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1961 Southern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 42 of 52 Monday, September 4, 1961 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 364 laps on a 1.375 mile paved track (500.500 miles) Time of race: 4:54:45 Average speed: 117.787 mph Pole speed: 128.68 mph Cautions: 6 for 21 laps Margin of victory: 2.64 sec Attendance: 80000 Lead changes: 19 Glossary    1961 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1961 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 3 29   Nelson Stacy Ron's Ford Sales / Holt-Stacy   (Dudley Farrell) '61 Ford 364 18430 running 72 2 1 22   Fireball Roberts Smokey Yunick '61 Pontiac 364 10670 running 180 3 9 3   David Pearson Daytona Kennel   (John Masoni) '61 Pontiac 363 5060 running 6 4 7 44   Jim Paschal Julian Petty '61 Pontiac 359 2625 running 0 5 20 85   Emanuel Zervakis Monroe Shook '61 Chevrolet 359 2450 running 0 6 33 11   Ned Jarrett B.G. Holloway '61 Chevrolet 354 1500 running 0 7 26 14   Johnny Allen Joe Lee Johnson '61 Chevrolet 348 1195 running 0 8 18 24   Roscoe Thompson James Turner '60 Pontiac 347 1195 running 0 9 6 6   Ralph Earnhardt Cotton Owens '61 Pontiac 346 875 engine 0 10 36 47   Rex White Jack Smith '61 Pontiac 345 925 running 0 11 12 72   Bobby Johns Shorty Johns '61 Ford 344 750 running 0 12 16 66   Bill Morgan Cafe Burgundy   (Ratus Walters) '61 Ford 342 700 running 0 13 32 30   Elmo Langley Fred Clark '60 Chevrolet 341 500 running 0 14 14 27   Junior Johnson Holly Farms   (Rex Lovette) '61 Pontiac 337 450 running 0 15 24 59   Tiny Lund B.G. Holloway '61 Pontiac 323 650 crash 0 16 40 74   L.D. Austin L.D. Austin '61 Chevrolet 321 350 running 0 17 35 54   Jimmy Pardue Jimmy Pardue '60 Chevrolet 316 300 running 0 18 39 62   Curtis Crider Mims Amusement Co.   (Curtis Crider) '61 Mercury 312 750 running 0 19 23 19   Herman Beam Herman Beam '60 Ford 312 250 running 0 20 17 46   Larry Frank Jack Smith '61 Pontiac 273 480 spindle 0 21 25 90   Dave Mader Dave Mader '61 Chevrolet 262 280 timing 0 22 4 8   Joe Weatherly Bud Moore '61 Pontiac 229 370 rf hub 13 23 31 7   Jim Reed Jim Reed '61 Chevrolet 228 200 brakes 0 24 15 86   Buddy Baker Buck Baker '61 Chrysler 221 700 bearings 0 25 34 10   T.C. Hunt Fred Wheat '61 Dodge 206 700 rear end 0 26 5 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '61 Plymouth 201 1110 engine 41 27 11 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '61 Chrysler 190 220 con rod 0 28 21 2   Tommy Irwin Tom Daniels '61 Chevrolet 164 200 rocker arm 0 29 2 28   Fred Lorenzen Holman-Moody Racing '61 Ford 158 950 throttle 52 30 19 52   Cale Yarborough Julian Buesink '61 Ford 135 200 engine 0 31 8 42   Marvin Panch Petty Enterprises '61 Plymouth 94 200 carburetor 0 32 28 82   Marvin Porter Henry Dunbar '61 Ford 85 200 crash 0 33 29 1   Paul Lewis Jess Potter '61 Chevrolet 81 200 crash 0 34 30 5   Woodie Wilson Leroy Faucett '61 Pontiac 79 200 crash 0 35 38 68   Ed Livingston Curtis Crider '61 Ford 79 200 head gasket 0 36 10 94   Banjo Matthews Banjo Matthews '61 Ford 65 430 engine 0 37 22 32   Joe Caspolich J.L. Cheatham '61 Ford 50 200 rear end 0 38 27 80   Darel Dieringer Tubby Gonzales '61 Ford 45 300 rear end 0 39 13 9   Bunkie Blackburn Wildcat Williams '61 Ford 34 200 head gasket 0 40 37 96   Friday Hassler J.L. Cheatham '60 Chevrolet 22 200 brakes 0 41 43 99   George Alsobrook Joe Jones '61 Ford 2 200 handling 0 42 41 75   Red Hollingsworth J.D. Braswell '60 Chevrolet 2 200 handling 0 43 42 93   Lee Reitzel Lee Reitzel '60 Ford 2 200 handling 0

Caution flag breakdown: Condition From Lap To Lap # Of Laps Reason Free Pass 1 67 67     68 69 2   #94 stalled turn 3   70 85 16     86 88 3   #1,5,46,82 accident turn 4   89 202 114     203 204 2   #43 oil on track   205 211 7     212 213 2   #47,46 spun turns 2/4   214 338 125     339 343 5   #59 accident turn 2   344 346 3     347 353 7   #6 spun turn 3   354 364 11       Percent of race run under caution: 5.8%             Average green flag run: 49.0 laps Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Fireball Roberts 1 15 15   Fred Lorenzen 16 63 48   Fireball Roberts 64 79 16   Richard Petty 80 82 3   David Pearson 83 86 4   Fred Lorenzen 87 90 4   Joe Weatherly 91 103 13   Fireball Roberts 104 112 9   Nelson Stacy 113 123 11   Fireball Roberts 124 131 8   Richard Petty 132 169 38   Nelson Stacy 170 182 13   Fireball Roberts 183 225 43   Nelson Stacy 226 240 15   Fireball Roberts 241 258 18   David Pearson 259 260 2   Fireball Roberts 261 276 16   Nelson Stacy 277 302 26   Fireball Roberts 303 357 55   Nelson Stacy 358 364 7