1974 Purolator 500

Race 20 of 30

Pocono
192 laps
Time of race: 4:09:09
Average speed of winner: 115.593 mph
Margin of victory: 18.8 sec.
Lead changes: 20 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 4 for 42 laps
Lap leaders: Baker 1-2, Petty 3-26, Baker 27, Petty 28-62, Yarborough 63, Allison 64-66, Yarborough 67, Petty 68-78, Baker 79, Petty 80-102, Pearson 103-108, Petty 109-113, Baker 114, Petty 115-118, Baker 119, Petty 120-123, Allison 124-140, Petty 141, Pearson 142, Baker 143-147, Petty 148-192

Race notes: Debut for Kenny Brightbill. Only start for Jan Opperman and Larry Richardson.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Richard Petty	43	STP	'74 Dodge	Petty	Inman		192	9	152	running	17000	0
2	1	Buddy Baker	15	RC Cola	'73 Ford	Moore	Moore	144.122	192	6	11	running	10650	0
3	5	Cale Yarborough	11	Carling	'74 Chevrolet	Johnson	Nab		192	2	2	running	7350	0
4	4	David Pearson	21	Purolator	'73 Mercury	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		192	2	7	running	3750	0
5	7	Benny Parsons	72		'74 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt	Carter		190	0	0	running	6100	0
6	12	Dave Marcis	2		'73 Dodge	Marcis			189	0	0	running	2850	0
7	8	Cecil Gordon	24		'72 Chevrolet	Cecil Gordon			189	0	0	running	2200	0
8	14	Jan Opperman	77		'73 Chevrolet	L.G. DeWitt			188	0	0	running	1850	0
9	10	Jackie Rogers	93		'74 Chevrolet	Ray Frederick			187	0	0	running	1850	0
10	19	Kenny Brightbill	30		'74 Chevrolet	Vic Ballard			187	0	0	running	2125	0
11	20	David Sisco	05		'74 Chevrolet	Sisco			187	0	0	running	2000	0
12	9	Richard Childress	96		'73 Chevrolet	Garn			184	0	0	running	1600	0
13	6	Earl Ross	52	Carling	'74 Chevrolet	Johnson			184	0	0	running	1500	0
14	24	Earle Canavan	01		'74 Plymouth	Canavan			183	0	0	running	1175	0
15	34	Bob Burcham	19		'73 Chevrolet	Henley Gray			183	0	0	running	1000	0
16	15	Buddy Arrington	67		'72 Plymouth	Arrington			181	0	0	running	1720	0
17	28	D.K. Ulrich	40		'72 Chevrolet	Ulrich			179	0	0	running	995	0
18	29	Elmo Langley	64		'72 Ford	Langley			174	0	0	running	970	0
19	25	Frank Warren	79		'74 Dodge	Frank Warren			165	0	0	running	1545	0
20	17	Ed Negre	8		'73 Dodge	Negre			159	0	0	running	1120	0
21	2	Bobby Allison	12	Coca-Cola	'74 Chevrolet	Allison	Hamner		154	2	20	engine	795	0
22	22	Bill Champion	10		'72 Ford	Bill Champion			129	0	0	heating	970	0
23	21	John Martin	5		'74 Dodge	Faustina-Barnett			99	0	0	engine	945	0
24	30	Travis Tiller	46		'73 Dodge	Tiller			76	0	0	clutch	820	0
25	27	J.D. McDuffie	70		'72 Chevrolet	McDuffie			70	0	0	engine	1295	0
26	13	Richie Panch	98		'72 Chevrolet	Thornley			64	0	0	engine	1470	0
27	16	Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.	9	Vita Fresh	'72 Chevrolet	Van Liew			44	0	0	engine	1445	0
28	32	Larry Richardson	85		'72 Chevrolet	Larry Richardson			36	0	0	rear end	670	0
29	31	Walter Ballard	75		'72 Chevrolet	Ed Hawks			32	0	0	engine	645	0
30	11	Lennie Pond	54		'74 Chevrolet	Ronnie Elder			24	0	0	accident	1520	0
31	26	Roy Mayne	25		'73 Dodge	Don Robertson			23	0	0	accident	665	0
32	35	Dean Dalton	7		'74 Chevrolet	Dean Dalton			10	0	0	transmission	610	0
33	23	Neil Castles	06		'74 Dodge	Castles			8	0	0	brakes	755	0
34	18	James Hylton	48		'74 Chevrolet	Hylton			2	0	0	ignition	1350	0
35	33	Jim Bray	56		'72 Chevrolet	Bray			2	0	0	suspension	595	0