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1961 Daytona 500 Qualifier #2

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NASCAR Grand National race number 4 of 52
Friday, February 24, 1961 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
40 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 0:39:16
Average speed: 152.671 mph
Pole speed: 154.122 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 3 cl
Attendance: 17500
Lead changes: 8

Glossary 1961 NASCAR Grand National results / 1961 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'61 Pontiac	40	1000	running	3
2	5	20	Marvin Panch	Smokey Yunick	'60 Pontiac	40	600	running	0
3	3	6	Cotton Owens	Cotton Owens	'61 Pontiac	40	400	running	0
4	4	94	Banjo Matthews	Warrior Motel (Banjo Matthews)	'61 Ford	39	300	crash	22
5	12	32	Darel Dieringer	Ray Nichels	'61 Pontiac	39	275	running	0
6	20	89	Joe Lee Johnson	Joe Lee Johnson	'61 Chevrolet	39	250	running	0
7	16	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Toots Transfer (Monroe Shook)	'61 Chevrolet	39	200	running	0
8	22	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'61 Chevrolet	39	175	running	0
9	6	59	Tom Pistone	B.G. Holloway	'61 Pontiac	38	150	running	0
10	9	75	Don Odell	J.D. Braswell	'61 Pontiac	38	140	running	0
11	10	65	Charlie Glotzbach	Melvin Black	'61 Pontiac	38	135	running	0
12	25	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue	'60 Chevrolet	38	125	running	0
13	13	91	Robert Roeber	R.G. Henschel	'60 Pontiac	38	115	running	0
14	21	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	38	100	running	0
15	15	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'61 Plymouth	37	85	crash	0
16	24	73	Johnny Beauchamp	Dale Swanson	'61 Chevrolet	37	75	crash	0
17	8	66	David Pearson	Tony Lavati	'61 Pontiac	37	75	running	0
18	28	52	Tom Dill	Julian Buesink	'61 Ford	37	75	running	0
19	26	68	Ed Livingston	Curtis Crider	'60 Ford	37	50	running	0
20	29	40	Bobby Allison	Ralph Stark	'60 Chevrolet	37	50	running	0
21	27	16	Elmo Langley	Happy Steigel	'59 Pontiac	36	50	running	0
22	30	33	Reb Wickersham	Reb Wickersham	'60 Oldsmobile	36	50	running	0
23	33	50	Ken Johnson	Charles French	'60 Ford	33	50	running	0
24	31	15	Red Hollingsworth	Red Hollingsworth	'60 Chevrolet	33	50	running	0
25	18	23	Sal Tovella	Bob Rose	'61 Ford	27		running	0
26	2	21	Curtis Turner	Courtesy (Wood Brothers)	'61 Ford	21		–	15
27	23	1	Paul Lewis	Jess Potter	'61 Chevrolet	14		–	0
28	11	80	Tubby Gonzales	Independent Garageman's Association (Tubby Gonzales)	'61 Ford	9		–	0
29	19	99	Wilbur Rakestraw	Joe Jones	'61 Ford	8		–	0
30	14	69	Johnny Allen	B.G. Holloway	'61 Chevrolet	6		–	0
31	32	36	Frank Secrist	Warner Brothers	'60 Ford	4		–	0
32	7	78	Brian Naylor	Fred Lovette	'60 Pontiac	1		–	0
33	17	77	Buzz McCann	McCann's Auto (Buzz McCann)	'61 Ford	1		–	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Joe Weatherly	1	1	1
Banjo Matthews	2	3	2
Curtis Turner	4	7	4
Banjo Matthews	8	10	3
Curtis Turner	11	21	11
Banjo Matthews	22	33	12
Joe Weatherly	34	34	1
Banjo Matthews	35	39	5
Joe Weatherly	40	40	1