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1961 - Wilkes 200 Race Results


Race Name - Wilkes 200
Date - 10/1/1961
Race Track - North Wilkesboro Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.625 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 200 miles
Pole Speed - 94.54 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 23
Average Race Speed - 84.675 mph
Lead Changes - 3
Total Race Purse - $10,575
Race Number - 48
 More Races from 1961
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Rex White 4 WhiteClements (Rex White) 320 61 Chevrol 201 $3,105
2 6 Fireball Roberts 18 Stephens Pontiac (Bud Moore) 319 61 Pontiac 0 $1,125
3 13 Richard Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 316 61 Plymout 0 $850
4 1 Junior Johnson 27 Holly Farms (Rex Lovette) 315 61 Pontiac 118 $1,265
5 10 Ned Jarrett 11 BG Holloway 315 61 Chevrol 0 $575
6 14 Emanuel Zervakis 85 Monroe Shook 312 61 Chevrol 0 $450
7 24 Jimmy Pardue 54 Jimmy Pardue 312 59 Chevrol 0 $400
8 5 Joe Weatherly 8 Stephens Pontiac (Bud Moore) 311 61 Pontiac 1 $355
9 18 Bill Morton 64 Bill Morton 300 60 Chevrol 0 $300
10 20 Doug Yates 23 Raeford Johnson 299 61 Plymout 0 $225
11 8 Tommy Irwin 2 Tom Daniels 296 61 Chevrol 0 $200
12 19 Larry Thomas 36 Wade Younts 294 60 Chevrol 0 $175
13 21 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 293 60 Chevrol 0 $150
14 22 Curtis Crider 62 Curtis Crider 293 61 Mercury 0 $140
15 17 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 291 60 Ford 0 $125
16 26 Paul Lewis 20 262 60 Chevrol 0 $110
17 27 LD Austin 74 LD Austin 253 61 Chevrol 0 $100
18 12 Fred Harb 17 Fred Harb 241 61 Ford 0 $100
19 23 Bob Barron 71 Bob Barron 218 60 Dodge 0 $100
20 2 Banjo Matthews 21 Wood Brothers 202 61 Ford 0 $100
21 4 Jim Paschal 44 Julian Petty 200 61 Pontiac 0 $75
22 15 Johnny Allen 14 Joe Lee Johnson 198 61 Chevrol 0 $75
23 16 GC Spencer 48 GC Spencer 194 60 Chevrol 0 $75
24 7 Jack Smith 46 Jack Smith 190 61 Pontiac 0 $75
25 11 Cotton Owens 6 Cotton Owens 189 61 Pontiac 0 $75
26 28 John Hamby 25 John Hamby 120 61 Dodge 0 $50
27 9 Buck Baker 86 Liquid Basket (Buck Baker) 28 61 Chrysle 0 $50
28 29 Harry Leake 97 Harry Leake 26 60 Chevrol 0 $50
29 25 Ken Rush 59 BG Holloway 8 61 Pontiac 0 $50
30 30 Joe Jones 12 Bill Lloyd 2 59 Ford 0 $50