1961 Western North Carolina 500

Asheville-Weaverville Speedway · 1961 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Junior Johnson	2	38	28	1	1	258	258	129

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	27	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	258	258	running	700
2	5	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	255		running	672
3	11	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	254		running	644
4	9	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	254		running	616
5	7	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)	Chevrolet	254		running	588
6	1	44	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty (Owner)	Pontiac	254		running	560
7	13	2	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels (Owner)	Chevrolet	253		running	532
8	33	14	Johnny Allen	Joe Lee Johnson (Owner)	Chevrolet	253		running	504
9	4	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	252		running	476
10	21	29	Nelson Stacy	Dudley Farrell (Owner)	Ford	252		running	448
11	8	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	249		running	420
12	15	99	George Alsobrook	Joe Jones (Owner)	Ford	234		accident	392
13	17	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	233		running	364
14	18	82	Marvin Porter		Ford	231		running	336
15	27	41	Charlie Chapman	Charlie Chapman (Owner)	Ford	228		running	308
16	16	87	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	227		running	280
17	21	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)	Chevrolet	227		running	252
18	26	97	Harry Leake	Harry Leake (Owner)	Chevrolet	227		running	224
19	20	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)	Chevrolet	225		running	196
20	31	1	Paul Lewis	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	218		running	168
21	25	33	Reb Wickersham	Reb Wickersham (Owner)	Oldsmobile	217		running	140
22	28	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Ford	214		running	112
23	34	25	John Hamby		Dodge	208		running	84
24	35	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Chevrolet	204		running	56
25	32	5	Bob Presnell		Chevrolet	200		running	28
26	22	64	Bill Morton	Bill Morton (Owner)	Chevrolet	198		running	28
27	19	48	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Chevrolet	196		fuel pump	28
28	6	86	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	185		running	28
29	36	58	Bunk Moore		Ford	182		accident	28
30	29	148	Bill McDonald		Chevrolet	180		too slow	28
31	37	59	Fireball Roberts	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Pontiac	144		axle	28
32	23	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts (Owner)	Chevrolet	136		running	28
33	3	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb (Owner)	Ford	135		running	28
34	10	94	Banjo Matthews	Matthews Racing	Ford	102		tire	28
35	38	164	Earl Wilcox		Oldsmobile	81		too slow	28
36	30	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson (Owner)	Plymouth	75		oil filter	28
37	24	71	Bob Barron	Bob Barron (Owner)	Dodge	67		hub	28
38	14	96	Dave Mader	J.L. Cheatham (Owner)	Chevrolet	64		wheel	28

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Junior Johnson	258	100.0%	P1

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1961 Western North Carolina 500

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