Motor Racing
- 22 March – Peter Revson, American F1 driver, killed in a wreck during the South African Grand Prix
- Stock car racing –
- 22 February – Richard Petty wins the Daytona 500 in the #43 Plymouth for Petty Enterprises
- 26 May – David Pearson wins the World 500 in the #21 Mercury for Wood Brothers
- NASCAR Championship – Richard Petty (#43 Plymouth, Petty Enterprises)
- IROC Championship – inaugural title won by Mark Donohue
- USAC Racing
- 26 May – Johnny Rutherford wins the 58th running of the Indianapolis 500 in the Bowes Seal Fast Special McLaren M16-Offenhauser
- driving championship won by Bobby Unser
- Formula One
- Emerson Fittipaldi (Brazil) wins the World Drivers' Championship, driving a McLaren M23-Cosworth.
- McLaren wins the World Constructors' Championship
- Austrian driver Helmut Koinigg is killed during the United States Grand Prix
- 24 hours of Le Mans – Henri Pescarolo / Gérard Larrousse win, sharing a Matra MS670B
- Rally racing – In the first rally to cross the Sahara Desert, the Australian team of Ken Tubman, Andre Welenski, and Jim Reddiex win the World Cup Rally driving a Citroën.
- Drag racing – Top Fuel Dragster won by Don Garlits at the NHRA World Finals
Read more about this topic: 1974 In Sports
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“The motor idles.
Over the immense upland
the pulse of their blossoming
thunders through us.”
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