1961 Capital City 200

Richmond Raceway · 1961 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Laps	Miles
Joe Weatherly	7	25	15	2	250	250

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Status	Pts
1	7	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	250	running	400
2	1	27	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	250	running	384
3	5	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	249	running	368
4	2	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	249	running	352
5	12	44	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty (Owner)	Pontiac	248	running	336
6	4	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)	Chevrolet	246	running	320
7	3	66	Bill Morgan	Ratus Walters (Owner)	Chevrolet	239	running	304
8	19	61	Elmo Langley	Doc White (Owner)	Ford	224	running	288
9	9	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	223	running	272
10	17	48	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Chevrolet	219	running	256
11	11	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson (Owner)	Plymouth	217	running	240
12	23	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb (Owner)	Ford	215	running
13	14	119	Al Disney		Buick	214	running	224
14	10	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Chevrolet	201	running	208
15	13	86	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	189	running	192
16	20	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts (Owner)	Chevrolet	176	rear end	176
17	6	6	Cotton Owens	Owens Racing	Pontiac	171	rear end	160
18	8	42	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	157	engine	144
19	18	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)	Chevrolet	155	spindle	128
20	21	57	Harvey Henderson	J.I. Divers (Owner)	Chevrolet	153	brakes	112
21	15	90	Johnny Roberts	Donlavey Racing	Ford	113	head gasket	96
22	22	112	Ronnie Fones		Chevrolet	82	rear end	80
23	24	5	Jimmy Pardue		Chevrolet	70	spindle	64
24	25	71	Bob Barron	Bob Barron (Owner)	Dodge	63	rear end	48
25	16	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	7	overheating	32