Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Festival 250

Atlanta Motor Speedway

July 9th, 1961

Race #33 of the 1961 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 167
  • Miles: 257.2
  • Average Speed: 118.067 mph
  • Cautions: 1
  • Caution Laps: 12
  • Lead Changes: 0
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FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 5 28 Fred Lorenzen Ford 0 0 0 167 52 Running
2 7 47 Bob Welborn Pontiac 0 0 0 166 26 Running
3 39 43 Richard Petty Plymouth 0 0 0 164 0 Running
4 21 85 Emanuel Zervakis Chevrolet 0 0 0 163 0 Running
5 12 46 Jack Smith Pontiac 0 0 0 161 2 Running
6 19 87 Buck Baker Chrysler 0 0 0 160 0 Running
7 23 96 Friday Hassler Chevrolet 0 0 0 159 0 Running
8 20 86 Buddy Baker Chrysler 0 0 0 159 0 Running
9 30 48 GC Spencer Chevrolet 0 0 0 158 0 Running
10 11 4 Rex White Chevrolet 0 0 0 157 0 Running
11 8 6 Ralph Earnhardt Pontiac 0 0 0 157 0 Running
12 1 22 Fireball Roberts Pontiac 0 0 0 155 51 Running
13 18 82 Marvin Porter Ford 0 0 0 154 0 Running
14 16 11 Ned Jarrett Chevrolet 0 0 0 153 0 Engine
15 15 5 Woodie Wilson Pontiac 0 0 0 153 0 Running
16 26 1 Paul Lewis Chevrolet 0 0 0 152 0 Running
17 33 74 LD Austin Chevrolet 0 0 0 152 0 Running
18 24 19 Herman Beam Ford 0 0 0 151 0 Running
19 38 38 Roy Tyner Ford 0 0 0 150 0 Running
20 35 93 Lee Reitzel Ford 0 0 0 149 0 Running
21 29 99 George Alsobrook Ford 0 0 0 148 0 Rocker arm
22 28 30 Gene White Chevrolet 0 0 0 147 0 Running
23 41 77 Hank Tillman Ford 0 0 0 146 0 Running
24 34 62 Curtis Crider Mercury 0 0 0 145 0 Running
25 36 39 Tommy Wells Chevrolet 0 0 0 143 0 Running
26 40 69 Johnny Allen Chevrolet 0 0 0 140 0 Engine
27 31 2 Frank Graham Ford 0 0 0 140 0 Running
28 3 8 Joe Weatherly Pontiac 0 0 0 133 28 Engine
29 37 71 Bob Barron Dodge 0 0 0 123 0 Rear end
30 42 75 Tiny Lund Pontiac 0 0 0 115 0 Fuel pump
31 9 27 Junior Johnson Pontiac 0 0 0 109 1 Timing
32 32 64 Eddie Pagan Ford 0 0 0 89 0 Rear end
33 6 94 Banjo Matthews Ford 0 0 0 82 0 Axle
34 17 15 Jim Bennett Ford 0 0 0 74 0 Head gasket
35 13 72 Bobby Johns Ford 0 0 0 66 0 Engine
36 22 23 Doug Yates Plymouth 0 0 0 48 0 Engine
37 4 29 Nelson Stacy Ford 0 0 0 36 7 Engine
38 25 54 Jimmy Pardue Chevrolet 0 0 0 28 0 Piston
39 27 10 TC Hunt Dodge 0 0 0 20 0 Con rod
40 2 3 David Pearson Pontiac 0 0 0 3 0 Crash
41 10 24 Roscoe Thompson Pontiac 0 0 0 1 0 Crash
42 14 89 Herb Tillman Chevrolet 0 0 0 1 0 Crash