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1961 Western North Carolina 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 39 of 52 Sunday, August 13, 1961 at Asheville-Weaverville Speedway, Weaverville, NC 500 laps* on a 0.500 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 1:57:48 Average speed: 65.704 mph Pole speed: 80.43 mph Cautions: 4 Margin of victory: 3 laps + Attendance: 10000 Lead changes: 1 Glossary    1961 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1961 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 27   Junior Johnson Holly Farms   (Rex Lovette) '60 Pontiac 258 2000 running 258 2 5 8   Joe Weatherly Bud Moore '61 Pontiac 255 1400 running 0 3 11 4   Rex White White-Clements   (Rex White) '61 Chevrolet 254 1100 running 0 4 9 11   Ned Jarrett B.G. Holloway '61 Chevrolet 254 850 running 0 5 7 85   Emanuel Zervakis Monroe Shook '61 Chevrolet 254 750 running 0 6 1 44   Jim Paschal Julian Petty '61 Pontiac 254 650 running 0 7 13 2   Tommy Irwin Tom Daniels '60 Chevrolet 253 600 running 0 8 33 14   Johnny Allen Joe Lee Johnson '61 Chevrolet 253 550 running 0 9 4 47   Jack Smith Jack Smith '61 Pontiac 252 455 running 0 10 12 29   Nelson Stacy Ron's Ford / Holt-Stacy   (Dudley Farrell) '61 Ford 252 425 running 0 11 8 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '61 Plymouth 249 400 running 0 12 15 99   George Alsobrook Joe Jones '61 Ford 234 375 crash 0 13 17 19   Herman Beam Herman Beam '60 Ford 233 325 running 0 14 18 82   Marvin Porter Henry Dunbar '61 Ford 231 275 running 0 15 27 41   Charlie Chapman Charlie Chapman '60 Ford 228 250 running 0 16 16 87   Buddy Baker Buck Baker '61 Chrysler 227 250 running 0 17 21 74   L.D. Austin L.D. Austin '61 Chevrolet 227 250 running 0 18 26 97   Harry Leake Harry Leake '59 Chevrolet 227 225 running 0 19 20 54   Jimmy Pardue Jimmy Pardue '60 Chevrolet 225 225 running 0 20 31 1   Paul Lewis Jess Potter '61 Chevrolet 218 220 running 0 21 25 33   Reb Wickersham Reb Wickersham '60 Oldsmobile 217 210 running 0 22 28 62   Curtis Crider Curtis Crider '60 Ford 214 200 running 0 23 34 25   John Hamby John Hamby '60 Dodge 208 175 running 0 24 35 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '60 Chevrolet 204 150 running 0 25 32 5   Bob Presnell Bobby Waddell '59 Chevrolet 200 140 running 0 26 22 64   Bill Morton Bill Morton '60 Chevrolet 198 100 running 0 27 19 48   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '60 Chevrolet 196 100 fuel pump 0 28 6 86   Buck Baker Buck Baker '61 Chrysler 185 100 running 0 29 36 58   Bunk Moore – '60 Ford 182 100 crash 0 30 29 148   Bill McDonald – '61 Chevrolet 180 100 too slow 0 31 37 59   Fireball Roberts B.G. Holloway '61 Pontiac 144   axle 0 32 23 36   Larry Thomas Wade Younts '60 Chevrolet 136   running 0 33 3 17   Fred Harb Fred Harb '61 Ford 135   running 0 34 10 94   Banjo Matthews Banjo Matthews '61 Ford 102   crash 0 35 38 164   Earl Wilcox – '59 Oldsmobile 81   too slow 0 36 30 23   Doug Yates Raeford Johnson '61 Plymouth 75   oil filter 0 37 24 71   Bob Barron Bob Barron '60 Dodge 67   rf hub 0 38 14 96   Dave Mader J.L. Cheatham '61 Chevrolet 64   rf wheel 0 * Race shortened to 258 laps due to track deterioration.

Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Junior Johnson 1 258 258