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1961 - Capital City 200 Race Results


Race Name - Capital City 200
Date - 9/10/1961
Race Track - Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 125 miles
Pole Speed - 65.01 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 61.677 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $6,115
Race Number - 44
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 7 Joe Weatherly 8 Bud Moore 250 61 Pontiac $1,350
2 1 Junior Johnson 27 Holly Farms (Rex Lovette) 250 60 Pontiac $850
3 5 Rex White 4 WhiteClements (Rex White) 249 61 Chevrol $750
4 2 Ned Jarrett 11 BG Holloway 249 61 Chevrol $450
5 12 Jim Paschal 44 Julian Petty 248 61 Pontiac $300
6 4 Emanuel Zervakis 85 Monroe Shook 246 60 Chevrol $250
7 3 Bill Morgan 66 Cafe Burgundy (Ratus Walters) 239 60 Ford $225
8 19 Elmo Langley 61 Doc White 224 59 T-Bird $200
9 9 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 223 60 Ford $175
10 17 GC Spencer 48 GC Spencer 219 60 Chevrol $150
11 11 Doug Yates 23 Raeford Johnson 217 61 Plymout $150
12 23 Fred Harb 17 Fred Harb 215 61 Ford $125
13 14 Al Disney 119 214 59 Buick $125
14 10 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 201 60 Chevrol $110
15 13 Buck Baker 86 Buck Baker 189 61 Chrysle $110
16 20 Larry Thomas 36 Wade Younts 176 60 Chevrol $100
17 6 Cotton Owens 6 Cotton Owens 171 60 Pontiac $90
18 8 Richard Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 157 61 Plymout $80
19 18 LD Austin 74 LD Austin 155 61 Chevrol $75
20 21 Harvey Henderson 57 JI Divers 153 61 Chevrol $75
21 15 Johnny Roberts 90 Junie Donlavey 113 60 Ford $75
22 22 Ronnie Fones 112 82 59 Chevrol $75
23 24 Jimmy Pardue 5 70 59 Chevrol $75
24 25 Bob Barron 71 Bob Barron 63 60 Dodge $75
25 16 Curtis Crider 62 Curtis Crider 7 61 Mercury $75