1961 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Wilkes 200 Race Results

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1961 - Wilkes 200 Race Results

Race Name - Wilkes 200
Date - 10/1/1961
Race Track - North Wilkesboro Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.625 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 200 miles
Pole Speed - 94.54 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps - 23
Average Race Speed - 84.675 mph
Lead Changes - 3
Total Race Purse - $10,575
Race Number - 48

More Races from 1961

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	3	Rex White	4	WhiteClements (Rex White)	320	61 Chevrol	201	$3,105
2	6	Fireball Roberts	18	Stephens Pontiac (Bud Moore)	319	61 Pontiac	0	$1,125
3	13	Richard Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	316	61 Plymout	0	$850
4	1	Junior Johnson	27	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	315	61 Pontiac	118	$1,265
5	10	Ned Jarrett	11	BG Holloway	315	61 Chevrol	0	$575
6	14	Emanuel Zervakis	85	Monroe Shook	312	61 Chevrol	0	$450
7	24	Jimmy Pardue	54	Jimmy Pardue	312	59 Chevrol	0	$400
8	5	Joe Weatherly	8	Stephens Pontiac (Bud Moore)	311	61 Pontiac	1	$355
9	18	Bill Morton	64	Bill Morton	300	60 Chevrol	0	$300
10	20	Doug Yates	23	Raeford Johnson	299	61 Plymout	0	$225
11	8	Tommy Irwin	2	Tom Daniels	296	61 Chevrol	0	$200
12	19	Larry Thomas	36	Wade Younts	294	60 Chevrol	0	$175
13	21	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	293	60 Chevrol	0	$150
14	22	Curtis Crider	62	Curtis Crider	293	61 Mercury	0	$140
15	17	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	291	60 Ford	0	$125
16	26	Paul Lewis	20		262	60 Chevrol	0	$110
17	27	LD Austin	74	LD Austin	253	61 Chevrol	0	$100
18	12	Fred Harb	17	Fred Harb	241	61 Ford	0	$100
19	23	Bob Barron	71	Bob Barron	218	60 Dodge	0	$100
20	2	Banjo Matthews	21	Wood Brothers	202	61 Ford	0	$100
21	4	Jim Paschal	44	Julian Petty	200	61 Pontiac	0	$75
22	15	Johnny Allen	14	Joe Lee Johnson	198	61 Chevrol	0	$75
23	16	GC Spencer	48	GC Spencer	194	60 Chevrol	0	$75
24	7	Jack Smith	46	Jack Smith	190	61 Pontiac	0	$75
25	11	Cotton Owens	6	Cotton Owens	189	61 Pontiac	0	$75
26	28	John Hamby	25	John Hamby	120	61 Dodge	0	$50
27	9	Buck Baker	86	Liquid Basket (Buck Baker)	28	61 Chrysle	0	$50
28	29	Harry Leake	97	Harry Leake	26	60 Chevrol	0	$50
29	25	Ken Rush	59	BG Holloway	8	61 Pontiac	0	$50
30	30	Joe Jones	12	Bill Lloyd	2	59 Ford	0	$50