1961 149 Miles at Occoneechee Speedway

Occoneechee Speedway · 1961 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Joe Weatherly	1	20	9	1	2	164	165	148.5

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	1	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	165	164	running	400
2	2	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	164		running	384
3	6	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	163		running	368
4	10	42	Maurice Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	155		running	352
5	4	22	Fireball Roberts	Rex Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	154		engine	336
6	16	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb (Owner)	Ford	150		running	320
7	13	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	147		running	304
8	20	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)	Chevrolet	142		running	288
9	15	97	Harry Leake	Harry Leake (Owner)	Chevrolet	139		running	272
10	5	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	133		transmission	256
11	11	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	121		running	240
12	3	27	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	117	1	clutch	224
13	20	68	Ed Livingston	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Ford	104		overheating	208
14	7	85	Tommy Irwin	Monroe Shook (Owner)	Chevrolet	103		brakes	192
15	17	34	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing	Chevrolet	101		engine	176
16	19	77	Joe Jones	Joe Jones (Owner)	Ford	95		engine	160
17	9	86	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	80		distributor	144
18	18	93	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel (Owner)	Ford	54		overheating	128
19	14	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson (Owner)	Plymouth	38		grease seal	112
20	8	44	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty (Owner)	Pontiac	6		rear end	96

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Joe Weatherly	164	99.4%	P1
2	Junior Johnson	1	0.6%	P12