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1961 - Old Dominion 500 Race Results


Race Name - Old Dominion 500
Date - 9/24/1961
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 70.73 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 62.586 mph
Lead Changes - 9
Total Race Purse - $14,800
Race Number - 47
 More Races from 1961
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 4 Joe Weatherly 8 Bud Moore 500 61 Pontiac 116 $3,595
2 2 Rex White 4 WhiteClements (Rex White) 500 61 Pontiac 58 $2,000
3 9 Junior Johnson 27 Holly Farms (Rex Lovette) 499 61 Pontiac 259 $1,570
4 8 Fireball Roberts 6 Cotton Owens 496 61 Pontiac 2 $850
5 16 Ken Rush 59 BG Holloway 494 61 Pontiac 0 $750
6 11 Jimmy Pardue 54 Jimmy Pardue 494 60 Chevrol 0 $650
7 12 Emanuel Zervakis 85 Monroe Shook 492 61 Chevrol 0 $550
8 15 Art Malone 42 Petty Enterprises 484 61 Plymout 0 $500
9 24 Larry Thomas 36 Wade Younts 476 60 Chevrol 0 $425
10 17 Bill Morton 64 Bill Morton 473 60 Chevrol 0 $365
11 21 GC Spencer 48 GC Spencer 469 60 Chevrol 0 $425
12 18 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 464 60 Ford 0 $275
13 6 Ned Jarrett 11 BG Holloway 407 61 Chevrol 8 $285
14 5 Fred Harb 17 Fred Harb 407 61 Ford 0 $275
15 19 Doug Yates 23 Raeford Johnson 395 61 Plymout 0 $150
16 26 John Hamby 25 John Hamby 395 61 Dodge 0 $175
17 7 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 319 61 Plymout 0 $175
18 1 Fred Lorenzen 28 HolmanMoody 300 61 Ford 57 $350
19 14 Jim Paschal 44 Julian Petty 284 61 Pontiac 0 $150
20 3 Glen Wood 21 Wood Brothers 264 61 Ford 0 $225
21 13 Buck Baker 86 Buck Baker 214 61 Chrysle 0 $100
22 22 LD Austin 74 LD Austin 179 61 Chevrol 0 $150
23 28 Bob Barron 71 Bob Barron 120 60 Dodge 0 $100
24 25 Wayne Lambath 12 117 59 Ford 0 $125
25 23 Curtis Crider 62 Curtis Crider 17 61 Mercury 0 $135
26 27 Bob Presnell 5 5 59 Chevrol 0 $100
27 10 Tommy Irwin 2 Tom Daniels 2 61 Chevrol 0 $125
28 20 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 1 60 Chevrol 0 $100
29 29 Joe Jones 77 Joe Jones 0 60 Ford 0 $125