Results
"Southern 500"
September 2, 1974
Darlington, South Carolina
| Average Speed: 111.075 mph | Race Time: 3- hours 30- minutes 48- seconds |
| Pos | Driver | Car Make |
| 1 | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet |
| 2 | Darrell Waltrip | Chevrolet |
| 3 | David Sisco | Chevrolet |
| 4 | Dave Marcis | Dodge |
| 5 | James Hylton | Chevrolet |
| 6 | G. C. Spencer | Dodge |
| 7 | Jackie Rogers | Chevrolet |
| 8 | Jerry Schild | Chevrolet |
| 9 | Joe Frason | Dodge |
| 10 | Pee Wee Wentz | Plymouth |
| 11 | Tony Bettenhausen | Chevrolet |
| 12 | Frank Warren | Dodge |
| 13 | Lennie Pond | Chevrolet |
| 14 | Charlie Glotzbach | Ford |
| 15 | Jim Vandiver | Dodge |
| 16 | Walter Ballard | Dodge |
| 17 | J. D. McDuffie | Chevrolet |
| 18 | Richard Childress | Chevrolet |
| 19 | Cecil Gordon | Chevrolet |
| 20 | Elmo Langley | Ford |
| 21 | Ed Negre | Dodge |
| 22 | Earl Ross | Chevrolet |
| 23 | Earl Canavan | Plymouth |
| 24 | Richie Panch | Chevrolet |
| 25 | David Pearson | Mercury |
| 26 | Benny Parsons | Chevrolet |
| 27 | Bob Burcham | Chevrolet |
| 28 | Ramo Stott | Chevrolet |
| 29 | Coo Coo Marlin | Chevrolet |
| 30 | Bobby Allison | Matador |
| 31 | Bill Champion | Ford |
| 32 | Henley Gray | Chevrolet |
| 33 | Buddy Baker | Ford |
| 34 | Dick Brooks | Dodge |
| 35 | Richard Petty | Dodge |
| 36 | Neil Castles | Dodge |
| 37 | Bobby Isaac | Chevrolet |
| 38 | Jerry Hansen | Chevrolet |
| 39 | Roy Mayne | Dodge |
| 40 | Earl Brooks | Dodge |