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1961 - Virginia 500 Race Results


Race Name - Virginia 500
Date - 4/9/1961
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 75 miles
Pole Speed - 70.28 mph
Number of Cautions - 2
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 68.366 mph
Lead Changes - 1
Total Race Purse - $6,545
Race Number - 13
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 2 Fred Lorenzen 28 HolmanMoody 149 61 Ford 31 $1,150
2 1 Rex White 4 WhiteClements (Rex White) 149 61 Ford 118 $1,275
3 3 Glen Wood 21 Wood Brothers 147 61 Ford 0 $500
4 16 Emanuel Zervakis 85 Monroe Shook 147 61 Chevrol 0 $325
5 5 Ned Jarrett 11 BG Holloway 147 61 Chevrol 0 $450
6 6 Junior Johnson 27 Holly Farms (Rex Lovette) 146 61 Pontiac 0 $315
7 23 Johnny Allen 69 BG Holloway 146 61 Chevrol 0 $245
8 9 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 146 61 Plymout 0 $175
9 8 Tim Flock 15 Beau Morgan 146 61 Ford 0 $215
10 22 Tommy Irwin 2 Tom Daniels 146 60 Chevrol 0 $215
11 7 Bobby Johns 72 Shorty Johns 145 61 Ford 0 $150
12 13 Buck Baker 86 Buck Baker 144 61 Chrysle 0 $160
13 21 Cotton Owens 6 Cotton Owens 143 60 Pontiac 0 $300
14 12 Buddy Baker 87 Buck Baker 142 61 Chrysle 0 $120
15 25 GC Spencer 48 GC Spencer 141 60 Chevrol 0 $95
16 15 Ernie Gahan 55 John Koszela 141 59 Chevrol 0 $60
17 10 Jimmy Pardue 54 Jimmy Pardue 140 59 Chevrol 0 $110
18 11 Doug Yates 23 Raeford Johnson 139 59 Plymout 0 $85
19 17 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 136 60 Ford 0 $50
20 20 George Green 35 MJ Black 136 59 Plymout 0 $50
21 27 Harry Leake 97 Harry Leake 134 60 Chevrol 0 $50
22 4 Reds Kagle 66 Cafe Burgundy (Ratus Walters) 117 60 Ford 0 $150
23 24 Fred Harb 17 Fred Harb 113 59 Ford 0 $75
24 14 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 109 60 Chevrol 0 $50
25 18 Curtis Crider 62 Curtis Crider 102 60 Ford 0 $50
26 19 Roy Tyner 9 Roy Tyner 77 60 Ford 0 $50
27 26 Bob Barron 71 Bob Barron 21 60 Dodge 0 $75