Race Entry List
NASCAR Cup Series
Atlanta 500
Atlanta Motor Speedway
March 26th, 1961
Race #9 of the 1961 NASCAR Cup Series Season
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- Laps Scheduled: 334
- Drivers Entered: 46
- Makes
- Chevrolet (13)
- Chrysler (1)
- Dodge (1)
- Ford (17)
- Plymouth (1)
- Pontiac (13)
- Last Atlanta Motor Speedway
race (Atlanta 500)
- Pole: (-- mph)
- Winner:
Car # | Driver | Hometown | Make | Sponsor | Team | Crew Chief |
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1 | Paul Lewis | Chevrolet | Jess Potter | Jess Potter | ||
10 | TC Hunt | Dodge | Fred Wheat | Fred Wheat | ||
11 | Ned Jarrett | Chevrolet | B.G. Holloway | B.G. Holloway | ||
14 | Freddy Fryar | Chevrolet | Herb Adcox | Herb Adcox | ||
15 | Tim Flock | Ford | Beau Morgan | Beau Morgan | ||
16 | Elmo Langley | Pontiac | Happy Steigel | Happy Steigel | ||
19 | Herman Beam | Ford | Herman Beam | Herman Beam | ||
2 | Tommy Irwin | Chevrolet | Tom Daniels | Tom Daniels | ||
21 | Curtis Turner | Ford | Wood Brothers | Wood Brothers | ||
22 | Fireball Roberts | Pontiac | Smokey Yunick | Smokey Yunick | ||
23 | Sal Tovella | Ford | Bob Rose | Bob Rose | ||
26 | David Pearson | Pontiac | David Pearson | David Pearson | ||
27 | Junior Johnson | Pontiac | Holly Farms | Rex Lovette | ||
28 | Fred Lorenzen | Ford | Holman-Moody | Holman-Moody | ||
29 | Nelson Stacy | Ford | Holt-Stacy | Dudley Farrell | ||
3 | Marvin Panch | Pontiac | Daytona Kennel | John Masoni | ||
30 | Friday Hassler | Chevrolet | Fred Clark | Fred Clark | ||
39 | Marshall Sargent | Pontiac | Marshall Sargent | Marshall Sargent | ||
4 | Rex White | Chevrolet | White-Clements | Rex White | ||
40 | Bobby Allison | Chevrolet | Ralph Stark | Ralph Stark | ||
43 | Richard Petty | Plymouth | Petty Enterprises | Petty Enterprises | ||
47 | Jack Smith | Pontiac | Jack Smith | Jack Smith | ||
49 | Bob Welborn | Pontiac | Bob Welborn | Bob Welborn | ||
53 | Bob Burdick | Pontiac | Roy Burdick | Roy Burdick | ||
54 | Jimmy Pardue | Chevrolet | Jimmy Pardue | Jimmy Pardue | ||
56 | Jim Hendrickson | Chevrolet | Charles French | Charles French | ||
59 | Tom Pistone | Pontiac | B.G. Holloway | B.G. Holloway | ||
6 | Ralph Earnhardt | Pontiac | Cotton Owens | Cotton Owens | ||
62 | Curtis Crider | Ford | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider | ||
64 | Johnny Sudderth | Ford | Spook Crawford | Spook Crawford | ||
65 | Charlie Glotzbach | Pontiac | Melvin Black | Melvin Black | ||
66 | Reds Kagle | Ford | Cafe Burgundy | Ratus Walters | ||
68 | Ed Livingston | Ford | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider | ||
7 | Jim Reed | Chevrolet | Jim Reed | Jim Reed | ||
72 | Bobby Johns | Ford | Shorty Johns | Shorty Johns | ||
76 | Larry Frank | Ford | Dick Wright | Dick Wright | ||
78 | Darel Dieringer | Ford | Billie Ridgeway | W.J. Ridgeway | ||
8 | Joe Weatherly | Pontiac | Bud Moore | Bud Moore | ||
85 | Emanuel Zervakis | Chevrolet | Monroe Shook | Monroe Shook | ||
86 | Buck Baker | Chrysler | Buck Baker | Buck Baker | ||
88 | Harlan Richardson | Ford | Jim White | Jim White | ||
89 | Joe Lee Johnson | Chevrolet | Joe Lee Johnson | Joe Lee Johnson | ||
9 | Roy Tyner | Ford | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner | ||
94 | Banjo Matthews | Ford | Banjo Matthews | Banjo Matthews | ||
96 | Johnny Allen | Chevrolet | J.L. Cheatham | J.L. Cheatham | ||
99 | Wilbur Rakestraw | Ford | Joe Jones | Joe Jones |