1974 Old Dominion 500
The 1974 Old Dominion 500 was a NASCAR Winston Cup Series race that took place on September 29, 1974, at Martinsville Speedway in Martinsville, Virginia.
| Race details | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 27 of 30 in the 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season | |||
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View from turn one and two bleachers | |||
| Date | September 29, 1974 | ||
| Official name | Old Dominion 500 | ||
| Location | Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, Virginia | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 0.525 mi (0.844 km) | ||
| Distance | 500 laps, 262.5 mi (442.4 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures of 84.9 °F (29.4 °C); wind speeds of 11.8 miles per hour (19.0 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 66.232 miles per hour (106.590 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 33,000 | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver |
| Petty Enterprises | |
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | Cale Yarborough | Junior Johnson & Associates | |
| Laps | 288 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 52 | Earl Ross | Junior Johnson & Associates | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | untelevised | ||
| Announcers | none | ||
The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power anymore.
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