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1961 Daytona 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Tweet NASCAR Grand National race number 5 of 52 Sunday, February 26, 1961 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL 200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.000 miles) Time of race: 3:20:32 Average speed: 149.601 mph Pole speed: 155.709 mph Cautions: none Margin of victory: 16 sec Attendance: 51287 Lead changes: 9 Glossary    1961 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1961 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 4 20   Marvin Panch Smokey Yunick '60 Pontiac 200 21050 running 13 2 2 8   Joe Weatherly Stephens Pontiac   (Bud Moore) '61 Pontiac 200 9150 running 0 3 17 31   Paul Goldsmith Diesi Pontiac   (Ray Nichels) '61 Pontiac 200 5900 running 0 4 45 80   Fred Lorenzen Independent Garageman's Association   (Tubby Gonzales) '61 Ford 198 3825 running 0 5 6 6   Cotton Owens Hedges Pontiac   (Cotton Owens) '61 Pontiac 198 2975 running 0 6 5 47   Jack Smith Jack Smith '61 Pontiac 197 2075 running 0 7 9 11   Ned Jarrett Dash-Dash-Dash Corp.   (B.G. Holloway) '61 Chevrolet 196 1550 running 0 8 47 69   Johnny Allen Win-Win-Win Corp.   (B.G. Holloway) '61 Chevrolet 196 1050 running 0 9 7 87   Buck Baker Buck Baker '61 Chrysler 196 850 running 0 10 18 59   Tom Pistone Go-Go-Go Corporation   (B.G. Holloway) '61 Pontiac 196 750 running 0 11 29 49   Bob Welborn Bob Welborn '61 Pontiac 194 600 running 0 12 41 4   Rex White Rex White '61 Chevrolet 194 500 running 0 13 16 7   Jim Reed Royal Beach Motel   (Jim Reed) '61 Chevrolet 194 400 running 0 14 46 23   Sal Tovella Sterling Harris Ford   (Bob Rose) '61 Ford 191 350 running 0 15 22 65   Charlie Glotzbach Melvin Black '61 Pontiac 191 350 running 0 16 10 32   Darel Dieringer Ray Nichels '61 Pontiac 191 325 running 0 17 32 52   Tom Dill Julian Buesink '61 Ford 190 325 running 0 18 14 85   Emanuel Zervakis Toots Transfer   (Monroe Shook) '61 Chevrolet 189 300 running 0 19 49 37   Joe Kelly Don House '61 Ford 188 300 running 0 20 1 22   Fireball Roberts Smokey Yunick '61 Pontiac 187 4750 engine 170 21 30 66   David Pearson Tony Lavati '61 Pontiac 186 200 running 0 22 37 30   Friday Hassler Fred Clark '60 Chevrolet 186 200 running 0 23 57 41   Elmo Henderson Charlie Chapman '60 Ford 184 200 running 0 24 31 83   Tim Flock Meilwain Ford   (Jack Meeks) '61 Ford 184 200 running 0 25 38 16   Elmo Langley Happy Steigel '59 Pontiac 184 200 running 0 26 50 88   Harlan Richardson Royal Beach Motel   (Jim White) '61 Ford 184 200 running 0 27 8 94   Banjo Matthews Warrior Motel   (Banjo Matthews) '61 Ford 181 250 crash 3 28 26 91   Robert Roeber R.G. Henschel '60 Pontiac 180 200 running 0 29 34 68   Ed Livingston Curtis Crider '60 Ford 177 200 running 0 30 24 54   Jimmy Pardue Fred Gaddy   (Jimmy Pardue) '60 Chevrolet 176 200 engine 0 31 36 40   Bobby Allison Ralph Stark '60 Chevrolet 175 200 running 0 32 53 64   Paul Parks Spook Crawford '60 Ford 173 200 running 0 33 27 24   Roscoe Thompson James Turner '60 Pontiac 169 200 timing chain 0 34 39 19   Herman Beam Herman Beam '60 Ford 167 200 running 0 35 40 33   Reb Wickersham Flying Rebel Racing   (Reb Wickersham) '60 Oldsmobile 158 200 engine 0 36 15 53   Bob Burdick McKenzie   (Roy Burdick) '61 Pontiac 157 200 engine 0 37 12 89   Joe Lee Johnson Adcox-Kirby Chevrolet   (Joe Lee Johnson) '61 Chevrolet 153 200 engine 0 38 25 76   Larry Frank Dick Wright '60 Ford 152 200 fuel pump 0 39 48 1   Paul Lewis Scruggs Automotive   (Jess Potter) '61 Chevrolet 149 200 running 0 40 28 86   Buddy Baker Buck Baker '61 Chrysler 145 200 running 0 41 54 39   Marshall Sargent Marshall Sargent '59 Pontiac 115 200 transmission 0 42 58 36   Brian Naylor Warner Brothers '60 Ford 85 200 engine 0 43 56 38   Ed Markstellar Bunnell Motor Co.   (Matt DeMatthews) '61 Ford 81 200 oil leak 0 44 13 29   Nelson Stacy Holt-Stacy   (Dudley Farrell) '61 Ford 79 200 engine 7 45 19 2   Tommy Irwin Tom Daniels '60 Chevrolet 67 200 engine 0 46 35 18   Darrell Dake Weldon Wagner '61 Chevrolet 47 200 fuel pump 0 47 43 27   Junior Johnson Holly Farms   (Rex Lovette) '60 Pontiac 44 300 engine 7 48 51 15   Red Hollingsworth Red Hollingsworth '60 Chevrolet 35 200 rocker arm 0 49 3 3   Jim Paschal Daytona Kennel   (John Masoni) '61 Pontiac 30 200 seal 0 50 11 72   Bobby Johns Shorty Johns '61 Ford 26 200 overheating 0 51 55 60   George Tet Tetsuo Fuchigami '60 Ford 24 200 valve 0 52 21 10   T.C. Hunt Fred Wheat '60 Dodge 23 200 engine 0 53 23 62   Curtis Crider Curtis Crider '60 Ford 12 200 oil pressure 0 54 20 75   Don Odell J.D. Braswell '61 Pontiac 10 200 bearing 0 55 33 21   Curtis Turner Courtesy   (Wood Brothers) '61 Ford 6 200 engine 0 56 44 99   Wilbur Rakestraw Joe Jones '61 Ford 5 200 engine 0 57 52 55   Ernie Gahan Air Lift   (John Koszela) '59 Chevrolet 3 200 water pump 0 58 42 50   Ken Johnson James French '60 Ford 3 200 head gasket 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Dave Mader 00 Dave Mader Chevrolet Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises Plymouth Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises Plymouth Jim Hendrickson 56 Charles French Chevrolet Wes Morgan 57 J.J. Divers Chevrolet Pete Boland 63 Pete Boland Ford Johnny Beauchamp 73 Dale Swanson Chevrolet Buzz McCann 77 Buzz McCann Ford Brian Naylor 78 Fred Lovette Pontiac WD Joe Dolphy 61 Dick Johnson Chevrolet Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Fireball Roberts 1 12 12   Banjo Matthews 13 15 3   Nelson Stacy 16 17 2   Fireball Roberts 18 30 13   Nelson Stacy 31 33 3   Junior Johnson 34 37 4   Nelson Stacy 38 39 2   Junior Johnson 40 42 3   Fireball Roberts 43 187 145   Marvin Panch 188 200 13