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Daytona 500

NASCAR Winston Cup race
Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
February 17, 1974
180 laps on 2.5 mile paved oval; 450 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	2	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	1974 Dodge	180	39,650	running	74
2	4	Cale Yarborough	11	Richard Howard	1974 Chevrolet	180	21,250	running	9
3	12	Ramo Stott	83	Norris Reed	1974 Chevrolet	180	11,390	running	0
4	31	Coo Coo Marlin	14	H.B. Cunningham	1973 Chevrolet	180	8,350	running	7
5	35	A.J. Foyt	50	A.J. Foyt	1974 Chevrolet	179	8,465	running	6
6	7	Donnie Allison	88	DiGard	1974 Chevrolet	179	7,650	running	41
7	11	Darrell Waltrip	95	Darrell Waltrip	1973 Chevrolet	179	5,900	running	1
8	3	Bobby Isaac	27	Banjo Matthews	1974 Chevrolet	178	6,825	running	0
9	23	Dick Brooks	32	Dick Brooks	1974 Dodge	177	5,050	suspension	0
10	18	Walter Ballard	30	Vic Ballard	1974 Chevrolet	177	5,410	running	2
11	22	Earl Ross	52	Allan Brooke	1972 Chevrolet	177	4,560	running	0
12	34	Gary Bettenhausen	16	Roger Penske	1974 AMC Matador	176	4,225	running	0
13	32	Cecil Gordon	24	Cecil Gordon	1972 Chevrolet	176	4,750	running	1
14	40	Dave Marcis	2	Dave Marcis	1973 Dodge	176	4,435	running	0
15	38	David Sisco	05	David Sisco	1974 Chevrolet	175	4,275	running	2
16	19	James Hylton	48	James Hylton	1973 Chevrolet	173	4,325	running	9
17	16	Bob Burcham	57	Jack White	1974 Chevrolet	165	3,820	engine	0
18	29	Richie Panch	98	Roy Thornley	1972 Ford	160	3,770	running	1
19	33	Jimmy Crawford	22	Crawford Brothers	1972 Plymouth	156	3,775	running	0
20	5	George Follmer	15	Bud Moore	1973 Ford	145	7,400	engine	0
21	15	Bill Dennis	90	Junie Donlavey	1972 Ford	141	4,220	engine	0
22	10	Benny Parsons	72	L.G. DeWitt	1974 Chevrolet	121	7,700	ignition	1
23	21	Lennie Pond	54	Ronnie Elder	1974 Chevrolet	115	4,135	suspension	0
24	17	Johnny Rutherford	61	Don Bierschwale	1974 Chevrolet	96	3,735	clutch	2
25	20	Jim Hurtubise	56	Dan Bray	1972 Chevrolet	92	3,600	accident	0
26	24	Joe Frasson	18	Joe Frasson	1973 Dodge	91	3,550	engine	0
27	6	Jim Vandiver	31	O.L. Nixon	1972 Dodge	88	4,225	radiator	0
28	30	J.D. McDuffie	70	J.D. McDuffie	1972 Chevrolet	88	4,850	engine	0
29	39	L.D. Ottinger	02	Russell Large	1974 Chevrolet	80	3,390	hood pin	0
30	9	Bobby Allison	12	Bobby Allison	1974 Chevrolet	77	6,800	engine	19
31	37	Dick Simon	5	Doc Faustina	1973 Dodge	76	3,410	engine	0
32	14	Jackie Rogers	93	Ray Frederick	1974 Chevrolet	69	3,500	driver injured	0
33	26	Tony Bettenhausen Jr.	9	Gordon Van Liew	1972 Chevrolet	55	3,365	engine	0
34	28	Frank Warren	79	Frank Warren	1974 Dodge	43	3,830	engine	0
35	1	David Pearson	21	Wood Brothers	1973 Mercury	41	9,035	exhaust	5
36	13	Charlie Glotzbach	28	Hoss Ellington	1974 Chevrolet	28	4,150	windshield	0
37	25	Joe Mihalic	60	Lou Viglione	1974 Chevrolet	17	3,365	accident	0
38	27	Dan Daughtry	35	Morris Davis	1972 Ford	8	3,230	accident	0
39	8	Hershel McGriff	04	Petty Enterprises	1974 Dodge	3	3,375	accident	0
40	36	Richard Childress	96	Tom Garn	1973 Chevrolet	2	3,700	engine	0
		Jackie Stewart		ABC			0	color commentary

Notes: Shortened to 450 miles because of the energy crisis.
In the official records, NASCAR credited each driver with 20 additional laps.
Time of race: 03:11:38
Average Speed: 140.894 MPH
Pole Speed: 48.435 seconds
10 cautions for 53 laps
Attendance: 85,000