1961 - NASCAR Grand National Series - National 400 Race Results

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1961 - National 400 Race Results

Race Name - National 400
Date - 10/15/1961
Race Track - Charlotte Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 401 miles
Pole Speed - 138.577 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps - 18
Average Race Speed - 119.95 mph
Lead Changes - 13
Total Race Purse - $42,050
Race Number - 49

More Races from 1961

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	6	Joe Weatherly	8	Bud Moore	267	61 Pontiac	5	$9,510
2	22	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	267	61 Plymout	0	$4,870
3	14	Bob Welborn	18	Bud Moore	267	61 Pontiac	51	$3,275
4	21	Cotton Owens	6	Cotton Owens	266	61 Pontiac	0	$2,275
5	13	Rex White	4	WhiteClements (Rex White)	264	61 Chevrol	0	$1,800
6	29	Darel Dieringer	42	Petty Enterprises	263	61 Plymout	0	$1,375
7	24	Emanuel Zervakis	85	Monroe Shook	261	61 Chevrol	0	$1,250
8	25	Joe Lee Johnson	14	Joe Lee Johnson	258	61 Chevrol	0	$1,125
9	12	Junior Johnson	27	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	256	61 Pontiac	100	$1,535
10	30	JC Hendrix	30	Fred Clark	254	60 Chevrol	0	$875
11	10	Speedy Thompson	21	Wood Brothers	252	61 Ford	0	$825
12	40	Johnny Allen	15	Beau Morgan	249	61 Ford	0	$650
13	34	LD Austin	74	LD Austin	243	61 Chevrol	0	$600
14	26	Woodie Wilson	5	Leroy Faucett	242	61 Pontiac	0	$600
15	36	Tiny Lund	96	JL Cheatham	234	60 Chevrol	0	$550
16	32	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	233	60 Ford	0	$450
17	19	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	232	61 Chrysle	0	$525
18	15	Ned Jarrett	11	BG Holloway	223	61 Chevrol	0	$550
19	31	Jimmy Pardue	54	Jimmy Pardue	221	59 Chevrol	0	$450
20	33	Joe Jones	77	Joe Jones	220	60 Ford	0	$450
21	1	David Pearson	3	Daytona Kennel (John Masoni)	217	61 Pontiac	4	$470
22	42	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	191	60 Chevrol	0	$350
23	43	George Green	1	Jess Potter	175	61 Chevrol	0	$350
24	18	Elmo Langley	32	JL Cheatham	169	61 Ford	0	$360
25	35	Doug Yates	23	Raeford Johnson	140	61 Plymout	0	$350
26	5	Marvin Panch	20	Smokey Yunick	136	60 Pontiac	0	$600
27	23	Elmo Henderson	82		122	61 Ford	0	$310
28	28	Ed Livingston	68	Curtis Crider	121	60 Ford	0	$310
29	2	Fireball Roberts	22	Smokey Yunick	113	61 Pontiac	107	$1,110
30	20	Bill Morgan	66	Cafe Burgundy (Ratus Walters)	111	61 Ford	0	$300
31	4	Fred Lorenzen	28	HolmanMoody	104	61 Ford	0	$275
32	8	Bobby Johns	72	Shorty Johns	55	61 Ford	0	$250
33	3	Banjo Matthews	94	Banjo Matthews	54	61 Ford	0	$300
34	27	Herb Tillman	86	Buck Baker	45	61 Chrysle	0	$275
35	11	Bunkie Blackburn	9	Wildcat Williams	42	61 Ford	0	$325
36	41	Tubby Gonzales	80	Tubby Gonzales	38	61 Ford	0	$250
37	7	Jack Smith	47	Jack Smith	34	61 Pontiac	0	$550
38	38	Sal Tovella	83	Jack Meeks	31	61 Ford	0	$250
39	39	Lee Reitzel	93	Lee Reitzel	31	60 Ford	0	$250
40	37	Curtis Crider	62	Curtis Crider	27	61 Mercury	0	$250
41	9	Nelson Stacy	29	HoltStacy (Dudley Farrell)	27	61 Ford	0	$400
42	16	Tommy Irwin	2	Tom Daniels	20	61 Chevrol	0	$350
43	17	Ken Rush	59	BG Holloway	16	61 Pontiac	0	$275