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1961 Gwyn Staley 400

North Wilkesboro Speedway · 1961 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Rex White	2	25	12	1	4	221	400	250

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	400	221	running	500
2	6	2	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels (Owner)	Chevrolet	398		running	480
3	3	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	396		running	460
4	19	22	Fireball Roberts	Smokey Yunick Racing	Pontiac	390		running	440
5	7	69	Johnny Allen	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	387		accident	420
6	13	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)	Chevrolet	385		running	400
7	10	87	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	369		transmission	380
8	14	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb (Owner)	Ford	366		running	360
9	16	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	346		running	340
10	21	33	Reb Wickersham	Reb Wickersham (Owner)	Oldsmobile	333		running	320
11	18	71	Bob Barron	Bob Barron (Owner)	Dodge	329		running	300
12	24	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Ford	319		running	280
13	12	35	George Green	M.J. Black (Owner)	Plymouth	310		running	260
14	4	21	Curtis Turner	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	296	56	rear end	240
15	23	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Chevrolet	276		running	220
16	20	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Ford	252		clutch	200
17	8	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)	Chevrolet	230		piston	180
18	15	48	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Chevrolet	168		rear end	160
19	5	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody	Ford	123	61	rocker arm	140
20	17	0	Bobby Waddell	Bobby Waddell (Owner)	Dodge	109		rear end	120
21	25	1	Paul Lewis	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	100		rocker arm	100
22	1	27	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	62	62	transmission	80
23	22	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson (Owner)	Plymouth	30		rear end	60
24	9	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	29		piston	40
25	11	86	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	27		rear end	20

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Rex White	221	55.3%	P1
2	Junior Johnson	62	15.5%	P22
3	Fred Lorenzen	61	15.3%	P19
4	Curtis Turner	56	14.0%	P14

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