1961 Southeastern 500

Bristol Motor Speedway · 1961 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Joe Weatherly	2	38	19	3	5	82	500	250

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	500	82	running	1,050
2	8	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	500	24	running	1,008
3	18	29	Nelson Stacy	Dudley Farrell (Owner)	Ford	500		running	966
4	17	44	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty (Owner)	Pontiac	498		running	924
5	5	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)	Chevrolet	495		running	882
6	16	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	491		running	840
7	13	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)	Chevrolet	482		running	798
8	12	59	Ken Rush	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Pontiac	481		running	756
9	23	64	Bill Morton	Bill Morton (Owner)	Chevrolet	481		running	714
10	3	18	Bob Welborn	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	480		running	672
11	20	86	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	480		running	630
12	14	48	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing	Chevrolet	478		running	588
13	30	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)	Chevrolet	474		running	546
14	9	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	471		running	504
15	36	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	460		running	462
16	33	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Chevrolet	459		running	420
17	1	47	Bobby Johns	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	457	49	running	378
18	28	16	Brownie King		Ford	442		running	336
19	31	69	Bill Latham		Chevrolet	440		running	294
20	21	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb (Owner)	Ford	439		engine	252
21	24	46	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	421		wheel	210
22	26	30	Tiny Lund	Fred Clark (Owner)	Chevrolet	414		differential	168
23	11	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	394		differential	126
24	7	27	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	394	294	differential	84
25	15	14	Joe Lee Johnson	Joe Lee Johnson (Owner)	Chevrolet	370		engine	42
26	4	22	Fireball Roberts	Rex Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	323	51	fuel pump	42
27	19	32	Bill Morgan	J.L. Cheatham (Owner)	Ford	237		differential	42
28	38	1	George Green	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	197		engine	42
29	25	96	Johnny Allen	J.L. Cheatham (Owner)	Chevrolet	169		differential	42
30	10	9	Bunkie Blackburn	Wildcat Williams (Owner)	Ford	164		engine	42
31	—	20	Paul Lewis		Chevrolet	149		accident	42
32	—	36	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts (Owner)	Chevrolet	120		crank shaft	42
33	—	25	Gene Blackburn		Dodge	117		axle	42
34	—	39	Friday Hassler		Chevrolet	115		differential	42
35	—	77	Joe Jones	Joe Jones (Owner)	Ford	111		differential	42
36	—	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson (Owner)	Plymouth	35		fan belt	42
37	—	2	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels (Owner)	Chevrolet	19		accident	42
38	—	88	Allen Franklin		Nash Motor Company	3		too slow	42

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Junior Johnson	294	58.8%	P24
2	Joe Weatherly	82	16.4%	P1
3	Fireball Roberts	51	10.2%	P26
4	Bobby Johns	49	9.8%	P17
5	Rex White	24	4.8%	P2

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