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Atlanta 500

NASCAR Grand National race
Atlanta Motor Speedway, Hampton, GA
March 26, 1961
334 laps on 1.5 mile paved oval; 501 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	7	Bob Burdick	53	Roy Burdick	1961 Pontiac	334	15,775	running	43
2	4	Rex White	4	Rex White	1961 Chevrolet	334	8,850	running	0
3	13	Ralph Earnhardt	6	Cotton Owens	1961 Pontiac	334	4,850	running	0
4	17	Nelson Stacy	29	Dudley Farrell	1961 Ford	333	2,475	running	0
5	18	Ned Jarrett	11	B.G. Holloway	1961 Chevrolet	332	1,775	running	0
6	1	Marvin Panch	3	John Masoni	1961 Pontiac	329	3,035	running	116
7	24	Reds Kagle	66	Ratus Walters	1960 Ford	326	1,125	running	0
8	14	Tom Pistone	59	B.G. Holloway	1961 Pontiac	325	1,100	running	0
9	19	Emanuel Zervakis	85	Monroe Shook	1961 Chevrolet	322	825	running	0
10	21	Tommy Irwin	2	Tom Daniels	1960 Chevrolet	315	775	fuel	0
11	12	Jimmy Pardue	54	Jimmy Pardue	1960 Chevrolet	312	700	running	0
12	15	Jim Reed	7	Jim Reed	1961 Chevrolet	309	675	rear end	0
13	6	Bob Welborn	49	Bob Welborn	1961 Pontiac	308	550	running	0
14	39	Curtis Crider	62	Curtis Crider	1960 Ford	293	450	running	0
15	40	Buck Baker	86	Buck Baker	1961 Chrysler	290	400	running	0
16	10	Banjo Matthews	94	Banjo Matthews	1961 Ford	267	755	head gasket	66
17	36	Elmo Langley	16	Happy Steigel	1959 Pontiac	233	300	lugs	0
18	43	Marshall Sargent	39	Marshall Sargent	1959 Pontiac	233	250	rear end	0
19	33	Darel Dieringer	78	W.J. Ridgeway	1960 Ford	231	250	accident	0
20	9	Curtis Turner	21	Wood Brothers	1961 Ford	216	565	head gasket	11
21	11	Jack Smith	47	Jack Smith	1961 Pontiac	212	225	engine	0
22	5	Joe Weatherly	8	Bud Moore	1961 Pontiac	179	275	lugs	0
23	34	Jim Hendrickson	56	Charles French	1960 Chevrolet	171	200	fuel pump	0
24	22	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	1960 Plymouth	155	200	engine	0
25	37	Ed Livingston	68	Curtis Crider	1960 Ford	151	200	bearings	0
26	16	Sal Tovella	23	Bob Rose	1961 Ford	144	250	engine	0
27	23	Junior Johnson	27	Rex Lovette	1961 Pontiac	126	300	accident	0
28	25	Joe Lee Johnson	89	Joe Lee Johnson	1961 Chevrolet	124	250	accident	0
29	27	Bobby Johns	72	Shorty Johns	1961 Ford	124	250	accident	0
30	20	T.C. Hunt	10	Fred Wheat	1961 Dodge	124	225	accident	0
31	46	Freddy Fryar	14	Herb Adcox	1961 Chevrolet	116	200	engine	0
32	38	Roy Tyner	9	Roy Tyner	1960 Ford	109	200	pulley	0
33	3	Fred Lorenzen	28	Holman Moody	1961 Ford	106	1,320	accident	73
34	42	Wilbur Rakestraw	99	Joe Jones	1961 Ford	100	200	accident	0
35	32	Johnny Allen	96	J.L. Cheatham	1960 Chevrolet	96	200	accident	0
36	35	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	1960 Ford	94	200	accident	0
37	31	Bobby Allison	40	Ralph Stark	1960 Chevrolet	94	200	accident	0
38	8	Larry Frank	76	Dick Wright	1960 Ford	90	225	engine	0
39	41	Tim Flock	15	Beau Morgan	1961 Ford	82	200	steering	0
40	30	David Pearson	26	David Pearson	1961 Pontiac	80	200	engine	0
41	29	Friday Hassler	30	Fred Clark	1960 Chevrolet	53	200	driveshaft	0
42	2	Fireball Roberts	22	Smokey Yunick	1961 Pontiac	29	860	engine	25
43	28	Charlie Glotzbach	65	Melvin Black	1961 Pontiac	23	200	engine	0
44	26	Harlan Richardson	88	Jim White	1961 Ford	22	225	engine	0
45	44	Johnny Sudderth	64	Spook Crawford	1960 Ford	22	200	rear end	0
46	45	Paul Lewis	1	Jess Potter	1961 Chevrolet	1	200	engine	0

Time of race: 04:02:05
Average Speed: 124.172 MPH
Pole Speed: 39.778 seconds
2 cautions
Attendance: 43,000