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The '''''1974 Mason-Dixon 500''''' was the 19th race of the 1976 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. Occurring on 19th May at the Dover Downs International Speedway, the race would ultimately be won by Cale Yarborough in a 1974 Chevrolet, capitalising when Richard Petty retired from the lead with fewer than four laps remaining.
The '''''1974 Mason-Dixon 500''''' was the 19th race of the 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. Occurring on 19th May at the Dover Downs International Speedway, the race would ultimately be won by Cale Yarborough in a 1974 Chevrolet, capitalising when Richard Petty retired from the lead with fewer than four laps remaining.


==Background==
==Background==
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==See Also==  
==See Also==  
*[[1960 Daytona Races (lost CBS and NBC televised footage of NASCAR prelude events to Daytona 500; 1960)]]  
*[[1960 Daytona 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1960)]]         
*[[1961 Firecracker 250 (lost ABC footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1961)]]  
*[[1960 Daytona Races (lost CBS and NBC televised footage of NASCAR prelude events to Daytona 500; 1960)]]          
*[[1962 Firecracker 250 (lost ABC footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1962)]]  
*[[1961 Firecracker 250 (lost ABC footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1961)]]    
*[[1962 Daytona 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1962)]]         
*[[1962 Firecracker 250 (lost ABC footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1962)]]          
*[[1963 Firecracker 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1963)]]  
*[[1963 Firecracker 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1963)]]  
*[[1964 Atlanta 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1964)]]  
*[[1963 Richmond 250 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series qualifying session and race; 1963)]]         
*[[1964 Atlanta 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1964)]]          
*[[1964 National 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1964)]]  
*[[1964 National 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1964)]]  
*[[1965 Rebel 300 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1965)]]  
*[[1964 Richmond 250 (lost footage of NASCAR Grand National Series qualifying session; 1964)]]   
*[[1966 National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1966)]]  
*[[1965 Daytona 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1965)]]         
*[[1966 Southern 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1966)]]  
*[[1965 Rebel 300 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1965)]]          
*[[1967 Firecracker 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1967)]]  
*[[1966 National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1966)]]          
*[[1967 Rebel 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1967)]]  
*[[1966 Southern 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1966)]]          
*[[1970 National 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1970)]]  
*[[1967 Firecracker 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1967)]]          
*[[1970 Wilkes 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1970)]]  
*[[1967 Rebel 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1967)]]  
*[[1970 World 600 (lost footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1970)]]  
*[[1970 Alabama 500 (found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1970)]]         
*[[1971 Atlanta 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1971)]]  
*[[1970 National 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1970)]]          
*[[1971 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1971)]]  
*[[1970 Wilkes 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1970)]]          
*[[1971 National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1971)]]  
*[[1970 World 600 (lost footage of NASCAR Grand National Series race; 1970)]]          
*[[1971 Rebel 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1971)]]  
*[[1971 Atlanta 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1971)]]          
*[[1971 Twin 125s (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races; 1971)]]  
*[[1971 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1971)]]      
*[[1971 Myers Brothers 250 (lost footage and official documents of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1971)]]         
*[[1971 National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1971)]]          
*[[1971 Rebel 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1971)]]          
*[[1971 Twin 125s (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races; 1971)]]          
*[[1972 Atlanta 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1972)]]  
*[[1972 Atlanta 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1972)]]  
*[[1972 Firecracker 400 (lost ABC footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1972)]]  
*[[1972 Bowman-Gray 100 (lost footage of NASCAR Grand American Series race; 1972)]]     
*[[1972 National 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1972)]]  
*[[1972 Carolina 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1972)]]   
*[[1972 Rebel 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1972)]]  
*[[1972 Daytona 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1972)]]         
*[[1973 Atlanta 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1973)]]  
*[[1972 Firecracker 400 (lost ABC footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1972)]]          
*[[1973 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1973)]]  
*[[1972 National 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1972)]]          
*[[1974 National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1974)]]  
*[[1972 Rebel 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1972)]]          
*[[1974 Twin 125s (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races; 1974)]]  
*[[1973 Atlanta 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1973)]]          
*[[1975 Dixie 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1975)]]  
*[[1973 Medal of Honor Firecracker 400 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1973)]]                
*[[1975 Firecracker 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1975)]]  
*[[1974 National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1974)]]          
*[[1975 National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1975)]]  
*[[1974 Twin 125s (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races; 1974)]]        
*[[1975 Twin 125s (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races; 1975)]]  
*[[1975 Champion Spark Plug 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1975)]]         
*[[1975 World 600 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1975)]]  
*[[1975 Dixie 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1975)]]          
*[[1976 Atlanta 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]  
*[[1975 Firecracker 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1975)]]          
*[[1976 Dixie 500 (lost CBS footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]  
*[[1975 National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1975)]]          
*[[1976 Firecracker 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]  
*[[1975 Twin 125s (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races; 1975)]]          
*[[1976 National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]
*[[1975 World 600 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1975)]]          
*[[1976 Rebel 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]
*[[1976 Atlanta 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]        
*[[1976 Talladega 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]
*[[1976 Champion Spark Plug 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]         
*[[1976 Winston 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]  
*[[1976 Dixie 500 (lost CBS footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]          
*[[1976 World 600 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]  
*[[1976 Firecracker 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]          
*[[1976 National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]        
*[[1976 Rebel 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]        
*[[1976 Riverside 400 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]         
*[[1976 Talladega 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]        
*[[1976 Winston 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]          
*[[1976 World 600 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1976)]]          
*[[1978 NAPA National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1978)]]  
*[[1978 NAPA National 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1978)]]  
*[[1979 Dixie 500 (lost ABC footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; existence unconfirmed; 1979)]]  
*[[1979 Daytona ARCA 200 (lost footage of ARCA Racing Series race; 1979)]]         
*[[1979 Southeastern 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1979)]]  
*[[1979 Dixie 500 (lost ABC footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; existence unconfirmed; 1979)]]          
*[[1982 Twin 125s race 1 (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying race; existence unconfirmed; 1982)]]  
*[[1979 Southeastern 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1979)]]  
*[[1981 Coca-Cola 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1981)]]   
*[[1981 CRC Chemicals 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1981)]] 
*[[1982 CRC Chemicals 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1982)]]
*[[1982 Eastern 150 (lost footage of NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series race; 1982)]]
*[[1982 Goody's Sportsman 300 (partially found footage of NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series race; 1982)]]         
*[[1982 Twin 125s race 1 (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying race; existence unconfirmed; 1982)]]  
*[[1982 Winston Western 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; existence unconfirmed; 1982)]]
*[[1983 Goody's Sportsman 300 (partially found footage of NASCAR Budweiser Late Model Sportsman Series race; 1983)]] 
*[[1983 Mason-Dixon 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1983)]] 
*[[1983 Southern 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; existence unconfirmed; 1983)]]         
*[[1984 Delaware 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1984)]]  
*[[1984 Delaware 500 (partially found footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1984)]]  
*[[1984 Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; existence unconfirmed; 1984)‎]]  
*[[1984 Goody's Sportsman 300 (lost footage of NASCAR Busch Grand National Series race; 1984)]]         
*[[1985 Twin 125s (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races; existence unconfirmed; 1985)]]  
*[[1984 Warner W. Hodgdon Carolina 500 (lost footage of NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; existence unconfirmed; 1984)‎]]          
*[[1986 Twin 125s (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races; existence unconfirmed; 1986)]]  
*[[1985 Twin 125s (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races; existence unconfirmed; 1985)]]          
*[[1996 DeVilbiss SuperFinish 200 (partially found televised footage of NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race; 1996)]]  
*[[1986 Twin 125s (lost footage of NASCAR Daytona 500 qualifying races; existence unconfirmed; 1986)]]
*[[1989 Busch Clash (lost footage of pre-season NASCAR Winston Cup Series race; 1989)]]
*[[1992 Atlanta 300 (lost footage of NASCAR Busch Grand National Series race; 1992)]]         
*[[1996 DeVilbiss SuperFinish 200 (partially found televised footage of NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series race; 1996)]]
*[[Jeff Gordon's 2008 UAW-Dodge 400 crash (lost on-board footage of NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race crash; 2008)]]
*[[NASCAR (partially found uncut footage of stock car races; 1960-present)]]


==References==  
==References==  
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[[Category:Lost TV]]  
[[Category:Completely lost media]]
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Revision as of 21:29, 24 January 2023

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Program for the race.

Status: Lost

The 1974 Mason-Dixon 500 was the 19th race of the 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Series. Occurring on 19th May at the Dover Downs International Speedway, the race would ultimately be won by Cale Yarborough in a 1974 Chevrolet, capitalising when Richard Petty retired from the lead with fewer than four laps remaining.

Background

The 1974 Mason-Dixon 500 was the 6th running of the event. The annual race typically lasted 500 miles, but a growing energy crisis in the United States led to NASCAR shortening the race to about 450 miles, with 50 laps thus not being scored.[1][2][3] It was one of two 1974 Winston Cup Series races conducted at Dover Downs International Speedway, the other being the Delaware 500,[4] which in 1974 occurred on 15th September and was won by Richard Petty.[5] The race also has ties to the modern DuraMAX Drydene 400, having dropped the Mason-Dixon title from 1984 and being reduced to 400 miles since 1998.[6]

Prior to the race, qualifying commenced with David Pearson winning the pole position with a record speed of 134.403 mph.[7][2][1][3] Directly behind him was Petty, with Yarborough lining up third.[1][2] Yarborough was challenging for the points lead heading into the race, and was aiming to win his fifth event of the Cup Series.[7] Additionally, the estimated 32,000-33,000 in attendance is believed to have broke the record for the largest crowd at a Delaware sports event.[3][7]

The Race

With the starting order decided, the 1974 Mason-Dixon 500 commenced on 19th May.[2] Pearson maintained his lead for the first 18 laps, only for Yarborough to take over on lap 69, leading for 179 laps.[1][2][7] This early dominance was briefly ended by Pearson on lap 248, but Yarborough again controlled the first position for another 11 laps, starting from lap 250.[2][1] Pearson's race would be compromised however, as it turned out that his car was down on horsepower compared to his rivals.[3]

However, Petty also began to emerge as a serious contender, with both him and Yarborough leading considerable numbers of consecutive laps during the mid-point.[7][1][2] But on lap 341, The King again emerged in first, and it seemed that it was going to remain as such.[7][1][3][2] For over 150 laps or almost the remainder of the race,[2] Petty extended his margin ahead of Yarborough and Pearson, despite the latter two's best efforts, causing most in attendance to assume The King was to emerge victorious.[7][1][3] Suddenly, with fewer than four laps remaining, Petty's Dodge suffered an engine failure.[7][1][3] It cruised around until the car finally grinded to a halt with two laps remaining.[7][1][2][3] This enabled Yarborough and Pearson to pass the stricken Dodge.[7][3][1] The former ultimately won his fifth Cup Series race of the season by a 20-second or three-quarter lap margin over the latter, earning $15,500 in prize money.[7][3][1][2] Despite not completing the final two laps, Petty had performed well enough to be classified third.[7][1][2][3] Yarborough gained the points lead as a result of winning the race.[3]

Availability

According to NASCAR on TV, 45 minutes of highlights were televised by ABC on 1st June 1974 as part of its Wide World of Sports, alongside the International Track and Field Championships.[8] However, this broadcast has yet to resurface, and no footage of the race is currently publicly available. Nevertheless, some photos and newspaper clippings remain viewable.[1]

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