1961 100 Miles at Southern States Fairgrounds

Southern States Fairgrounds · 1961 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Joe Weatherly	11	20	9	2	3	40	200	100

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	11	16	Joe Weatherly	Doc White (Owner)	Ford	200	40	running	0
2	2	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	200	52	running	200
3	1	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	196	108	running	192
4	10	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chevrolet	194		running	184
5	5	67	David Pearson	Pearson Racing	Chevrolet	190		running	176
6	14	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	183		running	168
7	16	1	Paul Lewis	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	183		running	160
8	18	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)	Chevrolet	174		running	152
9	19	83	Bob Barron	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Ford	157		running	144
10	8	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson (Owner)	Plymouth	152		rear end	136
11	6	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	142		a-frame	128
12	3	61	Elmo Langley	Doc White (Owner)	Ford	133		rear end	120
13	17	35	Jimmy Pardue	M.J. Black (Owner)	Dodge	112		a-frame	112
14	13	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb (Owner)	Ford	110		oil pressure	104
15	4	36	Tommy Irwin	Tommy Irwin (Owner)	Ford	97		engine mount	96
16	7	11	Ned Jarrett	Ned Jarrett (Owner)	Ford	60		overheating	88
17	15	7	Buddy Baker	Fred Harb (Owner)	Ford	59		drive shaft	80
18	20	27	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	35		axle	72
19	9	64	Curtis Crider	Spook Crawford (Owner)	Ford	35		rear end	64
20	12	59	Tom Pistone	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Pontiac	17		crank shaft	56

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Lee Petty	108	54.0%	P3
2	Rex White	52	26.0%	P2
3	Joe Weatherly	40	20.0%	P1