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1961 Daytona 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 5 of 52
February 26, 1961 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 3:20:32
Average Speed: 149.601 mph
Pole Speed: 155.709 mph Cautions: none
Margin of Victory: 16 sec
Attendance: 51,287

Glossary 1961 NASCAR Grand National results / 1961 standings

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Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	4	20	Marvin Panch	Smokey Yunick	'60 Pontiac	200	21,050	running	13
2	2	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'61 Pontiac	200	9,150	running	0
3	17	31	Paul Goldsmith	Ray Nichels	'61 Pontiac	200	5,900	running	0
4	45	80	Fred Lorenzen	Tubby Gonzales	'61 Ford	198	3,825	running	0
5	6	6	Cotton Owens	Cotton Owens	'61 Pontiac	198	2,975	running	0
6	5	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'61 Pontiac	197	2,075	running	0
7	9	11	Ned Jarrett	Dash-Dash-Dash Corp. (B.G. Holloway)	'61 Chevrolet	196	1,550	running	0
8	47	69	Johnny Allen	B.G. Holloway	'61 Chevrolet	196	1,050	running	0
9	7	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	196	850	running	0
10	18	59	Tom Pistone	B.G. Holloway	'61 Pontiac	196	750	running	0
11	29	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	'61 Pontiac	194	600	running	0
12	41	4	Rex White	Rex White	'61 Chevrolet	194	500	running	0
13	16	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'61 Chevrolet	194	400	running	0
14	46	23	Sal Tovella	Bob Rose	'61 Ford	191	350	running	0
15	22	65	Charlie Glotzbach	Melvin Black	'61 Pontiac	191	350	running	0
16	10	32	Darel Dieringer	Ray Nichels	'61 Pontiac	191	325	running	0
17	32	52	Tom Dill	Julian Buesink	'61 Ford	190	325	running	0
18	14	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Toots Transfer (Monroe Shook)	'61 Chevrolet	189	300	running	0
19	49	37	Joe Kelly	Don House	'61 Ford	188	300	running	0
20	1	22	Fireball Roberts	Smokey Yunick	'61 Pontiac	187	4,750	engine	170
21	30	66	David Pearson	Tony Lavati	'61 Pontiac	186	200	running	0
22	37	30	Friday Hassler	Fred Clark	'60 Chevrolet	186	200	running	0
23	57	41	Elmo Henderson	Charlie Chapman	'60 Ford	184	200	running	0
24	31	83	Tim Flock	Meilwain Ford (Jack Meeks)	'61 Ford	184	200	running	0
25	38	16	Elmo Langley	Happy Steigel	'59 Pontiac	184	200	running	0
26	50	88	Harlan Richardson	Jim White	'61 Ford	184	200	running	0
27	8	94	Banjo Matthews	Warrior Motel (Banjo Matthews)	'61 Ford	181	250	crash	3
28	26	91	Robert Roeber	R.G. Henschel	'60 Pontiac	180	200	running	0
29	34	68	Ed Livingston	Curtis Crider	'60 Ford	177	200	running	0
30	24	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue	'60 Chevrolet	176	200	engine	0
31	36	40	Bobby Allison	Ralph Stark	'60 Chevrolet	175	200	running	0
32	53	64	Paul Parks	Spook Crawford	'60 Ford	173	200	running	0
33	27	24	Roscoe Thompson	James Turner	'60 Pontiac	169	200	timing chain	0
34	39	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'60 Ford	167	200	running	0
35	40	33	Reb Wickersham	Reb Wickersham	'60 Oldsmobile	158	200	engine	0
36	15	53	Bob Burdick	McKenzie (Roy Burdick)	'61 Pontiac	157	200	engine	0
37	12	89	Joe Lee Johnson	Joe Lee Johnson	'61 Chevrolet	153	200	engine	0
38	25	76	Larry Frank	Dick Wright	'60 Ford	152	200	fuel pump	0
39	48	1	Paul Lewis	Jess Potter	'61 Chevrolet	149	200	running	0
40	28	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	145	200	running	0
41	54	39	Marshall Sargent	Marshall Sargent	'59 Pontiac	115	200	transmission	0
42	58	36	Brian Naylor	Warner Brothers	'60 Ford	85	200	engine	0
43	56	38	Ed Markstellar	Matt DeMatthews	'61 Ford	81	200	oil leak	0
44	13	29	Nelson Stacy	Holt-Stacy (Dudley Farrell)	'61 Ford	79	200	engine	7
45	19	2	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels	'60 Chevrolet	67	200	engine	0
46	35	18	Darrell Dake	Weldon Wagner	'61 Chevrolet	47	200	fuel pump	0
47	43	27	Junior Johnson	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	'60 Pontiac	44	300	engine	7
48	51	15	Red Hollingsworth	Red Hollingsworth	'60 Chevrolet	35	200	rocker arm	0
49	3	3	Jim Paschal	Daytona Kennel (John Masoni)	'61 Pontiac	30	200	seal	0
50	11	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'61 Ford	26	200	overheating	0
51	55	60	George Tet	Tetsuo Fuchigami	'60 Ford	24	200	valve	0
52	21	10	T.C. Hunt	Fred Wheat	'60 Dodge	23	200	engine	0
53	23	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'60 Ford	12	200	oil pressure	0
54	20	75	Don O'Dell	J.D. Braswell	'61 Pontiac	10	200	bearing	0
55	33	21	Curtis Turner	Courtesy (Wood Brothers)	'61 Ford	6	200	engine	0
56	44	99	Wilbur Rakestraw	Joe Jones	'61 Ford	5	200	engine	0
57	52	55	Ernie Gahan	John Koszein	'59 Chevrolet	3	200	water pump	0
58	42	50	Ken Johnson	James French	'60 Ford	3	200	head gasket	0

Lap leaders: F. Roberts 1-12, B. Matthews 13-15, N. Stacy 16-17, F. Roberts 18-30, N. Stacy 31-33, J. Johnson 34-37, N. Stacy 38-39, J. Johnson 40-42, F. Roberts 43-187, M. Panch 188-200