1961 Volunteer 500

Bristol Motor Speedway · 1961 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Jack Smith	12	42	19	1	5	243	500	266.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	12	46	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	500	243	running	750
2	16	22	Fireball Roberts	Smokey Yunick Racing	Pontiac	498		running	720
3	8	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	495		running	690
4	4	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	493	19	running	660
5	21	87	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	492		running	630
6	11	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	491		running	600
7	13	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)	Chevrolet	490		running	570
8	19	44	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty (Owner)	Pontiac	485		running	540
9	20	26	Sherman Utsman		Ford	481		running	510
10	7	75	Tiny Lund	J.D. Braswell (Owner)	Pontiac	476		running	480
11	18	1	Paul Lewis	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	474		running	450
12	30	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)	Chevrolet	465		running	420
13	25	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	460		running	390
14	36	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts (Owner)	Chevrolet	434		running	360
15	41	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Ford	425		running	330
16	23	14	Herb Tillman	Joe Lee Johnson (Owner)	Chevrolet	422		accident	300
17	35	71	Bob Barron	Bob Barron (Owner)	Dodge	422		running	270
18	10	47	Bob Welborn	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	416	26	wheel studs	240
19	26	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson (Owner)	Plymouth	414		running	210
20	40	33	Reb Wickersham	Reb Wickersham (Owner)	Oldsmobile	377		running	180
21	22	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)	Chevrolet	348		running	150
22	2	27	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	340	170	differential	120
23	42	12	Ken Rush		Ford	332		accident	90
24	31	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Chevrolet	319		differential	60
25	6	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	285	42	engine	30
26	39	64	Bill Morton	Bill Morton (Owner)	Chevrolet	245		rocker arm	30
27	28	71	George Green	Joe Jones (Owner)	Ford	236		connecting rod	30
28	32	82	Marvin Porter		Ford	235		axle	30
29	33	38	Dub Utsman		Ford	200		rocker arm	30
30	3	3	David Pearson	John Masoni (Owner)	Pontiac	198		engine	30
31	37	39	Tommy Wells		Chevrolet	193		engine	30
32	15	29	Nelson Stacy	Dudley Farrell (Owner)	Ford	182		accident	30
33	1	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody	Ford	175		differential	30
34	29	48	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Chevrolet	125		engine	30
35	17	76	Larry Frank	Dick Wright (Owner)	Ford	107		clutch	30
36	34	69	Johnny Allen	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	106		fire	30
37	5	86	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	78		valve	30
38	27	99	George Alsobrook	Joe Jones (Owner)	Ford	59		axle	30
39	9	2	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels (Owner)	Chevrolet	48		overheating	30
40	14	6	Cotton Owens	Owens Racing	Pontiac	46		head gasket	30
41	24	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb (Owner)	Ford	35		handling	30
42	38	25	Layman Utsman		Dodge	35		handling	30

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Jack Smith	243	48.6%	P1
2	Junior Johnson	170	34.0%	P22
3	Rex White	42	8.4%	P25
4	Bob Welborn	26	5.2%	P18
5	Richard Petty	19	3.8%	P4

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