1961 Greenville-Pickens Speedway

Race 51 of 52

Greenville-Pickens
200 laps
Time of race: 1:34:43
Average speed of winner: 63.346 mph
Margin of victory: 1 lap
Lead changes: 3 among 3 drivers
Cautions: N/A for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Baker 1-98, Ju. Johnson 99-116, Weatherly 117-192, Ju. Johnson 193-200

Race notes: Last pole for Buck Baker.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	3	Junior Johnson	27	Holly Farms	'61 Pontiac	Lovette			200	2	26	running	950	0
2	2	Joe Weatherly	8		'61 Pontiac	Moore	Moore		199	1	76	running	625	0
3	10	Rex White	4		'61 Chevrolet	Rex White	Clements		198	0	0	running	425	0
4	9	Richard Petty	42		'61 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		195	0	0	running	275	0
5	16	Curtis Crider	62		'61 Mercury	Crider			192	0	0	running	250	0
6	6	Ned Jarrett	11		'61 Chevrolet	B.G. Holloway	Allman		191	0	0	running	215	0
7	15	Maurice Petty	43		'61 Plymouth	Petty			190	0	0	running	175	0
8	2	Wendell Scott	34		'60 Chevrolet	Wendell Scott			190	0	0	running	150	0
9	11	Joe Lee Johnson	14		'61 Chevrolet	Joe Lee Johnson			188	0	0	running	140	0
10	8	Jim Paschal	44		'61 Pontiac	Julian Petty			183	0	0	rear end	130	0
11	13	Herman Beam	19		'60 Ford	Beam			181	0	0	running	125	0
12	14	Lee Reitzel	93		'60 Ford	Reitzel			181	0	0	running	110	0
13	18	Fred Harb	17		'61 Ford	Harb			171	0	0	running	100	0
14	7	Jack Smith	46		'61 Pontiac	Jack Smith			169	0	0	accident	85	0
15	17	Joe Jones	77		'60 Ford				159	0	0	running	70	0
16	5	Fireball Roberts	22	Holly Farms	'60 Pontiac	Lovette			116	0	0	rear end	60	0
17	1	Buck Baker	86		'61 Chrysler	Buck Baker		66.667	98	1	98	clutch	50	0
18	4	Jimmy Pardue	54		'59 Chevrolet	Pardue			51	0	0	distributor	50	0