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1961 Yankee 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 29 of 52
Saturday, June 17, 1961 at Norwood Arena, Norwood, MA
500 laps on a 0.250 mile paved track (125.000 miles)

Time of race: 2:19:20
Average speed: 53.827 mph
Pole speed: 55.87 mph

Cautions: 1
Margin of victory: .25 lap
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 3

Glossary 1961 NASCAR Grand National results / 1961 standings

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	3	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook	'60 Chevrolet	500	2250	running	361
2	1	4	Rex White	White-Clements (Rex White)	'60 Chevrolet	500	1000	running	125
3	9	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway	'61 Chevrolet	491	800	running	14
4	5	86	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	476	700	running	0
5	4	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'61 Chevrolet	473	600	running	0
6	2	14	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty	'61 Pontiac	467	500	running	0
7	11	90	Buzz Woodward	Buzz Woodward	'59 Ford	456	400	running	0
8	14	27	Dominic Persicketti	Dominic Persicketti	'59 Ford	450	300	running	0
9	13	38	Sammy Packard	Matt DeMatthews	'61 Ford	444	275	running	0
10	8	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'60 Chevrolet	426	250	running	0
11	7	55	Ernie Gahan	John Koszela	'59 Chevrolet	335	225	running	0
12	17	60	Eddie Flemke	–	'61 Dodge	231	175	axle	0
13	12	56	Budd Olsen	Budd Olsen	'60 Chevrolet	168	175	disqualified	0
14	15	64	Harold Wilcox	–	'59 Oldsmobile	112	150	wheel bearing	0
15	10	24	Bob Devine	Walt Shutt	'61 Chevrolet	92	150	rocker arm	0
16	16	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue	'61 Chevrolet	2	150	piston	0
17	6	66	Hoss Kagle	Cafe Burgundy (Ratus Walters)	'60 Ford	2	125	engine	0
18	18	57	Jimmy Mairs	–	'61 Chevrolet	2	125	con rod	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Rex White	1	125	125
Emanuel Zervakis	126	248	123
Ned Jarrett	249	262	14
Emanuel Zervakis	263	500	238