Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Old Dominion 500

Martinsville Speedway

September 24th, 1961

Race #47 of the 1961 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 500
  • Miles: 263.0
  • Average Speed: 62.586 mph
  • Cautions: 7
  • Caution Laps: 0
  • Lead Changes: 9
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 4 8 Joe Weatherly Pontiac 0 0 0 500 116 Running
2 2 4 Rex White Pontiac 0 0 0 500 58 Running
3 9 27 Junior Johnson Pontiac 0 0 0 499 259 Running
4 8 6 Fireball Roberts Pontiac 0 0 0 496 2 Running
5 16 59 Ken Rush Pontiac 0 0 0 494 0 Running
6 11 54 Jimmy Pardue Chevrolet 0 0 0 494 0 Running
7 12 85 Emanuel Zervakis Chevrolet 0 0 0 492 0 Running
8 15 42 Art Malone Plymouth 0 0 0 484 0 Running
9 24 36 Larry Thomas Chevrolet 0 0 0 476 0 Running
10 17 64 Bill Morton Chevrolet 0 0 0 473 0 Running
11 21 48 GC Spencer Chevrolet 0 0 0 469 0 Running
12 18 19 Herman Beam Ford 0 0 0 464 0 Running
13 6 11 Ned Jarrett Chevrolet 0 0 0 407 8 Engine
14 5 17 Fred Harb Ford 0 0 0 407 0 Running
15 19 23 Doug Yates Plymouth 0 0 0 395 0 Transmission
16 26 25 John Hamby Dodge 0 0 0 395 0 Running
17 7 43 Richard Petty Plymouth 0 0 0 319 0 Engine
18 1 28 Fred Lorenzen Ford 0 0 0 300 57 Rear end
19 14 44 Jim Paschal Pontiac 0 0 0 284 0 Rear end
20 3 21 Glen Wood Ford 0 0 0 264 0 Rear end
21 13 86 Buck Baker Chrysler 0 0 0 214 0 Rocker arm
22 22 74 LD Austin Chevrolet 0 0 0 179 0 Engine
23 28 71 Bob Barron Dodge 0 0 0 120 0 Handling
24 25 12 Wayne Lambath Ford 0 0 0 117 0 Fuel leak
25 23 62 Curtis Crider Mercury 0 0 0 17 0 Overheating
26 27 5 Bob Presnell Chevrolet 0 0 0 5 0 Engine
27 10 2 Tommy Irwin Chevrolet 0 0 0 2 0 Rocker arm
28 20 34 Wendell Scott Chevrolet 0 0 0 1 0 Crash
29 29 77 Joe Jones Ford 0 0 0 0 0 Engine