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Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Wilkes 200

North Wilkesboro Speedway

October 1st, 1961

Race #48 of the 1961 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 320
  • Miles: 200.0
  • Average Speed: 84.675 mph
  • Cautions: 4
  • Caution Laps: 23
  • Lead Changes: 3
NASCAR NEXT GEN Car
Concord, North Carolina - December 15th, 2020: NASCAR Cup Series Next Gen car to debut in the 2022 NASCAR season. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 3 4 Rex White Chevrolet 0 0 0 320 201 Running
2 6 18 Fireball Roberts Pontiac 0 0 0 319 0 Running
3 13 42 Richard Petty Plymouth 0 0 0 316 0 Running
4 1 27 Junior Johnson Pontiac 0 0 0 315 118 Running
5 10 11 Ned Jarrett Chevrolet 0 0 0 315 0 Running
6 14 85 Emanuel Zervakis Chevrolet 0 0 0 312 0 Running
7 24 54 Jimmy Pardue Chevrolet 0 0 0 312 0 Running
8 5 8 Joe Weatherly Pontiac 0 0 0 311 1 Running
9 18 64 Bill Morton Chevrolet 0 0 0 300 0 Running
10 20 23 Doug Yates Plymouth 0 0 0 299 0 Running
11 8 2 Tommy Irwin Chevrolet 0 0 0 296 0 Crash
12 19 36 Larry Thomas Chevrolet 0 0 0 294 0 Running
13 21 34 Wendell Scott Chevrolet 0 0 0 293 0 Running
14 22 62 Curtis Crider Mercury 0 0 0 293 0 Running
15 17 19 Herman Beam Ford 0 0 0 291 0 Running
16 26 20 Paul Lewis Chevrolet 0 0 0 262 0 Running
17 27 74 LD Austin Chevrolet 0 0 0 253 0 Overheating
18 12 17 Fred Harb Ford 0 0 0 241 0 Engine
19 23 71 Bob Barron Dodge 0 0 0 218 0 Running
20 2 21 Banjo Matthews Ford 0 0 0 202 0 Rear end
21 4 44 Jim Paschal Pontiac 0 0 0 200 0 Driveshaft
22 15 14 Johnny Allen Chevrolet 0 0 0 198 0 Crash
23 16 48 GC Spencer Chevrolet 0 0 0 194 0 Crash
24 7 46 Jack Smith Pontiac 0 0 0 190 0 Piston
25 11 6 Cotton Owens Pontiac 0 0 0 189 0 Oil pressure
26 28 25 John Hamby Dodge 0 0 0 120 0 Transmission
27 9 86 Buck Baker Chrysler 0 0 0 28 0 Engine
28 29 97 Harry Leake Chevrolet 0 0 0 26 0 Engine
29 25 59 Ken Rush Pontiac 0 0 0 8 0 Engine
30 30 12 Joe Jones Ford 0 0 0 2 0 Handling