originally left off of NASCAR's schedule, the race was added late in the season. Richard Petty led the most laps but fell out late and finished 15th. Bobby Allison took the win in Roger Penske's AMC Matador but was fined $9,100 for unapproved valve lifters in postrace inspection. The race lead changed 38 times officially (a track record for stock cars) while several laps saw up to four lead changes in one circuit.

Top ten results

  1. 12 - Bobby Allison
  2. 21 - David Pearson
  3. 11 - Cale Yarborough
  4. 28 - A. J. Foyt
  5. 15 - Buddy Baker
  6. 95 - Darrell Waltrip
  7. 83 - Ramo Stott
  8. 52 - Earl Ross
  9. 98 - Richie Panch
  10. 70 - J. D. McDuffie

Season recap

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No. Date Event Circuit Winner
1 January 20 & 26 Winston Western 500 Riverside International Raceway Cale Yarborough
February 14 125 Mile Qualifying Races Daytona International Speedway Bobby Isaac
Cale Yarborough
2 February 17 Daytona 500 Richard Petty
3 February 24 Richmond 500 Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway Bobby Allison
4 March 4 Carolina 500 North Carolina Speedway Richard Petty
5 March 17 Southeastern 500 Bristol International Speedway Cale Yarborough
6 March 24 Atlanta 500 Atlanta International Raceway Cale Yarborough
7 April 7 Rebel 500 Darlington Raceway David Pearson
8 April 21 Gwyn Staley 400 North Wilkesboro Speedway Richard Petty
9 April 28 Virginia 500 Martinsville Speedway Cale Yarborough
10 May 5 Winston 500 Alabama International Motor Speedway David Pearson
11 May 11 & 12 Music City USA 420 Nashville Speedway Richard Petty
12 May 19 Mason-Dixon 500 Dover Downs International Speedway Cale Yarborough
13 May 26 World 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway David Pearson
14 June 9 Tuborg 400 Riverside International Raceway Cale Yarborough
15 June 16 Motor State 400 Michigan International Speedway Richard Petty
16 July 4 Firecracker 400 Daytona International Speedway David Pearson
17 July 14 Volunteer 500 Bristol International Speedway Cale Yarborough
18 July 20 Nashville 420 Nashville Speedway Cale Yarborough
19 July 28 Dixie 500 Atlanta International Raceway Richard Petty
20 August 4 Purolator 500 Pocono Raceway Richard Petty
21 August 11 Talladega 500 Alabama International Motor Speedway Richard Petty
22 August 25 Yankee 400 Michigan International Speedway David Pearson
23 September 2 Southern 500 Darlington Raceway Cale Yarborough
24 September 8 Capital City 500 Richmond Fairgrounds Raceway Richard Petty
25 September 15 Delaware 500 Dover Downs International Speedway Richard Petty
26 September 22 Wilkes 400 North Wilkesboro Speedway Cale Yarborough
27 September 29 Old Dominion 500 Martinsville Speedway Earl Ross
28 October 6 National 500 Charlotte Motor Speedway David Pearson
29 October 20 American 500 North Carolina Speedway David Pearson
30 November 24 Los Angeles Times 500 Ontario Motor Speedway Bobby Allison

Final Points standings

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(keyBold – Pole position awarded by time. Italics – Pole position set by owner's points. * – Most laps led. ** - All laps led.

Pos. Driver RSD DAY RCH CAR BRI ATL DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD MCH DAY BRI NSV ATL POC TAL MCH DAR RCH DOV NWS MAR CLT CAR ONT Pts
1 Richard Petty 2 1* 2 1* 23 6 20 1* 2 3 1 3 2 25 1* 2 3 13* 1 1* 1 2 35 1* 1* 2 29 2 3 15* 5037.75
2 Cale Yarborough 1* 2 3 2 1* 1 5 2 1* 9 14* 1* 11 1* 27 4 1* 1 14 3 4 3 1* 21 28 1* 11* 23 2* 3 4470.3
3 David Pearson 3 35 34 2* 1* 1* 2 1* 3 1 2* 4 2 1* 25 30 1* 1 2 2389.25
4 Bobby Allison 5 30 1* 3 4 26 2 3 3 31 20 28 3 2 23 5* 5 2 28 21 3 5 30 13 5 4 1 2019.195
5 Benny Parsons 4 22 13 23 3 29 32 4 4 2 16 4 31 3 25 27 17 7 8 5 5 22 26 2 4 13 15 27 9 35 1591.5
6 Dave Marcis 28 14 5 8 22 20 6 10 8 6 5 7 6 27 8 19 9 21 6 6 11 7 4 13 5 5 4 31 29 17 1378.2
7 Buddy Baker 3 3 33 22 30 3 2 25 3 2 6* 4 33 2 3 2 37 34 5 1016.88
8 Earl Ross (R) 11 13 12 50 5 2 13 16 8 20 13 10 6 22 15 3 4 1 20 8 8 1009.47
9 Cecil Gordon 8 13 11 29 6 34 11 11 15 21 25 27 28 4 10 10 6 20 10 7 15 12 19 9 7 27 26 15 21 29 1000.65
10 David Sisco 15 23 31 17 14 13 15 18 39 8 24 9 7 9 19 4 12 11 28 9 3 17 6 10 20 13 26 11 956.2
11 James Hylton DNQ 16 6 10 8 12 26 28 7 14 24 10 15 6 32 32 20 22 23 34 12 35 5 23 19 24 6 11 18 14 924.955
12 J. D. McDuffie 22 28 7 13 12 15 30 8 9 19 7 11 10 17 17 11 11 27 19 25 24 13 17 8 12 23 16 21 19 10 920.85
13 Frank Warren 34 20 20 13 17 17 19 16 18 18 15 15 5 14 16 21 30 17 19 17 20 12 19 16 18 8 25 23 21 820.845
14 Richie Panch (R) 9 18 21 14 27 36 37 18 13 44 28 23 9 34 15 10 27 26 43 10 24 3 20 17 5 14 27 9 775.44
15 Walter Ballard 10 19 6 14 40 12 11 24 21 22 12 35 20 10 26 13 29 48 24 16 5 10 9 25 12 15 16 748.44
16 Richard Childress 40 16 36 20 27 39 22 10 11 26 21 34 15 6 23 24 23 11 12 13 27 18 24 18 7 24 41 24 12 735.44
17 Donnie Allison 6 6 17 27 5 5 4 7 23 36 2 30 30 20 33 30 40 31 3 4 6 728.805
18 Lennie Pond 23 4 9 26 10 21 5 5 5 11 6 20 26 7 5 30 13 10 32 12 6 11 723.25
19 Darrell Waltrip 7 25 7 9 DNQ 3 20 4 24 3 4 44 2 35 3 5 6 609.975
20 Tony Bettenhausen Jr. 17 33 12 19 29 18 14 29 30 23 34 21 31 36 14 26 11 24 27 32 25 11 7 15 25 14 20 601.695
21 Jackie Rogers (R) 32 15 16 14 17 8 39 11 8 30 18 9 21 31 7 22 33 8 28 28 10 25 587.88
22 Coo Coo Marlin 4 24 10 28 19 12 7 9 38 13 18 12 28 9 35 11 29 18 25 11 22 22 12 581.67
23 Ed Negre DNQ 24 22 11 22 24 17 26 34 14 23 31 26 13 29 25 20 14 21 21 20 11 30 17 17 28 23 534.3
24 Bob Burcham 17 11 8 10 10 4 36 16 38 14 22 15 27 14 27 14 29 19 9 14 445.5
25 Elmo Langley 15 DNQ 9 38 16 38 13 27 23 12 18 27 18 16 18 20 16 20 6 22 26 7 33 25 433.78
26 Charlie Glotzbach 36 4 11 4 37 22 4 6 26 34 14 4 15 QL 30 293.09
27 Dick Brooks 9 12 24 29 24 29 27 19 15 7 29 8 34 16 36 31 267.52
28 Joe Frasson 26 37 19 8 25 40 18 17 7 42 23 9 DNQ 38 36 240.8
29 George Follmer 18 20 5 28 4 22 6 22 28 6 5 33 32 230.49
30 Buddy Arrington DNQ 10 16 21 16 27 17 46 10 12 19 12 21 8 9 15 16 Wth 221.2
31 Bill Champion DNQ 27 18 28 25 24 DNQ 19 33 40 22 33 22 36 30 31 11 38 28 QL 22 207.72
32 D. K. Ulrich DNQ 22 21 26 17 17 15 23 12 17 30 28 26 14 13 24 155.325
33 Bobby Isaac 8 2 33 25 33 6 34 8 37 6 32 152.95
34 Travis Tiller 18 19 35 DNQ 20 35 23 26 29 24 38 17 12 36 16 DNQ 146.44
35 Roy Mayne DNQ 30 21 15 13 13 25 24 32 31 19 39 DNQ 141.72
36 Dean Dalton DNQ 28 33 24 29 14 49 15 13 21 12 28 15 29 32 Wth 125.44
37 Neil Castles 15 35 34 16 28 16 34 Wth 35 33 46 36 21 DNQ 40 33 123.565
38 G. C. Spencer DNQ 39 30 36 31 25 30 21 6 37 Wth 35 96.8
39 Ramo Stott (R) 3 DNQ 9 7 28 19 7 82.95
40 Jim Vandiver 27 16 8 35 33 15 39 71.4
41 Dan Daughtry 38 32 48 29 31 36 41 10 63.04
42 Jabe Thomas 26 30 20 19 25 28 Wth 29 32 20 10 49.14
43 Gary Bettenhausen 7 12 9 37 4 49
44 A. J. Foyt 5 29 26 4 41.22
45 Jerry Schild 40 16 8 34 13 35.375
46 Earle Canavan DNQ 16 14 15 23 17 30 34.92
47 Dick Trickle 7 8 7 24.495
48 Marty Robbins 15 5 9 42 23.78
49 Alton Jones DNQ 9 47 27 5 26 20.4
50 Hershel McGriff 10 39 32 12 35 20.34
51 Carl Adams 13 18 DNQ 22 40 19.2
52 Harry Jefferson 27 7 32 34 17.92
53 Joe Mihalic 37 17 7 23 16 17.625
54 Grant Adcox DNQ 18 25 38 18 16.6
55 Henley Gray 13 22 14 32 9 DNQ 15.76
56 Jimmy Crawford 19 26 DNQ 36 31 Wth 14.76
57 Sam McQuagg DNQ 7 8 32 14.1
58 John Martin 31 42 23 38 13.36
59 Ron Keselowski 24 28 29 16 13.32
60 Bill Dennis 21 8 7 QL 12.18
61 Sonny Easley 12 7 26 11.85
62 L. D. Ottinger 29 25 37 25 11.24
63 Jim Bray DNQ 33 35 34 21 10.42
64 Harry Gant 8 14 35 10.305
65 Johnny Barnes 27 47 25 40 9.86
66 Dick Skillen DNQ 21 25 18 Wth 9.645
67 Jimmy Insolo 23 22 19 9.48
68 Ernie Shaw 21 26 18 16 8.92
69 Jerry Hansen 25 26 38 8.865
70 Randy Tissot DNQ 23 32 35 8.31
71 Charlie Roberts 16 40 35 7.17
72 Jack McCoy 21 34 33 7.05
73 Pee Wee Wentz DNQ 31 10 23 5.94
74 Chuck Wahl 8 20 5.4
75 Dick May 14 DNQ QL 18 5.32
76 Don Reynolds 10 18 5.3
77 Red Farmer DNQ 27 23 5.22
78 Jim Hurtubise 25 23 5.2
79 Glenn Francis 13 22 4.7
80 Johnny Ray 41 22 4.57
81 George England 26 27 29 QL 4.525
82 Johnny Rutherford 24 39 24 4.16
83 Jimmy Hensley 6 19 4.02
84 Johnny Anderson 20 28 3.76
85 Bill Osborne 26 28 3.75
86 Terry Link DNQ 43 37 3.72
87 Neil Bonnett 45 39 3.52
88 Jody Ridley 33 30 3.17
89 Walt Price 21 31 3.1
90 Dick Bown 30 2.81
91 Hugh Pearson 19 37 2.77
92 Rick Newsom DNQ 14 22 2.75
93 Chuck Bown 35 20 39 2.7
94 Eddie Pettyjohn 32 24 2.57
95 Ray Elder 34 36 2.27
96 Bobby Fleming 15 30 2.05
97 Joey Arrington 27 12 1.97
98 Jack Donohue 19 29 1.94
99 Ross Surgenor 33 12 1.845
100 Jerry Hufflin 25 23 1.75
101 Bruce Hill 13 1.575
102 Iggy Katona 20 1.575
103 Jan Opperman 8 1.55
104 J. C. Danielson 11 1.425
105 Eddie Bradshaw 9 1.375
106 Kenny Brightbill 10 8 1.325
107 Buck Peralta 11 DNQ 1.25
108 Richard White 19 1.2
109 Billy Scott 24 1.175
110 Satch Worley 9 1.1
111 Odie Robertson 24 1.075
112 Leon Fox 14 1.06
113 Jim Gilliam 25 1.025
114 Phil Finney DNQ 31 1.01
115 Earl Brooks 40 1
116 Don Hall 27 0.95
117 Clyde Dagit 18 0.895
118 Jack Simpson 16 0.875
119 Markey James 18 0.845
120 Larry Esau 29 0.825
121 Jerry Grant 30 0.775
122 Harry Schilling 24 0.755
123 Gary Matthews 26 0.725
124 George Behlman 29 DNQ 0.695
125 Gary Myers Wth 36 34 0.695
126 Don Pruitt 32 0.67
127 Jim Lee 32 0.65
128 Ray Hendrick 18 0.62
129 Charlie Blanton 28 0.62
130 Larry Richardson DNQ DNQ 28 0.62
131 Jimmy Hailey 14 0.615
132 Sonny Hutchins 21 0.59
133 Richard D. Brown 35 0.545
134 Randy Hutchison 27 0.53
135 Larry Manning 39 0.53
136 Paul Radford 30 0.5
137 Bobby Ore 17 0.44
138 Ronnie Childress 30 0.3
139 Joe Millikan 17
140 Dub Simpson 19
141 Bob Whitlow 19
142 Jerry Sisco 22
143 Marv Acton 26
144 Wally Dallenbach Sr. 29
145 Budd Hagelin 31
146 Dick Simon DNQ 31
147 John Banks 33
148 A. J. Reno 45
149 Bob McGinty DNQ
150 Billy Vukovich Jr. DNQ
151 Rick Catalano DNQ
152 Eddie Bond DNQ
153 G. T. Tallas DNQ
154 Jimmy Crowe DNQ
155 Robert Brown DNQ
156 Bob Kennedy DNQ
157 Ed Sauer DNQ
158 Bob Nott DNQ
159 Don Noel DNQ
Pos. Driver RSD DAY RCH CAR BRI ATL DAR NWS MAR TAL NSV DOV CLT RSD MCH DAY BRI NSV ATL POC TAL MCH DAR RCH DOV NWS MAR CLT CAR ONT Pts

References

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  1. ^ "Sprint Cup Page – Racing-Reference.info". Archived from the original on 2018-03-19. Retrieved 2007-06-04.
  2. ^ 1974 Firecracker 400 from YouTube
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