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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Western North Carolina 500

Asheville Weaverville Speedway

August 13th, 1961

Race #39 of the 1961 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Average Speed: 65.704 mph
  • Cautions: 0
  • Caution Laps: 0
  • Lead Changes: 1
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - November 16th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Jared C Tilton | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 2 27 Junior Johnson Pontiac 0 0 0 258 258 Running
2 5 8 Joe Weatherly Pontiac 0 0 0 255 0 Running
3 11 4 Rex White Chevrolet 0 0 0 254 0 Running
4 9 11 Ned Jarrett Chevrolet 0 0 0 254 0 Running
5 7 85 Emanuel Zervakis Chevrolet 0 0 0 254 0 Running
6 1 44 Jim Paschal Pontiac 0 0 0 254 0 Running
7 13 2 Tommy Irwin Chevrolet 0 0 0 253 0 Running
8 33 14 Johnny Allen Chevrolet 0 0 0 253 0 Running
9 4 47 Jack Smith Pontiac 0 0 0 252 0 Running
10 21 29 Nelson Stacy Ford 0 0 0 252 0 Running
11 8 43 Richard Petty Plymouth 0 0 0 249 0 Running
12 15 99 George Alsobrook Ford 0 0 0 234 0 Crash
13 17 19 Herman Beam Ford 0 0 0 233 0 Running
14 18 82 Marvin Porter Ford 0 0 0 231 0 Running
15 27 41 Charlie Chapman Ford 0 0 0 228 0 Running
16 16 87 Buddy Baker Chrysler 0 0 0 227 0 Running
17 21 74 LD Austin Chevrolet 0 0 0 227 0 Running
18 26 97 Harry Leake Chevrolet 0 0 0 227 0 Running
19 20 54 Jimmy Pardue Chevrolet 0 0 0 225 0 Running
20 31 1 Paul Lewis Chevrolet 0 0 0 218 0 Running
21 25 33 Reb Wickersham Oldsmobile 0 0 0 217 0 Running
22 28 62 Curtis Crider Ford 0 0 0 214 0 Running
23 34 25 John Hamby Dodge 0 0 0 208 0 Running
24 35 34 Wendell Scott Chevrolet 0 0 0 204 0 Running
25 32 5 Bob Presnell Chevrolet 0 0 0 200 0 Running
26 22 64 Bill Morton Chevrolet 0 0 0 198 0 Running
27 19 48 GC Spencer Chevrolet 0 0 0 196 0 Fuel pump
28 6 86 Buck Baker Chrysler 0 0 0 185 0 Running
29 36 58 Bunk Moore Ford 0 0 0 182 0 Crash
30 29 148 Bill McDonald Chevrolet 0 0 0 180 0 Too slow
31 37 59 Fireball Roberts Pontiac 0 0 0 144 0 Axle
32 23 36 Larry Thomas Chevrolet 0 0 0 136 0 Running
33 3 17 Fred Harb Ford 0 0 0 135 0 Running
34 10 94 Banjo Matthews Ford 0 0 0 102 0 Crash
35 38 164 Earl Wilcox Oldsmobile 0 0 0 81 0 Too slow
36 30 23 Doug Yates Plymouth 0 0 0 75 0 Oil filter
37 24 71 Bob Barron Dodge 0 0 0 67 0 Rf hub
38 14 96 Dave Mader Chevrolet 0 0 0 64 0 Rf wheel