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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway

February 26th, 1961

Race #5 of the 1961 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 200
  • Miles: 500.0
  • Average Speed: 149.601 mph
  • Cautions: 0
  • Caution Laps: 0
  • Lead Changes: 9
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 4 20 Marvin Panch Pontiac 0 0 0 200 13 Running
2 2 8 Joe Weatherly Pontiac 0 0 0 200 0 Running
3 17 31 Paul Goldsmith Pontiac 0 0 0 200 0 Running
4 45 80 Fred Lorenzen Ford 0 0 0 198 0 Running
5 6 6 Cotton Owens Pontiac 0 0 0 198 0 Running
6 5 47 Jack Smith Pontiac 0 0 0 197 0 Running
7 9 11 Ned Jarrett Chevrolet 0 0 0 196 0 Running
8 47 69 Johnny Allen Chevrolet 0 0 0 196 0 Running
9 7 87 Buck Baker Chrysler 0 0 0 196 0 Running
10 18 59 Tom Pistone Pontiac 0 0 0 196 0 Running
11 29 49 Bob Welborn Pontiac 0 0 0 194 0 Running
12 41 4 Rex White Chevrolet 0 0 0 194 0 Running
13 16 7 Jim Reed Chevrolet 0 0 0 194 0 Running
14 46 23 Sal Tovella Ford 0 0 0 191 0 Running
15 22 65 Charlie Glotzbach Pontiac 0 0 0 191 0 Running
16 10 32 Darel Dieringer Pontiac 0 0 0 191 0 Running
17 32 52 Tom Dill Ford 0 0 0 190 0 Running
18 14 85 Emanuel Zervakis Chevrolet 0 0 0 189 0 Running
19 49 37 Joe Kelly Ford 0 0 0 188 0 Running
20 1 22 Fireball Roberts Pontiac 0 0 0 187 170 Engine
21 30 66 David Pearson Pontiac 0 0 0 186 0 Running
22 37 30 Friday Hassler Chevrolet 0 0 0 186 0 Running
23 57 41 Elmo Henderson Ford 0 0 0 184 0 Running
24 31 83 Tim Flock Ford 0 0 0 184 0 Running
25 38 16 Elmo Langley Pontiac 0 0 0 184 0 Running
26 50 88 Harlan Richardson Ford 0 0 0 184 0 Running
27 8 94 Banjo Matthews Ford 0 0 0 181 3 Crash
28 26 91 Robert Roeber Pontiac 0 0 0 180 0 Running
29 34 68 Ed Livingston Ford 0 0 0 177 0 Running
30 24 54 Jimmy Pardue Chevrolet 0 0 0 176 0 Engine
31 36 40 Bobby Allison Chevrolet 0 0 0 175 0 Running
32 53 64 Paul Parks Ford 0 0 0 173 0 Running
33 27 24 Roscoe Thompson Pontiac 0 0 0 169 0 Timing chain
34 39 19 Herman Beam Ford 0 0 0 167 0 Running
35 40 33 Reb Wickersham Oldsmobile 0 0 0 158 0 Engine
36 15 53 Bob Burdick Pontiac 0 0 0 157 0 Engine
37 12 89 Joe Lee Johnson Chevrolet 0 0 0 153 0 Engine
38 25 76 Larry Frank Ford 0 0 0 152 0 Fuel pump
39 48 1 Paul Lewis Chevrolet 0 0 0 149 0 Running
40 28 86 Buddy Baker Chrysler 0 0 0 145 0 Running
41 54 39 Marshall Sargent Pontiac 0 0 0 115 0 Transmission
42 58 36 Brian Naylor Ford 0 0 0 85 0 Engine
43 56 38 Ed Markstellar Ford 0 0 0 81 0 Oil leak
44 13 29 Nelson Stacy Ford 0 0 0 79 7 Engine
45 19 2 Tommy Irwin Chevrolet 0 0 0 67 0 Engine
46 35 18 Darrell Dake Chevrolet 0 0 0 47 0 Fuel pump
47 43 27 Junior Johnson Pontiac 0 0 0 44 7 Engine
48 51 15 Red Hollingsworth Chevrolet 0 0 0 35 0 Rocker arm
49 3 3 Jim Paschal Pontiac 0 0 0 30 0 Seal
50 11 72 Bobby Johns Ford 0 0 0 26 0 Overheating
51 55 60 George Tet Ford 0 0 0 24 0 Valve
52 21 10 TC Hunt Dodge 0 0 0 23 0 Engine
53 23 62 Curtis Crider Ford 0 0 0 12 0 Oil pressure
54 20 75 Don O'Dell Pontiac 0 0 0 10 0 Bearing
55 33 21 Curtis Turner Ford 0 0 0 6 0 Engine
56 44 99 Wilbur Rakestraw Ford 0 0 0 5 0 Engine
57 52 55 Ernie Gahan Chevrolet 0 0 0 3 0 Water pump
58 42 50 Ken Johnson Ford 0 0 0 3 0 Head gasket