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1961 Dixie 400

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NASCAR Grand National race number 46 of 52
Sunday, September 17, 1961 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
267 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (400.500 miles)

Time of race: 3:11:39
Average speed: 125.384 mph
Pole speed: 136.294 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 5 sec
Attendance: 30000
Lead changes: 7

Glossary 1961 NASCAR Grand National results / 1961 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	5	3	David Pearson	Daytona Kennel (John Masoni)	'61 Pontiac	267	9330	running	2
2	9	27	Junior Johnson	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	'61 Pontiac	267	4795	running	0
3	1	22	Fireball Roberts	Smokey Yunick	'61 Pontiac	267	3165	running	29
4	13	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'61 Pontiac	264	2250	running	0
5	26	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'61 Plymouth	264	1625	running	0
6	24	14	Johnny Allen	Joe Lee Johnson	'61 Chevrolet	264	1325	running	0
7	27	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway	'61 Chevrolet	264	1225	running	0
8	23	46	Bob Welborn	Jack Smith	'61 Pontiac	264	1100	running	0
9	22	51	Woodie Wilson	Leroy Faucett	'61 Pontiac	262	1000	running	0
10	11	6	Marvin Panch	Cotton Owens	'61 Pontiac	262	875	running	0
11	7	94	Banjo Matthews	Banjo Matthews	'61 Ford	262	1485	engine	163
12	8	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'61 Ford	261	705	running	11
13	14	44	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty	'61 Pontiac	260	650	running	0
14	15	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook	'61 Chevrolet	259	575	running	0
15	30	30	Tiny Lund	Fred Clark	'60 Chevrolet	259	550	running	0
16	3	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'61 Pontiac	256	520	running	4
17	21	59	Ken Rush	B.G. Holloway	'61 Pontiac	255	450	running	0
18	10	4	Rex White	White-Clements (Rex White)	'61 Chevrolet	254	550	running	0
19	2	29	Nelson Stacy	Holt-Stacy (Dudley Farrell)	'61 Ford	243	845	engine	50
20	6	24	Darel Dieringer	James Turner	'60 Pontiac	238	575	crash	0
21	35	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'61 Chevrolet	238	350	running	0
22	37	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'60 Ford	235	350	running	0
23	25	68	Ed Livingston	Curtis Crider	'61 Ford	234	350	running	0
24	36	93	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel	'60 Ford	226	350	running	0
25	16	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	209	375	engine	0
26	20	32	Bill Morgan	J.L. Cheatham	'61 Ford	203	325	piston	0
27	32	78	J.C. Hendrix	Billie Ridgeway (W.J. Ridgeway)	'60 Ford	202	300	con rod	0
28	33	96	Elmo Langley	J.L. Cheatham	'60 Chevrolet	180	300	engine	0
29	12	9	Bunkie Blackburn	Wildcat Williams	'61 Ford	174	375	engine	0
30	28	10	T.C. Hunt	Fred Wheat	'61 Dodge	153	300	engine	0
31	34	48	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'60 Chevrolet	124	250	engine	0
32	38	71	Bob Barron	Bob Barron	'60 Chevrolet	104	250	engine	0
33	39	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson	'61 Plymouth	65	250	oil pressure	0
34	31	99	George Alsobrook	Joe Jones	'61 Ford	63	250	piston	0
35	29	5	Ralph Earnhardt	Leroy Faucett	'60 Pontiac	62	250	transmission	0
36	4	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody Racing	'61 Ford	52	315	crash	8
37	19	90	Dave Mader	Dave Mader	'61 Chevrolet	51	250	crash	0
38	17	80	Tubby Gonzales	Tubby Gonzales	'61 Ford	47	250	engine	0
39	18	86	Herb Tillman	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	46	275	oil pressure	0
40	42	15	Jesse James Taylor	Beau Morgan	'61 Ford	10	250	engine	0
41	41	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'61 Mercury	3	200	bearing	0
42	40	2	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels	'61 Chevrolet	0	200	piston	0

Pos	Name	Nbr	Sponsor	Owner	Car
Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes:
	Tony Lavati	66		Tony Lavati	Pontiac

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fireball Roberts	1	27	27
Fred Lorenzen	28	35	8
Nelson Stacy	36	52	17
Joe Weatherly	53	56	4
Banjo Matthews	57	199	143
Bobby Johns	200	210	11
Nelson Stacy	211	243	33
Banjo Matthews	244	263	20
Fireball Roberts	264	265	2
David Pearson	266	267	2