Results
"Daytona 500"
February 17, 1974
Daytona Beach, Florida
| Average Speed: 140.894 mph | Race Time: 3- hours 11- minutes 38- seconds |
| Pos | Driver | Car Make |
| 1 | Richard Petty | Dodge |
| 2 | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet |
| 3 | Ramo Stott | Chevrolet |
| 4 | Coo Coo Marlin | Chevrolet |
| 5 | A. J. Foyt | Chevrolet |
| 6 | Donnie Allison | Chevrolet |
| 7 | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet |
| 8 | Bobby Isaac | Chevrolet |
| 9 | Dick Brooks | Dodge |
| 10 | Walter Ballard | Chevrolet |
| 11 | Earl Ross | Chevrolet |
| 12 | Gary Bettenhausen | Mata |
| 13 | Cecil Gordon | Chevrolet |
| 14 | Dave Marcis | Dodge |
| 15 | David Sisco | Chevrolet |
| 16 | James Hylton | Chevrolet |
| 17 | Bob Burchem | Chevrolet |
| 18 | Richie Panch | Ford |
| 19 | Jimmy Crawford | Plymouth |
| 20 | George Follmer | Ford |
| 21 | Bill Dennis | Ford |
| 22 | Benny Parsons | Chevrolet |
| 23 | Lennie Pond | Chevrolet |
| 24 | Johnny Rutherford | Chevrolet |
| 25 | Jim Hurtubise | Chevrolet |
| 26 | Joe Frasson | Dodge |
| 27 | Jim Vandiver | Dodge |
| 28 | J. D. McDuffie | Chevrolet |
| 29 | L. D. Ottinger | Chevrolet |
| 30 | Bobby Allison | Chevrolet |
| 31 | Dick Simon | Dodge |
| 32 | Jackie Rogers | Chevrolet |
| 33 | Tony Bettenhausen | Chevrolet |
| 34 | Frank Warren | Dodge |
| 35 | David Pearson | Mercury |
| 36 | Charlie Glotzbach | Chevrolet |
| 37 | Joe Mihalic | Chevrolet |
| 38 | Dan Daughtry | Ford |
| 39 | Hershel McGriff | Dodge |
| 40 | Richard Childress | Chevrolet |