1961 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Festival 250 Race Results

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1961 - Festival 250 Race Results

Race Name - Festival 250
Date - 7/9/1961
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 251 miles
Pole Speed - 136.088 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps - 12
Average Race Speed - 118.06 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $29,655
Race Number - 33

More Races from 1961

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	5	Fred Lorenzen	28	HolmanMoody	167	61 Ford	52	$7,085
2	7	Bob Welborn	47	Jack Smith	166	61 Pontiac	26	$3,580
3	39	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	164	61 Plymout	0	$2,275
4	21	Emanuel Zervakis	85	Monroe Shook	163	61 Chevrol	0	$1,475
5	12	Jack Smith	46	Jack Smith	161	61 Pontiac	2	$1,310
6	19	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	160	61 Chrysle	0	$1,150
7	23	Friday Hassler	96	JL Cheatham	159	60 Chevrol	0	$1,025
8	20	Buddy Baker	86	Buck Baker	159	61 Chrysle	0	$925
9	30	GC Spencer	48	GC Spencer	158	60 Chevrol	0	$850
10	11	Rex White	4	WhiteClements (Rex White)	157	61 Chevrol	0	$900
11	8	Ralph Earnhardt	6	Cotton Owens	157	61 Pontiac	0	$750
12	1	Fireball Roberts	22	Smokey Yunick	155	61 Pontiac	51	$1,025
13	18	Marvin Porter	82	Henry Dunbar	154	61 Ford	0	$625
14	16	Ned Jarrett	11	BG Holloway	153	61 Chevrol	0	$550
15	15	Woodie Wilson	5	Leroy Faucett	153	61 Pontiac	0	$550
16	26	Paul Lewis	1	Jess Potter	152	61 Chevrol	0	$450
17	33	LD Austin	74	LD Austin	152	61 Chevrol	0	$450
18	24	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	151	60 Ford	0	$450
19	38	Roy Tyner	38	Matt DeMatthews	150	61 Ford	0	$450
20	35	Lee Reitzel	93	Lee Reitzel	149	60 Ford	0	$450
21	29	George Alsobrook	99	Joe Jones	148	61 Ford	0	$300
22	28	Gene White	30	Fred Clark	147	60 Chevrol	0	$300
23	41	Hank Tillman	77		146	60 Ford	0	$300
24	34	Curtis Crider	62	Curtis Crider	145	61 Mercury	0	$300
25	36	Tommy Wells	39		143	60 Chevrol	0	$300
26	40	Johnny Allen	69	BG Holloway	140	61 Chevrol	0	$300
27	31	Frank Graham	2		140	60 Ford	0	$300
28	3	Joe Weatherly	8	Bud Moore	133	61 Pontiac	28	$490
29	37	Bob Barron	71	Bob Barron	123	60 Dodge	0	$300
30	42	Tiny Lund	75	JD Braswell	115	61 Pontiac	0	$300
31	9	Junior Johnson	27	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	109	61 Pontiac	1	$5
32	32	Eddie Pagan	64		89	60 Ford	0	$
33	6	Banjo Matthews	94	Banjo Matthews	82	61 Ford	0	$
34	17	Jim Bennett	15	Beau Morgan	74	61 Ford	0	$
35	13	Bobby Johns	72	Shorty Johns	66	61 Ford	0	$
36	22	Doug Yates	23	Raeford Johnson	48	61 Plymout	0	$
37	4	Nelson Stacy	29	HoltStacy (Dudley Farrell)	36	61 Ford	7	$60
38	25	Jimmy Pardue	54	Jimmy Pardue	28	60 Chevrol	0	$
39	27	TC Hunt	10	Fred Wheat	20	61 Dodge	0	$
40	2	David Pearson	3	Daytona Kennel (John Masoni)	3	61 Pontiac	0	$75
41	10	Roscoe Thompson	24	James Turner	1	60 Pontiac	0	$
42	14	Herb Tillman	89	Joe Lee Johnson	1	61 Chevrol	0	$