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1961 Capital City 200 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 44 of 52 Sunday, September 10, 1961 at Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds, Richmond, VA 250 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (125.000 miles) Time of race: 2:01:36 Average speed: 61.677 mph Pole speed: 65.01 mph Cautions: 3 for 13 laps Margin of victory: 2 cl Attendance: n/a Lead changes: 4 Glossary    1961 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1961 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 7 8   Joe Weatherly Bud Moore '61 Pontiac 250 1350 running 101 2 1 27   Junior Johnson Holly Farms   (Rex Lovette) '60 Pontiac 250 850 running 120 3 5 4   Rex White White-Clements   (Rex White) '61 Chevrolet 249 750 running 0 4 2 11   Ned Jarrett B.G. Holloway '61 Chevrolet 249 450 running 0 5 12 44   Jim Paschal Julian Petty '61 Pontiac 248 300 running 28 6 4 85   Emanuel Zervakis Monroe Shook '60 Chevrolet 246 250 running 0 7 3 66   Bill Morgan Cafe Burgundy   (Ratus Walters) '60 Ford 239 225 running 0 8 19 61   Elmo Langley Doc White '59 T-Bird 224 200 running 0 9 9 19   Herman Beam Herman Beam '60 Ford 223 175 running 0 10 17 48   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '60 Chevrolet 219 150 running 0 11 11 23   Doug Yates Raeford Johnson '61 Plymouth 217 150 running 0 12 23 17   Fred Harb Fred Harb '61 Ford 215 125 running 0 13 14 119   Al Disney – '59 Buick 214 125 running 0 14 10 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '60 Chevrolet 201 110 running 0 15 13 86   Buck Baker Buck Baker '61 Chrysler 189 110 running 0 16 20 36   Larry Thomas Wade Younts '60 Chevrolet 176 100 rear end 0 17 6 6   Cotton Owens Cotton Owens '60 Pontiac 171 90 rear end 1 18 8 42   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '61 Plymouth 157 80 engine 0 19 18 74   L.D. Austin L.D. Austin '61 Chevrolet 155 75 spindle 0 20 21 57   Harvey Henderson J.I. Divers '61 Chevrolet 153 75 brakes 0 21 15 90   Johnny Roberts Junie Donlavey '60 Ford 113 75 head gasket 0 22 22 112   Ronnie Fones – '59 Chevrolet 82 75 rear end 0 23 24 5   Jimmy Pardue – '59 Chevrolet 70 75 spindle 0 24 25 71   Bob Barron Bob Barron '60 Dodge 63 75 rear end 0 25 16 62   Curtis Crider Curtis Crider '61 Mercury 7 75 overheating 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Junior Johnson 1 120 120   Joe Weatherly 121 121 1   Cotton Owens 122 122 1   Jim Paschal 123 150 28   Joe Weatherly 151 250 100