1961 Daytona Twin 100 Qualifier #2

Race 4 of 52

Daytona
40 laps
Time of race: 0:39:19
Average speed of winner: 152.671 mph
Margin of victory: 3 car lengths
Lead changes: 8 among 3 drivers
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Weatherly 1, Matthews 2-3, Turner 4-7, Matthews 8-10, Turner 11-21, Matthews 22-33, Weatherly 34, Matthews 35-39, Weatherly 40

Race notes: Debut for Bobby Allison, Tom Dill, Tubby Gonzales, Red Hollingsworth, Ed Livingston, Brian Naylor, and Robert Roeber. Finale for Johnny Beauchamp and Buzz McCann. Joe Weatherly took the points lead from Richard Petty.

Video links: L. Petty/Beauchamp flip

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	1	Joe Weatherly	8		'61 Pontiac	Moore	Moore		40	3	3	running	1000	0
2	5	Marvin Panch	20		'60 Pontiac	Yunick	Yunick		40	0	0	running	600	0
3	3	Cotton Owens	6		'61 Pontiac	Owens	Owens		40	0	0	running	400	0
4	4	Banjo Matthews	94	Warrior Motel	'61 Ford	Banjo Matthews			39	4	22	accident	300	0
5	12	Darel Dieringer	32		'61 Pontiac	Nichels			39	0	0	running	275	0
6	20	Joe Lee Johnson	89		'61 Chevrolet	Joe Lee Johnson			39	0	0	running	250	0
7	16	Emanuel Zervakis	85	Toots Transfer	'61 Chevrolet	Shook			39	0	0	running	200	0
8	22	Jim Reed	7		'61 Chevrolet	Jim Reed			39	0	0	running	175	0
9	6	Tom Pistone	59		'61 Pontiac	Lynn Holloway			38	0	0	running	150	0
10	9	Don O'Dell	75		'61 Pontiac	Braswell			38	0	0	running	140	0
11	10	Charlie Glotzbach	65		'61 Pontiac	Melvin Black			38	0	0	running	135	0
12	25	Jimmy Pardue	54		'60 Chevrolet	Pardue			38	0	0	running	125	0
13	13	Robert Roeber	91		'60 Pontiac	Henschel			38	0	0	running	115	0
14	21	Buddy Baker	86		'61 Chrysler	Buck Baker			38	0	0	running	100	0
15	15	Lee Petty	42		'61 Pontiac	Petty			37	0	0	accident	85	0
16	24	Johnny Beauchamp	73		'61 Chevrolet	Swanson			37	0	0	accident	75	0
17	8	David Pearson	66		'61 Pontiac	Lavati			37	0	0	running	75	0
18	28	Tom Dill	52		'61 Ford	Buesink			37	0	0	running	75	0
19	26	Ed Livingston	68		'60 Ford	Crider			37	0	0	running	50	0
20	29	Bobby Allison	40		'60 Chevrolet	Ralph Stark			37	0	0	running	50	0
21	27	Elmo Langley	16		'59 Pontiac	Steigel			36	0	0	running	50	0
22	30	Reb Wickersham	33		'60 Oldsmobile	Wickersham			36	0	0	running	50	0
23	33	Ken Johnson	50		'60 Ford				33	0	0	running	50	0
24	31	Red Hollingsworth	15		'60 Chevrolet	Hollingsworth			33	0	0	running	50	0
25	18	Sal Tovella	23		'61 Ford	Bob Rose			27	0	0	running	0	0
26	2	Curtis Turner	21	Courtesy	'61 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		21	2	15		0	0
27	23	Paul Lewis	1		'61 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			14	0	0		0	0
28	11	Tubby Gonzales	80		'61 Ford	Tubby Gonzales			9	0	0		0	0
29	19	Wilbur Rakestraw	99		'61 Ford	B.J. Jones			8	0	0		0	0
30	14	Johnny Allen	69		'61 Chevrolet	B.G. Holloway			6	0	0		0	0
31	32	Frank Secrist	36		'60 Ford	Warner Brothers			4	0	0		0	0
32	7	Brian Naylor	78		'60 Pontiac	Fred Lovette			1	0	0		0	0
33	17	Buzz McCann	77	McCann's Auto	'61 Ford	Buzz McCann			1	0	0		0	0