1961 Southern 500

Darlington Raceway · 1961 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Nelson Stacy	3	43	17	2	6	72	364	500.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	3	29	Nelson Stacy	Dudley Farrell (Owner)	Ford	364	72	running	3,000
2	1	22	Fireball Roberts	Smokey Yunick Racing	Pontiac	364	180	running	2,880
3	9	3	David Pearson	John Masoni (Owner)	Pontiac	363	6	running	2,760
4	7	44	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty (Owner)	Pontiac	359		running	2,640
5	20	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)	Chevrolet	359		running	2,520
6	33	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	354		running	2,400
7	26	14	Johnny Allen	Joe Lee Johnson (Owner)	Chevrolet	348		running	2,280
8	18	24	Roscoe Thompson	James Turner (Owner)	Pontiac	347		running	2,160
9	6	6	Ralph Earnhardt	Owens Racing	Pontiac	346		engine	2,040
10	36	47	Rex White	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	345		running	1,920
11	12	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Ford	344		running	1,800
12	16	66	Bill Morgan	Ratus Walters (Owner)	Ford	342		running	1,680
13	32	30	Elmo Langley	Fred Clark (Owner)	Chevrolet	341		running	1,560
14	14	27	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	337		running	1,440
15	24	59	Tiny Lund	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Pontiac	323		accident	1,320
16	40	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)	Chevrolet	321		running	1,200
17	35	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)	Chevrolet	316		running	1,080
18	39	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	312		running	960
19	23	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	312		running	840
20	17	46	Larry Frank	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	273		spindle	720
21	25	90	Dave Mader	Dave Mader (Owner)	Chevrolet	262		timing	600
22	4	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	229	13	hub	480
23	31	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed (Owner)	Chevrolet	228		brakes	360
24	15	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	221		bearing	240
25	34	10	T.C. Hunt	Fred Wheat (Owner)	Dodge	206		rear end	120
26	5	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	201	41	engine	120
27	11	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	190		connecting rod	120
28	21	2	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels (Owner)	Chevrolet	164		rocker arm	120
29	2	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody	Ford	158	52	throttle	120
30	19	52	Cale Yarborough	Julian Buesink (Owner)	Ford	135		engine	120
31	8	42	Marvin Panch	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	94		carburetor	120
32	28	82	Marvin Porter		Ford	85		accident	120
33	29	1	Paul Lewis	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	81		accident	120
34	30	5	Woodie Wilson	Leroy Faucett (Owner)	Pontiac	79		accident	120
35	38	68	Ed Livingston	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Ford	79		head gasket	120
36	10	94	Banjo Matthews	Matthews Racing	Ford	65		engine	120
37	22	32	Joe Caspolich		Ford	50		rear end	120
38	27	80	Darel Dieringer	Tubby Gonzales (Owner)	Ford	45		rear end	120
39	13	9	Bunkie Blackburn	Wildcat Williams (Owner)	Ford	34		head gasket	120
40	37	96	Friday Hassler	J.L. Cheatham (Owner)	Chevrolet	22		brakes	120
41	43	99	George Alsobrook	Joe Jones (Owner)	Ford	2		handling	120
42	41	75	Red Hollingsworth	J.D. Braswell (Owner)	Chevrolet	2		handling	120
43	42	93	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel (Owner)	Ford	2		handling	120

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Fireball Roberts	180	49.5%	P2
2	Nelson Stacy	72	19.8%	P1
3	Fred Lorenzen	52	14.3%	P29
4	Richard Petty	41	11.3%	P26
5	Joe Weatherly	13	3.6%	P22
6	David Pearson	6	1.6%	P3

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