1961 Western North Carolina 500

Race 39 of 52

Asheville-Weaverville
258 laps
Time of race: 1:57:48
Average speed of winner: 65.704 mph
Margin of victory: 3 laps
Lead changes: 1 between 2 drivers
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Paschal pole, Johnson 1-258

Race notes: Debut for Bill McDonald. Only start for Earl Wilcox.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Junior Johnson	27	Holly Farms	'60 Pontiac	Lovette			258	1	258	running	2000	0
2	5	Joe Weatherly	8		'61 Pontiac	Moore	Moore		255	0	0	running	1400	0
3	11	Rex White	4		'61 Chevrolet	Rex White	Clements		254	0	0	running	1100	0
4	9	Ned Jarrett	11		'61 Chevrolet	B.G. Holloway	Allman		254	0	0	running	850	0
5	7	Emanuel Zervakis	85		'61 Chevrolet	Shook			254	0	0	running	750	0
6	1	Jim Paschal	44		'61 Pontiac	Julian Petty		80.430	254	0	0	running	650	0
7	13	Tommy Irwin	2		'60 Chevrolet	Tom Daniels			253	0	0	running	600	0
8	33	Johnny Allen	14		'61 Chevrolet	Joe Lee Johnson			253	0	0	running	550	0
9	4	Jack Smith	47		'61 Pontiac	Jack Smith			252	0	0	running	455	0
10	21	Nelson Stacy	29		'61 Ford	Holt-Stacy			252	0	0	running	425	0
11	8	Richard Petty	43		'61 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		249	0	0	running	400	0
12	15	George Alsobrook	99		'61 Ford	B.J. Jones			234	0	0	accident	375	0
13	17	Herman Beam	19		'60 Ford	Beam			233	0	0	running	325	0
14	18	Marvin Porter	82		'61 Ford				231	0	0	running	275	0
15	27	Charlie Chapman	41		'60 Ford	Charlie Chapman			228	0	0	running	250	0
16	16	Buddy Baker	87		'61 Chrysler	Buck Baker			227	0	0	running	250	0
17	21	L.D. Austin	74		'61 Chevrolet	L.D. Austin			227	0	0	running	250	0
18	26	Harry Leake	97		'59 Chevrolet				227	0	0	running	225	0
19	20	Jimmy Pardue	54		'60 Chevrolet	Pardue			225	0	0	running	225	0
20	31	Paul Lewis	1		'61 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			218	0	0	running	220	0
21	25	Reb Wickersham	33		'60 Oldsmobile	Wickersham			217	0	0	running	210	0
22	28	Curtis Crider	62		'60 Ford	Crider			214	0	0	running	200	0
23	34	John Hamby	25		'60 Dodge				208	0	0	running	175	0
24	35	Wendell Scott	34		'60 Chevrolet	Wendell Scott			204	0	0	running	150	0
25	32	Bob Presnell	5		'59 Chevrolet				200	0	0	running	140	0
26	22	Bill Morton	64		'60 Chevrolet				198	0	0	running	100	0
27	19	G.C. Spencer	48		'60 Chevrolet				196	0	0	fuel pump	100	0
28	6	Buck Baker	86		'61 Chrysler	Buck Baker			185	0	0	running	100	0
29	36	Bunk Moore	58		'60 Ford				182	0	0	accident	100	0
30	29	Bill McDonald	148		'61 Chevrolet				180	0	0	too slow	100	0
31	37	Fireball Roberts	59		'61 Pontiac	Lynn Holloway			144	0	0	axle	0	0
32	23	Larry Thomas	36		'60 Chevrolet	Younts			136	0	0	running	0	0
33	3	Fred Harb	17		'61 Ford	Harb			135	0	0	running	0	0
34	10	Banjo Matthews	94		'61 Ford	Banjo Matthews			102	0	0	accident	0	0
35	38	Earl Wilcox	164		'59 Oldsmobile				81	0	0	too slow	0	0
36	30	Doug Yates	23		'61 Plymouth	Doug Yates			75	0	0	oil filter	0	0
37	24	Bob Barron	71		'60 Dodge				67	0	0	hub	0	0
38	14	Dave Mader	96		'61 Chevrolet	Cheatham			64	0	0	wheel	0	0