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1974 Daytona 500 Results

Fin. Pos.	Str. Car Pos.	Car No.	Driver	Laps	Money	Car
1	2	43	Richard Petty	200	$39,650	Dodge
2	4	11	Cale Yarborough	200	$21,250	Chevrolet
3	12	83	Ramo Stott	200	$11,390	Chevrolet
4	31	14	Coo Coo Marlin	200	$8,350	Chevrolet
5	35	50	A.J. Foyt	199	$8,465	Chevrolet
6	7	88	Donnie Allison	199	$7,650	Chevrolet
7	11	95	Darrell Waltrip	199	$5,900	Chevrolet
8	3	27	Bobby Isaac	198	$6,825	Chevrolet
9	23	32	Dick Brooks	197	$5,050	Dodge
10	18	30	Walter Ballard	197	$5,410	Chevrolet
11	22	52	Earl Ross	197	$4,560	Chevrolet
12	34	16	Gary Bettenhausen	196	$4,225	Matador
13	32	24	Cecil Gordon	196	$4,750	Chevrolet
14	40	2	Dave Marcis	196	$4,435	Dodge
15	38	5	David Sisco	195	$4,275	Chevrolet
16	19	48	James Hylton	193	$4,325	Chevrolet
17	16	57	Bob Burcham	185	$3,820	Chevrolet
18	29	98	Richie Panch	180	$3,770	Ford
19	33	22	Jimmy Crawford	176	$3,775	Plymouth
20	5	15	George Follmer	165	$7,400	Ford
21	18	90	Bill Dennis	161	$4,220	Ford
22	10	72	Benny Parsons	141	$7,700	Chevrolet
23	21	54	Lennie Pond	135	$4,135	Chevrolet
24	17	61	Johnny Rutherford	116	$3,735	Chevrolet
25	20	56	Jim Hurtubise	112	$3,600	Chevrolet
26	24	18	Joe Frasson	111	$3,550	Dodge
27	6	31	Jim Vandiver	108	$4,225	Dodge
28	30	70	J.D. McDuffie	102	$4,850	Chevrolet
29	39	2	L.D. Ottinger	100	$3,390	Chevrolet
30	9	12	Bobby Allison	97	$6,800	Chevrolet
31	37	5	Dick Simon	96	$3,410	Dodge
32	14	93	Jackie Rogers	89	$3,500	Chevrolet
33	26	9	Tony Bettenhausen	75	$3,365	Chevrolet
34	28	79	Frank Warren	63	$3,830	Dodge
35	1	21	David Pearson	61	$9,035	Mercury
36	13	28	Charlie Glotzbach	48	$4,150	Chevrolet
37	25	60	Joe Mihalic	37	$3,365	Chevrolet
38	27	35	Dan Daughtry	28	$3,230	Ford
39	8	4	Hershel McGriff	23	$3,375	Dodge
40	36	96	Richard Childress	22	$3,700	Chevrolet

Time of Race:	3 hours, 11 minutes, 38 seconds
Average Speed:	140.894 mph
Fastest Qualifier:	David Pearson 185.017 mph
Pole:	David Pearson
Margin of Victory:	47 seconds
Caution Flags:	10 for 53 laps
Lead Changes:	60 lead changes among 15 drivers. Lap Leaders: (Not Scored 1-20) Cale Yarborough 21, David Pearson 22-23, Yarborough 24-28, Pearson 29-31, Bobby Allison 32-37, James Hylton 38-44, B. Allison 45, Hylton 46-47, Cecil Gordon 48, Hylton 49, Johnny Rutherford 50, Yarborough 51-52, Coo Coo Marlin 53-54, Yarborough 55, Donnie Allison 56, B. Allison 57-58, D. Allison 59, Marlin 60, B. Allison 61, D. Allison 62-63, Richard Petty 64-70, B. Allison 71-75, Darrell Waltrip 76, D. Allison 77-79, Marlin 80, B. Allison 81-82, D. Allison 83-85, B. Allison 86, D. Allison 87, Petty 88-89, B. Allison 90, Richie Panch 91, Walter Ballard 92-93, Petty 94-96, A.J. Foyt 97-102, D. Allison 103-106, Marlin 107, Foyt 108-109, Petty 110-113, D. Allison 114, Benny Parsons 115, David Sisco 116, Petty 117-120, D. Allison 121-122, Petty 123-124, D. Allison 125-126, Petty 127-129, D. Allison 130-131, Petty 132-135, D. Allison 136-138, Petty 139-141, D. Allison 142-143, Petty 144-146, D. Allison 147-148, Marlin 149, Petty 150-169, D. Allison 170-171, Petty 172-178, D. Allison 179-189, Petty 190-200.
Total Laps Led:	Richard Petty 73, Donnie Allison 42, Bobby Allison 19, James Hylton 10, Cale Yarborough 9, A.J. Foyt 8, Coo Coo Marlin 6, David Pearson 5, Walter Ballard 2, Cecil Gordon 1, Johnny Rutherford 1, Darrell Waltrip 1, Richie Panch 1, Benny Parsons 1, David Sisco 1.
Note:	The race began on lap 21, thereby shortened by 50 miles, due to the “Energy Crisis”.