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1961 Volunteer 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 36 of 52
Sunday, July 30, 1961 at Bristol International Speedway, Bristol, TN
500 laps on a 0.500 mile paved track (250.000 miles)

Time of race: 3:39:23
Average speed: 68.373 mph
Pole speed: 79.225 mph

Cautions: 8
Margin of victory: 2 lp 22 sc
Attendance: 25000
Lead changes: 7

Glossary 1961 NASCAR Grand National results / 1961 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	12	46	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'61 Pontiac	500	3025	running	243
2	16	22	Fireball Roberts	Smokey Yunick	'61 Pontiac	498	1325	running	0
3	8	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway	'61 Chevrolet	495	1125	running	0
4	4	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'61 Plymouth	493	800	running	19
5	21	87	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	492	750	running	0
6	11	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore's Garage (Bud Moore)	'61 Pontiac	491	725	running	0
7	13	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook	'61 Chevrolet	490	575	running	0
8	19	44	Jim Paschal	Neil Pontiac (Julian Petty)	'61 Pontiac	485	525	running	0
9	20	26	Sherman Utsman	Sherman Utsman	'61 Ford	481	450	running	0
10	7	75	Tiny Lund	J.D. Braswell	'61 Pontiac	476	400	running	0
11	18	1	Paul Lewis	Jess Potter	'61 Chevrolet	474	350	running	0
12	30	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'61 Chevrolet	465	275	running	0
13	25	19	Herman Beam	Carter County Motor Co. (Herman Beam)	'60 Ford	460	250	running	0
14	36	36	Larry Thomas	Thomason Chevrolet (Wade Younts)	'60 Chevrolet	434	225	running	0
15	41	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'60 Ford	425	150	running	0
16	23	14	Herb Tillman	Adcox Chevrolet (Joe Lee Johnson)	'61 Chevrolet	422	150	spun out	0
17	35	71	Bob Barron	Bob Barron	'60 Dodge	422	150	running	0
18	10	47	Bob Welborn	Boomershine Pontiac (Jack Smith)	'61 Pontiac	416	150	studs	26
19	26	23	Doug Yates	Yates Motor Co. (Raeford Johnson)	'61 Plymouth	414	150	running	0
20	40	33	Reb Wickersham	Reb Wickersham	'60 Oldsmobile	377	150	running	0
21	22	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue	'60 Chevrolet	348	125	running	0
22	2	27	Junior Johnson	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	'61 Pontiac	340	405	rear end	170
23	42	12	Ken Rush	–	'59 Ford	332	125	crash	0
24	31	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'60 Chevrolet	319	125	rear end	0
25	6	4	Rex White	White-Clements (Rex White)	'61 Chevrolet	285	280	engine	42
26	39	64	Bill Morton	Bill Morton	'60 Chevrolet	245	125	rocker arm	0
27	28	71	George Green	Joe Jones	'60 Ford	236	125	con rod	0
28	32	82	Marvin Porter	Henry Dunbar	'61 Ford	235	125	axle	0
29	33	38	Dub Utsman	–	'61 Ford	200	125	rocker arm	0
30	3	3	David Pearson	Daytona Kennel (John Masoni)	'61 Pontiac	198	125	engine	0
31	37	39	Tommy Wells	–	'60 Chevrolet	193	100	engine	0
32	15	29	Nelson Stacy	Ron's Ford Sales / Holt-Stacy (Dudley Farrell)	'61 Ford	182	125	crash	0
33	1	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody Racing	'61 Ford	175	250	rear end	0
34	29	48	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'60 Chevrolet	125	100	engine	0
35	17	76	Larry Frank	LaFayette Motors (Dick Wright)	'61 Ford	107	125	clutch	0
36	34	69	Johnny Allen	B.G. Holloway	'61 Chevrolet	106	100	fire	0
37	5	86	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	78	150	valve	0
38	27	99	George Alsobrook	Joe Jones	'61 Ford	59	100	axle	0
39	9	2	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels	'60 Chevrolet	48	125	overheating	0
40	14	6	Cotton Owens	Cotton Owens	'60 Pontiac	46	125	head gasket	0
41	24	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb	'61 Ford	35	100	handling	0
42	38	25	Layman Utsman	–	'60 Dodge	35	100	handling	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Junior Johnson	1	124	124
Bob Welborn	125	150	26
Jack Smith	151	160	10
Richard Petty	161	179	19
Junior Johnson	180	225	46
Rex White	226	267	42
Jack Smith	268	500	233