1961 100 Miles at Columbia Speedway (Race 15)

Columbia Speedway · 1961 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Cotton Owens	2	22	12	1	2	4	200	100

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	6	Cotton Owens	Owens Racing	Pontiac	200	4	running	400
2	1	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	199	196	running	384
3	3	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)	Chevrolet	199		running	368
4	12	48	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Chevrolet	197		running	352
5	9	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	197		running	336
6	7	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	193		running	320
7	6	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb (Owner)	Ford	192		running	304
8	11	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Ford	191		running	288
9	15	97	Harry Leake	Harry Leake (Owner)	Chevrolet	182		running	272
10	13	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	171		running	256
11	16	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Chevrolet	167		accident	240
12	10	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson (Owner)	Plymouth	167		fuel pump	224
13	17	71	Bob Barron	Bob Barron (Owner)	Dodge	165		running	208
14	5	67	David Pearson	Pearson Racing	Chevrolet	149		a-frame	192
15	19	93	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel (Owner)	Ford	122		running	176
16	4	86	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	103		axle	160
17	21	30	Doug Cox	Doug Cox (Owner)	Ford	100		axle	144
18	22	33	Bryant Wallace	Reb Wickersham (Owner)	Oldsmobile	72		brakes	128
19	14	35	George Green	M.J. Black (Owner)	Plymouth	67		accident	112
20	8	2	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels (Owner)	Ford	23		rear end	96
21	18	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	12		cylinder head	80
22	20	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)	Chevrolet	5		push rod	64

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Ned Jarrett	196	98.0%	P2
2	Cotton Owens	4	2.0%	P1