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1961 - Festival 250 Race Results


Race Name - Festival 250
Date - 7/9/1961
Race Track - Atlanta International Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 251 miles
Pole Speed - 136.088 mph
Number of Cautions - 1
Caution Laps - 12
Average Race Speed - 118.06 mph
Lead Changes -
Total Race Purse - $29,655
Race Number - 33
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 5 Fred Lorenzen 28 HolmanMoody 167 61 Ford 52 $7,085
2 7 Bob Welborn 47 Jack Smith 166 61 Pontiac 26 $3,580
3 39 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 164 61 Plymout 0 $2,275
4 21 Emanuel Zervakis 85 Monroe Shook 163 61 Chevrol 0 $1,475
5 12 Jack Smith 46 Jack Smith 161 61 Pontiac 2 $1,310
6 19 Buck Baker 87 Buck Baker 160 61 Chrysle 0 $1,150
7 23 Friday Hassler 96 JL Cheatham 159 60 Chevrol 0 $1,025
8 20 Buddy Baker 86 Buck Baker 159 61 Chrysle 0 $925
9 30 GC Spencer 48 GC Spencer 158 60 Chevrol 0 $850
10 11 Rex White 4 WhiteClements (Rex White) 157 61 Chevrol 0 $900
11 8 Ralph Earnhardt 6 Cotton Owens 157 61 Pontiac 0 $750
12 1 Fireball Roberts 22 Smokey Yunick 155 61 Pontiac 51 $1,025
13 18 Marvin Porter 82 Henry Dunbar 154 61 Ford 0 $625
14 16 Ned Jarrett 11 BG Holloway 153 61 Chevrol 0 $550
15 15 Woodie Wilson 5 Leroy Faucett 153 61 Pontiac 0 $550
16 26 Paul Lewis 1 Jess Potter 152 61 Chevrol 0 $450
17 33 LD Austin 74 LD Austin 152 61 Chevrol 0 $450
18 24 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 151 60 Ford 0 $450
19 38 Roy Tyner 38 Matt DeMatthews 150 61 Ford 0 $450
20 35 Lee Reitzel 93 Lee Reitzel 149 60 Ford 0 $450
21 29 George Alsobrook 99 Joe Jones 148 61 Ford 0 $300
22 28 Gene White 30 Fred Clark 147 60 Chevrol 0 $300
23 41 Hank Tillman 77 146 60 Ford 0 $300
24 34 Curtis Crider 62 Curtis Crider 145 61 Mercury 0 $300
25 36 Tommy Wells 39 143 60 Chevrol 0 $300
26 40 Johnny Allen 69 BG Holloway 140 61 Chevrol 0 $300
27 31 Frank Graham 2 140 60 Ford 0 $300
28 3 Joe Weatherly 8 Bud Moore 133 61 Pontiac 28 $490
29 37 Bob Barron 71 Bob Barron 123 60 Dodge 0 $300
30 42 Tiny Lund 75 JD Braswell 115 61 Pontiac 0 $300
31 9 Junior Johnson 27 Holly Farms (Rex Lovette) 109 61 Pontiac 1 $5
32 32 Eddie Pagan 64 89 60 Ford 0 $
33 6 Banjo Matthews 94 Banjo Matthews 82 61 Ford 0 $
34 17 Jim Bennett 15 Beau Morgan 74 61 Ford 0 $
35 13 Bobby Johns 72 Shorty Johns 66 61 Ford 0 $
36 22 Doug Yates 23 Raeford Johnson 48 61 Plymout 0 $
37 4 Nelson Stacy 29 HoltStacy (Dudley Farrell) 36 61 Ford 7 $60
38 25 Jimmy Pardue 54 Jimmy Pardue 28 60 Chevrol 0 $
39 27 TC Hunt 10 Fred Wheat 20 61 Dodge 0 $
40 2 David Pearson 3 Daytona Kennel (John Masoni) 3 61 Pontiac 0 $75
41 10 Roscoe Thompson 24 James Turner 1 60 Pontiac 0 $
42 14 Herb Tillman 89 Joe Lee Johnson 1 61 Chevrol 0 $