1961 - NASCAR Grand National Series

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1961 - 8 Race Results

Race Name - 8
Date - 3/12/1961
Race Track - Marchbanks Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.4 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 249 miles
Pole Speed - 98.37 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 95.621 mph
Lead Changes - 1
Total Race Purse - $11,475
Race Number - 8

More Races from 1961

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Fireball Roberts	75	JD Braswell	178	61 Pontiac	178	$2,000
2	3	Eddie Gray	98	Eddie Gray	176	61 Ford	0	$1,250
3	33	Danny Letner	76	Guy Kimball	175	61 Ford	0	$750
4	28	Tubby Gonzales	80	Tubby Gonzales	168	61 Ford	0	$600
5	7	Eddie Pagan	45	Bill Clinton	168	61 Ford	0	$575
6	14	Rex White	47	Rex White	167	60 Chevrol	0	$550
7	18	Jim Cook	0	Floyd Johnson	166	60 Dodge	0	$525
8	6	Scotty Cain	4	Scotty Cain	165	60 T-Bird	0	$500
9	5	Lloyd Dane	44	Lloyd Dane	165	61 Chevrol	0	$450
10	38	Bob Perry	84	Bob Perry	159	60 Ford	0	$425
11	23	Dick Santee	77		159	59 Ford	0	$400
12	10	Don Noel	7	Chuck Parkko	157	61 Ford	0	$400
13	25	Dick Cook	91	Jack Chatenay	157	60 Plymout	0	$350
14	4	Frank Secrist	36	Warner Brothers	146	60 Ford	0	$350
15	34	Dick Getty	0	Dick Getty	135	59 Chevrol	0	$300
16	27	Jack Norton	20	William Peach	134	59 Chevrol	0	$300
17	12	Dick Bown	61		133	59 Chevrol	0	$250
18	19	Marvin Heinis	15		130	60 Ford	0	$200
19	31	Mike Saathoff	38		129	59 Edsel	0	$200
20	13	Carl Joiner	26	Dean Thorne	125	61 Chevrol	0	$100
21	29	Dick Carter	11	Jack Chatenay	119	60 Plymout	0	$100
22	17	Ed Negre	14		116	59 Ford	0	$100
23	16	Danny Weinberg	16	Guy Kimball	113	61 Ford	0	$100
24	21	Jim Blomgren	10	Bob Smith	107	60 Ford	0	$100
25	11	Marvin Porter	46		95	60 Oldsmob	0	$100
26	8	Art Watts	22	Art Watts	85	60 Ford	0	$100
27	12	Bruce Worrell	5	Bob Smith	66	60 Ford	0	$100
28	15	Banjo Matthews	94	Banjo Matthews	66	61 Ford	0	$100
29	32	Harlan Richardson	88	Jim White	44	61 Ford	0	$100
30	20	Charlie Chapman	41	Charlie Chapman	35	60 Ford	0	$100
31	9	Ron Hornaday	2	Frank Galpin	34	60 Ford	0	$
32	30	Tom Guffy	23	Bob Perry	29	59 Plymout	0	$
33	35	Chuck Webb	12	Dick Wearing	23	59 Ford	0	$
34	1	Bob Ross	51	Bob Ross	13	60 Ford	0	$
35	26	Al Brand	25	Jim McNeil	11	60 Ford	0	$
36	24	Brownie Brown	17	Jay George	6	59 Ford	0	$