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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Dixie 400

Atlanta Motor Speedway

September 17th, 1961

Race #46 of the 1961 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 267
  • Miles: 411.2
  • Average Speed: 125.384 mph
  • Cautions: 0
  • Caution Laps: 0
  • Lead Changes: 7
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - January 15th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by Michael Reaves | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 5 3 David Pearson Pontiac 0 0 0 267 1 Running
2 9 27 Junior Johnson Pontiac 0 0 0 267 1 Running
3 1 22 Fireball Roberts Pontiac 0 0 0 267 40 Running
4 13 47 Jack Smith Pontiac 0 0 0 264 0 Running
5 26 43 Richard Petty Plymouth 0 0 0 264 0 Running
6 24 14 Johnny Allen Chevrolet 0 0 0 264 0 Running
7 17 11 Ned Jarrett Chevrolet 0 0 0 264 0 Running
8 23 46 Bob Welborn Pontiac 0 0 0 264 0 Running
9 22 51 Woodie Wilson Pontiac 0 0 0 262 0 Running
10 11 6 Marvin Panch Pontiac 0 0 0 262 0 Running
11 7 94 Banjo Matthews Ford 0 0 0 262 167 Engine
12 8 72 Bobby Johns Ford 0 0 0 261 0 Running
13 14 44 Jim Paschal Pontiac 0 0 0 260 0 Running
14 15 85 Emanuel Zervakis Chevrolet 0 0 0 259 0 Running
15 30 30 Tiny Lund Chevrolet 0 0 0 259 0 Running
16 3 8 Joe Weatherly Pontiac 0 0 0 256 0 Running
17 21 59 Ken Rush Pontiac 0 0 0 255 0 Running
18 10 4 Rex White Chevrolet 0 0 0 254 0 Running
19 2 29 Nelson Stacy Ford 0 0 0 243 58 Engine
20 6 24 Darel Dieringer Pontiac 0 0 0 238 0 Crash
21 35 74 LD Austin Chevrolet 0 0 0 238 0 Running
22 37 19 Herman Beam Ford 0 0 0 235 0 Running
23 25 68 Ed Livingston Ford 0 0 0 234 0 Running
24 36 93 Lee Reitzel Ford 0 0 0 226 0 Running
25 16 87 Buck Baker Chrysler 0 0 0 209 0 Engine
26 20 32 Bill Morgan Ford 0 0 0 203 0 Piston
27 32 78 JC Hendrix Ford 0 0 0 202 0 Con rod
28 33 96 Elmo Langley Chevrolet 0 0 0 180 0 Engine
29 12 9 Bunkie Blackburn Ford 0 0 0 174 0 Engine
30 28 10 TC Hunt Dodge 0 0 0 153 0 Engine
31 34 48 GC Spencer Chevrolet 0 0 0 124 0 Engine
32 38 71 Bob Barron Chevrolet 0 0 0 104 0 Engine
33 39 23 Doug Yates Plymouth 0 0 0 65 0 Oil pressure
34 31 99 George Alsobrook Ford 0 0 0 63 0 Piston
35 29 5 Ralph Earnhardt Pontiac 0 0 0 62 0 Transmission
36 4 28 Fred Lorenzen Ford 0 0 0 52 0 Crash
37 19 90 Dave Mader Chevrolet 0 0 0 51 0 Crash
38 17 80 Tubby Gonzales Ford 0 0 0 47 0 Engine
39 18 86 Herb Tillman Chrysler 0 0 0 46 0 Oil pressure
40 42 15 Jesse James Taylor Ford 0 0 0 10 0 Engine
41 41 62 Curtis Crider Mercury 0 0 0 3 0 Bearing
42 40 2 Tommy Irwin Chevrolet 0 0 0 0 0 Piston