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 - 40 Race Results
Race Name - 40Date - 8/18/1961Race Track - Southside SpeedwayTrack Length (Miles) - 0.25 milesRace Length (Miles) - 38 milesPole Speed - 58.86 mphNumber of Cautions - 1Caution Laps - 8Average Race Speed - 51.605 mphLead Changes - 0Total Race Purse - $3,885Race Number - 40 | More Races from 1961 |
Fin | St | Driver | # | Sponsor | Laps Run | Make | Laps Led | Purse |
1 | 1 | Junior Johnson | 27 | Holly Farms (Rex Lovette) | 150 | 60 Pontiac | 150 | $600 |
2 | 5 | Ned Jarrett | 11 | BG Holloway | 149 | 61 Chevrol | 0 | $475 |
3 | 3 | Emanuel Zervakis | 85 | Monroe Shook | 149 | 61 Chevrol | 0 | $380 |
4 | 2 | Rex White | 4 | WhiteClements (Rex White) | 148 | 60 Chevrol | 0 | $425 |
5 | 6 | Jimmy Pardue | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | 148 | 60 Chevrol | 0 | $225 |
6 | 9 | Doug Yates | 23 | Raeford Johnson | 147 | 60 Plymout | 0 | $215 |
7 | 7 | Jimmy Mairs | 57 | 146 | 61 Chevrol | 0 | $195 | |
8 | 19 | Elmo Langley | 61 | Doc White | 143 | 59 T-Bird | 0 | $160 |
9 | 4 | Richard Petty | 43 | Petty Enterprises | 143 | 61 Plymout | 0 | $180 |
10 | 15 | Fred Harb | 12 | Fred Harb | 141 | 59 Ford | 0 | $140 |
11 | 12 | LD Austin | 74 | LD Austin | 139 | 61 Chevrol | 0 | $145 |
12 | 8 | Curtis Crider | 5 | Curtis Crider | 136 | 59 Chevrol | 0 | $120 |
13 | 13 | Ronnie Fones | 112 | 135 | 59 Chevrol | 0 | $110 | |
14 | 16 | Larry Thomas | 36 | Wade Younts | 132 | 60 Chevrol | 0 | $125 |
15 | 11 | Buck Baker | 86 | Buck Baker | 117 | 61 Chrysle | 0 | $95 |
16 | 19 | Wendell Scott | 34 | Wendell Scott | 90 | 60 Chevrol | 0 | $95 |
17 | 14 | Bob Barron | 71 | Bob Barron | 84 | 60 Dodge | 0 | $90 |
18 | 17 | Charlie Chapman | 41 | Charlie Chapman | 27 | 60 Ford | 0 | $60 |
19 | 18 | Bob Presnell | 62 | Curtis Crider | 1 | 60 Ford | 0 | $50 |