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1961 Hickory 250 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 16 of 52 Saturday, April 22, 1961 at Hickory Speedway, Hickory, NC 250 laps on a 0.400 mile dirt track (100.000 miles) Time of race: 1:30:01 Average speed: 66.654 mph Pole speed: 74.074 mph Cautions: 4 for 19 laps Margin of victory: .75 lap Attendance: 10000 Lead changes: 4 Glossary    1961 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1961 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 1 27   Junior Johnson Holly Farms   (Rex Lovette) '61 Pontiac 250 950 running 219 2 8 86   Buck Baker Buck Baker '62 Chrysler 250 625 running 0 3 7 4   Rex White White-Clements   (Rex White) '60 Chevrolet 245 525 running 0 4 23 48   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '60 Chevrolet 245 275 running 0 5 14 54   Jimmy Pardue Jimmy Pardue '59 Chevrolet 242 250 running 0 6 11 61   Elmo Langley Doc White '59 T-Bird 241 215 running 0 7 10 1   Paul Lewis Jess Potter '61 Chevrolet 239 175 running 0 8 6 69   Johnny Allen B.G. Holloway '60 Chevrolet 236 150 running 0 9 15 0   Bobby Waddell Bobby Waddell '59 Dodge 235 140 running 0 10 2 21   Curtis Turner Holly Farms   (Rex Lovette) '60 Pontiac 233 130 running 3 11 17 97   Harry Leake Harry Leake '60 Chevrolet 232 125 running 0 12 9 19   Herman Beam Herman Beam '60 Ford 229 110 running 0 13 22 47   Jack Smith Jack Smith '61 Pontiac 228 110 running 0 14 20 71   Bob Barron Bob Barron '60 Dodge 215 85 running 0 15 21 35   George Green M.J. Black '59 Plymouth 210 70 running 0 16 13 23   Doug Yates Raeford Johnson '59 Plymouth 195 60 transmission 0 17 3 85   Emanuel Zervakis Monroe Shook '60 Chevrolet 190 50 crash 0 18 19 93   Lee Reitzel Lee Reitzel '60 Ford 178 50 a frame 0 19 5 11   Ned Jarrett B.G. Holloway '61 Chevrolet 138 50 a frame 0 20 4 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '60 Plymouth 100 50 radiator 28 21 16 62   Curtis Crider Curtis Crider '60 Ford 47 50 rear end 0 22 12 17   Fred Harb Fred Harb '59 Ford 20 50 a frame 0 23 18 33   Bryant Wallace Reb Wickersham '60 Oldsmobile 9 50 handling 0

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Curtis Turner 1 3 3   Junior Johnson 4 70 67   Richard Petty 71 98 28   Junior Johnson 99 250 152