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1961 - Southeastern 500 Race Results


Race Name - Southeastern 500
Date - 10/22/1961
Race Track - Bristol International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 80.645 mph
Number of Cautions - 3
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 72.452 mph
Lead Changes - 6
Total Race Purse - $19,931
Race Number - 50
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Joe Weatherly 8 Bud Moore 500 61 Pontiac 82 $3,680
2 8 Rex White 4 WhiteClements (Rex White) 500 61 Chevrol 24 $2,365
3 18 Nelson Stacy 29 HoltStacy (Dudley Farrell) 500 61 Ford 0 $1,525
4 17 Jim Paschal 44 Julian Petty 498 61 Pontiac 0 $1,125
5 5 Emanuel Zervakis 85 Monroe Shook 495 61 Chevrol 0 $950
6 16 Ned Jarrett 11 BG Holloway 491 61 Chevrol 0 $825
7 13 Jimmy Pardue 54 Jimmy Pardue 482 60 Chevrol 0 $725
8 12 Ken Rush 59 BG Holloway 481 61 Pontiac 0 $675
9 23 Bill Morton 64 Bill Morton 481 60 Chevrol 0 $600
10 3 Bob Welborn 18 Bud Moore 480 61 Pontiac 0 $585
11 20 Buck Baker 86 Buck Baker 480 61 Chrysle 0 $450
12 14 GC Spencer 48 GC Spencer 478 60 Chevrol 0 $400
13 30 LD Austin 74 LD Austin 474 61 Chevrol 0 $325
14 9 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 471 60 Ford 0 $325
15 36 Curtis Crider 62 Curtis Crider 460 61 Mercury 0 $290
16 33 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 459 60 Chevrol 0 $280
17 1 Bobby Johns 47 Jack Smith 457 61 Pontiac 49 $440
18 28 Brownie King 16 442 59 T-Bird 0 $250
19 31 Bill Latham 69 440 60 Chevrol 0 $250
20 21 Fred Harb 17 Fred Harb 439 61 Ford 0 $250
21 24 Jack Smith 46 Jack Smith 421 61 Pontiac 0 $240
22 26 Tiny Lund 30 Fred Clark 414 60 Chevrol 0 $225
23 11 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 394 61 Plymout 0 $246
24 7 Junior Johnson 27 Holly Farms (Rex Lovette) 394 61 Pontiac 294 $495
25 15 Joe Lee Johnson 14 Joe Lee Johnson 370 61 Chevrol 0 $225
26 4 Fireball Roberts 22 Holly Farms (Rex Lovette) 323 60 Pontiac 51 $310
27 19 Bill Morgan 32 JL Cheatham 237 61 Ford 0 $225
28 38 George Green 1 Jess Potter 197 60 Chevrol 0 $200
29 25 Johnny Allen 96 JL Cheatham 169 60 Chevrol 0 $200
30 10 Bunkie Blackburn 9 Wildcat Williams 164 61 Ford 0 $225
31 Paul Lewis 20 149 61 Chevrol 0 $200
32 Larry Thomas 36 Wade Younts 120 60 Chevrol 0 $200
33 Gene Blackburn 25 117 60 Dodge 0 $100
34 Friday Hassler 39 115 60 Chevrol 0 $100
35 Joe Jones 77 Joe Jones 111 60 Ford 0 $100
36 Doug Yates 23 Raeford Johnson 35 61 Plymout 0 $100
37 Tommy Irwin 2 Tom Daniels 19 61 Chevrol 0 $125
38 Allen Franklin 88 3 59 Nash 0 $100