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1961 National 400

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NASCAR Grand National race number 49 of 52
Sunday, October 15, 1961 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
267 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (400.5 miles)

Time of race: 3:20:20
Average Speed: 119.95 mph
Pole Speed: 138.577 mph

Cautions: 3 for 18 laps
Margin of Victory: 1.5 cl
Attendance: 35,821
Lead changes: 13

Glossary 1961 NASCAR Grand National results / 1961 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
29	2	22	Fireball Roberts	Smokey Yunick	'61 Pontiac	113	1,110	crash	107
9	12	27	Junior Johnson	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	'61 Pontiac	256	1,535	wheel	100
3	14	18	Bob Welborn	Bud Moore	'61 Pontiac	267	3,275	running	51
1	6	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'61 Pontiac	267	9,510	running	5
21	1	3	David Pearson	Daytona Kennel (John Masoni)	'61 Pontiac	217	470	fuel pump	4
2	22	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'61 Plymouth	267	4,870	running	0
4	21	6	Cotton Owens	Cotton Owens	'61 Pontiac	266	2,275	running	0
5	13	4	Rex White	White-Clements (Rex White)	'61 Chevrolet	264	1,800	running	0
6	29	42	Darel Dieringer	Petty Enterprises	'61 Plymouth	263	1,375	running	0
7	24	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook	'61 Chevrolet	261	1,250	running	0
8	25	14	Joe Lee Johnson	Joe Lee Johnson	'61 Chevrolet	258	1,125	running	0
10	30	30	J.C. Hendrix	Fred Clark	'60 Chevrolet	254	875	running	0
11	10	21	Speedy Thompson	Wood Brothers	'61 Ford	252	825	engine	0
12	40	15	Johnny Allen	Beau Morgan	'61 Ford	249	650	running	0
13	34	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'61 Chevrolet	243	600	running	0
14	26	5	Woodie Wilson	Leroy Faucett	'61 Pontiac	242	600	running	0
15	36	96	Tiny Lund	J.L. Cheatham	'60 Chevrolet	234	550	running	0
16	32	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'60 Ford	233	450	running	0
17	19	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	232	525	running	0
18	15	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway	'61 Chevrolet	223	550	engine	0
19	31	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue	'59 Chevrolet	221	450	running	0
20	33	77	Joe Jones	Joe Jones	'60 Ford	220	450	running	0
22	42	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'60 Chevrolet	191	350	running	0
23	43	1	George Green	Jess Potter	'61 Chevrolet	175	350	running	0
24	18	32	Elmo Langley	J.L. Cheatham	'61 Ford	169	360	engine	0
25	35	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson	'61 Plymouth	140	350	driveshaft	0
26	5	20	Marvin Panch	Smokey Yunick	'60 Pontiac	136	600	crash	0
27	23	82	Elmo Henderson		'61 Ford	122	310	running	0
28	28	68	Ed Livingston	Curtis Crider	'60 Ford	121	310	running	0
30	20	66	Bill Morgan	Cafe Burgundy (Ratus Walters)	'61 Ford	111	300	crash	0
31	4	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	'61 Ford	104	275	head gasket	0
32	8	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'61 Ford	55	250	crash	0
33	3	94	Banjo Matthews	Banjo Matthews	'61 Ford	54	300	engine	0
34	27	86	Herb Tillman	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	45	275	rear end	0
35	11	9	Bunkie Blackburn	Wildcat Williams	'61 Ford	42	325	crash	0
36	41	80	Tubby Gonzales	Tubby Gonzales	'61 Ford	38	250	engine	0
37	7	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'61 Pontiac	34	550	fuel pump	0
38	38	83	Sal Tovella	Jack Meeks	'61 Ford	31	250	distributor	0
39	39	93	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel	'60 Ford	31	250	head gasket	0
40	37	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'61 Mercury	27	250	engine	0
41	9	29	Nelson Stacy	Holt-Stacy (Dudley Farrell)	'61 Ford	27	400	overheating	0
42	16	2	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels	'61 Chevrolet	20	350	rod	0
43	17	59	Ken Rush	B.G. Holloway	'61 Pontiac	16	275	rocker arm	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
David Pearson	1	3	3
Fireball Roberts	4	73	70
David Pearson	74	74	1
Junior Johnson	75	76	2
Fireball Roberts	77	113	37
Junior Johnson	114	139	26
Bob Welborn	140	179	40
Junior Johnson	180	196	17
Bob Welborn	197	197	1
Junior Johnson	198	199	2
Bob Welborn	200	203	4
Junior Johnson	204	256	53
Bob Welborn	257	262	6
Joe Weatherly	263	267	5

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