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1961 - Rebel 300 Race Results


Race Name - Rebel 300
Date - 5/6/1961
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.375 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 301 miles
Pole Speed - 128.965 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 119.52 mph
Lead Changes - 16
Total Race Purse - $30,625
Race Number - 19
 More Races from 1961
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Fred Lorenzen 28 Courtesy Ford (HolmanMoody) 219 61 Ford 69 $8,420
2 8 Curtis Turner 21 LaFayette Motors (Wood Brothers) 219 61 Ford 25 $4,600
3 9 Johnny Allen 69 BG Holloway 218 61 Chevrol 3 $3,200
4 10 Bob Burdick 53 Roy Burdick 218 61 Pontiac 1 $2,400
5 2 Fireball Roberts 22 Smokey Yunick 218 61 Pontiac 108 $1,665
6 17 Marvin Panch 3 Daytona Kennel (John Masoni) 217 61 Pontiac 0 $1,050
7 6 Ralph Earnhardt 6 Cotton Owens 216 61 Pontiac 6 $925
8 3 Banjo Matthews 94 Banjo Matthews 215 61 Ford 1 $865
9 5 Bobby Johns 72 Shorty Johns 215 61 Ford 0 $700
10 11 Ned Jarrett 11 BG Holloway 215 61 Chevrol 0 $650
11 7 Nelson Stacy 29 HoltStacy (Dudley Farrell) 212 61 Ford 0 $500
12 18 Larry Frank 47 Jack Smith 212 61 Pontiac 0 $400
13 14 Emanuel Zervakis 85 Monroe Shook 211 61 Chevrol 0 $370
14 22 Jimmy Pardue 54 Jimmy Pardue 209 60 Chevrol 0 $300
15 4 Joe Weatherly 8 Bud Moore 206 61 Pontiac 6 $250
16 26 Dave Mader 0 Dave Mader 205 61 Chevrol 0 $275
17 20 GC Spencer 48 GC Spencer 200 60 Chevrol 0 $200
18 21 Tommy Irwin 2 Tom Daniels 200 60 Chevrol 0 $200
19 25 Larry Flynn 82 195 59 Chevrol 0 $200
20 13 Buck Baker 87 Buck Baker 192 61 Chrysle 0 $565
21 28 Ed Livingston 68 Curtis Crider 187 60 Ford 0 $200
22 32 Curtis Crider 62 Curtis Crider 181 61 Mercury 0 $500
23 29 Ed Markstellar 38 Matt DeMatthews 177 61 Ford 0 $200
24 12 Rex White 4 WhiteClements (Rex White) 173 61 Chevrol 0 $340
25 15 Buddy Baker 86 Buck Baker 115 61 Chrysle 0 $200
26 24 Jimmy Thompson 55 62 59 T-Bird 0 $200
27 23 Tom Dill 52 Julian Buesink 46 61 Ford 0 $230
28 19 Paul Lewis 1 Jess Potter 38 61 Chevrol 0 $200
29 30 Bobby Waddell 71 Bob Barron 22 60 Dodge 0 $220
30 16 Tim Flock 15 Beau Morgan 16 61 Ford 0 $200
31 27 Elmo Langley 61 Doc White 14 59 T-Bird 0 $200
32 31 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 11 61 Plymout 0 $200