NASCAR Grand National standings for 1961

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	Driver	Races	Win	T5	T10	Pole	Laps	Led	Earnings	AvSt	AvFn	Raf	Miles	LLF	Points	Diff
1	Ned Jarrett	46	1	23	34	4	9813	625	41,056	8.3	7.6	35	7,184.43	6	27272
2	Rex White	47	7	29	38	7	10307	1390	56,395	7.6	7.0	40	7,541.87	13	26442	-830
3	Emanuel Zervakis	38	2	19	28	1	9198	386	27,281	10.7	7.8	34	6,663.91	2	22312	-4,960
4	Joe Weatherly	25	9	14	18	3	5790	856	47,078	4.0	7.4	20	5,328.60	10	17894	-9,378
5	Fireball Roberts	22	2	13	14	5	5075	975	50,266	8.2	11.0	14	5,033.18	4	17600	-9,672
6	Junior Johnson	41	7	16	22	10	7016	2602	28,540	6.8	12.1	21	5,227.88	10	17178	-10,094
7	Jack Smith	25	2	10	14	0	4695	278	21,410	10.0	11.2	15	4,097.50	4	15186	-12,086
8	Richard Petty	42	2	18	23	2	7866	703	25,239	8.9	11.0	23	5,391.98	5	14984	-12,288
9	Jim Paschal	23	2	12	16	1	5464	230	18,100	8.3	9.2	16	3,665.03	5	13922	-13,350
10	Buck Baker	42	1	11	15	1	7195	224	13,697	11.1	14.2	22	5,226.43	4	13746	-13,526
11	Jimmy Pardue	44	0	3	16	0	7757	0	10,562	15.9	14.0	29	5,627.93	0	13408	-13,864
12	Johnny Allen	22	0	3	11	1	4508	3	13,127	20.8	15.3	11	4,492.78	0	13114	-14,158
13	David Pearson	19	3	7	8	1	3087	248	51,910	8.8	14.6	10	3,449.41	3	13088	-14,184
14	Bob Welborn	14	0	3	7	0	2996	104	13,487	11.4	11.1	9	3,424.00	2	12570	-14,702
15	Herman Beam	41	0	1	14	0	8827	0	9,392	18.1	13.3	38	6,403.40	0	11382	-15,890
16	Nelson Stacy	15	1	4	8	0	3024	136	27,608	10.5	18.4	8	3,281.00	3	10436	-16,836
17	Ralph Earnhardt	8	0	2	5	0	1664	90	11,473	9.9	11.0	6	2,521.75	2	10182	-17,090
18	Marvin Panch	9	1	3	6	1	1517	140	30,478	6.8	14.3	6	2,575.63	2	9392	-17,880
19	Fred Lorenzen	15	3	6	6	4	2657	803	30,395	5.9	17.3	7	3,039.75	5	9316	-17,956
20	G.C. Spencer	31	0	3	18	0	6221	0	7,363	16.3	13.0	22	3,824.20	0	9128	-18,144
21	Curtis Crider	41	0	1	2	0	5882	0	7,420	21.8	19.3	26	4,186.42	0	8414	-18,858
22	Cotton Owens	17	4	11	11	2	2694	175	11,800	7.5	9.1	12	2,124.08	6	8032	-19,240
23	Tiny Lund	10	0	0	2	0	2583	0	5,545	25.2	16.1	7	2,756.13	0	7740	-19,532
24	Bobby Johns	14	0	1	3	1	2674	63	5,010	9.7	19.2	9	3,084.13	2	7590	-19,682
25	L.D. Austin	20	0	0	8	0	4802	0	4,530	23.6	13.2	17	3,402.25	0	7306	-19,966
26	Tommy Irwin	26	0	3	8	0	3748	166	7,170	13.2	18.5	9	3,234.65	0	7300	-19,972
27	Doug Yates	32	0	2	10	0	5058	0	5,370	16.4	16.7	13	2,991.78	0	5878	-21,394
28	Paul Lewis	21	0	0	5	0	3669	0	4,095	23.4	20.1	11	2,802.78	0	5712	-21,560
29	Bob Barron	31	0	0	5	0	5005	0	3,825	21.5	17.0	19	2,870.14	0	5412	-21,860
30	Elmo Langley	15	0	1	5	0	2826	0	3,530	22.2	15.6	10	3,011.53	0	5376	-21,896
31	Banjo Matthews	14	0	1	3	0	2019	230	5,610	7.3	21.9	2	3,010.15	0	4924	-22,348
32	Wendell Scott	23	0	0	5	0	4364	0	3,240	16.7	15.5	15	2,217.35	0	4726	-22,546
33	Jim Reed	8	0	3	4	0	1735	32	3,350	15.0	14.3	5	1,717.00	1	4705	-22,567
34	Fred Harb	27	0	1	8	0	4039	0	3,460	12.8	16.5	13	2,021.87	0	4526	-22,746
35	Darel Dieringer	7	0	1	2	0	1008	0	3,150	18.1	17.9	3	1,735.38	0	4416	-22,856
36	Bob Burdick	5	1	2	3	0	1086	45	18,750	10.2	15.2	3	1,797.75	2	4382	-22,890
37	Lee Reitzel	17	0	0	3	0	2566	0	2,910	24.1	18.9	12	2,038.67	0	4380	-22,892
38	Tom Pistone	4	0	0	3	0	576	0	2,050	12.5	11.8	3	1,081.00	0	3766	-23,506
39	Buddy Baker	14	0	1	3	0	2370	0	4,965	18.2	18.6	6	2,434.13	0	3668	-23,604
40	Roscoe Thompson	6	0	0	2	0	721	0	2,535	15.3	25.5	2	1,341.13	0	3602	-23,670
41	Woodie Wilson	5	0	0	1	0	828	0	2,625	21.8	18.0	4	1,324.13	0	3580	-23,692
42	Larry Frank	8	0	0	1	0	978	0	2,380	19.3	28.1	3	1,585.38	0	3162	-24,110
43	Larry Thomas	14	0	0	4	0	2830	0	2,065	20.5	15.4	10	1,256.10	0	3140	-24,132
44	Harry Leake	16	0	0	7	0	2376	0	2,000	16.9	14.4	11	1,107.28	0	3092	-24,180
45	Paul Goldsmith	2	0	1	2	0	239	0	6,050	12.0	6.0	2	597.50	2	2930	-24,342
46	Joe Lee Johnson	9	0	0	3	0	1276	0	2,615	16.9	21.2	3	1,461.00	0	2700	-24,572
47	Bill Morgan	5	0	0	1	0	1132	0	1,900	15.6	20.4	2	1,179.25	0	2430	-24,842
48	T.C. Hunt	7	0	0	0	0	940	0	2,750	26.4	28.9	2	1,445.25	0	2430	-24,842
49	Marvin Porter	8	0	1	1	0	1096	0	2,070	20.5	22.3	4	1,251.88	0	2326	-24,946
50	Joe Eubanks	2	0	0	0	0	448	0	1,475	22.5	12.0	2	672.00	0	2320	-24,952
51	Ken Rush	6	0	1	2	0	1586	0	2,325	22.2	20.8	3	1,065.00	0	2300	-24,972
52	George Green	11	0	1	3	0	1926	0	1,635	22.5	16.6	6	1,185.75	0	2056	-25,216
53	Friday Hassler	7	0	0	1	0	939	0	2,175	32.1	26.3	3	1,512.75	0	2052	-25,220
54	Reds Kagle	3	0	0	1	0	720	0	1,495	19.0	21.0	1	963.00	0	1934	-25,338
55	Charlie Glotzbach	4	0	0	0	0	344	0	755	19.5	21.0	2	653.00	0	1648	-25,624
56	Roy Tyner	10	0	0	1	0	1480	0	1,560	27.1	21.9	3	1,354.30	0	1644	-25,628
57	Sal Tovella	4	0	0	0	0	393	0	850	29.5	25.8	2	807.50	0	1624	-25,648
58	Maurice Petty	9	0	2	4	0	1207	0	1,460	14.9	11.3	6	610.95	0	1600	-25,672
59	Bill Morton	6	0	0	3	0	1879	0	1,615	21.8	15.2	5	931.50	0	1592	-25,680
60	Dave Mader	6	0	0	0	0	638	0	880	20.7	27.8	1	790.63	0	1578	-25,694
61	Ed Livingston	10	0	0	0	0	1477	0	1,945	29.7	24.5	5	2,200.85	0	1568	-25,704
62	Speedy Thompson	3	0	0	0	0	440	0	1,100	8.0	23.0	0	660.00	0	1564	-25,708
63	Eddie Gray	4	2	3	3	1	509	87	3,485	2.0	5.0	4	531.54	2	1552	-25,720
64	Glen Wood	6	0	3	3	1	1101	140	2,000	4.5	11.2	3	444.50	2	1540	-25,732
65	Don Noel	4	0	3	3	0	493	0	1,705	8.0	5.3	3	517.92	1	1440	-25,832
66	J.C. Hendrix	2	0	0	1	0	456	0	1,175	31.0	18.5	1	684.00	0	1424	-25,848
67	Eddie Pagan	5	0	1	4	0	581	0	985	13.3	12.6	4	656.74	0	1396	-25,876
68	George Alsobrook	8	0	0	1	0	938	0	1,825	24.4	25.5	1	735.75	0	1392	-25,880
69	Joe Jones	9	0	0	0	0	895	0	1,065	23.3	21.7	3	638.54	0	1350	-25,922
70	Tom Dill	3	0	0	0	0	273	0	630	27.7	20.7	2	630.75	0	1236	-26,036
71	Herb Tillman	5	0	0	0	0	609	0	1,000	20.6	29.0	1	586.50	0	1172	-26,100
72	Danny Weinberg	4	0	2	3	1	446	0	1,185	7.3	8.8	3	453.24	0	1128	-26,144
73	Lloyd Dane	4	1	1	2	0	396	27	1,390	4.0	12.3	3	443.12	1	1032	-26,240
74	Jim Cook	4	0	1	2	0	314	0	925	8.3	12.8	3	420.94	0	1016	-26,256
75	Bob Perry	4	0	1	3	0	424	0	840	19.0	12.3	3	452.14	0	1008	-26,264
76	Elmo Henderson	4	0	0	1	0	583	0	835	26.3	17.0	3	781.50	0	1004	-26,268
77	Ed Markstellar	4	0	0	0	0	626	0	700	39.3	29.8	2	1,005.88	0	998	-26,274
78	Reb Wickersham	8	0	0	1	0	1343	0	1,345	27.1	21.9	5	1,199.13	0	970	-26,302
79	E.J. Trivette	6	0	0	1	0	667	0	700	23.5	20.2	4	360.25	0	944	-26,328
80	Charlie Chapman	6	0	0	0	0	702	0	610	22.5	20.0	4	514.63	0	874	-26,398
81	Jim Bennett	2	0	0	0	0	170	0	500	14.5	22.5	1	351.00	0	870	-26,402
82	Jack Norton	4	0	0	1	0	352	0	590	22.0	14.0	3	417.56	0	864	-26,408
83	Tubby Gonzales	5	0	1	1	0	598	0	1,300	26.6	27.0	1	889.20	0	862	-26,410
84	Bruce Worrell	4	0	0	2	0	391	0	540	10.0	13.3	3	378.86	0	856	-26,416
85	Marshall Sargent	3	0	0	0	0	369	0	450	43.3	29.3	0	689.50	0	850	-26,422
86	Joe Kelly	2	0	0	0	0	200	0	300	33.0	24.5	1	500.00	0	850	-26,422
87	Doug Cox	5	0	0	0	0	367	0	510	23.0	23.4	1	189.50	0	848	-26,424
88	Ernie Gahan	5	0	0	1	0	707	0	750	22.8	22.6	3	347.75	0	810	-26,462
89	Scotty Cain	4	0	0	1	0	218	0	705	6.0	18.0	2	335.46	0	784	-26,488
90	Jim Blomgren	4	0	1	2	0	401	0	590	12.3	14.3	2	405.84	0	768	-26,504
91	Dick Getty	4	0	0	0	0	310	0	500	24.7	16.5	3	331.40	0	728	-26,544
92	Wilbur Rakestraw	5	0	0	1	0	360	0	635	25.6	28.4	1	306.00	0	700	-26,572
93	Dick Smith	3	0	1	1	0	191	0	475	9.0	12.3	2	217.54	0	672	-26,600
94	Dick Cook	3	0	0	0	0	273	0	490	18.0	14.7	2	352.68	0	664	-26,608
95	Frank Secrist	3	0	1	1	0	249	0	750	18.0	16.3	2	313.40	0	650	-26,622
96	Tommy Wells	4	0	1	1	0	727	0	750	24.8	19.8	2	506.50	0	586	-26,686
97	Bob Presnell	5	0	0	1	0	494	0	520	24.0	20.0	2	200.75	0	546	-26,726
98	Art Malone	1	0	0	1	0	484	0	500	15.0	8.0	1	242.00	0	540	-26,732
99	Larry Flynn	1	0	0	0	0	195	0	200	25.0	19.0	1	268.13	0	532	-26,740
100	Sherman Utsman	1	0	0	1	0	481	0	450	20.0	9.0	1	240.50	0	510	-26,762
101	Ron Hornaday	4	0	1	1	0	283	0	325	9.7	20.0	2	219.14	0	504	-26,768
102	Lee Petty	3	1	2	2	1	433	126	1,260	9.7	6.3	2	290.50	1	502	-26,770
103	John Hamby	4	0	0	0	0	745	0	450	26.8	21.5	2	382.00	0	484	-26,788
104	Bobby Allison	4	0	0	0	0	359	0	650	35.8	34.8	2	750.50	0	430	-26,842
105	Wes Morgan	3	0	0	1	0	493	0	405	30.3	22.3	2	572.75	0	426	-26,846
106	Bunkie Blackburn	5	0	0	0	0	478	0	1,175	12.6	30.6	0	484.75	0	422	-26,850
107	Carl Joiner	2	0	0	1	0	220	0	100	13.0	14.5	2	270.00	0	416	-26,856
108	Bob Ross	2	0	1	1	1	112	0	800	1.0	18.0	1	117.20	0	408	-26,864
109	Al Brand	3	0	0	0	0	205	0	155	20.3	21.3	2	178.96	0	408	-26,864
110	Clem Proctor	2	0	0	1	0	100	0	250	25.0	15.0	1	104.74	0	400	-26,872
111	Ed Negre	2	0	0	1	0	308	0	260	16.0	14.5	1	258.40	0	400	-26,872
112	Bob Price	2	0	0	1	0	204	0	180	21.5	14.5	2	149.84	0	384	-26,888
113	Dick Santee	1	0	0	0	0	159	0	400	23.0	11.0	1	222.60	0	360	-26,912
114	Jim Hendrickson	2	0	0	0	0	208	0	275	25.0	20.0	0	349.00	0	360	-26,912
115	Bill Ferrier	2	0	0	0	0	214	0	130	21.0	15.0	1	148.00	0	352	-26,920
116	Chuck Webb	2	0	0	1	0	120	0	200	35.0	20.0	1	129.20	0	328	-26,944
117	Eddie Flemke	1	0	0	0	0	231	0	175	17.0	12.0	0	57.75	0	320	-26,952
118	Jimmy Thompson	3	0	0	0	0	267	0	450	21.7	30.0	0	300.75	0	308	-26,964
119	Buck Fulp	1	0	0	1	0	65	0	175	13.0	7.0	1	97.50	0	304	-26,968
120	Harold Wilcox	1	0	0	0	0	112	0	150	15.0	14.0	0	28.00	0	300	-26,972
121	Bill Latham	1	0	0	0	0	440	0	250	31.0	19.0	1	220.00	0	294	-26,978
122	Bill Clinton	3	0	0	0	0	183	0	145	19.5	22.7	1	101.58	0	288	-26,984
123	Don Odell	2	0	0	1	0	48	0	340	14.5	32.0	1	120.00	0	280	-26,992
124	Bob Devine	1	0	0	0	0	92	0	150	10.0	15.0	0	23.00	0	280	-26,992
125	Gus Newman	2	0	0	0	0	40	0	130	18.5	18.0	1	92.80	0	272	-27,000
126	Crash Bond	1	0	0	0	0	367	0	150	20.0	13.0	1	183.50	0	260	-27,012
127	Robert Roeber	2	0	0	0	0	218	0	315	19.5	20.5	2	545.00	0	250	-27,022
128	Harlan Richardson	4	0	0	0	0	284	0	525	33.8	31.3	2	639.60	0	244	-27,028
129	Mark Hurley	1	0	0	0	0	224	0	125	16.0	11.0	1	89.60	0	240	-27,032
130	Hoss Kagle	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	125	6.0	17.0	0	0.50	0	240	-27,032
131	Marvin Heinis	2	0	0	0	0	132	0	200	20.5	22.0	0	187.16	0	240	-27,032
132	Gene White	1	0	0	0	0	147	0	300	28.0	22.0	1	220.50	0	240	-27,032
133	Pete Boland	2	0	0	0	0	217	0	110	18.0	19.5	1	126.25	0	234	-27,038
134	Homer Galloway	1	0	0	0	0	127	0	110	11.0	12.0	1	42.29	0	224	-27,048
135	Al Disney	1	0	0	0	0	214	0	125	14.0	13.0	1	107.00	0	224	-27,048
136	Dick Bown	1	0	0	0	0	133	0	250	12.0	17.0	1	186.20	0	216	-27,056
137	Ronnie Fones	2	0	0	0	0	217	0	185	17.5	17.5	1	74.75	0	208	-27,064
138	Harvey Hege	1	0	0	0	0	166	0	100	21.0	13.0	1	41.50	0	208	-27,064
139	Hank Tillman	1	0	0	0	0	146	0	300	41.0	23.0	1	219.00	0	180	-27,092
140	T.R. Miller	1	0	0	0	0	96	0	75	19.0	17.0	0	24.00	0	176	-27,096
	Curtis Turner	8	0	1	2	0	1182	180	6,090	10.0	22.8	2	1,257.33	1
	Bobby Waddell	7	0	0	2	0	951	0	1,025	21.1	17.6	3	864.48	0
	Tim Flock	7	0	0	3	0	1227	0	1,605	19.0	21.7	4	1,397.50	0
	Jimmy Mairs	3	0	0	2	0	293	0	510	12.3	11.0	2	73.25	0
	Red Hollingsworth	3	0	0	0	0	70	0	450	41.0	38.0	1	172.75	0
	Dick Miller	2	0	0	0	0	134	0	140	17.5	15.0	1	135.64	0
	Bryant Wallace	2	0	0	0	0	81	0	100	20.0	20.5	0	39.60	0
	Joe Clark	2	0	0	0	0	56	0	25	24.0	24.0	0	60.74	0
	Bunk Moore	2	0	0	0	0	273	0	150	27.5	24.0	0	136.50	0
	Paul Parks	2	0	0	0	0	208	0	200	42.5	28.5	2	520.00	0
	Gene Stokes	2	0	0	0	0	96	0	250	35.5	33.5	0	144.00	0
	Allen Franklin	2	0	0	0	0	8	0	225	31.0	34.0	0	4.00	0
	Brian Naylor	2	0	0	0	0	86	0	200	32.5	37.0	0	215.00	0
	George Tet	2	0	0	0	0	60	0	250	42.0	37.5	1	150.00	0
	Darrell Dake	2	0	0	0	0	54	0	200	28.5	39.5	0	135.00	0
	Ken Johnson	2	0	0	0	0	36	0	250	37.5	40.5	1	90.00	0
	Danny Letner	1	0	1	1	0	175	0	750	33.0	3.0	1	245.00	0
	Buzz Woodward	1	0	0	1	0	456	0	400	11.0	7.0	1	114.00	0
	Kuzie Kuzmanich	1	0	0	1	0	97	0	150		8.0	1	97.00	0
	Dominic Persicketti	1	0	0	1	0	450	0	300	14.0	8.0	1	112.50	0
	Sammy Packard	1	0	0	1	0	444	0	275	13.0	9.0	1	111.00	0
	Jim Stewart	1	0	0	0	0	93	0	100		12.0	1	93.00	0
	Robert Berrier	1	0	0	0	0	137	0	110	17.0	13.0	1	34.25	0
	Budd Olsen	1	0	0	0	0	168	0	175	12.0	13.0	0	42.00	0
	Bob Pronger	1	0	0	0	0	37	0	85	9.0	15.0	0	92.50	0
	Doc Lee	1	0	0	0	0	135	0	75	22.0	15.0	1	33.75	0
	Johnny Beauchamp	1	0	0	0	0	37	0	75	24.0	16.0	0	92.50	0
	Ed Brown	1	0	0	0	0	74	0	50		17.0	0	74.00	0
	David Ezell	1	0	0	0	0	87	0	50	19.0	18.0	0	43.50	0
	Cliff Hill	1	0	0	0	0	31	0	50	14.0	18.0	1	79.98	0
	Bobby Isaac	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	50	15.0	18.0	0	3.00	0
	Brownie King	1	0	0	0	0	442	0	250	28.0	18.0	1	221.00	0
	Keith Wilkinson	1	0	0	0	0	74	0	50		18.0	1	74.00	0
	Jack Hart	1	0	0	0	0	52	0	60	21.0	18.0	0	13.00	0
	Oren Prosser	1	0	0	0	0	73	0	50		19.0	1	73.00	0
	Mike Saathoff	1	0	0	0	0	129	0	200	31.0	19.0	1	180.60	0
	Charles Williamson	1	0	0	0	0	107	0	30	6.0	19.0	0	26.75	0
	Gerald Duke	1	0	0	0	0	39	0	50	11.0	20.0	0	19.50	0
	Harvey Henderson	1	0	0	0	0	153	0	75	21.0	20.0	0	76.50	0
	Bill Whitley	1	0	0	0	0	39	0	50	10.0	20.0	0	9.75	0
	Bill Foster	1	0	0	0	0	61	0	25		21.0	0	61.00	0
	Johnny Roberts	1	0	0	0	0	113	0	75	15.0	21.0	0	56.50	0
	Dick Carter	1	0	0	0	0	119	0	100	29.0	21.0	0	166.60	0
	Mike Mitchell	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	50	23.0	22.0	0	12.90	0
	Paul Lyons	1	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	23.0	23.0	0	1.00	0
	Arley Scranton	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	21.0	23.0	0	7.74	0
	Bob Gossett	1	0	0	0	0	19	0	0	25.0	24.0	0	9.50	0
	Wayne Lambeth	1	0	0	0	0	117	0	125	25.0	24.0	0	58.50	0
	Art Watts	1	0	0	0	0	85	0	100	8.0	26.0	0	119.00	0
	Frank Graham	1	0	0	0	0	140	0	300	31.0	27.0	1	210.00	0
	Jerry Plotts	1	0	0	0	0	30	0	25		27.0	0	30.00	0
	Bill Amick	1	0	0	0	1	25	25	25	1.0	28.0	0	25.00	0
	Clyde Palmer	1	0	0	0	0	16	0	25		29.0	0	16.00	0
	Dub Utsman	1	0	0	0	0	200	0	125	33.0	29.0	0	100.00	0
	Bill McDonald	1	0	0	0	0	180	0	100	29.0	30.0	0	90.00	0
	Cale Yarborough	1	0	0	0	0	135	0	200	19.0	30.0	0	185.63	0
	Dick Baron	1	0	0	0	0	5	0	25		31.0	0	5.00	0
	Freddy Fryar	1	0	0	0	0	116	0	200	46.0	31.0	0	174.00	0
	Tom Guffey	1	0	0	0	0	29	0	0	30.0	32.0	0	40.60	0
	Gene Blackburn	1	0	0	0	0	117	0	100	34.0	33.0	0	58.50	0
	Buzz McCann	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	17.0	33.0	0	2.50	0
	Earl Wilcox	1	0	0	0	0	81	0	0	38.0	35.0	0	40.50	0
	Brownie Brown	1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	24.0	36.0	0	8.40	0
	Joe Caspolich	1	0	0	0	0	50	0	200	22.0	37.0	0	68.75	0
	Jesse James Taylor	1	0	0	0	0	10	0	250	42.0	40.0	0	15.00	0
	Layman Utsman	1	0	0	0	0	35	0	100	38.0	42.0	0	17.50	0
	Johnny Sudderth	1	0	0	0	0	22	0	200	44.0	45.0	0	33.00	0