David Pearson acquired one of his superspeedway victories for the 1974 NASCAR Winston Cup Series season at this event.

The track is a Tri-oval and was constructed by International Speedway Corporation, a business controlled by the France Family, in the 1960s.

Talladega Superspeedway is the longest NASCAR oval with a length of 2.66 miles (4.28 km), and the track at its peak had a seating capacity of 175,000 spectators.

[4] Jerry Schild made his NASCAR Winston Cup Series debut in this event; starting in 37th and finishing 40th.

[4] Gary Bettenhausen was dominating the early portions of the race in an AMC Matador until he got run into in the pits on lap 105.

With a hundred laps in the books, a caution came out as Donnie Allison's clutch burned out and David Sisco's motor went up in smoke.

A young crew member of the Nord Krauskopf team who was pitted nearby, Buddy Parrott, came rushing down to help, while Penske crewmembers John Woodward and Dale Watson were also injured.

[4] Petty and Yarborough had brought out their big block engines thinking that the reliability would pay off, but Pearson running a 351 Cleveland held on for the win.