During the 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup season, the United States was facing a fuel shortage. To help conserve fuel, NASCAR reduced the length of each race by 10 percent and made other changes. To find the results of the shortened races in the 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup season, see the chart below.
 Donnie Allison's Chevrolet leads Richard Petty's Dodge in the closing stages of the 1974 Daytona 500. See more pictures of NASCAR. |
| Number | Date | Site | Race Winner | Car | Speed |
| 1
|
1/20,26/74 |
Riverside, CA |
Cale Yarborough |
Chevrolet |
101.140 |
| 2 | 2/17/74 |
Daytona Beach, FL |
Richard Petty |
Dodge |
140.894 |
| 3 | 2/24/74 |
Richmond, VA |
Bobby Allison |
Chevrolet |
80.095 |
| 4 | 3/04/74 |
Rockingham, NC | Richard Petty |
Dodge |
121.622 |
| 5 | 3/17/74 |
Bristol, TN | Cale Yarborough |
Chevrolet |
64.533 |
| 6 | 3/24/74 |
Atlanta, GA |
Cale Yarborough |
Chevrolet |
136.910 |
| 7 | 4/07/74 |
Darlington, SC |
David Pearson |
Mercury |
117.543 |
| 8
|
4/21/74 |
N. Wilkesboro, NC | Richard Petty |
Dodge |
96.200 |
| 9
|
4/28/74 |
Martinsville, VA | Cale Yarborough |
Chevrolet |
70.427 |
| 10
|
5/05/74 |
Talladega, AL | David Pearson |
Mercury |
130.320 |
| 11
|
5/11-12/74 |
Nashville, TN |
Richard Petty |
Dodge |
82.240 |
| 12
|
5/19/74 |
Dover, DE |
Cale Yarborough |
Chevrolet |
115.057 |
| 13
|
5/26/74 |
Charlotte, NC |
David Pearson |
Mercury |
135.720 |
| 14
|
6/09/74 |
Riverside, CA | Cale Yarborough |
Chevrolet |
102.489 |
| 15
|
6/16/74 |
Brooklyn, MI | Richard Petty |
Dodge |
127.098 |
| 16
|
7/04/74 |
Daytona Beach, FL | David Pearson |
Mercury |
138.310 |
| 17
|
7/14/74 |
Bristol, TN | Cale Yarborough |
Chevrolet |
75.430 |
| 18
|
7/20/74 |
Nashville, TN |
Cale Yarborough |
Chevrolet |
76.368 |
| 19
|
7/28/74 |
Atlanta, GA | Richard Petty |
Dodge |
131.651 |
| 20
|
8/04/74 |
Pocono, PA |
Richard Petty |
Dodge |
115.593 |
| 21
|
8/11/74 |
Talladega, AL | Richard Petty |
Dodge |
148.637 |
| 22
|
8/25/74 |
Brooklyn, MI |
David Pearson |
Mercury |
133.045 |
| 23
|
9/02/74 |
Darlington, SC | Cale Yarborough |
Chevrolet |
111.075 |
| 24
|
9/08/74 |
Richmond, VA | Richard Petty |
Dodge |
64.430 |
| 25
|
9/15/74 |
Dover, DE | Richard Petty |
Dodge |
113.640 |
| 26
|
9/22/74 |
N. Wilkesboro, NC | Cale Yarborough |
Chevrolet |
80.782 |
| 27
|
9/29/74 |
Martinsville, VA | Earl Ross |
Chevrolet |
66.232 |
| 28 | 10/06/74 | Charlotte, NC | David Pearson | Mercury | 119.911 |
| 29 | 10/20/74 | Rockingham, NC | David Pearson | Mercury | 118.493 |
| 30 | 11/24/74 | Ontario, CA | Bobby Allison | Matador | 134.963 |
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