1961 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Pickens 200 Race Results

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1961 - Pickens 200 Race Results

Race Name - Pickens 200
Date - 6/8/1961
Race Track - Greenville-Pickens Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 65.48 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 58.441 mph
Lead Changes - 1
Total Race Purse - $3,885
Race Number - 27

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Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	7	Jack Smith	47	Jack Smith	200	61 Pontiac	30	$800
2	1	Ned Jarrett	11	BG Holloway	199	61 Chevrol	170	$525
3	4	Emanuel Zervakis	85	Monroe Shook	198	61 Chevrol	0	$375
4	10	Joe Weatherly	8	Bud Moore	198	61 Pontiac	0	$275
5	3	Jim Paschal	14	Julian Petty	196	61 Pontiac	0	$250
6	11	Elmo Henderson	7		193	60 Pontiac	0	$215
7	23	Maurice Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	191	60 Plymout	0	$175
8	6	Rex White	4	WhiteClements (Rex White)	190	61 Chevrol	0	$150
9	9	GC Spencer	48	GC Spencer	186	60 Chevrol	0	$140
10	15	Jimmy Pardue	54	Jimmy Pardue	183	59 Chevrol	0	$130
11	26	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	181	60 Ford	0	$125
12	22	Curtis Crider	62	Curtis Crider	177	60 Ford	0	$110
13	17	Bob Barron	71	Bob Barron	172	60 Dodge	0	$100
14	24	EJ Trivette	35	MJ Black	171	59 Plymout	0	$85
15	18	Lee Reitzel	93	Lee Reitzel	164	60 Ford	0	$70
16	8	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	130	60 Plymout	0	$60
17	5	David Pearson	67	David Pearson	123	60 Chevrol	0	$50
18	14	Bob Welborn	89	Joe Lee Johnson	110	61 Chevrol	0	$50
19	19	Bunk Moore	58		91	60 Ford	0	$50
20	12	Fred Harb	17	Fred Harb	85	59 Ford	0	$50
21	13	Doug Cox	51	Doug Cox	27	59 T-Bird	0	$50
22	16	Buck Baker	86	Buck Baker	23	61 Chrysle	0	$50
23	21	Paul Lewis	1	Jess Potter	23	61 Chevrol	0	$
24	25	Bob Gossett	55		19	59 T-Bird	0	$
25	2	Junior Johnson	27	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	13	61 Pontiac	0	$
26	20	George Alsobrook	99	Joe Jones	8	61 Ford	0	$