1974 National 500 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1974 National 500
Name of Track:	Lowe's Motor Speedway
Date:	October 6th

Lowe's Motor Speedway

Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a superspeedway in Concord, North Carolina, a few miles north of Charlotte.

First NASCAR Night Race

It features a 1.5 mile long quad-oval track that seats 167,000 people, with room for 50,000 more spectators in the infield. Constructed in 1959, it was the first speedway to host nighttime racing (in 1992) and to offer year-round residences (in 1984) with 52 condominiums now available over turn one. It is presently owned by, and is the main facility of, Speedway Motorsports, Inc.,/p> The Center Of NASCAR

The speedway is considered the center of NASCAR, with 90% of NASCAR teams being based within 50 miles.

Along with the main oval, the speedway also has a 2.25 mile road course in the infield, an 0.6 mile kart course in the infield, a quarter-mile oval using part of the front stretch and pit road, and an 0.2 mile oval outside turn three. Also, across U.S. Highway 29 from the speedway is a 0.4 mile dirt track, opened in May 2000.

Levigation

The surface of the circuit had started to wear from its last paving in mid-1994, resulting in the track's treatment in a diamond-grinding process to smooth out bumps in 2005 and caused major tire problems during both NASCAR Nextel Cup Series events there, with a record 22 cautions at the showcase Coca-Cola 600, making it the first Nextel Cup Series event to go more than five hours (excluding red flags) in 25 years. Speed increases were also a result of the repaving. After the problem with the tires, speedway officials promptly announced that they plan to repave with a new generation asphalt.

Lowes Motor Speedway The Busiest Venue

The facility is considered one of the busiest sports venues in the country, with typically over 380 events a year. Along with many races, the speedway also hosts the Food Lion Auto Fair twice a year, one of the nation's largest car shows. Movies and commercials are filmed there, like Days of Thunder, and it is a popular tourist stop and testing grounds.

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1974 National 500 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1974 National 500, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	David Pearson	21	1	$22,575	334	running	Purolator
2	Richard Petty	43	2	$13,475	334	running	STP Oil Treatment / Oil Filters
3	Darrell Waltrip	95	11	$8,765	334	running	Terminal Transport
4	Donnie Allison	88	4	$6,055	334	running	DiGard Racing
5	Bobby Allison	12	8	$5,935	333	running	Coca-Cola
6	Lennie Pond	54	19	$3,995	331	running	Master Chevy Sales
7	Harry Jefferson	97	15	$3,368	330	running	Nall Precision Engineering
8	Dick Trickle	2	31	$3,528	329	running	Deppe Enterprises
9	Bob Burcham	19	22	$2,758	327	running	Gray Racing
10	Dan Daughtry	35	10	$2,928	323	running	DM Construction
11	James Hylton	48	33	$3,287	320	running	Nitro 9
12	Walter Ballard	30	9	$3,362	317	running	Charlotte Truck Drivers School
15	Cecil Gordon	24	41	$2,774	298	running	Gordon Racing
16	Ron Keselowski	99	21	$2,360	275	running	Lubinski Racing
18	Grant Adcox	41	35	$1,965	261	engine	Adcox-Kirby
20	Earl Ross	52	7	$2,570	231	crash	Carling
23	Cale Yarborough	11	5	$5,847	206	engine	Carling
24	Johnny Rutherford	1	17	$749	202	engine	Carling
26	A.J. Foyt	28	6	$2,180	170	engine	Ellington Insulation
27	Benny Parsons	72	25	$4,785	155	alternator	King's Row Fireplace
29	Wally Dallenbach	3	20	$1,395	125	engine	Fox Racing
30	Charlie Glotzbach	90	13	$3,322	121	engine	Truxmore Industries
31	Dave Marcis	71	24	$1,067	111	engine	K & K Insurance
32	Bobby Isaac	17	27	$1,372	81	engine	Isaac Racing
33	Elmo Langley	10	32	$1,037	51	crash	Earl Powell Auto Parts
35	Harry Gant	5	20	$1,129	32	water pump	Faustina Racing
36	Dick Brooks	32	36	$1,105	5	crash	Brooks Racing
37	Buddy Baker	15	3	$3,914	2	crash	R.C. Cola
38	Joe Frasson	18	38	$1,039	2	crash	Pizza Huts of Charlotte
40	Neil Castles	6	37	$1,184	2	crash	Howard Furniture
41	Richard Childress	96	28	$1,494	2	crash	L.C. Newton Trucking