1961 100 Miles at Columbia Speedway (Race 34)

Columbia Speedway · 1961 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Cotton Owens	1	21	14	3	3	8	200	100

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	6	Cotton Owens	Owens Racing	Pontiac	200	8	running	400
2	7	14	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty (Owner)	Pontiac	200	142	running	384
3	3	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	200		running	368
4	14	27	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	198		running	352
5	2	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	198	50	running	336
6	5	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)	Chevrolet	197		running	320
7	8	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	194		running	304
8	11	48	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Chevrolet	191		running	288
9	16	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)	Chevrolet	188		running	272
10	13	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	186		running	256
11	15	71	Bob Barron	Bob Barron (Owner)	Dodge	181		running	240
12	19	18	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts (Owner)	Chevrolet	180		running	224
13	9	63	Tiny Lund	Pete Boland (Owner)	Ford	175		running	208
14	4	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	173		running	192
15	12	86	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	163		engine	176
16	21	77	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)	Ford	119		drive shaft	160
17	18	67	David Pearson	Pearson Racing	Chevrolet	109		accident	144
18	6	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	95		oil leak	128
19	10	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson (Owner)	Plymouth	81		engine	112
20	17	9	Bunkie Blackburn	Wildcat Williams (Owner)	Ford	64		air filter	96
21	20	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	19		sway bar	80

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Jim Paschal	142	71.0%	P2
2	Joe Weatherly	50	25.0%	P5
3	Cotton Owens	8	4.0%	P1