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1961 - National 400 Race Results


Race Name - National 400
Date - 10/15/1961
Race Track - Charlotte Motor Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 401 miles
Pole Speed - 138.577 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps - 18
Average Race Speed - 119.95 mph
Lead Changes - 13
Total Race Purse - $42,050
Race Number - 49
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 6 Joe Weatherly 8 Bud Moore 267 61 Pontiac 5 $9,510
2 22 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 267 61 Plymout 0 $4,870
3 14 Bob Welborn 18 Bud Moore 267 61 Pontiac 51 $3,275
4 21 Cotton Owens 6 Cotton Owens 266 61 Pontiac 0 $2,275
5 13 Rex White 4 WhiteClements (Rex White) 264 61 Chevrol 0 $1,800
6 29 Darel Dieringer 42 Petty Enterprises 263 61 Plymout 0 $1,375
7 24 Emanuel Zervakis 85 Monroe Shook 261 61 Chevrol 0 $1,250
8 25 Joe Lee Johnson 14 Joe Lee Johnson 258 61 Chevrol 0 $1,125
9 12 Junior Johnson 27 Holly Farms (Rex Lovette) 256 61 Pontiac 100 $1,535
10 30 JC Hendrix 30 Fred Clark 254 60 Chevrol 0 $875
11 10 Speedy Thompson 21 Wood Brothers 252 61 Ford 0 $825
12 40 Johnny Allen 15 Beau Morgan 249 61 Ford 0 $650
13 34 LD Austin 74 LD Austin 243 61 Chevrol 0 $600
14 26 Woodie Wilson 5 Leroy Faucett 242 61 Pontiac 0 $600
15 36 Tiny Lund 96 JL Cheatham 234 60 Chevrol 0 $550
16 32 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 233 60 Ford 0 $450
17 19 Buck Baker 87 Buck Baker 232 61 Chrysle 0 $525
18 15 Ned Jarrett 11 BG Holloway 223 61 Chevrol 0 $550
19 31 Jimmy Pardue 54 Jimmy Pardue 221 59 Chevrol 0 $450
20 33 Joe Jones 77 Joe Jones 220 60 Ford 0 $450
21 1 David Pearson 3 Daytona Kennel (John Masoni) 217 61 Pontiac 4 $470
22 42 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 191 60 Chevrol 0 $350
23 43 George Green 1 Jess Potter 175 61 Chevrol 0 $350
24 18 Elmo Langley 32 JL Cheatham 169 61 Ford 0 $360
25 35 Doug Yates 23 Raeford Johnson 140 61 Plymout 0 $350
26 5 Marvin Panch 20 Smokey Yunick 136 60 Pontiac 0 $600
27 23 Elmo Henderson 82 122 61 Ford 0 $310
28 28 Ed Livingston 68 Curtis Crider 121 60 Ford 0 $310
29 2 Fireball Roberts 22 Smokey Yunick 113 61 Pontiac 107 $1,110
30 20 Bill Morgan 66 Cafe Burgundy (Ratus Walters) 111 61 Ford 0 $300
31 4 Fred Lorenzen 28 HolmanMoody 104 61 Ford 0 $275
32 8 Bobby Johns 72 Shorty Johns 55 61 Ford 0 $250
33 3 Banjo Matthews 94 Banjo Matthews 54 61 Ford 0 $300
34 27 Herb Tillman 86 Buck Baker 45 61 Chrysle 0 $275
35 11 Bunkie Blackburn 9 Wildcat Williams 42 61 Ford 0 $325
36 41 Tubby Gonzales 80 Tubby Gonzales 38 61 Ford 0 $250
37 7 Jack Smith 47 Jack Smith 34 61 Pontiac 0 $550
38 38 Sal Tovella 83 Jack Meeks 31 61 Ford 0 $250
39 39 Lee Reitzel 93 Lee Reitzel 31 60 Ford 0 $250
40 37 Curtis Crider 62 Curtis Crider 27 61 Mercury 0 $250
41 9 Nelson Stacy 29 HoltStacy (Dudley Farrell) 27 61 Ford 0 $400
42 16 Tommy Irwin 2 Tom Daniels 20 61 Chevrol 0 $350
43 17 Ken Rush 59 BG Holloway 16 61 Pontiac 0 $275