1961 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Atlanta 500 Race Results

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1961 - Atlanta 500 Race Results

Race Name - Atlanta 500
Date - 3/26/1961
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 135.755 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 124.17 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $52,885
Race Number - 9

More Races from 1961

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	7	Bob Burdick	53	Roy Burdick	334	61 Pontiac	43	$15,775
2	4	Rex White	4	WhiteClements (Rex White)	334	61 Chevrol	0	$8,850
3	13	Ralph Earnhardt	6	Cotton Owens	334	61 Pontiac	0	$4,850
4	17	Nelson Stacy	29	HoltStacy (Dudley Farrell)	333	61 Ford	0	$2,475
5	18	Ned Jarrett	11	BG Holloway	332	61 Chevrol	0	$1,775
6	1	Marvin Panch	3	Daytona Kennel (John Masoni)	329	61 Pontiac	116	$3,035
7	24	Reds Kagle	66	Cafe Burgundy (Ratus Walters)	326	60 Ford	0	$1,125
8	14	Tom Pistone	59	BG Holloway	325	61 Pontiac	0	$1,100
9	19	Emanuel Zervakis	85	Monroe Shook	322	61 Chevrol	0	$825
10	21	Tommy Irwin	2	Tom Daniels	315	60 Chevrol	0	$775
11	12	Jimmy Pardue	54	Jimmy Pardue	312	60 Chevrol	0	$700
12	15	Jim Reed	7	Jim Reed	309	61 Chevrol	0	$675
13	6	Bob Welborn	49	Bob Welborn	308	61 Pontiac	0	$550
14	39	Curtis Crider	62	Curtis Crider	293	60 Ford	0	$450
15	40	Buck Baker	86	Buck Baker	290	61 Chrysle	0	$400
16	10	Banjo Matthews	94	Banjo Matthews	267	61 Ford	66	$755
17	36	Elmo Langley	16	Happy Steigel	233	59 Pontiac	0	$300
18	43	Marshall Sargent	39	Marshall Sargent	233	59 Pontiac	0	$250
19	33	Darel Dieringer	78	Billie Ridgeway (WJ Ridgeway)	231	60 Ford	0	$250
20	9	Curtis Turner	21	Wood Brothers	216	61 Ford	11	$565
21	11	Jack Smith	47	Jack Smith	212	61 Pontiac	0	$225
22	5	Joe Weatherly	8	Bud Moore	179	61 Pontiac	0	$275
23	34	Jim Hendrickson	56	Charles French	171	60 Chevrol	0	$200
24	22	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	155	60 Plymout	0	$200
25	37	Ed Livingston	68	Curtis Crider	151	60 Ford	0	$200
26	16	Sal Tovella	23	Bob Rose	144	61 Ford	0	$250
27	23	Junior Johnson	27	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	126	61 Pontiac	0	$300
28	25	Joe Lee Johnson	89	Joe Lee Johnson	124	61 Chevrol	0	$250
29	27	Bobby Johns	72	Shorty Johns	124	61 Ford	0	$250
30	20	TC Hunt	10	Fred Wheat	124	61 Dodge	0	$225
31	46	Freddy Fryar	14	Herb Adcox	116	61 Chevrol	0	$200
32	38	Roy Tyner	9	Roy Tyner	109	60 Ford	0	$200
33	3	Fred Lorenzen	28	HolmanMoody	106	61 Ford	73	$1,320
34	42	Wilbur Rakestraw	99	Joe Jones	100	61 Ford	0	$200
35	32	Johnny Allen	96	JL Cheatham	96	60 Chevrol	0	$200
36	35	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	94	60 Ford	0	$200
37	31	Bobby Allison	40	Ralph Stark	94	60 Chevrol	0	$200
38	8	Larry Frank	76	Dick Wright	90	60 Ford	0	$225
39	41	Tim Flock	15	Beau Morgan	82	61 Ford	0	$200
40	30	David Pearson	26	David Pearson	80	61 Pontiac	0	$200
41	29	Friday Hassler	30	Fred Clark	53	60 Chevrol	0	$200
42	2	Fireball Roberts	22	Smokey Yunick	29	61 Pontiac	25	$860
43	28	Charlie Glotzbach	65	Melvin Black	23	61 Pontiac	0	$200
44	26	Harlan Richardson	88	Jim White	22	61 Ford	0	$225
45	44	Johnny Sudderth	64	Spook Crawford	22	60 Ford	0	$200
46	45	Paul Lewis	1	Jess Potter	1	61 Chevrol	0	$200