1961 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Rebel 300 Race Results

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1961 - Rebel 300 Race Results

Race Name - Rebel 300
Date - 5/6/1961
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.375 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 301 miles
Pole Speed - 128.965 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 119.52 mph
Lead Changes - 16
Total Race Purse - $30,625
Race Number - 19

More Races from 1961

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Fred Lorenzen	28	Courtesy Ford (HolmanMoody)	219	61 Ford	69	$8,420
2	8	Curtis Turner	21	LaFayette Motors (Wood Brothers)	219	61 Ford	25	$4,600
3	9	Johnny Allen	69	BG Holloway	218	61 Chevrol	3	$3,200
4	10	Bob Burdick	53	Roy Burdick	218	61 Pontiac	1	$2,400
5	2	Fireball Roberts	22	Smokey Yunick	218	61 Pontiac	108	$1,665
6	17	Marvin Panch	3	Daytona Kennel (John Masoni)	217	61 Pontiac	0	$1,050
7	6	Ralph Earnhardt	6	Cotton Owens	216	61 Pontiac	6	$925
8	3	Banjo Matthews	94	Banjo Matthews	215	61 Ford	1	$865
9	5	Bobby Johns	72	Shorty Johns	215	61 Ford	0	$700
10	11	Ned Jarrett	11	BG Holloway	215	61 Chevrol	0	$650
11	7	Nelson Stacy	29	HoltStacy (Dudley Farrell)	212	61 Ford	0	$500
12	18	Larry Frank	47	Jack Smith	212	61 Pontiac	0	$400
13	14	Emanuel Zervakis	85	Monroe Shook	211	61 Chevrol	0	$370
14	22	Jimmy Pardue	54	Jimmy Pardue	209	60 Chevrol	0	$300
15	4	Joe Weatherly	8	Bud Moore	206	61 Pontiac	6	$250
16	26	Dave Mader	0	Dave Mader	205	61 Chevrol	0	$275
17	20	GC Spencer	48	GC Spencer	200	60 Chevrol	0	$200
18	21	Tommy Irwin	2	Tom Daniels	200	60 Chevrol	0	$200
19	25	Larry Flynn	82		195	59 Chevrol	0	$200
20	13	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	192	61 Chrysle	0	$565
21	28	Ed Livingston	68	Curtis Crider	187	60 Ford	0	$200
22	32	Curtis Crider	62	Curtis Crider	181	61 Mercury	0	$500
23	29	Ed Markstellar	38	Matt DeMatthews	177	61 Ford	0	$200
24	12	Rex White	4	WhiteClements (Rex White)	173	61 Chevrol	0	$340
25	15	Buddy Baker	86	Buck Baker	115	61 Chrysle	0	$200
26	24	Jimmy Thompson	55		62	59 T-Bird	0	$200
27	23	Tom Dill	52	Julian Buesink	46	61 Ford	0	$230
28	19	Paul Lewis	1	Jess Potter	38	61 Chevrol	0	$200
29	30	Bobby Waddell	71	Bob Barron	22	60 Dodge	0	$220
30	16	Tim Flock	15	Beau Morgan	16	61 Ford	0	$200
31	27	Elmo Langley	61	Doc White	14	59 T-Bird	0	$200
32	31	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	11	61 Plymout	0	$200