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1961 Southeastern 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 50 of 52
Sunday, October 22, 1961 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a 0.500 mile paved track (250.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:27:02
Average speed: 72.452 mph
Pole speed: 80.645 mph

Cautions: 3
Margin of victory: 7 cl
Attendance: 17000
Lead changes: 6

Glossary 1961 NASCAR Grand National results / 1961 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'61 Pontiac	500	3680	running	82
2	8	4	Rex White	White-Clements (Rex White)	'61 Chevrolet	500	2365	running	24
3	18	29	Nelson Stacy	Holt-Stacy (Dudley Farrell)	'61 Ford	500	1525	running	0
4	17	44	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty	'61 Pontiac	498	1125	running	0
5	5	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook	'61 Chevrolet	495	950	running	0
6	16	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway	'61 Chevrolet	491	825	running	0
7	13	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue	'60 Chevrolet	482	725	running	0
8	12	59	Ken Rush	B.G. Holloway	'61 Pontiac	481	675	running	0
9	23	64	Bill Morton	Bill Morton	'60 Chevrolet	481	600	running	0
10	3	18	Bob Welborn	Bud Moore	'61 Pontiac	480	585	running	0
11	20	86	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	480	450	running	0
12	14	48	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'60 Chevrolet	478	400	running	0
13	30	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'61 Chevrolet	474	325	running	0
14	9	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'60 Ford	471	325	running	0
15	36	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'61 Mercury	460	290	running	0
16	33	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'60 Chevrolet	459	280	running	0
17	1	47	Bobby Johns	Jack Smith	'61 Pontiac	457	440	running	49
18	28	16	Brownie King	–	'59 T-Bird	442	250	running	0
19	31	69	Bill Latham	–	'60 Chevrolet	440	250	running	0
20	21	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb	'61 Ford	439	250	engine	0
21	24	46	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'61 Pontiac	421	240	wheel	0
22	26	30	Tiny Lund	Fred Clark	'60 Chevrolet	414	225	rear end	0
23	11	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'61 Plymouth	394	246	rear end	0
24	7	27	Junior Johnson	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	'61 Pontiac	394	495	rear end	294
25	15	14	Joe Lee Johnson	Joe Lee Johnson	'61 Chevrolet	370	225	engine	0
26	4	22	Fireball Roberts	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	'60 Pontiac	323	310	fuel pump	51
27	19	32	Bill Morgan	J.L. Cheatham	'61 Ford	237	225	rear end	0
28	38	1	George Green	Jess Potter	'60 Chevrolet	197	200	engine	0
29	25	96	Johnny Allen	J.L. Cheatham	'60 Chevrolet	169	200	rear end	0
30	10	9	Bunkie Blackburn	Wildcat Williams	'61 Ford	164	225	engine	0
31	22	20	Paul Lewis	–	'61 Chevrolet	149	200	crash	0
32	27	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts	'60 Chevrolet	120	200	crankshaft	0
33	34	25	Gene Blackburn	–	'60 Dodge	117	100	axle	0
34	32	39	Friday Hassler	–	'60 Chevrolet	115	100	rear end	0
35	35	77	Joe Jones	Joe Jones	'60 Ford	111	100	rear end	0
36	29	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson	'61 Plymouth	35	100	fan belt	0
37	6	2	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels	'61 Chevrolet	19	125	crash	0
38	37	88	Allen Franklin	Allen Franklin	'59 Nash	3	100	too slow	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Bobby Johns	1	30	30
Junior Johnson	31	212	182
Bobby Johns	213	231	19
Fireball Roberts	232	282	51
Junior Johnson	283	394	112
Rex White	395	418	24
Joe Weatherly	419	500	82