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1961 - Yankee 500 Race Results


Race Name - Yankee 500
Date - 6/17/1961
Race Track - Norwood Arena
Track Length (Miles) - 0.25 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 125 miles
Pole Speed - 55.87 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 53.827 mph
Lead Changes - 3
Total Race Purse - $8,350
Race Number - 29
 More Races from 1961
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Emanuel Zervakis 85 Monroe Shook 500 60 Chevrol 361 $2,250
2 1 Rex White 4 WhiteClements (Rex White) 500 60 Chevrol 125 $1,000
3 9 Ned Jarrett 11 BG Holloway 491 61 Chevrol 14 $800
4 5 Buck Baker 86 Buck Baker 476 61 Chrysle 0 $700
5 4 Jim Reed 7 Jim Reed 473 61 Chevrol 0 $600
6 2 Jim Paschal 14 Julian Petty 467 61 Pontiac 0 $500
7 11 Buzz Woodward 90 Buzz Woodward 456 59 Ford 0 $400
8 14 Dominic Persicketti 27 450 59 Ford 0 $300
9 13 Sammy Packard 38 Matt DeMatthews 444 61 Ford 0 $275
10 8 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 426 60 Chevrol 0 $250
11 7 Ernie Gahan 55 John Koszela 335 59 Chevrol 0 $225
12 17 Eddie Flemke 60 231 61 Dodge 0 $175
13 12 Budd Olsen 56 Budd Olsen 168 60 Chevrol 0 $175
14 15 Harold Wilcox 64 112 59 Oldsmob 0 $150
15 10 Bob Devine 24 92 61 Chevrol 0 $150
16 16 Jimmy Pardue 54 Jimmy Pardue 2 61 Chevrol 0 $150
17 6 Hoss Kagle 66 Cafe Burgundy (Ratus Walters) 2 60 Ford 0 $125
18 18 Jimmy Mairs 57 2 61 Chevrol 0 $125