| Teams 1961 Daytona 500 |
|---|
| No. | Team | Driver | Mfg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jess Potter | Paul Lewis | Chevrolet |
| 2 | Tom Daniels | Tommy Irwin | Chevrolet |
| 3 | John Masoni | Jim Paschal | Pontiac |
| 4 | White-Clemens Racing | Rex White | Chevrolet |
| 6 | Owens Racing | Cotton Owens | Pontiac |
| 8 | Bud Moore Engineering | Joe Weatherly | Pontiac |
| 10 | Fred Wheat | T.C. Hunt | Dodge |
| 11 | B.G. Holloway | Ned Jarrett | Chevrolet |
| 15 | Red Hollingsworth | Red Hollingsworth | Chevrolet |
| 16 | Happy Steigal | Elmo Langley | Pontiac |
| 18 | Weldon Wagner | Darrell Dake | Chevrolet |
| 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam | Ford |
| 20 | Smokey Yunick | Marvin Panch | Pontiac |
| 21 | Wood Brothers Racing | Curtis Turner | Ford |
| 22 | Smokey Yunick | Fireball Roberts | Pontiac |
| 23 | Bob Rose | Sal Tovella | Ford |
| 24 | James Turner | Roscoe Thompson | Pontiac |
| 27 | Rex Lovette | Junior Johnson | Pontiac |
| 29 | Dudley Farrell | Nelson Stacy | Ford |
| 30 | Fred Clark | Friday Hassler | Chevrolet |
| 31 | Nichels Engineering | Paul Goldsmith | Pontiac |
| 32 | Nichels Engineering | Darel Dieringer | Pontiac |
| 33 | Reb Wickersham | Reb Wickersham | Oldsmobile |
| 36 | Warner Brothers Racing | Brian Naylor | Ford |
| 37 | Don House | Joe Kelly | Ford |
| 38 | Matt DeMathews | Ed Markstellar | Ford |
| 39 | Marshal Sargent | Marshall Sargent | Pontiac |
| 40 | Ralph Stark | Bobby Allison | Chevrolet |
| 41 | Charlie Chapman | Elmo Henderson | Ford |
| 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith | Pontiac |
| 49 | Bob Welborn | Bob Welborn | Pontiac |
| 50 | James French | Ken Johnson | Ford |
| 52 | Julian Buesink | Tom Dill | Ford |
| 53 | Roy Burdick | Bob Burdick | Pontiac |
| 54 | Jimmy Pardue | Jimmy Pardue | Chevrolet |
| 55 | John Koszela | Ernie Gahan | Chevrolet |
| 59 | B.G. Holloway | Tom Pistone | Pontiac |
| 60 | Tetsuo Fuchigami | George Tet | Ford |
| 62 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider | Ford |
| 64 | Spook Crawford | Paul Parks | Ford |
| 65 | Melvin Black | Charlie Glotzbach | Pontiac |
| 66 | Tony Lavati | David Pearson | Pontiac |
| 68 | Curtis Crider | Ed Livingston | Ford |
| 69 | B.G. Holloway | Johnny Allen | Chevrolet |
| 72 | Shorty Johns | Bobby Johns | Ford |
| 75 | J.D. Braswell | Don O'Dell | Pontiac |
| 76 | Dick Wright | Larry Frank | Ford |
| 80 | Tubby Gonzales | Fred Lorenzen | Ford |
| 83 | Jack Meeks | Tim Flock | Ford |
| 85 | Monroe Shook | Emanuel Zervakis | Chevrolet |
| 86 | Buck Baker Racing | Buddy Baker | Chrysler |
| 87 | Buck Baker Racing | Buck Baker | Chrysler |
| 88 | Jim White | Harlan Richardson | Ford |
| 89 | Joe Lee Johnson | Joe Lee Johnson | Chevrolet |
| 91 | R.G. Henschel | Robert Roeber | Pontiac |
| 94 | Matthews Racing | Banjo Matthews | Ford |
| 99 | Joe Jones | Wilbur Rakestraw | Ford |