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1961 - Southern 500 Race Results


Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/4/1961
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.375 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 128.68 mph
Number of Cautions - 6
Caution Laps - 21
Average Race Speed - 117.78 mph
Lead Changes - 19
Total Race Purse - $57,965
Race Number - 42
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 3 Nelson Stacy 29 HoltStacy (Dudley Farrell) 364 61 Ford 72 $18,430
2 1 Fireball Roberts 22 Smokey Yunick 364 61 Pontiac 180 $10,670
3 9 David Pearson 3 Daytona Kennel (John Masoni) 363 61 Pontiac 6 $5,060
4 7 Jim Paschal 44 Julian Petty 359 61 Pontiac 0 $2,625
5 20 Emanuel Zervakis 85 Monroe Shook 359 61 Chevrol 0 $2,450
6 33 Ned Jarrett 11 BG Holloway 354 61 Chevrol 0 $1,500
7 26 Johnny Allen 14 Joe Lee Johnson 348 61 Chevrol 0 $1,195
8 18 Roscoe Thompson 24 James Turner 347 60 Pontiac 0 $1,195
9 6 Ralph Earnhardt 6 Cotton Owens 346 61 Pontiac 0 $875
10 36 Rex White 47 Jack Smith 345 61 Pontiac 0 $925
11 12 Bobby Johns 72 Shorty Johns 344 61 Ford 0 $750
12 16 Bill Morgan 66 Cafe Burgundy (Ratus Walters) 342 61 Ford 0 $700
13 32 Elmo Langley 30 Fred Clark 341 60 Chevrol 0 $500
14 14 Junior Johnson 27 Holly Farms (Rex Lovette) 337 61 Pontiac 0 $450
15 24 Tiny Lund 59 BG Holloway 323 61 Pontiac 0 $650
16 40 LD Austin 74 LD Austin 321 61 Chevrol 0 $350
17 35 Jimmy Pardue 54 Jimmy Pardue 316 60 Chevrol 0 $300
18 39 Curtis Crider 62 Curtis Crider 312 61 Mercury 0 $750
19 23 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 312 60 Ford 0 $250
20 17 Larry Frank 46 Jack Smith 273 61 Pontiac 0 $480
21 25 Dave Mader 90 Dave Mader 262 61 Chevrol 0 $280
22 4 Joe Weatherly 8 Bud Moore 229 61 Pontiac 13 $370
23 31 Jim Reed 7 Jim Reed 228 61 Chevrol 0 $200
24 15 Buddy Baker 86 Buck Baker 221 61 Chrysle 0 $700
25 34 TC Hunt 10 Fred Wheat 206 61 Dodge 0 $700
26 5 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 201 61 Plymout 41 $1,110
27 11 Buck Baker 87 Buck Baker 190 61 Chrysle 0 $220
28 21 Tommy Irwin 2 Tom Daniels 164 61 Chevrol 0 $200
29 2 Fred Lorenzen 28 HolmanMoody 158 61 Ford 52 $950
30 19 Cale Yarborough 52 Julian Buesink 135 61 Ford 0 $200
31 8 Marvin Panch 42 Petty Enterprises 94 61 Plymout 0 $200
32 28 Marvin Porter 82 Henry Dunbar 85 61 Ford 0 $200
33 29 Paul Lewis 1 Jess Potter 81 61 Chevrol 0 $200
34 30 Woodie Wilson 5 Leroy Faucett 79 61 Pontiac 0 $200
35 38 Ed Livingston 68 Curtis Crider 79 61 Ford 0 $200
36 10 Banjo Matthews 94 Banjo Matthews 65 61 Ford 0 $430
37 22 Joe Caspolich 32 50 61 Ford 0 $200
38 27 Darel Dieringer 80 Tubby Gonzales 45 61 Ford 0 $300
39 13 Bunkie Blackburn 9 Wildcat Williams 34 61 Ford 0 $200
40 37 Friday Hassler 96 JL Cheatham 22 60 Chevrol 0 $200
41 43 George Alsobrook 99 Joe Jones 2 61 Ford 0 $200
42 41 Red Hollingsworth 75 JD Braswell 2 60 Chevrol 0 $200
43 42 Lee Reitzel 93 Lee Reitzel 2 60 Ford 0 $200