1961 Festival 250

Atlanta Motor Speedway · 1961 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Fred Lorenzen	5	42	24	1	7	52	167	250.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	5	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody	Ford	167	52	running	1,500
2	7	47	Bob Welborn	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	166	26	running	1,440
3	39	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	164		running	1,380
4	21	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)	Chevrolet	163		running	1,320
5	12	46	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	161	2	running	1,260
6	19	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	160		running	1,200
7	23	96	Friday Hassler	J.L. Cheatham (Owner)	Chevrolet	159		running	1,140
8	20	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	159		running	1,080
9	30	48	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Chevrolet	158		running	1,020
10	11	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	157		running	960
11	8	6	Ralph Earnhardt	Owens Racing	Pontiac	157		running	900
12	1	22	Fireball Roberts	Smokey Yunick Racing	Pontiac	155	51	running	840
13	18	82	Marvin Porter		Ford	154		running	780
14	16	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	153		engine	720
15	15	5	Woodie Wilson	Leroy Faucett (Owner)	Pontiac	153		running	660
16	26	1	Paul Lewis	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	152		running	600
17	33	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)	Chevrolet	152		running	540
18	24	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	151		running	480
19	38	38	Roy Tyner	Matt DeMatthews (Owner)	Ford	150		running	420
20	35	93	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel (Owner)	Ford	149		running	360
21	29	99	George Alsobrook	Joe Jones (Owner)	Ford	148		rocker arm	300
22	28	30	Gene White	Fred Clark (Owner)	Chevrolet	147		running	240
23	41	77	Hank Tillman		Ford	146		running	180
24	34	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	145		running	120
25	36	39	Tommy Wells		Chevrolet	143		running	60
26	40	69	Johnny Allen	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	140		engine	60
27	31	2	Frank Graham		Ford	140		running	60
28	3	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	133	28	engine	60
29	37	71	Bob Barron	Bob Barron (Owner)	Dodge	123		rear end	60
30	42	75	Tiny Lund	J.D. Braswell (Owner)	Pontiac	115		fuel pump	60
31	9	27	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	109	1	timing	60
32	32	64	Eddie Pagan		Ford	89		rear end	60
33	6	94	Banjo Matthews	Matthews Racing	Ford	82		axle	60
34	17	15	Jim Bennett	Beau Morgan (Owner)	Ford	74		head gasket	60
35	13	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Ford	66		engine	60
36	22	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson (Owner)	Plymouth	48		engine	60
37	4	29	Nelson Stacy	Dudley Farrell (Owner)	Ford	36	7	engine	60
38	25	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)	Chevrolet	28		piston	60
39	27	10	T.C. Hunt	Fred Wheat (Owner)	Dodge	20		connecting rod	60
40	2	3	David Pearson	John Masoni (Owner)	Pontiac	3		accident	60
41	10	24	Roscoe Thompson	James Turner (Owner)	Pontiac	1		accident	60
42	14	89	Herb Tillman	Joe Lee Johnson (Owner)	Chevrolet	1		accident	60

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Fred Lorenzen	52	31.1%	P1
2	Fireball Roberts	51	30.5%	P12
3	Joe Weatherly	28	16.8%	P28
4	Bob Welborn	26	15.6%	P2
5	Nelson Stacy	7	4.2%	P37
6	Jack Smith	2	1.2%	P5
7	Junior Johnson	1	0.6%	P31

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