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1961 - 41 Race Results


Race Name - 41
Date - 8/27/1961
Race Track - South Boston Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.25 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 50 miles
Pole Speed - 52.63 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 48.348 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $3,935
Race Number - 41
 More Races from 1961
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Junior Johnson 27 Holly Farms (Rex Lovette) 200 60 Pontiac 168 $800
2 2 Jim Reed 7 Jim Reed 199 61 Chevrol 32 $525
3 8 Ned Jarrett 11 BG Holloway 197 61 Chevrol 0 $375
4 17 Emanuel Zervakis 85 Monroe Shook 196 60 Chevrol 0 $275
5 5 Rex White 4 WhiteClements (Rex White) 195 60 Chevrol 0 $350
6 9 Jimmy Pardue 54 Jimmy Pardue 192 60 Chevrol 0 $215
7 15 Larry Thomas 36 Wade Younts 189 60 Chevrol 0 $175
8 11 Harry Leake 97 Harry Leake 189 60 Chevrol 0 $150
9 14 Bob Barron 71 Bob Barron 184 60 Dodge 0 $140
10 20 Bob Presnell 5 184 59 Chevrol 0 $130
11 12 Bill Morton 57 JI Divers 182 61 Chevrol 0 $125
12 4 Elmo Langley 61 Doc White 181 60 T-Bird 0 $110
13 21 Harvey Hege 12 Bill Lloyd 166 59 Ford 0 $100
14 10 Doug Yates 23 Raeford Johnson 158 59 Plymout 0 $85
15 18 Fred Harb 17 Fred Harb 117 61 Ford 0 $70
16 6 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 114 60 Chevrol 0 $60
17 1 Cotton Owens 6 Cotton Owens 75 60 Pontiac 0 $50
18 13 Joe Jones 77 Joe Jones 71 60 Ford 0 $50
19 16 GC Spencer 48 GC Spencer 62 60 Chevrol 0 $50
20 7 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 32 60 Plymout 0 $50
21 19 John Hamby 25 22 60 Dodge 0 $50