NASCAR Grand National Series Series by Race
The NASCAR Cup Series is a stock car racing series owned and operated by NASCAR (the National Association of Stock Car Auto Racing). NASCAR’s premier series had been known as the NASCAR Monster Energy Cup Series since Jan. 1, 2017, rebranded in 2020. It holds races over the season at tracks located in the United States both road courses and ovals. Although the roots of the series was in the use of "stock" manufacturers vehicles, todays cars are custom built automobiles powered by custom built V8 engines.
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1961 - Greenville 200 Race Results
Race Name - Greenville 200Date - 4/1/1961Race Track - Greenville-Pickens SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.5 milesRace Length (Miles) - 100 milesPole Speed - 62.09 mphNumber of Cautions - 4Caution Laps - 20Average Race Speed - 52.189 mphLead Changes - 2Total Race Purse - $3,935Race Number - 10 | More Races from 1961 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 2 | Emanuel Zervakis | 85 | Monroe Shook | 200 | 60 Chevrol | 25 | $800 |
2 | 5 | Richard Petty | 43 | Petty Enterprises | 200 | 60 Plymout | 0 | $525 |
3 | 4 | Rex White | 4 | WhiteClements (Rex White) | 199 | 60 Chevrol | 106 | $475 |
4 | 10 | GC Spencer | 48 | GC Spencer | 199 | 60 Chevrol | 0 | $275 |
5 | 7 | Buck Baker | 86 | Buck Baker | 196 | 61 Chrysle | 0 | $250 |
6 | 11 | Jimmy Pardue | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | 195 | 59 Chevrol | 0 | $215 |
7 | 13 | Fred Harb | 17 | Fred Harb | 186 | 59 Ford | 0 | $175 |
8 | 17 | George Green | 35 | MJ Black | 186 | 59 Plymout | 0 | $150 |
9 | 15 | Bobby Waddell | 0 | Bobby Waddell | 182 | 59 Dodge | 0 | $140 |
10 | 8 | David Pearson | 67 | David Pearson | 181 | 60 Chevrol | 0 | $130 |
11 | 18 | Curtis Crider | 62 | Curtis Crider | 177 | 60 Ford | 0 | $125 |
12 | 21 | Doug Cox | 30 | Doug Cox | 150 | 59 T-Bird | 0 | $110 |
13 | 19 | Herman Beam | 19 | Herman Beam | 149 | 60 Ford | 0 | $100 |
14 | 9 | Ned Jarrett | 11 | BG Holloway | 100 | 60 Ford | 0 | $85 |
15 | 14 | Roy Tyner | 9 | Roy Tyner | 99 | 60 Ford | 0 | $70 |
16 | 1 | Junior Johnson | 27 | Holly Farms (Rex Lovette) | 69 | 60 Pontiac | 69 | $60 |
17 | 12 | Tommy Irwin | 2 | Tom Daniels | 68 | 59 T-Bird | 0 | $50 |
18 | 20 | Bob Barron | 71 | Bob Barron | 54 | 60 Dodge | 0 | $50 |
19 | 3 | Jack Smith | 47 | Jack Smith | 49 | 61 Pontiac | 0 | $50 |
20 | 16 | Paul Lewis | 1 | Jess Potter | 33 | 61 Chevrol | 0 | $50 |
21 | 6 | Doug Yates | 23 | Raeford Johnson | 8 | 59 Plymout | 0 | $50 |