NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race
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NASCAR's premier series has been known as the NASCAR Cup Series since 2020, previously known as the Monster Energy Cup Series. The NASCAR Sprint Cup Series is the top top racing series of NASCAR. It holds 36 races over the season at tracks loacted in the United States. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1961 - Buddy Shuman 250 Race Results
| Race Name - Buddy Shuman 250Date - 9/8/1961Race Track - Hickory SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.4 milesRace Length (Miles) - 100 milesPole Speed - 72.29 mphNumber of Cautions - 2Caution Laps - Average Race Speed - 67.529 mphLead Changes - 6Total Race Purse - $3,895Race Number - 43 | More Races from 1961 |
| Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
| 1 | 1 | Rex White | 4 | WhiteClements (Rex White) | 250 | 61 Chevrol | 32 | $900 |
| 2 | 13 | Jack Smith | 47 | Jack Smith | 249 | 61 Pontiac | 0 | $525 |
| 3 | 5 | Buck Baker | 86 | Buck Baker | 249 | 61 Chrysle | 0 | $375 |
| 4 | 8 | Cotton Owens | 6 | Cotton Owens | 248 | 60 Pontiac | 0 | $275 |
| 5 | 11 | Emanuel Zervakis | 85 | Monroe Shook | 246 | 60 Chevrol | 0 | $250 |
| 6 | 12 | GC Spencer | 48 | GC Spencer | 242 | 60 Chevrol | 0 | $215 |
| 7 | 9 | Fred Harb | 17 | Fred Harb | 240 | 61 Ford | 0 | $175 |
| 8 | 7 | Ned Jarrett | 11 | BG Holloway | 239 | 61 Chevrol | 160 | $150 |
| 9 | 18 | LD Austin | 74 | LD Austin | 233 | 61 Chevrol | 0 | $140 |
| 10 | 15 | Lee Reitzel | 93 | Lee Reitzel | 225 | 60 Ford | 0 | $130 |
| 11 | 16 | Mark Hurley | 3 | 224 | 59 T-Bird | 0 | $125 | |
| 12 | 19 | Paul Lewis | 5 | 222 | 59 Chevrol | 0 | $110 | |
| 13 | 14 | Herman Beam | 19 | Herman Beam | 221 | 60 Ford | 0 | $100 |
| 14 | 4 | Jimmy Pardue | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | 194 | 60 Chevrol | 0 | $85 |
| 15 | 3 | Joe Weatherly | 7 | Elmo Henderson | 189 | 60 Pontiac | 0 | $70 |
| 16 | 20 | Bob Barron | 71 | Bob Barron | 162 | 60 Dodge | 0 | $60 |
| 17 | 6 | Richard Petty | 42 | Petty Enterprises | 102 | 61 Plymout | 0 | $60 |
| 18 | 17 | Larry Thomas | 36 | Wade Younts | 89 | 60 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |
| 19 | 10 | Doug Yates | 23 | Raeford Johnson | 61 | 59 Plymout | 0 | $50 |
| 20 | 2 | Junior Johnson | 27 | Holly Farms (Rex Lovette) | 58 | 61 Pontiac | 58 | $50 |
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