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1961 Wilkes 200 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 48 of 52 Sunday, October 1, 1961 at North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro, NC 320 laps on a 0.625 mile paved track (200.000 miles) Time of race: 2:21:43 Average speed: 84.675 mph Pole speed: 94.54 mph Cautions: 4 for 23 laps Margin of victory: 1 lap + Attendance: 9000 Lead changes: 3 Glossary    1961 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1961 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 3 4   Rex White White-Clements   (Rex White) '61 Chevrolet 320 3105 running 201 2 6 18   Fireball Roberts Stephens Pontiac   (Bud Moore) '61 Pontiac 319 1125 running 0 3 13 42   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '61 Plymouth 316 850 running 0 4 1 27   Junior Johnson Holly Farms   (Rex Lovette) '61 Pontiac 315 1265 running 118 5 10 11   Ned Jarrett B.G. Holloway '61 Chevrolet 315 575 running 0 6 14 85   Emanuel Zervakis Monroe Shook '61 Chevrolet 312 450 running 0 7 24 54   Jimmy Pardue Jimmy Pardue '59 Chevrolet 312 400 running 0 8 5 8   Joe Weatherly Stephens Pontiac   (Bud Moore) '61 Pontiac 311 355 running 1 9 18 64   Bill Morton Bill Morton '60 Chevrolet 300 300 running 0 10 20 23   Doug Yates Raeford Johnson '61 Plymouth 299 225 running 0 11 8 2   Tommy Irwin Tom Daniels '61 Chevrolet 296 200 crash 0 12 19 36   Larry Thomas Wade Younts '60 Chevrolet 294 175 running 0 13 21 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '60 Chevrolet 293 150 running 0 14 22 62   Curtis Crider Curtis Crider '61 Mercury 293 140 running 0 15 17 19   Herman Beam Herman Beam '60 Ford 291 125 running 0 16 26 20   Paul Lewis – '60 Chevrolet 262 110 running 0 17 27 74   L.D. Austin L.D. Austin '61 Chevrolet 253 100 overheating 0 18 12 17   Fred Harb Fred Harb '61 Ford 241 100 engine 0 19 23 71   Bob Barron Bob Barron '60 Dodge 218 100 running 0 20 2 21   Banjo Matthews Wood Brothers '61 Ford 202 100 rear end 0 21 4 44   Jim Paschal Julian Petty '61 Pontiac 200 75 driveshaft 0 22 15 14   Johnny Allen Joe Lee Johnson '61 Chevrolet 198 75 crash 0 23 16 48   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '60 Chevrolet 194 75 crash 0 24 7 46   Jack Smith Jack Smith '61 Pontiac 190 75 piston 0 25 11 6   Cotton Owens Cotton Owens '61 Pontiac 189 75 oil pressure 0 26 28 25   John Hamby John Hamby '61 Dodge 120 50 transmission 0 27 9 86   Buck Baker Liquid Basket   (Buck Baker) '61 Chrysler 28 50 engine 0 28 29 97   Harry Leake Harry Leake '60 Chevrolet 26 50 engine 0 29 25 59   Ken Rush B.G. Holloway '61 Pontiac 8 50 engine 0 30 30 12   Joe Jones Bill Lloyd '59 Ford 2 50 handling 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Bob Presnell 5 Bobby Waddell Chevrolet Fred Lorenzen 28 Holman-Moody Ford Nelson Stacy 29 Dudley Farrell Ford Dale Jett 70 Dale Jett Oldsmobile Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Junior Johnson 1 79 79   Joe Weatherly 80 80 1   Junior Johnson 81 119 39   Rex White 120 200 81