1961 Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway · 1961 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Bob Burdick	7	46	13	3	6	44	334	501

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	7	53	Bob Burdick	Roy Burdick (Owner)	Pontiac	334	44	running	2,250
2	4	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	334		running	2,160
3	13	6	Ralph Earnhardt	Owens Racing	Pontiac	334		running	2,070
4	17	29	Nelson Stacy	Dudley Farrell (Owner)	Ford	333		running	1,980
5	18	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Chevrolet	332		running	1,890
6	1	3	Marvin Panch	John Masoni (Owner)	Pontiac	329	127	running	1,800
7	24	66	Reds Kagle	Ratus Walters (Owner)	Ford	326		running	1,710
8	14	59	Tom Pistone	B.G. Holloway (Owner)	Pontiac	325		running	1,620
9	19	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)	Chevrolet	322		running	1,530
10	21	2	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels (Owner)	Chevrolet	315		fuel	1,440
11	12	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)	Chevrolet	312		running	1,350
12	15	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed (Owner)	Chevrolet	309		rear end	1,260
13	6	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn (Owner)	Pontiac	308		running	1,170
14	39	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Ford	293		running	1,080
15	40	86	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	290		running	990
16	10	94	Banjo Matthews	Matthews Racing	Ford	267	38	head gasket	900
17	36	16	Elmo Langley	Happy Steigel (Owner)	Pontiac	233		lugs	810
18	43	39	Marshall Sargent	Marshall Sargent (Owner)	Pontiac	233		rear end	720
19	33	78	Darel Dieringer	W.J. Ridgeway (Owner)	Ford	231		accident	630
20	9	21	Curtis Turner	Wood Brothers Racing	Ford	216	29	head gasket	540
21	11	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	212		engine	450
22	5	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering	Pontiac	179		lugs	360
23	34	56	Jim Hendrickson	Charles French (Owner)	Chevrolet	171		fuel pump	270
24	22	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	155		engine	180
25	37	68	Ed Livingston	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Ford	151		bearing	90
26	16	23	Sal Tovella	Bob Rose (Owner)	Ford	144		engine	90
27	23	27	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)	Pontiac	126		accident	90
28	25	89	Joe Lee Johnson	Joe Lee Johnson (Owner)	Chevrolet	124		accident	90
29	27	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)	Ford	124		accident	90
30	20	10	T.C. Hunt	Fred Wheat (Owner)	Dodge	124		accident	90
31	46	14	Freddy Fryar	Adcox-Kirby	Chevrolet	116		engine	90
32	38	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Ford	109		pulley	90
33	3	28	Fred Lorenzen		Ford	106	87	accident	90
34	42	99	Wilbur Rakestraw	Joe Jones (Owner)	Ford	100		accident	90
35	32	96	Johnny Allen	J.L. Cheatham (Owner)	Chevrolet	96		accident	90
36	35	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	94		accident	90
37	31	40	Bobby Allison	Ralph Stark (Owner)	Chevrolet	94		accident	90
38	8	76	Larry Frank	Dick Wright (Owner)	Ford	90		engine	90
39	41	15	Tim Flock	Beau Morgan (Owner)	Ford	82		steering	90
40	30	26	David Pearson	Pearson Racing	Pontiac	80		engine	90
41	29	30	Friday Hassler	Fred Clark (Owner)	Chevrolet	53		drive shaft	90
42	2	22	Fireball Roberts	Smokey Yunick Racing	Pontiac	29	9	engine	90
43	28	65	Charlie Glotzbach	Melvin Black (Owner)	Pontiac	23		engine	90
44	26	88	Harlan Richardson	Jim White (Owner)	Ford	22		engine	90
45	44	64	Johnny Sudderth	Spook Crawford (Owner)	Ford	22		rear end	90
46	45	1	Paul Lewis	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	1		engine	90

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Marvin Panch	127	38.0%	P6
2	Fred Lorenzen	87	26.0%	P33
3	Bob Burdick	44	13.2%	P1
4	Banjo Matthews	38	11.4%	P16
5	Curtis Turner	29	8.7%	P20
6	Fireball Roberts	9	2.7%	P42

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1961 Atlanta 500

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