1961 North Wilkesboro Speedway

Race 14 of 52

North Wilkesboro
400 laps
Time of race: 3:00:11
Average speed of winner: 83.248 mph
Margin of victory: 2 laps
Lead changes: 4 among 4 drivers
Cautions: 6 for 33 laps
Lap leaders: Johnson 1-62, Lorenzen 63-123, White 124-240, Turner 241-296, White 297-400

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Rex White	4		'61 Ford	Rex White	Clements		400	2	221	running	2455	0
2	6	Tommy Irwin	2		'60 Chevrolet	Tom Daniels			398	0	0	running	1175	0
3	3	Richard Petty	43		'61 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		396	0	0	running	900	0
4	19	Fireball Roberts	22		'60 Pontiac	Yunick	Yunick		390	0	0	running	575	0
5	7	Johnny Allen	69		'61 Chevrolet	B.G. Holloway			387	0	0	accident	575	0
6	13	Emanuel Zervakis	85		'61 Chevrolet	Shook			385	0	0	running	475	0
7	10	Buddy Baker	87		'61 Chrysler	Buck Baker			369	0	0	transmission	375	0
8	14	Fred Harb	17		'59 Ford	Harb			366	0	0	running	325	0
9	16	Herman Beam	19		'60 Ford	Beam			346	0	0	running	325	0
10	21	Reb Wickersham	33		'60 Oldsmobile	Wickersham			333	0	0	running	250	0
11	18	Bob Barron	71		'60 Dodge				329	0	0	running	250	0
12	24	Curtis Crider	62		'60 Ford	Crider			319	0	0	running	175	0
13	12	George Green	35		'59 Plymouth				310	0	0	running	175	0
14	4	Curtis Turner	21		'61 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		296	1	56	rear end	250	0
15	23	Wendell Scott	34		'60 Chevrolet	Wendell Scott			276	0	0	running	100	0
16	20	Roy Tyner	9		'60 Ford	Tyner			252	0	0	clutch	100	0
17	8	Jimmy Pardue	54		'59 Chevrolet	Pardue			230	0	0	pistons	125	0
18	15	G.C. Spencer	48		'60 Chevrolet				168	0	0	rear end	125	0
19	5	Fred Lorenzen	28		'61 Ford	Holman-Moody			123	1	61	rocker arm	210	0
20	17	Bobby Waddell	0		'59 Dodge				109	0	0	rear end	125	0
21	25	Paul Lewis	1		'61 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			100	0	0	rocker arm	75	0
22	1	Junior Johnson	27	Holly Farms	'61 Pontiac	Lovette		95.660	62	1	62	transmission	285	0
23	22	Doug Yates	23		'59 Plymouth	Doug Yates			30	0	0	rear end	75	0
24	9	Ned Jarrett	11		'61 Chevrolet	B.G. Holloway	Allman		29	0	0	pistons	100	0
25	11	Buck Baker	86		'61 Chrysler	Buck Baker			27	0	0	rear end	100	0