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1961 Western North Carolina 500

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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.

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