1961 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Dixie 400 Race Results

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1961 - Dixie 400 Race Results

Race Name - Dixie 400
Date - 9/17/1961
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 401 miles
Pole Speed - 136.294 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 125.38 mph
Lead Changes - 7
Total Race Purse - $39,960
Race Number - 46

More Races from 1961

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	5	David Pearson	3	Daytona Kennel (John Masoni)	267	61 Pontiac	1	$9,330
2	9	Junior Johnson	27	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	267	61 Pontiac	1	$4,795
3	1	Fireball Roberts	22	Smokey Yunick	267	61 Pontiac	40	$3,165
4	13	Jack Smith	47	Jack Smith	264	61 Pontiac	0	$2,250
5	26	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	264	61 Plymout	0	$1,625
6	24	Johnny Allen	14	Joe Lee Johnson	264	61 Chevrol	0	$1,325
7	17	Ned Jarrett	11	BG Holloway	264	61 Chevrol	0	$1,225
8	23	Bob Welborn	46	Jack Smith	264	61 Pontiac	0	$1,100
9	22	Woodie Wilson	51	Leroy Faucett	262	61 Pontiac	0	$1,000
10	11	Marvin Panch	6	Cotton Owens	262	61 Pontiac	0	$875
11	7	Banjo Matthews	94	Banjo Matthews	262	61 Ford	167	$1,485
12	8	Bobby Johns	72	Shorty Johns	261	61 Ford	0	$705
13	14	Jim Paschal	44	Julian Petty	260	61 Pontiac	0	$650
14	15	Emanuel Zervakis	85	Monroe Shook	259	61 Chevrol	0	$575
15	30	Tiny Lund	30	Fred Clark	259	60 Chevrol	0	$550
16	3	Joe Weatherly	8	Bud Moore	256	61 Pontiac	0	$520
17	21	Ken Rush	59	BG Holloway	255	61 Pontiac	0	$450
18	10	Rex White	4	WhiteClements (Rex White)	254	61 Chevrol	0	$550
19	2	Nelson Stacy	29	HoltStacy (Dudley Farrell)	243	61 Ford	58	$845
20	6	Darel Dieringer	24	James Turner	238	60 Pontiac	0	$575
21	35	LD Austin	74	LD Austin	238	61 Chevrol	0	$350
22	37	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	235	60 Ford	0	$350
23	25	Ed Livingston	68	Curtis Crider	234	61 Ford	0	$350
24	36	Lee Reitzel	93	Lee Reitzel	226	60 Ford	0	$350
25	16	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	209	61 Chrysle	0	$375
26	20	Bill Morgan	32		203	61 Ford	0	$325
27	32	JC Hendrix	78	Billie Ridgeway (WJ Ridgeway)	202	60 Ford	0	$300
28	33	Elmo Langley	96	JL Cheatham	180	60 Chevrol	0	$300
29	12	Bunkie Blackburn	9	Wildcat Williams	174	61 Ford	0	$375
30	28	TC Hunt	10	Fred Wheat	153	61 Dodge	0	$300
31	34	GC Spencer	48	GC Spencer	124	60 Chevrol	0	$250
32	38	Bob Barron	71	Bob Barron	104	60 Chevrol	0	$250
33	39	Doug Yates	23	Raeford Johnson	65	61 Plymout	0	$250
34	31	George Alsobrook	99	Joe Jones	63	61 Ford	0	$250
35	29	Ralph Earnhardt	5	Leroy Faucett	62	60 Pontiac	0	$250
36	4	Fred Lorenzen	28	HolmanMoody	52	61 Ford	0	$315
37	19	Dave Mader	90	Dave Mader	51	61 Chevrol	0	$250
38	17	Tubby Gonzales	80	Tubby Gonzales	47	61 Ford	0	$250
39	18	Herb Tillman	86	Buck Baker	46	61 Chrysle		$275
40	42	Jesse James Taylor	15	Beau Morgan	10	61 Ford	0	$250
41	41	Curtis Crider	62	Curtis Crider	3	61 Mercury	0	$200
42	40	Tommy Irwin	2	Tom Daniels	0	61 Chevrol	0	$200