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1961 - Daytona 500 Race Results


Race Name - Daytona 500
Date - 2/26/1961
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 500 miles
Pole Speed - 155.709 mph
Number of Cautions - 0
Caution Laps - 0
Average Race Speed - 149.6 mph
Lead Changes - 9
Total Race Purse - $65,125
Race Number - 5
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Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 4 Marvin Panch 20 Smokey Yunick 200 60 Pontiac 13 $21,050
2 2 Joe Weatherly 8 Stephens Pontiac (Bud Moore) 200 61 Pontiac 0 $9,150
3 17 Paul Goldsmith 31 Diesi Pontiac (Ray Nichels) 200 61 Pontiac 0 $5,900
4 45 Fred Lorenzen 80 Tubby Gonzales 198 61 Ford 0 $3,825
5 6 Cotton Owens 6 Cotton Owens 198 61 Pontiac 0 $2,975
6 5 Jack Smith 47 Jack Smith 197 61 Pontiac 0 $2,075
7 9 Ned Jarrett 11 DashDashDash Corp (BG Holloway) 196 61 Chevrol 0 $1,550
8 47 Johnny Allen 69 BG Holloway 196 61 Chevrol 0 $1,050
9 7 Buck Baker 87 Buck Baker 196 61 Chrysle 0 $850
10 18 Tom Pistone 59 BG Holloway 196 61 Pontiac 0 $750
11 29 Bob Welborn 49 Bob Welborn 194 61 Pontiac 0 $600
12 41 Rex White 4 Rex White 194 61 Chevrol 0 $500
13 16 Jim Reed 7 Jim Reed 194 61 Chevrol 0 $400
14 46 Sal Tovella 23 Bob Rose 191 61 Ford 0 $350
15 22 Charlie Glotzbach 65 Melvin Black 191 61 Pontiac 0 $350
16 10 Darel Dieringer 32 Ray Nichels 191 61 Pontiac 0 $325
17 32 Tom Dill 52 Julian Buesink 190 61 Ford 0 $325
18 14 Emanuel Zervakis 85 Toots Transfer (Monroe Shook) 189 61 Chevrol 0 $300
19 49 Joe Kelly 37 Don House 188 61 Ford 0 $300
20 1 Fireball Roberts 22 Smokey Yunick 187 61 Pontiac 170 $4,750
21 30 David Pearson 66 Tony Lavati 186 61 Pontiac 0 $200
22 37 Friday Hassler 30 Fred Clark 186 60 Chevrol 0 $200
23 57 Elmo Henderson 41 Charlie Chapman 184 60 Ford 0 $200
24 31 Tim Flock 83 Meilwain Ford (Jack Meeks) 184 61 Ford 0 $200
25 38 Elmo Langley 16 Happy Steigel 184 59 Pontiac 0 $200
26 50 Harlan Richardson 88 Jim White 184 61 Ford 0 $200
27 8 Banjo Matthews 94 Warrior Motel (Banjo Matthews) 181 61 Ford 3 $250
28 26 Robert Roeber 91 RG Henschel 180 60 Pontiac 0 $200
29 34 Ed Livingston 68 Curtis Crider 177 60 Ford 0 $200
30 24 Jimmy Pardue 54 Jimmy Pardue 176 60 Chevrol 0 $200
31 36 Bobby Allison 40 Ralph Stark 175 60 Chevrol 0 $200
32 53 Paul Parks 64 Spook Crawford 173 60 Ford 0 $200
33 27 Roscoe Thompson 24 James Turner 169 60 Pontiac 0 $200
34 39 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 167 60 Ford 0 $200
35 40 Reb Wickersham 33 Reb Wickersham 158 60 Oldsmob 0 $200
36 15 Bob Burdick 53 McKenzie (Roy Burdick) 157 61 Pontiac 0 $200
37 12 Joe Lee Johnson 89 Joe Lee Johnson 153 61 Chevrol 0 $200
38 25 Larry Frank 76 Dick Wright 152 60 Ford 0 $200
39 48 Paul Lewis 1 Jess Potter 149 61 Chevrol 0 $200
40 28 Buddy Baker 86 Buck Baker 145 61 Chrysle 0 $200
41 54 Marshall Sargent 39 Marshall Sargent 115 59 Pontiac 0 $200
42 58 Brian Naylor 36 Warner Brothers 85 60 Ford 0 $200
43 56 Ed Markstellar 38 Matt DeMatthews 81 61 Ford 0 $200
44 13 Nelson Stacy 29 HoltStacy (Dudley Farrell) 79 61 Ford 7 $200
45 19 Tommy Irwin 2 Tom Daniels 67 60 Chevrol 0 $200
46 35 Darrell Dake 18 Weldon Wagner 47 61 Chevrol 0 $200
47 43 Junior Johnson 27 Holly Farms (Rex Lovette) 44 60 Pontiac 7 $300
48 51 Red Hollingsworth 15 Red Hollingsworth 35 60 Chevrol 0 $200
49 3 Jim Paschal 3 Daytona Kennel (John Masoni) 30 61 Pontiac 0 $200
50 11 Bobby Johns 72 Shorty Johns 26 61 Ford 0 $200
51 55 George Tet 60 Tetsuo Fuchigami 24 60 Ford 0 $200
52 21 TC Hunt 10 Fred Wheat 23 60 Dodge 0 $200
53 23 Curtis Crider 62 Curtis Crider 12 60 Ford 0 $200
54 20 Don ODell 75 JD Braswell 10 61 Pontiac 0 $200
55 33 Curtis Turner 21 Courtesy (Wood Brothers) 6 61 Ford 0 $200
56 44 Wilbur Rakestraw 99 Joe Jones 5 61 Ford 0 $200
57 52 Ernie Gahan 55 John Koszela 3 59 Chevrol 0 $200
58 42 Ken Johnson 50 James French 3 60 Ford 0 $200