1961 Dixie 400

Atlanta Motor Speedway · 1961 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
David Pearson	5	42	21	3	7	2	267	400.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	5	3	David Pearson	John Masoni (Owner)	Pontiac	267	2	running	2,000
2	9	27	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	267		running	1,920
3	1	22	Fireball Roberts	Smokey Yunick Racing	Pontiac	267	29	running	1,840
4	13	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	264		running	1,760
5	26	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	264		running	1,680
6	24	14	Johnny Allen	Joe Lee Johnson (Owner)	Chevrolet	264		running	1,600
7	27	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	264		running	1,520
8	23	46	Bob Welborn	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	264		running	1,440
9	22	51	Woodie Wilson	Leroy Faucett (Owner)	Pontiac	262		running	1,360
10	11	6	Marvin Panch	Owens Racing	Pontiac	262		running	1,280
11	7	94	Banjo Matthews	Matthews Racing	Ford	262	163	engine	1,200
12	8	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Ford	261	11	running	1,120
13	14	44	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty (Owner)	Pontiac	260		running	1,040
14	15	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)	Chevrolet	259		running	960
15	30	30	Tiny Lund	Fred Clark (Owner)	Chevrolet	259		running	880
16	3	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	256	4	running	800
17	21	59	Ken Rush	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Pontiac	255		running	720
18	10	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	254		running	640
19	2	29	Nelson Stacy	Dudley Farrell (Owner)	Ford	243	50	engine	560
20	6	24	Darel Dieringer	James Turner (Owner)	Pontiac	238		accident	480
21	35	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)	Chevrolet	238		running	400
22	37	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	235		running	320
23	25	68	Ed Livingston	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Ford	234		running	240
24	36	93	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel (Owner)	Ford	226		running	160
25	16	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	209		engine	80
26	20	32	Bill Morgan	J.L. Cheatham (Owner)	Ford	203		piston	80
27	32	78	J.C. Hendrix	W.J. Ridgeway (Owner)	Ford	202		connecting rod	80
28	33	96	Elmo Langley	J.L. Cheatham (Owner)	Chevrolet	180		engine	80
29	12	9	Bunkie Blackburn	Wildcat Williams (Owner)	Ford	174		engine	80
30	28	10	T.C. Hunt	Fred Wheat (Owner)	Dodge	153		engine	80
31	34	48	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Chevrolet	124		engine	80
32	38	71	Bob Barron	Bob Barron (Owner)	Chevrolet	104		engine	80
33	39	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson (Owner)	Plymouth	65		oil pressure	80
34	31	99	George Alsobrook	Joe Jones (Owner)	Ford	63		piston	80
35	29	5	Ralph Earnhardt	Leroy Faucett (Owner)	Pontiac	62		transmission	80
36	4	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody	Ford	52	8	accident	80
37	19	90	Dave Mader	Dave Mader (Owner)	Chevrolet	51		accident	80
38	17	80	Tubby Gonzales	Tubby Gonzales (Owner)	Ford	47		engine	80
39	18	86	Herb Tillman	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	46		oil pressure	80
40	42	15	Jesse James Taylor	Beau Morgan (Owner)	Ford	10		engine	80
41	41	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	3		bearing	80
42	40	2	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels (Owner)	Chevrolet	0		piston	80

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Banjo Matthews	163	61.0%	P11
2	Nelson Stacy	50	18.7%	P19
3	Fireball Roberts	29	10.9%	P3
4	Bobby Johns	11	4.1%	P12
5	Fred Lorenzen	8	3.0%	P36
6	Joe Weatherly	4	1.5%	P16
7	David Pearson	2	0.7%	P1

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