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1961 Virginia 500

Martinsville Speedway · 1961 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Junior Johnson	17	30	19	1	3	135	500	250

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	17	27	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	500	135	running	500
2	5	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)	Chevrolet	496		running	480
3	26	75	Fireball Roberts	Smokey Yunick Racing	Pontiac	496		running	460
4	21	2	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels (Owner)	Chevrolet	491		running	440
5	24	86	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	491		running	420
6	4	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	484		running	400
7	7	15	Tim Flock	Beau Morgan (Owner)	Ford	479		running	380
8	22	97	Harry Leake	Harry Leake (Owner)	Chevrolet	475		running	360
9	1	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	474	31	running	340
10	6	29	Nelson Stacy	Dudley Farrell (Owner)	Ford	465		rear end	320
11	2	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody	Ford	465	334	running	300
12	10	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	463		running	280
13	18	48	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Chevrolet	450		running	260
14	9	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson (Owner)	Plymouth	442		running	240
15	15	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Chevrolet	432		running	220
16	28	69	Johnny Allen	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	431		engine	200
17	29	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)	Chevrolet	417		running	180
18	27	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Ford	416		running	160
19	19	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Ford	414		running	140
20	23	93	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel (Owner)	Ford	403		running	120
21	14	71	Bob Barron	Bob Barron (Owner)	Dodge	312		running	100
22	16	21	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	266		rear end	80
23	3	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	243		distributor	60
24	30	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Ford	236		connecting rod	40
25	11	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)	Chevrolet	211		axle	20
26	20	1	Paul Lewis	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	209		oil pressure	20
27	12	30	Bob Welborn	Fred Clark (Owner)	Chevrolet	112		piston	20
28	13	33	Reb Wickersham	Reb Wickersham (Owner)	Oldsmobile	48		handling	20
29	8	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb (Owner)	Ford	35		handling	20
30	25	8	Allen Franklin		Buick	5		handling	20

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Fred Lorenzen	334	66.8%	P11
2	Junior Johnson	135	27.0%	P1
3	Rex White	31	6.2%	P9

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