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1961 American Challenge Cup     Post Exhibition or unclassified race Sunday, February 19, 1961 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 10 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (25.000 miles) Time of race: 0:09:41 Average speed: 154.905 mph Pole speed: drew for pole Cautions: none Margin of victory: 36 inches Attendance: 4500 Lead changes: 4 Glossary    Other Exhibition / Unclassified Races

Pos St # Driver Team Sponsor Car Laps Status Led 1 1 8   Joe Weatherly Bud Moore – PT 10 running 2 2 11 22   Fireball Roberts Smokey Yunick – PT 10 running 6 3 5 27   Junior Johnson Rex Lovette Holly Farms PT 10 running 2 4 4 6   Cotton Owens Cotton Owens – PT 10 running 0 5 2 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises – PL 10 running 0 6 10 72   Bobby Johns Shorty Johns – FR 10 running 0 7 7 49   Jack Smith Bob Welborn – PT 10 running 0 8 8 4   Rex White Rex White – CV 10 running 0 9 9 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker – CY 10 running 0 10 6 11   Ned Jarrett B.G. Holloway – CV 10 running 0 11 3 89   Joe Lee Johnson Joe Lee Johnson – CV 10 running 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Junior Johnson 1 2 2   Joe Weatherly 3 3 1   Fireball Roberts 4 9 6   Joe Weatherly 10 10 1