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1961 World 600

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NASCAR Grand National race number 24 of 52
Sunday, May 28, 1961 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
400 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (600.000 miles)

Time of race: 5:22:29
Average speed: 111.633 mph
Pole speed: 131.611 mph

Cautions: 7 for 57 laps
Margin of victory: 2 laps +
Attendance: 46538
Lead changes: 17

Glossary 1961 NASCAR Grand National results / 1961 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	3	3	David Pearson	Daytona Kennel (John Masoni)	'61 Pontiac	400	24280	running	225
2	10	22	Fireball Roberts	Packer Pontiac (Smokey Yunick)	'61 Pontiac	398	9320	running	6
3	8	4	Rex White	White-Clements (Rex White)	'61 Chevrolet	397	7070	running	0
4	11	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway	'61 Chevrolet	397	4475	running	30
5	25	14	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty	'61 Pontiac	394	3150	running	0
6	39	30	Tiny Lund	Fred Clark	'60 Chevrolet	392	2450	running	0
7	19	46	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'61 Pontiac	392	1710	running	3
8	14	47	Bob Welborn	Jack Smith	'61 Pontiac	392	1350	running	0
9	23	27	Junior Johnson	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	'61 Pontiac	390	1100	running	0
10	2	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'61 Pontiac	389	1040	running	14
11	6	6	Ralph Earnhardt	Hedge's Pontiac (Cotton Owens)	'61 Pontiac	386	1570	running	75
12	30	1	Paul Lewis	Jess Potter	'61 Chevrolet	386	650	running	0
13	33	82	Joe Eubanks	Don Every	'61 Ford	384	1350	running	0
14	37	10	T.C. Hunt	Fred Wheat	'61 Dodge	376	1200	running	0
15	17	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook	'61 Chevrolet	375	400	running	0
16	54	93	Lee Reitzel	Pressley's Garage & Paint Shop (Lee Reitzel)	'60 Ford	371	400	running	0
17	44	61	Elmo Langley	Doc White	'59 T-Bird	371	400	running	0
18	43	96	Friday Hassler	J.L. Cheatham	'60 Chevrolet	368	400	running	0
19	12	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'61 Ford	367	445	running	0
20	7	18	Tommy Irwin	Stephens Pontiac (Bud Moore)	'61 Pontiac	361	500	driveshaft	0
21	38	5	Bobby Waddell	Bobby Waddell	'59 Chevrolet	361	300	running	0
22	41	38	Ed Markstellar	Matt DeMatthews	'61 Ford	360	300	running	0
23	48	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson	'61 Plymouth	358	1100	running	0
24	42	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'60 Ford	357	250	running	0
25	49	57	Wes Morgan	J.I. Divers	'61 Chevrolet	347	250	running	0
26	32	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	342	1000	rear end	0
27	13	53	Bob Burdick	Roy Burdick	'61 Pontiac	338	200	crash	0
28	18	94	Banjo Matthews	Warrior Motel (Banjo Matthews)	'61 Ford	336	250	engine	0
29	36	80	Tubby Gonzales	Tubby Gonzales	'61 Ford	336	200	rear end	0
30	1	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'61 Plymouth	332	670	engine	47
31	26	48	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'60 Chevrolet	325	200	running	0
32	55	71	Bob Barron	Bob Barron	'60 Dodge	291	200	flagged	0
33	21	69	Johnny Allen	Win-Win-Win Corp. (B.G. Holloway)	'61 Chevrolet	283	200	rear end	0
34	29	2	Reds Kagle	Cafe Burgundy (Ratus Walters)	'61 Ford	277	220	crash	0
35	5	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody Racing	'61 Ford	274	275	a frame	0
36	50	9	Roy Tyner	Joe's Grill (Roy Tyner)	'60 Ford	266	200	crash	0
37	24	15	Tim Flock	Beau Morgan	'61 Ford	255	200	engine	0
38	45	68	Ed Livingston	Curtis Crider	'60 Ford	254	200	engine	0
39	35	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue	'60 Chevrolet	221	200	bell housing	0
40	46	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'61 Mercury	203	1000	crankshaft	0
41	9	16	Speedy Thompson	Beau Morgan	'61 Ford	186	225	camshaft	0
42	15	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	147	200	overheating	0
43	4	20	Marvin Panch	Gillman Pontiac (Smokey Yunick)	'60 Pontiac	140	230	crash	0
44	20	21	Curtis Turner	Courtesy Ford (Wood Brothers)	'61 Ford	139	220	crash	0
45	31	44	Marvin Porter	Petty Enterprises	'60 Plymouth	136	200	engine	0
46	22	29	Nelson Stacy	Holt-Stacy (Dudley Farrell)	'61 Ford	128	200	bearing	0
47	34	66	Jimmy Thompson	Cafe Burgundy (Ratus Walters)	'60 Ford	113	200	axle	0
48	53	31	Gene Stokes	Gene Stokes	'61 Studebaker	95	200	oil pressure	0
49	27	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'61 Chevrolet	93	250	valve spring	0
50	16	24	Roscoe Thompson	James Turner	'60 Pontiac	70	200	clutch	0
51	47	40	Bobby Allison	Ralph Stark	'60 Chevrolet	53	200	axle	0
52	28	89	Joe Lee Johnson	Adcox Chevrolet (Joe Lee Johnson)	'61 Chevrolet	40	230	crash	0
53	40	75	Larry Frank	Lyle Stelter	'61 Pontiac	10	225	timing	0
54	51	51	Doug Cox	Doug Cox	'59 T-Bird	6	200	engine	0
55	52	35	E.J. Trivette	M.J. Black	'59 Plymouth	3	200	axle	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Joe Weatherly	1	1	1
David Pearson	2	2	1
Joe Weatherly	3	15	13
Ralph Earnhardt	16	33	18
Jack Smith	34	36	3
Ralph Earnhardt	37	48	12
David Pearson	49	52	4
Ralph Earnhardt	53	69	17
David Pearson	70	80	11
Ned Jarrett	81	110	30
Ralph Earnhardt	111	138	28
David Pearson	139	177	39
Richard Petty	178	200	23
Fireball Roberts	201	206	6
David Pearson	207	247	41
Richard Petty	248	271	24
David Pearson	272	400	129