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1961 World 600 Qualifier #2

NASCAR Grand National race number 21 of 52
Sunday, May 21, 1961 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
67 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (100.500 miles)

Time of race: 0:52:18
Average speed: 115.591 mph
Pole speed: 136.951 mph

Cautions: 2 for 14 laps
Margin of victory: 6 cl
Attendance: 10000
Lead changes: 3

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	3	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'61 Pontiac	67	800	running	3
2	1	3	Junior Johnson	Daytona Kennel (John Masoni)	'61 Pontiac	67	525	running	12
3	9	46	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'61 Pontiac	66	375	running	0
4	8	29	Nelson Stacy	Holt-Stacy (Dudley Farrell)	'61 Ford	66	275	running	0
5	11	44	Marvin Porter	–	'60 Plymouth	66	250	running	0
6	6	15	Tim Flock	Beau Morgan	'61 Ford	65	215	running	0
7	13	12	Buck Fulp	–	'61 Ford	65	175	running	0
8	12	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'60 Ford	60	150	running	0
9	14	93	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel	'60 Ford	59	140	running	0
10	17	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'61 Chevrolet	57	130	running	0
11	2	21	Curtis Turner	Wood Brothers	'61 Ford	52	125	crash	52
12	4	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	39	110	cut tire	0
13	15	71	Bob Barron	Bob Barron	'60 Dodge	18	100	rear end	0
14	10	89	Joe Lee Johnson	Joe Lee Johnson	'61 Chevrolet	17	85	clutch	0
15	19	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	12	70	clutch	0
16	16	18	Cotton Owens	Bud Moore	'61 Pontiac	11	60	transmission	0
17	5	16	Speedy Thompson	Beau Morgan	'61 Ford	2	50	crash	0
18	7	2	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels	'60 Chevrolet	1	50	crash	0
19	18	31	Gene Stokes	Gene Stokes	'61 Studebaker	1	50	fuel pump	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Curtis Turner	1	52	52
Junior Johnson	53	64	12
Joe Weatherly	65	67	3