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Southeastern 500
NASCAR Winston Cup race
Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN
March 17, 1974
450 laps on 0.533 mile paved oval; 239.85 miles
| Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
| 1
| 3
| Cale Yarborough
| 11
| Richard Howard
| 1974 Chevrolet
| 450
| 8,655
| running
| 367 |
| 2
| 6
| Bobby Isaac
| 27
| Banjo Matthews
| 1974 Chevrolet
| 449
| 4,030
| running
| 2 |
| 3
| 5
| Benny Parsons
| 72
| L.G. DeWitt
| 1974 Chevrolet
| 448
| 4,905
| running
| 6 |
| 4
| 2
| Bobby Allison
| 12
| Bobby Allison
| 1974 Chevrolet
| 447
| 3,355
| running
| 73 |
| 5
| 1
| Donnie Allison
| 88
| DiGard
| 1974 Chevrolet
| 441
| 1,980
| running
| 2 |
| 6
| 7
| Cecil Gordon
| 24
| Cecil Gordon
| 1972 Chevrolet
| 438
| 1,080
| running
| 0 |
| 7
| 12
| Joe Mihalic
| 60
| Lou Viglione
| 1974 Chevrolet
| 435
| 1,010
| running
| 0 |
| 8
| 4
| James Hylton
| 48
| James Hylton
| 1974 Chevrolet
| 421
| 955
| running
| 0 |
| 9
| 14
| Alton Jones
| 68
| Butch Hawkersmith
| 1973 Chevrolet
| 419
| 845
| running
| 0 |
| 10
| 27
| Coo Coo Marlin
| 14
| H.B. Cunningham
| 1973 Chevrolet
| 407
| 605
| running
| 0 |
| 11
| 24
| Ed Negre
| 8
| Ed Negre
| 1973 Dodge
| 397
| 565
| running
| 0 |
| 12
| 22
| J.D. McDuffie
| 70
| J.D. McDuffie
| 1972 Chevrolet
| 388
| 805
| engine
| 0 |
| 13
| 19
| Frank Warren
| 79
| Frank Warren
| 1974 Dodge
| 330
| 930
| engine
| 0 |
| 14
| 15
| Walter Ballard
| 30
| Vic Ballard
| 1973 Chevrolet
| 296
| 985
| ignition
| 0 |
| 15
| 25
| Bobby Fleming
| 75
| Ed Hawks
| 1972 Chevrolet
| 291
| 525
| engine
| 0 |
| 16
| 20
| Elmo Langley
| 64
| Elmo Langley
| 1973 Ford
| 291
| 775
| ignition
| 0 |
| 17
| 17
| David Sisco
| 05
| David Sisco
| 1972 Chevrolet
| 202
| 900
| engine
| 0 |
| 18
| 28
| Bill Champion
| 10
| Bill Champion
| 1972 Ford
| 190
| 495
| vibration
| 0 |
| 19
| 29
| Travis Tiller
| 46
| Travis Tiller
| 1973 Dodge
| 167
| 485
| clutch
| 0 |
| 20
| 16
| Richard Childress
| 96
| Tom Garn
| 1973 Chevrolet
| 133
| 900
| engine
| 0 |
| 21
| 21
| Buddy Arrington
| 67
| Buddy Arrington
| 1972 Plymouth
| 112
| 710
| spindle
| 0 |
| 22
| 26
| Dave Marcis
| 2
| Dave Marcis
| 1973 Dodge
| 104
| 700
| engine
| 0 |
| 23
| 9
| Richard Petty
| 43
| Petty Enterprises
| 1974 Dodge
| 59
| 2,440
| accident
| 0 |
| 24
| 11
| Dean Dalton
| 7
| Dean Dalton
| 1974 Chevrolet
| 58
| 930
| accident
| 0 |
| 25
| 8
| L.D. Ottinger
| 02
| Russell Large
| 1974 Chevrolet
| 58
| 420
| accident
| 0 |
| 26
| 13
| Lennie Pond
| 54
| Ronnie Elder
| 1974 Chevrolet
| 49
| 890
| engine
| 0 |
| 27
| 18
| Richie Panch
| 90
| Junie Donlavey
| 1974 Ford
| 46
| 795
| suspension
| 0 |
| 28
| 10
| George Follmer
| 15
| Bud Moore
| 1973 Ford
| 21
| 2,395
| engine
| 0 |
| 29
| 23
| Tony Bettenhausen Jr.
| 9
| Gordon Van Liew
| 1972 Chevrolet
| 18
| 385
| oil pump
| 0 |
| 30
| 30
| Jabe Thomas
| 25
| Don Robertson
| 1973 Dodge
| 13
| 625
| oil pan
| 0 |
Notes: Shortened from 500 laps because of the energy crisis.
In the official records, NASCAR credits each driver with an additional 50 laps.
Time of race: 03:42:50
Average Speed: 64.533 MPH
Pole Speed: 17.802 seconds
3 cautions for 28 laps
Attendance: 18,000