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1961 World 600 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 24 of 52 Sunday, May 28, 1961 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC 400 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (600.000 miles) Time of race: 5:22:29 Average speed: 111.633 mph Pole speed: 131.611 mph Cautions: 7 for 57 laps Margin of victory: 2 laps + Attendance: 46538 Lead changes: 17 Glossary    1961 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1961 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 3 3   David Pearson Daytona Kennel   (John Masoni) '61 Pontiac 400 24280 running 225 2 10 22   Fireball Roberts Packer Pontiac   (Smokey Yunick) '61 Pontiac 398 9320 running 6 3 8 4   Rex White White-Clements   (Rex White) '61 Chevrolet 397 7070 running 0 4 11 11   Ned Jarrett B.G. Holloway '61 Chevrolet 397 4475 running 30 5 25 14   Jim Paschal Julian Petty '61 Pontiac 394 3150 running 0 6 39 30   Tiny Lund Fred Clark '60 Chevrolet 392 2450 running 0 7 19 46   Jack Smith Jack Smith '61 Pontiac 392 1710 running 3 8 14 47   Bob Welborn Jack Smith '61 Pontiac 392 1350 running 0 9 23 27   Junior Johnson Holly Farms   (Rex Lovette) '61 Pontiac 390 1100 running 0 10 2 8   Joe Weatherly Bud Moore '61 Pontiac 389 1040 running 14 11 6 6   Ralph Earnhardt Hedge's Pontiac   (Cotton Owens) '61 Pontiac 386 1570 running 75 12 30 1   Paul Lewis Jess Potter '61 Chevrolet 386 650 running 0 13 33 82   Joe Eubanks Don Every '61 Ford 384 1350 running 0 14 37 10   T.C. Hunt Fred Wheat '61 Dodge 376 1200 running 0 15 17 85   Emanuel Zervakis Monroe Shook '61 Chevrolet 375 400 running 0 16 54 93   Lee Reitzel Pressley's Garage & Paint Shop   (Lee Reitzel) '60 Ford 371 400 running 0 17 44 61   Elmo Langley Doc White '59 T-Bird 371 400 running 0 18 43 96   Friday Hassler J.L. Cheatham '60 Chevrolet 368 400 running 0 19 12 72   Bobby Johns Shorty Johns '61 Ford 367 445 running 0 20 7 18   Tommy Irwin Stephens Pontiac   (Bud Moore) '61 Pontiac 361 500 driveshaft 0 21 38 5   Bobby Waddell Bobby Waddell '59 Chevrolet 361 300 running 0 22 41 38   Ed Markstellar Matt DeMatthews '61 Ford 360 300 running 0 23 48 23   Doug Yates Raeford Johnson '61 Plymouth 358 1100 running 0 24 42 19   Herman Beam Herman Beam '60 Ford 357 250 running 0 25 49 57   Wes Morgan J.I. Divers '61 Chevrolet 347 250 running 0 26 32 86   Buddy Baker Buck Baker '61 Chrysler 342 1000 rear end 0 27 13 53   Bob Burdick Roy Burdick '61 Pontiac 338 200 crash 0 28 18 94   Banjo Matthews Warrior Motel   (Banjo Matthews) '61 Ford 336 250 engine 0 29 36 80   Tubby Gonzales Tubby Gonzales '61 Ford 336 200 rear end 0 30 1 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '61 Plymouth 332 670 engine 47 31 26 48   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '60 Chevrolet 325 200 running 0 32 55 71   Bob Barron Bob Barron '60 Dodge 291 200 flagged 0 33 21 69   Johnny Allen Win-Win-Win Corp.   (B.G. Holloway) '61 Chevrolet 283 200 rear end 0 34 29 2   Reds Kagle Cafe Burgundy   (Ratus Walters) '61 Ford 277 220 crash 0 35 5 28   Fred Lorenzen Holman-Moody Racing '61 Ford 274 275 a frame 0 36 50 9   Roy Tyner Joe's Grill   (Roy Tyner) '60 Ford 266 200 crash 0 37 24 15   Tim Flock Beau Morgan '61 Ford 255 200 engine 0 38 45 68   Ed Livingston Curtis Crider '60 Ford 254 200 engine 0 39 35 54   Jimmy Pardue Jimmy Pardue '60 Chevrolet 221 200 bell housing 0 40 46 62   Curtis Crider Curtis Crider '61 Mercury 203 1000 crankshaft 0 41 9 16   Speedy Thompson Beau Morgan '61 Ford 186 225 camshaft 0 42 15 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '61 Chrysler 147 200 overheating 0 43 4 20   Marvin Panch Gillman Pontiac   (Smokey Yunick) '60 Pontiac 140 230 crash 0 44 20 21   Curtis Turner Courtesy Ford   (Wood Brothers) '61 Ford 139 220 crash 0 45 31 44   Marvin Porter Petty Enterprises '60 Plymouth 136 200 engine 0 46 22 29   Nelson Stacy Holt-Stacy   (Dudley Farrell) '61 Ford 128 200 bearing 0 47 34 66   Jimmy Thompson Cafe Burgundy   (Ratus Walters) '60 Ford 113 200 axle 0 48 53 31   Gene Stokes Gene Stokes '61 Studebaker 95 200 oil pressure 0 49 27 7   Jim Reed Jim Reed '61 Chevrolet 93 250 valve spring 0 50 16 24   Roscoe Thompson James Turner '60 Pontiac 70 200 clutch 0 51 47 40   Bobby Allison Ralph Stark '60 Chevrolet 53 200 axle 0 52 28 89   Joe Lee Johnson Adcox Chevrolet   (Joe Lee Johnson) '61 Chevrolet 40 230 crash 0 53 40 75   Larry Frank Lyle Stelter '61 Pontiac 10 225 timing 0 54 51 51   Doug Cox Doug Cox '59 T-Bird 6 200 engine 0 55 52 35   E.J. Trivette M.J. Black '59 Plymouth 3 200 axle 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Joe Weatherly 1 1 1   David Pearson 2 2 1   Joe Weatherly 3 15 13   Ralph Earnhardt 16 33 18   Jack Smith 34 36 3   Ralph Earnhardt 37 48 12   David Pearson 49 52 4   Ralph Earnhardt 53 69 17   David Pearson 70 80 11   Ned Jarrett 81 110 30   Ralph Earnhardt 111 138 28   David Pearson 139 177 39   Richard Petty 178 200 23   Fireball Roberts 201 206 6   David Pearson 207 247 41   Richard Petty 248 271 24   David Pearson 272 400 129