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1961 Old Dominion 500

Martinsville Speedway · 1961 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Joe Weatherly	4	29	14	2	6	116	500	250

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	4	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	500	116	running	750
2	2	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	500	58	running	720
3	9	27	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	499	259	running	690
4	8	6	Fireball Roberts	Owens Racing	Pontiac	496	2	running	660
5	16	59	Ken Rush	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Pontiac	494		running	630
6	11	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)	Chevrolet	494		running	600
7	12	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)	Chevrolet	492		running	570
8	15	42	Art Malone	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	484		running	540
9	24	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts (Owner)	Chevrolet	476		running	510
10	17	64	Bill Morton	Bill Morton (Owner)	Chevrolet	473		running	480
11	21	48	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Chevrolet	469		running	450
12	18	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	464		running	420
13	6	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	407	8	engine	390
14	5	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb (Owner)	Ford	407		running	360
15	19	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson (Owner)	Plymouth	395		transmission	330
16	26	25	John Hamby	John Hamby (Owner)	Dodge	395		running	300
17	7	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	319		engine	270
18	1	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody	Ford	300	57	rear end	240
19	14	44	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty (Owner)	Pontiac	284		rear end	210
20	3	21	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	264		rear end	180
21	13	86	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	214		rocker arm	150
22	22	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)	Chevrolet	179		engine	120
23	28	71	Bob Barron	Bob Barron (Owner)	Dodge	120		handling	90
24	25	12	Wayne Lambath		Ford	117		fuel leak	60
25	23	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	17		overheating	30
26	27	5	Bob Presnell		Chevrolet	5		engine	30
27	10	2	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels (Owner)	Chevrolet	2		rocker arm	30
28	20	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Chevrolet	1		accident	30
29	29	77	Joe Jones	Joe Jones (Owner)	Ford	0		engine

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Junior Johnson	259	51.8%	P3
2	Joe Weatherly	116	23.2%	P1
3	Rex White	58	11.6%	P2
4	Fred Lorenzen	57	11.4%	P18
5	Ned Jarrett	8	1.6%	P13
6	Fireball Roberts	2	0.4%	P4

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