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1961 Rebel 300

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NASCAR Grand National race number 19 of 52
May 6, 1961 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
219 laps on a 1.375 mile paved track (301.1 miles)

Time of race: 2:31:10
Average Speed: 119.52 mph
Pole Speed: 128.965 mph

Cautions: 1
Margin of Victory: 6 cl
Attendance: 32,000
Lead changes: 16

Glossary 1961 NASCAR Grand National results / 1961 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	28	Fred Lorenzen	Courtesy Ford (Holman-Moody)	'61 Ford	219	8,420	running	69
2	8	21	Curtis Turner	LaFayette Motors (Wood Brothers)	'61 Ford	219	4,600	running	25
3	9	69	Johnny Allen	B.G. Holloway	'61 Chevrolet	218	3,200	running	3
4	10	53	Bob Burdick	Roy Burdick	'61 Pontiac	218	2,400	running	1
5	2	22	Fireball Roberts	Smokey Yunick	'61 Pontiac	218	1,665	running	108
6	17	3	Marvin Panch	Daytona Kennel (John Masoni)	'61 Pontiac	217	1,050	running	0
7	6	6	Ralph Earnhardt	Cotton Owens	'61 Pontiac	216	925	running	6
8	3	94	Banjo Matthews	Banjo Matthews	'61 Ford	215	865	running	1
9	5	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'61 Ford	215	700	running	0
10	11	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway	'61 Chevrolet	215	650	running	0
11	7	29	Nelson Stacy	Holt-Stacy (Dudley Farrell)	'61 Ford	212	500	running	0
12	18	47	Larry Frank	Jack Smith	'61 Pontiac	212	400	running	0
13	14	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook	'61 Chevrolet	211	370	running	0
14	22	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue	'60 Chevrolet	209	300	running	0
15	4	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'61 Pontiac	206	250	running	6
16	26	00	Dave Mader	Dave Mader	'61 Chevrolet	205	275	running	0
17	20	48	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'60 Chevrolet	200	200	running	0
18	21	2	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels	'60 Chevrolet	200	200	running	0
19	25	82	Larry Flynn		'59 Chevrolet	195	200	running	0
20	13	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	192	565	running	0
21	28	68	Ed Livingston	Curtis Crider	'60 Ford	187	200	running	0
22	32	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'61 Mercury	181	500	running	0
23	29	38	Ed Markstellar	Matt DeMatthews	'61 Ford	177	200	running	0
24	12	4	Rex White	White-Clements (Rex White)	'61 Chevrolet	173	340	crash	0
25	15	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	115	200	crash	0
26	24	55	Jimmy Thompson		'59 T-Bird	62	200	crash	0
27	23	52	Tom Dill	Julian Buesink	'61 Ford	46	230	crash	0
28	19	1	Paul Lewis	Jess Potter	'61 Chevrolet	38	200	oil pressure	0
29	30	71	Bobby Waddell	Bob Barron	'60 Dodge	22	220	oil pressure	0
30	16	15	Tim Flock	Beau Morgan	'61 Ford	16	200	handling	0
31	27	61	Elmo Langley	Doc White	'59 T-Bird	14	200	handling	0
32	31	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'61 Plymouth	11	200	engine	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fred Lorenzen	1	5	5
Fireball Roberts	6	9	4
Fred Lorenzen	10	71	62
Joe Weatherly	72	74	3
Ralph Earnhardt	75	75	1
Curtis Turner	76	77	2
Johnny Allen	78	79	2
Banjo Matthews	80	80	1
Fireball Roberts	81	142	62
Curtis Turner	143	146	4
Joe Weatherly	147	149	3
Bob Burdick	150	150	1
Ralph Earnhardt	151	155	5
Johnny Allen	156	156	1
Fireball Roberts	157	198	42
Curtis Turner	199	217	19
Fred Lorenzen	218	219	2

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