1961 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Daytona 500 Qualifier 1 Race Results

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1961 - Daytona 500 Qualifier 1 Race Results

Race Name - Daytona 500 Qualifier 1
Date - 2/24/1961
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 98 miles
Pole Speed - 133.037 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 10
Average Race Speed - 129.71 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $4,575
Race Number - 3

More Races from 1961

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Fireball Roberts	22	Smokey Yunick	39	61 Pontiac	25	$1,000
2	2	Jim Paschal	3	Daytona Kennel (John Masoni)	39	61 Pontiac		$600
3	13	Jack Smith	47	Jack Smith	39	61 Pontiac		$400
4	11	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	39	61 Chrysle		$300
5	19	Ned Jarrett	11	DashDashDash Corp (BG Holloway)	39	61 Chevrol		$275
6	4	Bobby Johns	72	Shorty Johns	39	61 Ford		$250
7	8	Nelson Stacy	29	HoltStacy (Dudley Farrell)	39	61 Ford		$200
8	6	Bob Burdick	53	McKenzie (Roy Burdick)	39	61 Pontiac		$175
9	7	Paul Goldsmith	31	Ray Nichels	39	61 Pontiac		$150
10	3	Junior Johnson	27	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	38	61 Pontiac		$140
11	23	Tommy Irwin	2	Tom Daniels	38	60 Chevrol		$135
12	18	TC Hunt	10	Fred Wheat	38	60 Dodge		$125
13	10	Roscoe Thompson	24	James Turner	37	60 Pontiac		$115
14	5	Bob Welborn	49	Bob Welborn	37	61 Pontiac		$100
15	9	Bob Pronger	83	Meilwain Ford (Jack Meeks)	37	61 Ford		$85
16	14	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	37	61 Plymout		$75
17	16	Jim Hendrickson	56	Charles French	37	60 Chevrol		$75
18	26	Curtis Crider	62	Curtis Crider	37	60 Ford		$75
19	20	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	37	60 Ford		$50
20	15	Larry Frank	76	Dick Wright	37	60 Ford		$50
21	12	Rex White	4	WhiteClements (Rex White)	36	61 Chevrol		$50
22	24	Friday Hassler	30	Fred Clark	36	60 Chevrol		$50
23	30	Ernie Gahan	55	John Koszela	36	59 Chevrol		$50
24	29	George Tet	60	Tetsuo Fuchigami	36	60 Ford		$50
25	32	Paul Parks	64	Spook Crawford	35	60 Ford		$
26	27	Harlan Richardson	88	Jim White	34	61 Ford		$
27	25	Pete Boland	63	Pete Boland	32	60 Ford		$
28	34	Charlie Chapman	41	Charlie Chapman	32	60 Ford		$
29	33	Marshall Sargent	39	Marshall Sargent	21	59 Pontiac		$
30	17	Joe Kelly	37	Don House	12	61 Ford		$
31	31	Ed Markstellar	38	Matt DeMatthews	8	61 Ford		$
32	28	Wes Morgan	57	JI Divers	7	60 Chevrol		$
33	22	Darrell Dake	18	Weldon Wagner	7	61 Chevrol		$
34	21	Dave Mader	0	Dave Mader	6	61 Chevrol		$