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NASCAR Grand National race
South Boston Speedway, South Boston, VA
August 27, 1961
200 laps on 0.25 mile paved oval; 50 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	3	Junior Johnson	27	Rex Lovette	1960 Pontiac	200	800	running	168
2	2	Jim Reed	7	Jim Reed	1961 Chevrolet	199	525	running	32
3	8	Ned Jarrett	11	B.G. Holloway	1961 Chevrolet	197	375	running	0
4	17	Emanuel Zervakis	85	Monroe Shook	1960 Chevrolet	196	275	running	0
5	5	Rex White	4	Rex White	1960 Chevrolet	195	350	running	0
6	9	Jimmy Pardue	54	Jimmy Pardue	1960 Chevrolet	192	215	running	0
7	15	Larry Thomas	36	Wade Younts	1960 Chevrolet	189	175	running	0
8	11	Harry Leake	97	Harry Leake	1960 Chevrolet	189	150	running	0
9	14	Bob Barron	71	Bob Barron	1960 Dodge	184	140	running	0
10	20	Bob Presnell	5		1959 Chevrolet	184	130	running	0
11	12	Bill Morton	57	J.I. Divers	1961 Chevrolet	182	125	running	0
12	4	Elmo Langley	61	Doc White	1960 Ford Thunderbird	181	110	running	0
13	21	Harvey Hege	12	Bill Lloyd	1959 Ford	166	100	running	0
14	10	Doug Yates	23	Raeford Johnson	1959 Plymouth	158	85	accident	0
15	18	Fred Harb	17	Fred Harb	1961 Ford	117	70	engine	0
16	6	Wendell Scott	34	Wendell Scott	1960 Chevrolet	114	60	accident	0
17	1	Cotton Owens	6	Cotton Owens	1960 Pontiac	75	50	transmission	0
18	13	Joe Jones	77	Joe Jones	1960 Ford	71	50	engine	0
19	16	G.C. Spencer	48	G.C. Spencer	1960 Chevrolet	62	50	rear end	0
20	7	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	1960 Plymouth	32	50	engine	0
21	19	John Hamby	25		1960 Dodge	22	50	handling	0

Time of race: 01:02:03
Average Speed: 48.348 MPH
Pole Speed: 17.1 seconds