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1961 - Western North Carolina 500 Race Results


Race Name - Western North Carolina 500
Date - 8/13/1961
Race Track - Asheville-Weaverville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 129 miles
Pole Speed - 80.43 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 65.704 mph
Lead Changes - 1
Total Race Purse - $12,950
Race Number - 39
 More Races from 1961
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Junior Johnson 27 Holly Farms (Rex Lovette) 258 60 Pontiac 258 $2,000
2 5 Joe Weatherly 8 Bud Moore 255 61 Pontiac 0 $1,400
3 11 Rex White 4 WhiteClements (Rex White) 254 61 Chevrol 0 $1,100
4 9 Ned Jarrett 11 BG Holloway 254 61 Chevrol 0 $850
5 7 Emanuel Zervakis 85 Monroe Shook 254 61 Chevrol 0 $750
6 1 Jim Paschal 44 Julian Petty 254 61 Pontiac 0 $650
7 13 Tommy Irwin 2 Tom Daniels 253 60 Chevrol 0 $600
8 33 Johnny Allen 14 Joe Lee Johnson 253 61 Chevrol 0 $550
9 4 Jack Smith 47 Jack Smith 252 61 Pontiac 0 $455
10 21 Nelson Stacy 29 HoltStacy (Dudley Farrell) 252 61 Ford 0 $425
11 8 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 249 61 Plymout 0 $400
12 15 George Alsobrook 99 Joe Jones 234 61 Ford 0 $375
13 17 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 233 60 Ford 0 $325
14 18 Marvin Porter 82 Henry Dunbar 231 61 Ford 0 $275
15 27 Charlie Chapman 41 Charlie Chapman 228 60 Ford 0 $250
16 16 Buddy Baker 87 Buck Baker 227 61 Chrysle 0 $250
17 21 LD Austin 74 LD Austin 227 61 Chevrol 0 $250
18 26 Harry Leake 97 Harry Leake 227 59 Chevrol 0 $225
19 20 Jimmy Pardue 54 Jimmy Pardue 225 60 Chevrol 0 $225
20 31 Paul Lewis 1 Jess Potter 218 61 Chevrol 0 $220
21 25 Reb Wickersham 33 Reb Wickersham 217 60 Oldsmob 0 $210
22 28 Curtis Crider 62 Curtis Crider 214 60 Ford 0 $200
23 34 John Hamby 25 208 60 Dodge 0 $175
24 35 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 204 60 Chevrol 0 $150
25 32 Bob Presnell 5 200 59 Chevrol 0 $140
26 22 Bill Morton 64 Bill Morton 198 60 Chevrol 0 $100
27 19 GC Spencer 48 GC Spencer 196 60 Chevrol 0 $100
28 6 Buck Baker 86 Buck Baker 185 61 Chrysle 0 $100
29 36 Bunk Moore 58 182 60 Ford 0 $100
30 29 Bill McDonald 148 180 61 Chevrol 0 $100
31 37 Fireball Roberts 59 BG Holloway 144 61 Pontiac 0 $
32 23 Larry Thomas 36 Wade Younts 136 60 Chevrol 0 $
33 3 Fred Harb 17 Fred Harb 135 61 Ford 0 $
34 10 Banjo Matthews 94 Banjo Matthews 102 61 Ford 0 $
35 38 Earl Wilcox 164 81 59 Oldsmob 0 $
36 30 Doug Yates 23 Raeford Johnson 75 61 Plymout 0 $
37 24 Bob Barron 71 Bob Barron 67 60 Dodge 0 $
38 14 Dave Mader 96 JL Cheatham 64 61 Chevrol 0 $