1961 Festival 250

Race 33 of 52

Atlanta
167 laps
Time of race: 2:07:18
Average speed of winner: 118.067 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Lead changes: N/A among N/A drivers
Lead changes: N/A
Cautions: 1 for 12 laps
Lap leaders: lead changes unknown, but total laps led are available: Lorenzen 52, Roberts 51, Weatherly 28, Welborn 26, Stacy 7, Smith 2, Johnson 1

Race notes: Debut for Frank Graham. Finale for Hank Tillman and Gene White. Rex White took the points lead from Ned Jarrett.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	5	Fred Lorenzen	28		'61 Ford	Holman-Moody			167	1	52	running	7085	0
2	7	Bob Welborn	47		'61 Pontiac	Jack Smith			166	1	26	running	3580	0
3	39	Richard Petty	43		'61 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		164	0	0	running	2275	0
4	21	Emanuel Zervakis	85		'61 Chevrolet	Shook			163	0	0	running	1475	0
5	12	Jack Smith	46		'61 Pontiac	Jack Smith			161	1	2	running	1310	0
6	19	Buck Baker	87		'61 Chrysler	Buck Baker			160	0	0	running	1150	0
7	23	Friday Hassler	96		'60 Chevrolet	Cheatham			159	0	0	running	1025	0
8	20	Buddy Baker	86		'61 Chrysler	Buck Baker			159	0	0	running	925	0
9	30	G.C. Spencer	48		'60 Chevrolet				158	0	0	running	850	0
10	11	Rex White	4		'61 Chevrolet	Rex White	Clements		157	0	0	running	900	0
11	8	Ralph Earnhardt	6		'61 Pontiac	Owens	Owens		157	0	0	running	750	0
12	1	Fireball Roberts	22		'61 Pontiac	Yunick	Yunick	136.088	155	1	51	running	1025	0
13	18	Marvin Porter	82		'61 Ford				154	0	0	running	625	0
14	16	Ned Jarrett	11		'61 Chevrolet	B.G. Holloway	Allman		153	0	0	engine	550	0
15	15	Woodie Wilson	5		'61 Pontiac				153	0	0	running	550	0
16	26	Paul Lewis	1		'61 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			152	0	0	running	450	0
17	33	L.D. Austin	74		'61 Chevrolet	L.D. Austin			152	0	0	running	450	0
18	24	Herman Beam	19		'60 Ford	Beam			151	0	0	running	450	0
19	38	Roy Tyner	38		'61 Ford	Tyner			150	0	0	running	450	0
20	35	Lee Reitzel	93		'60 Ford	Reitzel			149	0	0	running	450	0
21	29	George Alsobrook	99		'61 Ford	B.J. Jones			148	0	0	rocker arm	300	0
22	28	Gene White	30		'60 Chevrolet	Fred Clark			147	0	0	running	300	0
23	41	Hank Tillman	77		'60 Ford				146	0	0	running	300	0
24	34	Curtis Crider	62		'61 Mercury	Crider			145	0	0	running	300	0
25	36	Tommy Wells	39		'60 Chevrolet				143	0	0	running	300	0
26	40	Johnny Allen	69		'61 Chevrolet	B.G. Holloway			140	0	0	engine	300	0
27	31	Frank Graham	2		'60 Ford				140	0	0	running	300	0
28	3	Joe Weatherly	8		'61 Pontiac	Moore	Moore		133	1	28	engine	490	0
29	37	Bob Barron	71		'60 Dodge				123	0	0	rear end	300	0
30	42	Tiny Lund	75		'61 Pontiac	Braswell			115	0	0	fuel pump	300	0
31	9	Junior Johnson	27	Holly Farms	'61 Pontiac	Lovette			109	1	1	timing	5	0
32	32	Eddie Pagan	64		'60 Ford				89	0	0	rear end	0	0
33	6	Banjo Matthews	94		'61 Ford	Banjo Matthews			82	0	0	axle	0	0
34	17	Jim Bennett	15		'61 Ford	Beau Morgan			74	0	0	head gasket	0	0
35	13	Bobby Johns	72		'61 Ford	Shorty Johns			66	0	0	engine	0	0
36	22	Doug Yates	23		'61 Plymouth	Doug Yates			48	0	0	engine	0	0
37	4	Nelson Stacy	29		'61 Ford	Holt-Stacy			36	1	7	engine	60	0
38	25	Jimmy Pardue	54		'60 Chevrolet	Pardue			28	0	0	piston	0	0
39	27	T.C. Hunt	10		'61 Dodge	Wheat			20	0	0	connecting rod	0	0
40	2	David Pearson	3	Daytona Kennel	'61 Pontiac	Masoni			3	0	0	accident	75	0
41	10	Roscoe Thompson	24		'60 Pontiac	James Turner			1	0	0	accident	0	0
42	14	Herb Tillman	89		'61 Chevrolet	Adcox-Kirby			1	0	0	accident	0	0