| Music City 420 | Date: | 5/12/1974 |
| Finish | Start | CarNo | Driver | Laps | Status | Division: | Cup |
| 1 | 2 | 43 | Richard Petty | 420 | Running |
| 2 | 5 | 88 | Donnie Allison | 420 | Running |
| 3 | 6 | 95 | Darrell Waltrip | 416 | Running |
| 4 | 9 | 57 | Bob Burcham | 415 | Running |
| 5 | 18 | 2 | Dave Marcis | 414 | Running |
| 6 | 8 | 15 | George Follmer | 411 | Accident |
| 7 | 14 | 70 | J.D. McDuffie | 411 | Running |
| 8 | 12 | 05 | David Sisco | 410 | Running |
| 9 | 16 | 14 | Coo Coo Marlin | 408 | Running |
| 10 | 20 | 67 | Buddy Arrington | 404 | Running |
| 11 | 3 | 54 | Lennie Pond | 403 | Running |
| 12 | 22 | 64 | Elmo Langley | 395 | Running |
| 13 | 15 | 19 | Henley Gray | 375 | Running |
| 14 | 4 | 11 | Cale Yarborough | 346 | Engine failure |
| 15 | 10 | 7 | Dean Dalton | 336 | Engine failure |
| 16 | 7 | 72 | Benny Parsons | 312 | Accident |
| 17 | 24 | 40 | D.K. Ulrich | 261 | Accident |
| 18 | 23 | 79 | Frank Warren | 255 | Overheating |
| 19 | 27 | 51 | Jack Donohue | 238 | Engine failure |
| 20 | 1 | 12 | Bobby Allison | 217 | Accident |
| 21 | 17 | 30 | Walter Ballard | 185 | Engine failure |
| 22 | 26 | 5 | Jerry Sisco | 142 | Engine failure |
| 23 | 25 | 9 | Tony Bettenhausen, Jr. | 111 | Rear end |
| 24 | 13 | 48 | James Hylton | 95 | Clutch |
| 25 | 19 | 24 | Cecil Gordon | 79 | Engine failure |
| 26 | 11 | 96 | Richard Childress | 77 | Handling |
| 27 | 28 | 68 | Alton Jones | 70 | Overheating |
| 28 | 21 | 25 | Richie Panch | 56 | Overheating |