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1961 - 52 Race Results


Race Name - 52
Date - 10/29/1961
Race Track - Orange Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.9 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 149 miles
Pole Speed - 95.154 mph
Number of Cautions -
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 85.249 mph
Lead Changes - 2
Total Race Purse - $5,625
Race Number - 52
 More Races from 1961
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 1 Joe Weatherly 8 Bud Moore 165 61 Pontiac 164 $1,150
2 2 Rex White 4 WhiteClements (Rex White) 164 61 Chevrol 0 $850
3 6 Ned Jarrett 11 BG Holloway 163 61 Chevrol 0 $475
4 10 Maurice Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 155 61 Plymout 0 $375
5 4 Fireball Roberts 22 Holly Farms (Rex Lovette) 154 61 Pontiac 0 $325
6 16 Fred Harb 17 Fred Harb 150 61 Ford 0 $275
7 13 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 147 60 Ford 0 $225
8 20 LD Austin 74 LD Austin 142 61 Chevrol 0 $200
9 15 Harry Leake 97 Harry Leake 139 60 Chevrol 0 $200
10 5 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 133 61 Plymout 0 $200
11 11 Curtis Crider 62 Curtis Crider 121 61 Mercury 0 $175
12 3 Junior Johnson 27 Holly Farms (Rex Lovette) 117 60 Pontiac 1 $125
13 20 Ed Livingston 68 Curtis Crider 104 61 Ford 0 $150
14 7 Tommy Irwin 85 Monroe Shook 103 61 Chevrol 0 $150
15 17 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 101 60 Chevrol 0 $150
16 19 Joe Jones 77 Joe Jones 95 60 Ford 0 $125
17 9 Buck Baker 86 Buck Baker 80 61 Chrysle 0 $125
18 18 Lee Reitzel 93 Lee Reitzel 54 60 Ford 0 $125
19 14 Doug Yates 23 Raeford Johnson 38 60 Plymout 0 $125
20 8 Jim Paschal 44 Julian Petty 6 61 Pontiac 0 $100