Results
"Winston Western 500"
January 26, 1974
Riverside, California
| Average Speed: 101.40 mph | Race Time: 4- hours 56- minutes 52- seconds |
| Pos | Driver | Car Make |
| 1 | Cale Yarborough | Chevrolet |
| 2 | Richard Petty | Dodge |
| 3 | David Pearson | Mercury |
| 4 | Benny Parsons | Chevrolet |
| 5 | Bobby Allison | Chevrolet |
| 6 | Donnie Allison | Chevrolet |
| 7 | Gary Bettenhausen | N/A |
| 8 | Cecil Gordon | Mercury |
| 9 | Richie Panch | Chevrolet |
| 10 | Hershel McGriff | Dodge |
| 11 | J. C. Danielson | Mercury |
| 12 | Sonny Easley | Ford |
| 13 | Carl Adams | Ford |
| 14 | Dick May | Mercury |
| 15 | Elmo Langley | Ford |
| 16 | Charlie Roberts | Ford |
| 17 | Tony Bettenhausen | Chevrolet |
| 18 | George Follmer | Ford |
| 19 | Richard White | Ford |
| 20 | John Anderson | Chevrolet |
| 21 | Jack McCoy | Dodge |
| 22 | J. D. McDuffie | Chevrolet |
| 23 | Jim Insolo | Chevrolet |
| 24 | Odie Robertson | Chevrolet |
| 25 | Jim Gillian | Chevrolet |
| 26 | Bill Osborn | Chevrolet |
| 27 | Harry Jefferson | Ford |
| 28 | Dave Marcus | Dodge |
| 29 | George Esau | Chevrolet |
| 30 | Jerry Grant | Chevrolet |
| 31 | Dick Brown | Dodge |
| 32 | Don Pruitt | Chevrolet |
| 33 | Ross Surgenor | Chevrolet |
| 34 | Ron Elder | Dodge |
| 35 | Chuck Brown | Dodge |