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NASCAR Grand National race
Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Greenville, SC
October 28, 1961
200 laps on 0.5 mile dirt oval; 100 miles
| Fin
| St
| Driver
| #
| Owner
| Car
| Laps
| Money
| Status
| Laps Led
|
| 1
| 3
| Junior Johnson
| 27
| Rex Lovette
| 1961 Pontiac
| 200
| 950
| running
| 26 |
| 2
| 2
| Joe Weatherly
| 8
| Bud Moore
| 1961 Pontiac
| 199
| 625
| running
| 76 |
| 3
| 10
| Rex White
| 4
| Rex White
| 1961 Chevrolet
| 198
| 425
| running
| 0 |
| 4
| 9
| Richard Petty
| 42
| Petty Enterprises
| 1961 Plymouth
| 195
| 275
| running
| 0 |
| 5
| 16
| Curtis Crider
| 62
| Curtis Crider
| 1961 Mercury
| 192
| 250
| running
| 0 |
| 6
| 6
| Ned Jarrett
| 11
| B.G. Holloway
| 1961 Chevrolet
| 191
| 215
| running
| 0 |
| 7
| 15
| Maurice Petty
| 43
| Petty Enterprises
| 1961 Plymouth
| 190
| 175
| running
| 0 |
| 8
| 2
| Wendell Scott
| 34
| Wendell Scott
| 1960 Chevrolet
| 190
| 150
| running
| 0 |
| 9
| 11
| Joe Lee Johnson
| 14
| Joe Lee Johnson
| 1961 Chevrolet
| 188
| 140
| running
| 0 |
| 10
| 8
| Jim Paschal
| 44
| Julian Petty
| 1961 Pontiac
| 183
| 130
| rear end
| 0 |
| 11
| 13
| Herman Beam
| 19
| Herman Beam
| 1960 Ford
| 181
| 125
| running
| 0 |
| 12
| 14
| Lee Reitzel
| 93
| Lee Reitzel
| 1960 Ford
| 181
| 110
| running
| 0 |
| 13
| 18
| Fred Harb
| 17
| Fred Harb
| 1961 Ford
| 171
| 100
| running
| 0 |
| 14
| 7
| Jack Smith
| 46
| Jack Smith
| 1961 Pontiac
| 169
| 85
| accident
| 0 |
| 15
| 17
| Joe Jones
| 77
| Joe Jones
| 1960 Ford
| 159
| 70
| running
| 0 |
| 16
| 5
| Fireball Roberts
| 22
| Rex Lovette
| 1960 Pontiac
| 116
| 60
| rear end
| 0 |
| 17
| 1
| Buck Baker
| 86
| Buck Baker
| 1961 Chrysler
| 98
| 50
| clutch
| 98 |
| 18
| 4
| Jimmy Pardue
| 54
| Jimmy Pardue
| 1959 Chevrolet
| 51
| 50
| distributor
| 0 |
Time of race: 01:34:43
Average Speed: 63.346 MPH
Pole Speed: 27 seconds