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1961 Rebel 300 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 19 of 52 Saturday, May 6, 1961 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 219 laps on a 1.375 mile paved track (301.125 miles) Time of race: 2:31:10 Average speed: 119.52 mph Pole speed: 128.965 mph Cautions: 1 Margin of victory: 6 cl Attendance: 32000 Lead changes: 16 Glossary    1961 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1961 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 28   Fred Lorenzen Courtesy Ford   (Holman-Moody Racing) '61 Ford 219 8420 running 69 2 8 21   Curtis Turner LaFayette Motors   (Wood Brothers) '61 Ford 219 4600 running 25 3 9 69   Johnny Allen B.G. Holloway '61 Chevrolet 218 3200 running 3 4 10 53   Bob Burdick Roy Burdick '61 Pontiac 218 2400 running 1 5 2 22   Fireball Roberts Bud Moore's Garage   (Smokey Yunick) '61 Pontiac 218 1665 running 108 6 17 3   Marvin Panch Daytona Kennel   (John Masoni) '61 Pontiac 217 1050 running 0 7 6 6   Ralph Earnhardt Cotton Owens '61 Pontiac 216 925 running 6 8 3 94   Banjo Matthews Warrior Motel   (Banjo Matthews) '61 Ford 215 865 running 1 9 5 72   Bobby Johns Shorty Johns '61 Ford 215 700 running 0 10 11 11   Ned Jarrett B.G. Holloway '61 Chevrolet 215 650 running 0 11 7 29   Nelson Stacy Holt-Stacy   (Dudley Farrell) '61 Ford 212 500 running 0 12 18 47   Larry Frank Jack Smith '61 Pontiac 212 400 running 0 13 14 85   Emanuel Zervakis Monroe Shook '61 Chevrolet 211 370 running 0 14 22 54   Jimmy Pardue Fred Gaddy   (Jimmy Pardue) '60 Chevrolet 209 300 running 0 15 4 8   Joe Weatherly Stephens Pontiac   (Bud Moore) '61 Pontiac 206 250 running 6 16 26 00   Dave Mader Dave Mader '61 Chevrolet 205 275 running 0 17 20 48   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '60 Chevrolet 200 200 running 0 18 21 2   Tommy Irwin Tom Daniels '60 Chevrolet 200 200 running 0 19 25 82   Larry Flynn – '59 Chevrolet 195 200 running 0 20 13 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '61 Chrysler 192 565 running 0 21 28 68   Ed Livingston Curtis Crider '60 Ford 187 200 running 0 22 32 62   Curtis Crider Curtis Crider '61 Mercury 181 500 running 0 23 29 38   Ed Markstellar Matt DeMatthews '61 Ford 177 200 running 0 24 12 4   Rex White White-Clements   (Rex White) '61 Chevrolet 173 340 crash 0 25 15 86   Buddy Baker Headford Motors Inc.   (Buck Baker) '61 Chrysler 115 200 crash 0 26 24 55   Jimmy Thompson – '59 T-Bird 62 200 crash 0 27 23 52   Tom Dill Julian Buesink '61 Ford 46 230 crash 0 28 19 1   Paul Lewis Jess Potter '61 Chevrolet 38 200 oil pressure 0 29 30 71   Bobby Waddell Bob Barron '60 Dodge 22 220 oil pressure 0 30 16 15   Tim Flock Beau Morgan '61 Ford 16 200 handling 0 31 27 61   Elmo Langley Doc White '59 T-Bird 14 200 handling 0 32 31 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '61 Plymouth 11 200 engine 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car DC Cale Yarborough 52 Julian Buesink Ford Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Fred Lorenzen 1 5 5   Fireball Roberts 6 9 4   Fred Lorenzen 10 71 62   Joe Weatherly 72 74 3   Ralph Earnhardt 75 75 1   Curtis Turner 76 77 2   Johnny Allen 78 79 2   Banjo Matthews 80 80 1   Fireball Roberts 81 142 62   Curtis Turner 143 146 4   Joe Weatherly 147 149 3   Bob Burdick 150 150 1   Ralph Earnhardt 151 155 5   Johnny Allen 156 156 1   Fireball Roberts 157 198 42   Curtis Turner 199 217 19   Fred Lorenzen 218 219 2