1974 World 600
| Race details | |||
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| Race 13 of 30 in the 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season
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| Date | May 26, 1974 | ||
| Location | Charlotte Motor Speedway (Concord, North Carolina) | ||
| Course | Permanent racing facility 1.500 mi (2.414 km) |
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| Distance | 400 laps, 600 mi (965 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures reaching up to 81 °F (27 °C); wind speeds up to 13 miles per hour (21 km/h)[1] | ||
| Average speed | 135.720 miles per hour (218.420 km/h) | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | David Pearson | Wood Brothers | |
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | David Pearson | Wood Brothers | |
| Laps | 161 | ||
| Winner | |||
| 21 |
David Pearson |
Wood Brothers | |
| U.S. Television | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The 1974 World 600 is a NASCAR Winston Cup Series (now Sprint Cup Series) event that took place on May 26, 1974 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina, USA.[2][3]
Summary [edit]
The race was shortened by 40 laps due to the energy crisis of that year. The lead changed 37 times among David Pearson, Richard Petty, Cale Yarborough, Buddy Baker, and Donnie Allison. Allison and Baker fell out with engine failures while Yarborough spun out early in the race, raced back to the front, then crashed out in the final 20 laps.
It took three hours and fifty-eight minutes for the race to be fully complete.[2][3] Eight cautions were flown out by NASCAR for 48 laps.[2] The average speed of the race was 135.72 miles per hour (218.42 km/h).[2][3] Pearson defeated Petty by 0.6 seconds in front of eighty-four thousand people.[2][3] Sam McQuagg would make his final start in this race before retiring from NASCAR.[4] He would later become a commercial pilot for the W. C. Bradly Co. in Columbus, Georgia and would eventually die of cancer in 2009.[4]
Individual earnings for each driver ranged from the winner's share of $26,400 ($122,897.17 in today's money) to the last-place finisher's share of $1,075 ($5,004.34 in today's money). NASCAR allocated a grand total of $167,305 ($778,837.51 in today's money) to be spent on winnings for every qualifying driver for this event.[5]
Finishing order [edit]
Note: Each driver would get an additional 40 laps due to the then-current energy crisis (which officially ended in 1980).[3]
- David Pearson
- Richard Petty
- Bobby Allison
- Darrell Waltrip
- Earl Ross
- Dave Marcis
- Dick Trickle
- Jim Vandiver
- David Sisco
- J.D. McDuffie†
- Cale Yarborough*
- Walter Ballard
- Roy Mayne
- Harry Gant
- James Hylton*
- Neil Castles
- Frank Warren
- Dick Skillen
- Buddy Arrington*
- Lennie Pond*
- Tony Bettenhausen, Jr.†
- Buddy Baker*
- Richie Panch*†
- Bill Scott*
- G.C. Spencer*†
- Travis Tiller*
- Dick Brooks*†
- Cecil Gordon*†
- Dan Daughtry*
- Donnie Allison*
- Benny Parsons*
- Sam McQuagg*†
- Bobby Isaac*†
- Richard Childress*
- Randy Tissot*
- Bob Burcham*†
- Charlie Glotzbach*
- Coo Coo Marlin*†
- Jackie Rogers*
- Joe Frasson*
† signifies that the driver is known to be deceased
* Driver failed to finish race
References [edit]
- ^ "1974 World 600 weather information". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2012-08-02.
- ^ a b c d e "1974 World 600 racing results". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2010-11-12.
- ^ a b c d e "1974 World 600 racing results (second reference)". Ultimate Racing History. Retrieved 2010-12-11.
- ^ a b "NASCAR Driver of the Day: Sam McQuagg". NASCAR Driver of the Day. Retrieved 2011-01-07.
- ^ "1974 World 600 winnings information". Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet. Retrieved 2012-12-02.
| Preceded by 1974 Mason-Dixon 500 |
NASCAR Winston Cup Series races 1974 |
Succeeded by 1974 Tuborg 400 |
| Preceded by 1973 |
World 600 races 1974 |
Succeeded by 1975 |
