1961 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Old Dominion 500 Race Results

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1961 - Old Dominion 500 Race Results

Race Name - Old Dominion 500
Date - 9/24/1961
Race Track - Martinsville Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 70.73 mph
Number of Cautions - 7
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 62.586 mph
Lead Changes - 9
Total Race Purse - $14,800
Race Number - 47

More Races from 1961

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	4	Joe Weatherly	8	Bud Moore	500	61 Pontiac	116	$3,595
2	2	Rex White	4	WhiteClements (Rex White)	500	61 Pontiac	58	$2,000
3	9	Junior Johnson	27	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	499	61 Pontiac	259	$1,570
4	8	Fireball Roberts	6	Cotton Owens	496	61 Pontiac	2	$850
5	16	Ken Rush	59	BG Holloway	494	61 Pontiac	0	$750
6	11	Jimmy Pardue	54	Jimmy Pardue	494	60 Chevrol	0	$650
7	12	Emanuel Zervakis	85	Monroe Shook	492	61 Chevrol	0	$550
8	15	Art Malone	42	Petty Enterprises	484	61 Plymout	0	$500
9	24	Larry Thomas	36	Wade Younts	476	60 Chevrol	0	$425
10	17	Bill Morton	64	Bill Morton	473	60 Chevrol	0	$365
11	21	GC Spencer	48	GC Spencer	469	60 Chevrol	0	$425
12	18	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	464	60 Ford	0	$275
13	6	Ned Jarrett	11	BG Holloway	407	61 Chevrol	8	$285
14	5	Fred Harb	17	Fred Harb	407	61 Ford	0	$275
15	19	Doug Yates	23	Raeford Johnson	395	61 Plymout	0	$150
16	26	John Hamby	25	John Hamby	395	61 Dodge	0	$175
17	7	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	319	61 Plymout	0	$175
18	1	Fred Lorenzen	28	HolmanMoody	300	61 Ford	57	$350
19	14	Jim Paschal	44	Julian Petty	284	61 Pontiac	0	$150
20	3	Glen Wood	21	Wood Brothers	264	61 Ford	0	$225
21	13	Buck Baker	86	Buck Baker	214	61 Chrysle	0	$100
22	22	LD Austin	74	LD Austin	179	61 Chevrol	0	$150
23	28	Bob Barron	71	Bob Barron	120	60 Dodge	0	$100
24	25	Wayne Lambath	12		117	59 Ford	0	$125
25	23	Curtis Crider	62	Curtis Crider	17	61 Mercury	0	$135
26	27	Bob Presnell	5		5	59 Chevrol	0	$100
27	10	Tommy Irwin	2	Tom Daniels	2	61 Chevrol	0	$125
28	20	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	1	60 Chevrol	0	$100
29	29	Joe Jones	77	Joe Jones	0	60 Ford	0	$125