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1961 Old Dominion 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 47 of 52 Sunday, September 24, 1961 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA 500 laps on a 0.500 mile paved track (250.000 miles) Time of race: 3:59:40 Average speed: 62.586 mph Pole speed: 70.73 mph Cautions: 7 Margin of victory: .75 lap Attendance: 18000 Lead changes: 9 Glossary    1961 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1961 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 27 10 2   Tommy Irwin Tom Daniels '61 Chevrolet 2 125 rocker arm 0 2 2 4   Rex White White-Clements   (Rex White) '61 Pontiac 500 2000 running 58 26 27 5   Bob Presnell Bobby Waddell '59 Chevrolet 5 100 engine 0 4 8 6   Fireball Roberts Cotton Owens '61 Pontiac 496 850 running 2 1 4 8   Joe Weatherly Bud Moore '61 Pontiac 500 3595 running 116 13 6 11   Ned Jarrett B.G. Holloway '61 Chevrolet 407 285 engine 8 24 25 12   Wayne Lambeth Bill Lloyd '59 Ford 117 125 fuel leak 0 14 5 17   Fred Harb Fred Harb '61 Ford 407 275 running 0 12 18 19   Herman Beam Herman Beam '60 Ford 464 275 running 0 20 3 21   Glen Wood Wood Brothers '61 Ford 264 225 rear end 0 15 19 23   Doug Yates Raeford Johnson '61 Plymouth 395 150 transmission 0 16 26 25   John Hamby John Hamby '61 Dodge 395 175 running 0 3 9 27   Junior Johnson Holly Farms   (Rex Lovette) '61 Pontiac 499 1570 running 259 18 1 28   Fred Lorenzen Holman-Moody Racing '61 Ford 300 350 rear end 57 28 20 34   Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '60 Chevrolet 1 100 crash 0 9 24 36   Larry Thomas Wade Younts '60 Chevrolet 476 425 running 0 8 15 42   Art Malone Petty Enterprises '61 Plymouth 484 500 running 0 17 7 43   Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '61 Plymouth 319 175 engine 0 19 14 44   Jim Paschal Julian Petty '61 Pontiac 284 150 rear end 0 11 21 48   G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '60 Chevrolet 469 425 running 0 6 11 54   Jimmy Pardue Jimmy Pardue '60 Chevrolet 494 650 running 0 5 16 59   Ken Rush B.G. Holloway '61 Pontiac 494 750 running 0 25 23 62   Curtis Crider Curtis Crider '61 Mercury 17 135 overheating 0 10 17 64   Bill Morton Bill Morton '60 Chevrolet 473 365 running 0 23 28 71   Bob Barron Bob Barron '60 Dodge 120 100 handling 0 22 22 74   L.D. Austin L.D. Austin '61 Chevrolet 179 150 engine 0 29 29 77   Joe Jones Joe Jones '60 Ford 0 125 engine 0 7 12 85   Emanuel Zervakis Monroe Shook '61 Chevrolet 492 550 running 0 21 13 86   Buck Baker Buck Baker '61 Chrysler 214 100 rocker arm 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car WD Bunkie Blackburn 9 Wildcat Williams Ford WD Johnny Allen 14 Joe Lee Johnson Chevrolet WD Bob Welborn 46 Jack Smith Pontiac WD Allen Franklin 88 Allen Franklin Rambler WD Johnny Roberts 90 Junie Donlavey Ford Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Fred Lorenzen 1 57 57   Junior Johnson 58 112 55   Joe Weatherly 113 127 15   Fireball Roberts 128 129 2   Ned Jarrett 130 137 8   Junior Johnson 138 299 162   Joe Weatherly 300 317 18   Junior Johnson 318 359 42   Rex White 360 417 58   Joe Weatherly 418 500 83