1961 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Firecracker 250 Race Results

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1961 - Firecracker 250 Race Results

Race Name - Firecracker 250
Date - 7/4/1961
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 157.15 mph
Number of Cautions - 0
Caution Laps - 0
Average Race Speed - 154.29 mph
Lead Changes - 12
Total Race Purse - $28,435
Race Number - 32

More Races from 1961

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	David Pearson	3	Daytona Kennel (John Masoni)	100	61 Pontiac	11	$8,450
2	7	Fred Lorenzen	28	HolmanMoody	100	61 Ford	18	$4,275
3	10	Jack Smith	46	Jack Smith	99	61 Pontiac	0	$2,700
4	6	Marvin Panch	20	Smokey Yunick	99	60 Pontiac	0	$1,525
5	1	Fireball Roberts	22	Smokey Yunick	98	61 Pontiac	59	$1,525
6	3	Joe Weatherly	8	Bud Moore	98	61 Pontiac	6	$1,250
7	13	Nelson Stacy	29	HoltStacy (Dudley Farrell)	98	61 Ford	0	$800
8	11	Roscoe Thompson	24	James Turner	97	60 Pontiac	0	$825
9	14	Larry Frank	76	LaFayette Motors (Dick Wright)	97	61 Ford	0	$675
10	8	Ralph Earnhardt	6	Cotton Owens	96	61 Pontiac	0	$700
11	12	Jim Bennett	15	Beau Morgan	96	61 Ford	0	$500
12	17	Ned Jarrett	11	BG Holloway	96	61 Chevrol	0	$350
13	19	Johnny Allen	69	BG Holloway	96	61 Chevrol	0	$320
14	21	Herb Tillman	89	Joe Lee Johnson	95	61 Chevrol	0	$300
15	5	Bobby Johns	72	Shorty Johns	94	61 Ford	3	$420
16	15	Marvin Porter	82	Henry Dunbar	94	61 Ford	0	$295
17	9	Junior Johnson	27	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	93	61 Pontiac	0	$300
18	16	Woodie Wilson	5	Leroy Faucett	92	61 Pontiac	0	$275
19	27	Jimmy Pardue	54	Jimmy Pardue	92	60 Chevrol	0	$250
20	28	Tiny Lund	75	JD Braswell	91	61 Pontiac	0	$250
21	23	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	91	60 Ford	0	$250
22	4	Banjo Matthews	94	Banjo Matthews	82	61 Ford	3	$600
23	26	Rex White	4	WhiteClements (Rex White)	63	61 Chevrol	0	$350
24	25	Curtis Crider	62	Curtis Crider	52	61 Mercury	0	$250
25	30	Reb Wickersham	33	Reb Wickersham	49	60 Oldsmob	0	$250
26	18	George Alsobrook	99	Joe Jones	27	61 Ford	0	$150
27	20	Buddy Baker	86	Buck Baker	15	61 Chrysle	0	$150
28	22	Roy Tyner	38	Matt DeMatthews	8	61 Ford	0	$150
29	24	Emanuel Zervakis	85	Monroe Shook	4	61 Ford	0	$150
30	29	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	2	61 Chrysle	0	$150