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Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Southeastern 500

Bristol Motor Speedway

October 22nd, 1961

Race #50 of the 1961 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 500
  • Drivers Entered: 38
  • Makes
    • Chevrolet (17)
    • Chrysler (1)
    • Dodge (1)
    • Ford (7)
    • Mercury (1)
    • Nash (1)
    • Plymouth (2)
    • Pontiac (8)
  • Last Bristol Motor Speedway race (Volunteer 500)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
#23 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
1 George Green Chevrolet Jess Potter Jess Potter
1 Ned Jarrett Chevrolet B.G. Holloway B.G. Holloway
14 Joe Lee Johnson Chevrolet Joe Lee Johnson Joe Lee Johnson
16 Brownie King Ford -- --
17 Fred Harb Ford Fred Harb Fred Harb
18 Bob Welborn Pontiac Bud Moore Bud Moore
19 Herman Beam Ford Herman Beam Herman Beam
2 Tommy Irwin Chevrolet Tom Daniels Tom Daniels
20 Paul Lewis Chevrolet -- --
22 Fireball Roberts Pontiac Holly Farms Rex Lovette
23 Doug Yates Plymouth Raeford Johnson Raeford Johnson
25 Gene Blackburn Dodge -- --
27 Junior Johnson Pontiac Holly Farms Rex Lovette
29 Nelson Stacy Ford Holt-Stacy Dudley Farrell
30 Tiny Lund Chevrolet Fred Clark Fred Clark
32 Bill Morgan Ford J.L. Cheatham J.L. Cheatham
34 Wendell Scott Chevrolet Wendell Scott Wendell Scott
36 Larry Thomas Chevrolet Wade Younts Wade Younts
39 Friday Hassler Chevrolet -- --
4 Rex White Chevrolet White-Clements Rex White
43 Richard Petty Plymouth Petty Enterprises Petty Enterprises
44 Jim Paschal Pontiac Julian Petty Julian Petty
46 Jack Smith Pontiac Jack Smith Jack Smith
47 Bobby Johns Pontiac Jack Smith Jack Smith
48 GC Spencer Chevrolet G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer
54 Jimmy Pardue Chevrolet Jimmy Pardue Jimmy Pardue
59 Ken Rush Pontiac B.G. Holloway B.G. Holloway
62 Curtis Crider Mercury Curtis Crider Curtis Crider
64 Bill Morton Chevrolet Bill Morton Bill Morton
69 Bill Latham Chevrolet -- --
74 LD Austin Chevrolet L.D. Austin L.D. Austin
77 Joe Jones Ford Joe Jones Joe Jones
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 Allen Franklin Nash -- --
9 Bunkie Blackburn Ford Wildcat Williams Wildcat Williams
96 Johnny Allen Chevrolet J.L. Cheatham J.L. Cheatham