1974 - Winston Cup Series - Purolator 500 Race Results

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1974 - Purolator 500 Race Results

Race Name - Purolator 500
Date - 8/4/1974
Race Track - Pocono International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 480 miles
Pole Speed - 144.122 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 42
Average Race Speed - 115.59 mph
Lead Changes - 20
Total Race Purse - $83,900
Race Number - 20

More Races from 1974

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	3	Richard Petty	43	STP Oil Treatment Oil Filters (Petty Enterprises)	192	74 Dodge	152	$17,000
2	1	Buddy Baker	15	RC Cola (Bud Moore)	192	73 Ford	11	$10,650
3	5	Cale Yarborough	11	Carling (Junior Johnson)	192	74 Chevrol	2	$7,350
4	4	David Pearson	21	Purolator (Wood Brothers)	192	73 Mercury	7	$3,750
5	7	Benny Parsons	72	Kings Row Fireplace (LG DeWitt)	190	74 Chevrol	0	$6,100
6	12	Dave Marcis	2	Deppe Enterprises (Dave Marcis)	189	73 Dodge	0	$2,850
7	8	Cecil Gordon	24	Hungley (Cecil Gordon)	189	72 Chevrol	0	$2,200
8	14	Jan Opperman	77	Kings Row Fireplace (LG DeWitt)	188	73 Chevrol	0	$1,850
9	10	Jackie Rogers	93	Frederick Homes (Ray Frederick)	187	74 Chevrol	0	$1,850
10	19	Kenny Brightbill	30	Clyde Inc (Vic Ballard)	187	74 Chevrol	0	$2,125
11	20	David Sisco	5	Reliable Plumbing (David Sisco)	187	74 Chevrol	0	$2,000
12	9	Richard Childress	96	LC Newton Trucking (Tom Garn)	184	73 Chevrol	0	$1,600
13	6	Earl Ross	52	Carling (Junior Johnson)	184	74 Chevrol	0	$1,500
14	24	Earle Canavan	1	Kava Instant Coffee (Earle Canavan)	183	74 Plymout	0	$1,175
15	34	Bob Burcham	19	Gray Racing (Henley Gray)	183	73 Chevrol	0	$1,000
16	15	Buddy Arrington	67	JR Stanley Trucking (Buddy Arrington)	181	72 Plymout	0	$1,720
17	28	DK Ulrich	40	Noels Auto Sales (DK Ulrich)	179	72 Chevrol	0	$995
18	29	Elmo Langley	64	Langley Racing (Elmo Langley)	174	72 Ford	0	$970
19	25	Frank Warren	79	Wheels by Pompey (Frank Warren)	165	74 Dodge	0	$1,545
20	17	Ed Negre	8	Negre Racing (Ed Negre)	159	73 Dodge	0	$1,120
21	2	Bobby Allison	12	CocaCola (Bobby Allison)	154	74 Matador	20	$795
22	22	Bill Champion	10	Champion Racing (Bill Champion)	129	72 Ford	0	$970
23	21	John Martin	5	Robbin Simms (Doc Faustina)	99	74 Dodge	0	$945
24	30	Travis Tiller	46	Precision Engine Machine (Travis Tiller)	76	73 Dodge	0	$820
25	27	JD McDuffie	70	McDuffie Racing (JD McDuffie)	70	72 Chevrol	0	$1,295
26	13	Richie Panch	98	Tuxedo Plumbing (Roy Thornley)	64	72 Chevrol	0	$1,470
27	16	Tony Bettenhausen Jr	9	Vita Fresh Orange Juice (Gordon Van Liew)	44	72 Chevrol	0	$1,445
28	32	Larry Richardson	85	Gunter Farm Ranch Center (Larry Richardson)	36	72 Chevrol	0	$670
29	31	Walter Ballard	75	Ballard Racing (Ed Hawks)	32	72 Chevrol	0	$645
30	11	Lennie Pond	54	Master Chevy Sales (Ronnie Elder)	24	74 Chevrol	0	$1,520
31	26	Roy Mayne	25	Roakal Nehi (Don Robertson)	23	73 Dodge	0	$665
32	35	Dean Dalton	7	Belden Asphalt (Dean Dalton)	10	74 Chevrol	0	$610
33	23	Neil Castles	6	Howard Furniture (Neil Castles)	8	74 Dodge	0	$755
34	18	James Hylton	48	Hylton Engineering (James Hylton)	2	74 Chevrol	0	$1,350
35	33	Jim Bray	56	Bray Realty (Jim Bray)	2	72 Chevrol	0	$595