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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |