1961 NASCAR Grand National Results

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20 races on dirt tracks
31 races on paved tracks
1 race on road courses

17 short track races
14 superspeedway races

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#	Date	Site	Cars	Winner(s)	St	Make / Model	Len	Sfc	Miles	Purse	Pole	Cau	Laps	Speed	LC
32	07/04/61	Daytona	30	David Pearson	2	'61 Pontiac	2.500	P	250	28,435	157.150	0	0	154.294	12
4	02/24/61	Daytona	33	Joe Weatherly	1	'61 Pontiac	2.500	P	100	4,575	154.122			152.671	8
5	02/26/61	Daytona	58	Marvin Panch	4	'60 Pontiac	2.500	P	500	65,125	155.709	0	0	149.601	9
20	05/21/61	Charlotte	19	Richard Petty	7	'61 Plymouth	1.500	P	101	3,835	137.480	0	0	133.554	2
3	02/24/61	Daytona	34	Fireball Roberts	1	'61 Pontiac	2.500	P	98	4,575	133.037	5	10	129.711
46	09/17/61	Atlanta	42	David Pearson	5	'61 Pontiac	1.522	P	406	39,960	136.294			125.384	7
9	03/26/61	Atlanta	46	Bob Burdick	7	'61 Pontiac	1.522	P	508	52,885	135.755	2		123.920	9
49	10/15/61	Charlotte	43	Joe Weatherly	6	'61 Pontiac	1.500	P	401	42,050	138.577	3	18	119.950	13
19	05/06/61	Darlington	32	Fred Lorenzen	1	'61 Ford	1.375	P	301	30,625	128.965	1		119.520	16
33	07/09/61	Atlanta	42	Fred Lorenzen	5	'61 Ford	1.522	P	254	29,655	136.088	1	12	118.067
42	09/04/61	Darlington	43	Nelson Stacy	3	'61 Ford	1.375	P	501	57,965	128.680	6	21	117.787	19
21	05/21/61	Charlotte	19	Joe Weatherly	3	'61 Pontiac	1.500	P	101	3,735	136.951	2	14	115.591	3
24	05/28/61	Charlotte	55	David Pearson	3	'61 Pontiac	1.500	P	600	73,855	131.611	7	57	111.633	17
8	03/12/61	Hanford	36	Fireball Roberts	2	'61 Pontiac	1.400	P	249	11,475	98.370			95.621	1
52	10/29/61	Hillsboro	20	Joe Weatherly	1	'61 Pontiac	.900	D	149	5,625	95.154			85.249	2
11	04/02/61	Hillsboro	20	Cotton Owens	3	'60 Pontiac	.900	D	99	3,895	91.836			84.695	3
48	10/01/61	North Wilkesboro	30	Rex White	3	'61 Chevrolet	.625	P	200	10,575	94.540	4	23	84.675	3
14	04/16/61	North Wilkesboro	25	Rex White	2	'61 Chevrolet	.625	P	250	9,700	95.660	6	33	83.248	4
22	05/21/61	Riverside	27	Lloyd Dane	2	'61 Chevrolet	2.580	R	101	3,885	85.210	0	0	82.512
7	03/05/61	Weaverville	15	Rex White	1	'61 Chevrolet	.500	P	100	3,625	79.295	2		72.492	0
50	10/22/61	Bristol	38	Joe Weatherly	2	'61 Pontiac	.500	P	250	19,931	80.645	3		72.452	6
23	05/27/61	Los Angeles	22	Eddie Gray	2	'61 Ford	.500	D	100	3,885	71.940			68.833
36	07/30/61	Bristol	42	Jack Smith	12	'61 Pontiac	.500	P	250	14,885	79.225	8		68.373	7
13	04/09/61	Martinsville	27	Fred Lorenzen	2	'61 Ford	.500	P	75	6,545	70.280	2	4	68.366	1
43	09/08/61	Hickory	20	Rex White	1	'61 Chevrolet	.400	D	100	3,895	72.290	2		67.529	6
16	04/22/61	Hickory	23	Junior Johnson	1	'61 Pontiac	.400	D	100	4,345	74.074	4	19	66.654	4
18	04/30/61	Martinsville	30	Junior Johnson	17	'61 Pontiac	.500	P	250	11,610	71.320	1	6	66.278	2
39	08/13/61	Weaverville	38	Junior Johnson	2	'60 Pontiac	.500	P	129	12,950	80.430			65.704	1
2	11/20/60	Jacksonville	22	Lee Petty	13	'60 Plymouth	.500	D	100	3,985	68.623			64.400	4
51	10/28/61	Greenville	18	Junior Johnson	3	'61 Pontiac	.500	D	100	3,985	66.667			63.346	3
47	09/24/61	Martinsville	29	Joe Weatherly	4	'61 Pontiac	.500	P	250	14,800	70.730	7		62.586	9
17	04/23/61	Richmond	12	Richard Petty	1	'60 Plymouth	.500	D	100	3,670	66.667			62.456	2
34	07/20/61	Columbia	21	Cotton Owens	1	'60 Pontiac	.500	D	100	4,235	67.650			62.198	3
44	09/10/61	Richmond	25	Joe Weatherly	7	'61 Pontiac	.500	D	125	6,115	65.010			61.677
26	06/04/61	Birmingham	13	Ned Jarrett	4	'61 Chevrolet	.500	D	100	3,470	65.910			61.068
1	11/06/60	Charlotte	20	Joe Weatherly	11	'58 Ford	.500	D	100	3,785	63.581	4		59.435	4
6	03/04/61	Spartanburg	18	Cotton Owens	4	'60 Pontiac	.500	D	100	3,785	63.920	3		59.152	4
27	06/08/61	Greenville	26	Jack Smith	7	'61 Pontiac	.500	D	100	3,885	65.480			58.441	1
35	07/22/61	Myrtle Beach	22	Joe Weatherly	1	'61 Pontiac	.500	D	100	4,386	66.690			57.655
37	08/06/61	Nashville	24	Jim Paschal	10	'61 Pontiac	.500	P	202	10,534	76.690	3	172	56.455	2
25	06/02/61	Spartanburg	21	Jim Paschal	11	'61 Pontiac	.500	D	100	3,935	61.250			55.495
29	06/17/61	Norwood	18	Emanuel Zervakis	3	'60 Chevrolet	.250	P	125	8,350	55.870	1		53.827	3
10	04/01/61	Greenville	21	Emanuel Zervakis	2	'60 Chevrolet	.500	D	100	3,935	62.090	4	20	52.189	2
15	04/20/61	Columbia	22	Cotton Owens	2	'60 Pontiac	.500	D	100	4,285	64.380			51.940	1
40	08/18/61	Richmond	19	Junior Johnson	1	'60 Pontiac	.250	P	38	3,885	58.860	1	8	51.605	0
31	06/24/61	Roanoke	20	Junior Johnson	2	'60 Pontiac	.250	P	38	4,285	53.700			49.907
41	08/27/61	South Boston	21	Junior Johnson	3	'60 Pontiac	.250	P	50	3,935	52.630			48.348	2
30	06/23/61	Hartsville	18	Buck Baker	3	'61 Chrysler	.333	D	50	3,775	54.970			46.234
12	04/03/61	Winston-Salem	18	Rex White	2	'60 Chevrolet	.250	P	38	3,835	48.700	1	4	45.500
28	06/10/61	Winston-Salem	22	Rex White	4	'60 Chevrolet	.250	P	50	3,985	47.720	1	5	42.714
38	08/09/61	Winston-Salem	23	Rex White	3	'60 Chevrolet	.250	P	38	3,985	48.050			42.452	2
45	09/10/61	Sacramento	32	Eddie Gray		'61 Ford	1.000	D	100	5,125	79.260			.000	1

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