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1961 Buddy Shuman 250

NASCAR Grand National race number 43 of 52
Friday, September 8, 1961 at Hickory Speedway, Hickory, NC
250 laps on a 0.400 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:28:51
Average speed: 67.529 mph
Pole speed: 72.29 mph

Cautions: 2
Margin of victory: 1 lap +
Attendance: 10500
Lead changes: 6

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	4	Rex White	White-Clements (Rex White)	'61 Chevrolet	250	900	running	32
20	2	27	Junior Johnson	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	'61 Pontiac	58	50	crash	58
15	3	7	Joe Weatherly	Elmo Henderson	'60 Pontiac	189	70	ball joint	0
14	4	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue	'60 Chevrolet	194	85	lr axle	0
3	5	86	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	249	375	running	0
17	6	42	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'61 Plymouth	102	60	rear end	0
8	7	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway	'61 Chevrolet	239	150	lr axle	160
4	8	6	Cotton Owens	Cotton Owens	'60 Pontiac	248	275	running	0
7	9	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb	'61 Ford	240	175	running	0
19	10	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson	'59 Plymouth	61	50	clutch	0
5	11	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook	'60 Chevrolet	246	250	running	0
6	12	48	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'60 Chevrolet	242	215	running	0
2	13	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'61 Pontiac	249	525	running	0
13	14	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'60 Ford	221	100	running	0
10	15	93	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel	'60 Ford	225	130	running	0
11	16	3	Mark Hurley	–	'59 T-Bird	224	125	running	0
18	17	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts	'60 Chevrolet	89	50	rear end	0
9	18	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'61 Chevrolet	233	140	running	0
12	19	5	Paul Lewis	–	'59 Chevrolet	222	110	running	0
16	20	71	Bob Barron	Bob Barron	'60 Dodge	162	60	rear end	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Junior Johnson	1	58	58
Rex White	59	60	2
Ned Jarrett	61	189	129
Rex White	190	208	19
Ned Jarrett	209	239	31
Rex White	240	250	11