Race Results

NASCAR Cup Series

Southern 500

Darlington Raceway

September 4th, 1961

Race #42 of the 1961 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps: 364
  • Miles: 497.2
  • Average Speed: 117.787 mph
  • Cautions: 6
  • Caution Laps: 21
  • Lead Changes: 19
#22 NASCAR Next Gen car
Daytona Beach, Florida - September 7th, 2021: Joey Logano drives the #22 NASCAR Next Gen car in the garage during the NASCAR Cup Series test at Daytona International Speedway. Photo by James Gilbert | Getty Images
FIN ST Car # Driver Make TOT PTS F PTS B PTS Laps Led STUS
1 3 29 Nelson Stacy Ford 0 0 0 364 72 Running
2 1 22 Fireball Roberts Pontiac 0 0 0 364 180 Running
3 9 3 David Pearson Pontiac 0 0 0 363 6 Running
4 7 44 Jim Paschal Pontiac 0 0 0 359 0 Running
5 20 85 Emanuel Zervakis Chevrolet 0 0 0 359 0 Running
6 33 11 Ned Jarrett Chevrolet 0 0 0 354 0 Running
7 26 14 Johnny Allen Chevrolet 0 0 0 348 0 Running
8 18 24 Roscoe Thompson Pontiac 0 0 0 347 0 Running
9 6 6 Ralph Earnhardt Pontiac 0 0 0 346 0 Engine
10 36 47 Rex White Pontiac 0 0 0 345 0 Running
11 12 72 Bobby Johns Ford 0 0 0 344 0 Running
12 16 66 Bill Morgan Ford 0 0 0 342 0 Running
13 32 30 Elmo Langley Chevrolet 0 0 0 341 0 Running
14 14 27 Junior Johnson Pontiac 0 0 0 337 0 Running
15 24 59 Tiny Lund Pontiac 0 0 0 323 0 Crash
16 40 74 LD Austin Chevrolet 0 0 0 321 0 Running
17 35 54 Jimmy Pardue Chevrolet 0 0 0 316 0 Running
18 39 62 Curtis Crider Mercury 0 0 0 312 0 Running
19 23 19 Herman Beam Ford 0 0 0 312 0 Running
20 17 46 Larry Frank Pontiac 0 0 0 273 0 Spindle
21 25 90 Dave Mader Chevrolet 0 0 0 262 0 Timing
22 4 8 Joe Weatherly Pontiac 0 0 0 229 13 Rf hub
23 31 7 Jim Reed Chevrolet 0 0 0 228 0 Brakes
24 15 86 Buddy Baker Chrysler 0 0 0 221 0 Bearings
25 34 10 TC Hunt Dodge 0 0 0 206 0 Rear end
26 5 43 Richard Petty Plymouth 0 0 0 201 41 Engine
27 11 87 Buck Baker Chrysler 0 0 0 190 0 Con rod
28 21 2 Tommy Irwin Chevrolet 0 0 0 164 0 Rocker arm
29 2 28 Fred Lorenzen Ford 0 0 0 158 52 Throttle
30 19 52 Cale Yarborough Ford 0 0 0 135 0 Engine
31 8 42 Marvin Panch Plymouth 0 0 0 94 0 Carburetor
32 28 82 Marvin Porter Ford 0 0 0 85 0 Crash
33 29 1 Paul Lewis Chevrolet 0 0 0 81 0 Crash
34 30 5 Woodie Wilson Pontiac 0 0 0 79 0 Crash
35 38 68 Ed Livingston Ford 0 0 0 79 0 Head gasket
36 10 94 Banjo Matthews Ford 0 0 0 65 0 Engine
37 22 32 Joe Caspolich Ford 0 0 0 50 0 Rear end
38 27 80 Darel Dieringer Ford 0 0 0 45 0 Rear end
39 13 9 Bunkie Blackburn Ford 0 0 0 34 0 Head gasket
40 37 96 Friday Hassler Chevrolet 0 0 0 22 0 Brakes
41 43 99 George Alsobrook Ford 0 0 0 2 0 Handling
42 41 75 Red Hollingsworth Chevrolet 0 0 0 2 0 Handling
43 42 93 Lee Reitzel Ford 0 0 0 2 0 Handling