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1961 - Volunteer 500 Race Results


Race Name - Volunteer 500
Date - 7/30/1961
Race Track - Bristol International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 79.225 mph
Number of Cautions - 8
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 68.373 mph
Lead Changes - 7
Total Race Purse - $14,885
Race Number - 36
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 12 Jack Smith 46 Jack Smith 500 61 Pontiac 243 $3,025
2 16 Fireball Roberts 22 Smokey Yunick 498 61 Pontiac 0 $1,325
3 8 Ned Jarrett 11 BG Holloway 495 61 Chevrol 0 $1,125
4 4 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 493 61 Plymout 19 $800
5 21 Buddy Baker 87 Buck Baker 492 61 Chrysle 0 $750
6 11 Joe Weatherly 8 Bud Moore 491 61 Pontiac 0 $725
7 13 Emanuel Zervakis 85 Monroe Shook 490 61 Chevrol 0 $575
8 19 Jim Paschal 44 Neil Pontiac (Julian Petty) 485 61 Pontiac 0 $525
9 20 Sherman Utsman 26 481 61 Ford 0 $450
10 7 Tiny Lund 75 JD Braswell 476 61 Pontiac 0 $400
11 18 Paul Lewis 1 Jess Potter 474 61 Chevrol 0 $350
12 30 LD Austin 74 LD Austin 465 61 Chevrol 0 $275
13 25 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 460 60 Ford 0 $250
14 36 Larry Thomas 36 Wade Younts 434 60 Chevrol 0 $225
15 41 Curtis Crider 62 Curtis Crider 425 60 Ford 0 $150
16 23 Herb Tillman 14 Adcox Chevrolet (Joe Lee Johnson) 422 61 Chevrol 0 $150
17 35 Bob Barron 71 Bob Barron 422 60 Dodge 0 $150
18 10 Bob Welborn 47 Boomershine Pontiac (Jack Smith) 416 61 Pontiac 26 $150
19 26 Doug Yates 23 Yates Motor Co (Raeford Johnson) 414 61 Plymout 0 $150
20 40 Reb Wickersham 33 Reb Wickersham 377 60 Oldsmob 0 $150
21 22 Jimmy Pardue 54 Jimmy Pardue 348 60 Chevrol 0 $125
22 2 Junior Johnson 27 Holly Farms (Rex Lovette) 340 61 Pontiac 170 $405
23 42 Ken Rush 12 332 59 Ford 0 $125
24 31 Wendell Scott 34 Wendell Scott 319 60 Chevrol 0 $125
25 6 Rex White 4 WhiteClements (Rex White) 285 61 Chevrol 42 $280
26 39 Bill Morton 64 Bill Morton 245 60 Chevrol 0 $125
27 28 George Green 71 Joe Jones 236 60 Ford 0 $125
28 32 Marvin Porter 82 Henry Dunbar 235 61 Ford 0 $125
29 33 Dub Utsman 38 200 61 Ford 0 $125
30 3 David Pearson 3 Daytona Kennel (John Masoni) 198 61 Pontiac 0 $125
31 37 Tommy Wells 39 193 60 Chevrol 0 $100
32 15 Nelson Stacy 29 HoltStacy (Dudley Farrell) 182 61 Ford 0 $125
33 1 Fred Lorenzen 28 HolmanMoody 175 61 Ford 0 $250
34 29 GC Spencer 48 GC Spencer 125 60 Chevrol 0 $100
35 17 Larry Frank 76 Lafayette Motors (Dick Wright) 107 61 Ford 0 $125
36 34 Johnny Allen 69 BG Holloway 106 61 Chevrol 0 $100
37 5 Buck Baker 86 Buck Baker 78 61 Chrysle 0 $150
38 27 George Alsobrook 99 Joe Jones 59 61 Ford 0 $100
39 9 Tommy Irwin 2 Tom Daniels 48 60 Chevrol 0 $125
40 14 Cotton Owens 6 Cotton Owens 46 60 Pontiac 0 $125
41 24 Fred Harb 17 Fred Harb 35 61 Ford 0 $100
42 38 Layman Utsman 25 35 60 Dodge 0 $100