1974 INDIANAPOLIS 500

The 58th 500 Mile International Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Sunday, May 26, 1974. Johnny Rutherford, in his eleventh attempt, won the race from the 25th starting position, the farthest back since Louis Meyer in 1936.
The race was run relatively clean, with no major crashes or injuries, a sharp contrast from the tragic 1973 race a year earlier. In order to increase safety, significant improvements were made to the track, and the cars. Wings were reduced in size, and pop-off valves were added to the turbocharger plenums in order to reduce horsepower and curtail speeds.
For the first time in Indy history, the race was scheduled for the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend. This ended the "never on a Sunday" policy previously held from 1911–73. At the time, it was also the earliest calendar date (May 26) that the race had ever been held.
On race day, A. J. Foyt broke the all-time record for most starts at Indianapolis. The 1974 race was his 17th Indy 500 start (all consecutive), breaking the record of 16 previously held by Cliff Bergere and Chet Miller.^[1] Foyt would go on to start a total of 35 consecutive races. Taken from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1974_Indianapolis_500

Starting Lineup:

Row 1	A.J. Foyt	Wally Dallenbach	Mike Hiss
Row 2	Gordon Johncock	Mario Andretti	Mike Mosley
Row 3	Bobby Unser	Tom Sneva	David Hobbs
Row 4	Dick Simon	Gary Bettenhausen	Jimmy Caruthers
Row 5	George Snider	Salt Walther	Steve Krisiloff
Row 6	Bill Vukovich II	Jerry Grant	Lloyd Ruby
Row 7	Jerry Karl	Bill Simpson	Pancho Carter
Row 8	John Martin	Tom Bigelow	Rick Muther
Row 9	Johnny Rutherford	Al Unser	Roger McCluskey
Row 10	Jim Hurtubise	Johnny Parsons	Jim McElreath
Row 11	Bob Harkey	Jan Opperman	Larry Cannon
Other Drivers on Entry List:
Al Loquasto
Bentley Warren
Bill Puterbaugh
Bruce Jacobi
Denny Zimmerman
Eldon Rasmussen
Jigger Sirois
John Cannon
John Mahler
Larry McCoy
Larry Rice
Lee Brayton
Mel Kenyon
Sam Sessions
Race Results:
Finish	Driver	Laps	Status	Prize Money
1	Johnny Rutherford	200	158.589	$245,032
2	Bobby Unser	200	158.278	$99,504
3	Bill Vukovich II	199	Running	$63,811
4	Gordon Johncock	198	Running	$37,079
5	David Hobbs	196	Running	$32,074
6	Jim McElreath	194	Running	$27,970
7	Pancho Carter	191	Running	$27,758
8	Bob Harkey	189	Running	$23,985
9	Lloyd Ruby	187	Out of fuel	$23,182
10	Jerry Grant	175	Running	$22,016
11	John Martin	169	Running	$21,393
12	Tom Bigelow	166	Running	$20,769
13	Bill Simpson	163	Piston	$19,922
14	Mike Hiss	158	Running	$21,697
15	A.J. Foyt	142	Oil fitting	$38,674
16	Roger McCluskey	141	Rear end	$19,097
17	Salt Walther	141	Piston	$18,197
18	Al Unser	131	Valve	$17,492
19	Jerry Karl	115	Accident	$17,333
20	Tom Sneva	94	Drive gear	$19,136
21	Jan Opperman	85	Spun out	$15,617
22	Steve Krisiloff	72	Clutch	$16,026
23	Jimmy Caruthers	64	Gearbox	$16,063
24	Larry Cannon	49	Differential	$15,429
25	Jim Hurtubise	31	Blown engine	$15,324
26	Johnny Parsons	18	Turbocharger	$14,497
27	Rick Muther	11	Piston	$14,748
28	George Snider	7	Valve	$14,027
29	Mike Mosley	6	Blown engine	$16,435
30	Wally Dallenbach	3	Piston	$16,222
31	Mario Andretti	2	Valve	$15,587
32	Gary Bettenhausen	2	Valve	$14,230
33	Dick Simon	1	Valve	$14,551
Lap Leaders:
1 2	Wally Dallenbach
3 24	A.J. Foyt
25-26	Bobby Unser
27-49	A.J. Foyt
50-52	Bobby Unser
53-64	A.J. Foyt
65-125	Johnny Rutherford
126-135	A.J. Foyt
136-137	Johnny Rutherford
138-140	A.J. Foyt
141-175	Johnny Rutherford
176	Bobby Unser
177-200	Johnny Rutherford