Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Virginia 500 Sweepstakes

Martinsville Speedway

April 30th, 1961

Race #18 of the 1961 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 500
  • Miles: 263.0
  • Average Speed: 66.278 mph
  • Cautions: 1
  • Caution Laps: 6
  • Lead Changes: 2
#7 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Corey LaJoie, driver of the #7 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Roval at Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 17 27 Junior Johnson Pontiac 0 0 0 500 135 Running
2 5 85 Emanuel Zervakis Chevrolet 0 0 0 496 0 Running
3 26 75 Fireball Roberts Pontiac 0 0 0 496 0 Running
4 21 2 Tommy Irwin Chevrolet 0 0 0 491 0 Running
5 24 86 Buck Baker Chrysler 0 0 0 491 0 Running
6 4 11 Ned Jarrett Chevrolet 0 0 0 484 0 Running
7 7 15 Tim Flock Ford 0 0 0 479 0 Running
8 22 97 Harry Leake Chevrolet 0 0 0 475 0 Running
9 1 4 Rex White Chevrolet 0 0 0 474 31 Running
10 6 29 Nelson Stacy Ford 0 0 0 465 0 Rear end
11 2 28 Fred Lorenzen Ford 0 0 0 465 334 Running
12 10 19 Herman Beam Ford 0 0 0 463 0 Running
13 18 48 GC Spencer Chevrolet 0 0 0 450 0 Running
14 9 23 Doug Yates Plymouth 0 0 0 442 0 Running
15 15 34 Wendell Scott Chevrolet 0 0 0 432 0 Running
16 28 69 Johnny Allen Chevrolet 0 0 0 431 0 Engine
17 29 74 LD Austin Chevrolet 0 0 0 417 0 Running
18 27 9 Roy Tyner Ford 0 0 0 416 0 Running
19 19 72 Bobby Johns Ford 0 0 0 414 0 Running
20 23 93 Lee Reitzel Ford 0 0 0 403 0 Running
21 14 72 Bob Barron Dodge 0 0 0 312 0 Running
22 16 21 Glen Wood Ford 0 0 0 266 0 Rear end
23 3 43 Richard Petty Plymouth 0 0 0 243 0 Distributor
24 30 62 Curtis Crider Ford 0 0 0 236 0 Con rod
25 11 54 Jimmy Pardue Chevrolet 0 0 0 211 0 Axle
26 20 1 Paul Lewis Chevrolet 0 0 0 209 0 Oil pressure
27 12 30 Bob Welborn Chevrolet 0 0 0 112 0 Piston
28 13 33 Reb Wickersham Oldsmobile 0 0 0 48 0 Handling
29 8 17 Fred Harb Ford 0 0 0 35 0 Handling
30 25 8 Allen Franklin AMC 0 0 0 5 0 Handling