Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway

March 26th, 1961

Race #9 of the 1961 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 334
  • Miles: 514.4
  • Average Speed: 124.172 mph
  • Cautions: 2
  • Caution Laps: 0
  • Lead Changes: 0
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 7 53 Bob Burdick Pontiac 0 0 0 334 43 Running
2 4 4 Rex White Chevrolet 0 0 0 334 0 Running
3 13 6 Ralph Earnhardt Pontiac 0 0 0 334 0 Running
4 17 29 Nelson Stacy Ford 0 0 0 333 0 Running
5 18 11 Ned Jarrett Chevrolet 0 0 0 332 0 Running
6 1 3 Marvin Panch Pontiac 0 0 0 329 116 Running
7 24 66 Reds Kagle Ford 0 0 0 326 0 Running
8 14 59 Tom Pistone Pontiac 0 0 0 325 0 Running
9 19 85 Emanuel Zervakis Chevrolet 0 0 0 322 0 Running
10 21 2 Tommy Irwin Chevrolet 0 0 0 315 0 Fuel
11 12 54 Jimmy Pardue Chevrolet 0 0 0 312 0 Running
12 15 7 Jim Reed Chevrolet 0 0 0 309 0 Rear end
13 6 49 Bob Welborn Pontiac 0 0 0 308 0 Running
14 39 62 Curtis Crider Ford 0 0 0 293 0 Running
15 40 86 Buck Baker Chrysler 0 0 0 290 0 Running
16 10 94 Banjo Matthews Ford 0 0 0 267 66 Head gasket
17 36 16 Elmo Langley Pontiac 0 0 0 233 0 Lugs
18 43 39 Marshall Sargent Pontiac 0 0 0 233 0 Rear end
19 33 78 Darel Dieringer Ford 0 0 0 231 0 Crash
20 9 21 Curtis Turner Ford 0 0 0 216 11 Head gasket
21 11 47 Jack Smith Pontiac 0 0 0 212 0 Engine
22 5 8 Joe Weatherly Pontiac 0 0 0 179 0 Lugs
23 34 56 Jim Hendrickson Chevrolet 0 0 0 171 0 Fuel pump
24 22 43 Richard Petty Plymouth 0 0 0 155 0 Engine
25 37 68 Ed Livingston Ford 0 0 0 151 0 Bearings
26 16 23 Sal Tovella Ford 0 0 0 144 0 Engine
27 23 27 Junior Johnson Pontiac 0 0 0 126 0 Crash
28 25 89 Joe Lee Johnson Chevrolet 0 0 0 124 0 Crash
29 27 72 Bobby Johns Ford 0 0 0 124 0 Crash
30 20 10 TC Hunt Dodge 0 0 0 124 0 Crash
31 46 14 Freddy Fryar Chevrolet 0 0 0 116 0 Engine
32 38 9 Roy Tyner Ford 0 0 0 109 0 Pulley
33 3 28 Fred Lorenzen Ford 0 0 0 106 73 Crash
34 42 99 Wilbur Rakestraw Ford 0 0 0 100 0 Crash
35 32 96 Johnny Allen Chevrolet 0 0 0 96 0 Crash
36 35 19 Herman Beam Ford 0 0 0 94 0 Crash
37 31 40 Bobby Allison Chevrolet 0 0 0 94 0 Crash
38 8 76 Larry Frank Ford 0 0 0 90 0 Engine
39 41 15 Tim Flock Ford 0 0 0 82 0 Steering
40 30 26 David Pearson Pontiac 0 0 0 80 0 Engine
41 29 30 Friday Hassler Chevrolet 0 0 0 53 0 Driveshaft
42 2 22 Fireball Roberts Pontiac 0 0 0 29 25 Engine
43 28 65 Charlie Glotzbach Pontiac 0 0 0 23 0 Engine
44 26 88 Harlan Richardson Ford 0 0 0 22 0 Engine
45 44 64 Johnny Sudderth Ford 0 0 0 22 0 Rear end
46 45 1 Paul Lewis Chevrolet 0 0 0 1 0 Engine