1961 Southeastern 500

Race 50 of 52

Bristol
500 laps
Time of race: 3:27:02
Average speed of winner: 72.452 mph
Margin of victory: 7 car lengths
Lead changes: 6 among 5 drivers
Cautions: 3 for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Johns 1-30, Ju. Johnson 31-212, Johns 213-231, Roberts 232-282, Ju. Johnson 283-394, White 395-418, Weatherly 419-500

Race notes: Last pole for Bobby Johns. Debut for Gene Blackburn and Bill Latham. Finale for Allen Franklin, Brownie King, and Bill Morgan.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	2	Joe Weatherly	8		'61 Pontiac	Moore	Moore		500	1	82	running	3680	0
2	8	Rex White	4		'61 Chevrolet	Rex White	Clements		500	1	24	running	2365	0
3	18	Nelson Stacy	29		'61 Ford	Holt-Stacy			500	0	0	running	1525	0
4	17	Jim Paschal	44		'61 Pontiac	Julian Petty			498	0	0	running	1125	0
5	5	Emanuel Zervakis	85		'61 Chevrolet	Shook			495	0	0	running	950	0
6	16	Ned Jarrett	11		'61 Chevrolet	B.G. Holloway	Allman		491	0	0	running	825	0
7	13	Jimmy Pardue	54		'60 Chevrolet	Pardue			482	0	0	running	725	0
8	12	Ken Rush	59		'61 Pontiac	Lynn Holloway			481	0	0	running	675	0
9	23	Bill Morton	64		'60 Chevrolet				481	0	0	running	600	0
10	3	Bob Welborn	18		'61 Pontiac	Moore	Moore		480	0	0	running	585	0
11	20	Buck Baker	86		'61 Chrysler	Buck Baker			480	0	0	running	450	0
12	14	G.C. Spencer	48		'60 Chevrolet				478	0	0	running	400	0
13	30	L.D. Austin	74		'61 Chevrolet	L.D. Austin			474	0	0	running	325	0
14	9	Herman Beam	19		'60 Ford	Beam			471	0	0	running	325	0
15	36	Curtis Crider	62		'61 Mercury	Crider			460	0	0	running	290	0
16	33	Wendell Scott	34		'60 Chevrolet	Wendell Scott			459	0	0	running	280	0
17	1	Bobby Johns	47		'61 Pontiac	Jack Smith		80.645	457	2	49	running	440	0
18	28	Brownie King	16		'59 Ford Thunderbird				442	0	0	running	250	0
19	31	Bill Latham	69		'60 Chevrolet				440	0	0	running	250	0
20	21	Fred Harb	17		'61 Ford	Harb			439	0	0	engine	250	0
21	24	Jack Smith	46		'61 Pontiac	Jack Smith			421	0	0	wheel	240	0
22	26	Tiny Lund	30		'60 Chevrolet	Fred Clark			414	0	0	rear end	225	0
23	11	Richard Petty	43		'61 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		394	0	0	rear end	245	0
24	7	Junior Johnson	27	Holly Farms	'61 Pontiac	Lovette			394	2	294	rear end	495	0
25	15	Joe Lee Johnson	14		'61 Chevrolet	Joe Lee Johnson			370	0	0	engine	225	0
26	4	Fireball Roberts	22	Holly Farms	'60 Pontiac	Lovette			323	1	51	fuel pump	310	0
27	19	Bill Morgan	32		'61 Ford				237	0	0	rear end	225	0
28	38	George Green	1		'60 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			197	0	0	engine	200	0
29	25	Johnny Allen	96		'60 Chevrolet	Cheatham			169	0	0	rear end	200	0
30	10	Bunkie Blackburn	9		'61 Ford				164	0	0	engine	225	0
31		Paul Lewis	20		'61 Chevrolet				149	0	0	accident	200	0
32		Larry Thomas	36		'60 Chevrolet	Younts			120	0	0	crank shaft	200	0
33		Gene Blackburn	25		'60 Dodge				117	0	0	axle	100	0
34		Friday Hassler	39		'60 Chevrolet				115	0	0	rear end	100	0
35		Joe Jones	77		'60 Ford				111	0	0	rear end	100	0
36		Doug Yates	23		'61 Plymouth	Doug Yates			35	0	0	fan belt	100	0
37		Tommy Irwin	2		'61 Chevrolet	Tom Daniels			19	0	0	accident	125	0
38		Allen Franklin	88		'59 Nash				3	0	0	too slow	100	0