Links for this race (some data may be unavailable):
Race Results	Qualifying Results	Loop Data Stats	Pit Stops
Comments (3)	Video Links (0)	Crew Chiefs

1961-51

NASCAR Grand National race number 51 of 52
Saturday, October 28, 1961 at Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Greenville, SC
200 laps on a 0.500 mile dirt track (100.000 miles)

Time of race: 1:34:43
Average speed: 63.346 mph
Pole speed: 66.667 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of victory: 1 lap +
Attendance: 6000
Lead changes: 3

Pos	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	3	27	Junior Johnson	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	'61 Pontiac	200	950	running	26
2	2	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'61 Pontiac	199	625	running	76
3	10	4	Rex White	White-Clements (Rex White)	'61 Chevrolet	198	425	running	0
4	9	42	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'61 Plymouth	195	275	running	0
5	16	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'61 Mercury	192	250	running	0
6	6	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway	'61 Chevrolet	191	215	running	0
7	15	43	Maurice Petty	Petty Enterprises	'61 Plymouth	190	175	running	0
8	2	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'60 Chevrolet	190	150	running	0
9	11	14	Joe Lee Johnson	Joe Lee Johnson	'61 Chevrolet	188	140	running	0
10	8	44	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty	'61 Pontiac	183	130	rear end	0
11	13	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'60 Ford	181	125	running	0
12	14	93	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel	'60 Ford	181	110	running	0
13	18	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb	'61 Ford	171	100	running	0
14	7	46	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	'61 Pontiac	169	85	crash	0
15	17	77	Joe Jones	Joe Jones	'60 Ford	159	70	running	0
16	5	22	Fireball Roberts	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	'60 Pontiac	116	60	rear end	0
17	1	86	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	98	50	clutch	98
18	4	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue	'59 Chevrolet	51	50	distributor	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Buck Baker	1	98	98
Junior Johnson	99	116	18
Joe Weatherly	117	192	76
Junior Johnson	193	200	8