1961 Wilkes 200

North Wilkesboro Speedway · 1961 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Rex White	3	30	17	1	3	201	320	200

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	3	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	320	201	running	500
2	6	18	Fireball Roberts	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	319		running	480
3	13	42	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	316		running	460
4	1	27	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	315	118	running	440
5	10	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	315		running	420
6	14	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)	Chevrolet	312		running	400
7	24	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)	Chevrolet	312		running	380
8	5	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	311	1	running	360
9	18	64	Bill Morton	Bill Morton (Owner)	Chevrolet	300		running	340
10	20	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson (Owner)	Plymouth	299		running	320
11	8	2	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels (Owner)	Chevrolet	296		accident	300
12	19	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts (Owner)	Chevrolet	294		running	280
13	21	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Chevrolet	293		running	260
14	22	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	293		running	240
15	17	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	291		running	220
16	26	20	Paul Lewis		Chevrolet	262		running	200
17	27	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)	Chevrolet	253		overheating	180
18	12	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb (Owner)	Ford	241		engine	160
19	23	71	Bob Barron	Bob Barron (Owner)	Dodge	218		running	140
20	2	21	Banjo Matthews	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	202		rear end	120
21	4	44	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty (Owner)	Pontiac	200		drive shaft	100
22	15	14	Johnny Allen	Joe Lee Johnson (Owner)	Chevrolet	198		accident	80
23	16	48	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Chevrolet	194		accident	60
24	7	46	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	190		piston	40
25	11	6	Cotton Owens	Owens Racing	Pontiac	189		oil pressure	20
26	28	25	John Hamby	John Hamby (Owner)	Dodge	120		transmission	20
27	9	86	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	28		engine	20
28	29	97	Harry Leake	Harry Leake (Owner)	Chevrolet	26		engine	20
29	25	59	Ken Rush	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Pontiac	8		engine	20
30	30	12	Joe Jones	Bill Lloyd (Owner)	Ford	2		running	20

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Rex White	201	62.8%	P1
2	Junior Johnson	118	36.9%	P4
3	Joe Weatherly	1	0.3%	P8

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