
| 1961 Western North Carolina 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 39 of 51 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Official 1961 Western North Carolina 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 2 | 27 | Junior Johnson | Holly Farms | Running | ![]() | 0 | 258 | 258 |
| 2 | 5 | 8 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore Engineering | Running | ![]() | 0 | 255 | 0 |
| 3 | 11 | 4 | Rex White | White-Clements Racing | Running | ![]() | 0 | 254 | 0 |
| 4 | 9 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | B.G. Holloway (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 254 | 0 |
| 5 | 7 | 85 | Emanuel Zervakis | Monroe Shook (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 254 | 0 |
| 6 | 1 | 44 | Jim Paschal | Julian Petty (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 254 | 0 |
| 7 | 13 | 2 | Tommy Irwin | Tom Daniels (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 253 | 0 |
| 8 | 33 | 14 | Johnny Allen | Joe Lee Johnson (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 253 | 0 |
| 9 | 4 | 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 252 | 0 |
| 10 | 21 | 29 | Nelson Stacy | Holt-Stacy | Running | ![]() | 0 | 252 | 0 |
| 11 | 8 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running | ![]() | 0 | 249 | 0 |
| 12 | 15 | 99 | George Alsobrook | Joe Jones (Car Owner) | Accident | ![]() | 0 | 234 | 0 |
| 13 | 17 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 233 | 0 |
| 14 | 18 | 82 | Marvin Porter | Henry Dunbar (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 231 | 0 |
| 15 | 27 | 41 | Charlie Chapman | Charlie Chapman (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 228 | 0 |
| 16 | 16 | 87 | Buddy Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 227 | 0 |
| 17 | 21 | 74 | L.D. Austin | L.D. Austin (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 227 | 0 |
| 18 | 26 | 97 | Harry Leake | Harry Leake (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 227 | 0 |
| 19 | 20 | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | Jimmy Pardue (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 225 | 0 |
| 20 | 31 | 1 | Paul Lewis | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 218 | 0 |
| 21 | 25 | 33 | Reb Wickersham | Reb Wickersham (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 217 | 0 |
| 22 | 28 | 62 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 214 | 0 |
| 23 | 34 | 25 | John Hamby | John Hamby (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 208 | 0 |
| 24 | 35 | 34 | Wendell Scott (R) | Scott Racing | Running | ![]() | 0 | 204 | 0 |
| 25 | 32 | 5 | Bob Presnell | Bobby Waddell (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 26 | 22 | 64 | Bill Morton | Bill Morton (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 198 | 0 |
| 27 | 19 | 48 | G.C. Spencer | Spencer Racing | Oil Pump | ![]() | 0 | 196 | 0 |
| 28 | 6 | 86 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 185 | 0 |
| 29 | 36 | 58 | Bunk Moore | Accident | ![]() | 0 | 182 | 0 | |
| 30 | 29 | 127 | Bill McDonald | Too Slow | ![]() | 0 | 180 | 0 | |
| 31 | 37 | 59 | Fireball Roberts | B.G. Holloway (Car Owner) | Unknown | ![]() | 0 | 144 | 0 |
| 32 | 23 | 36 | Larry Thomas | Wade Younts (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 136 | 0 |
| 33 | 3 | 17 | Fred Harb | Fred Harb (Car Owner) | Running | ![]() | 0 | 135 | 0 |
| 34 | 10 | 94 | Banjo Matthews | Matthews Racing | Accident | ![]() | 0 | 102 | 0 |
| 35 | 38 | 127 | Earl Wilcox | Too Slow | ![]() | 0 | 81 | 0 | |
| 36 | 30 | 23 | Doug Yates | Raeford Johnson (Car Owner) | Unknown | ![]() | 0 | 75 | 0 |
| 37 | 24 | 71 | Bob Barron | Bob Barron (Car Owner) | Hub | ![]() | 0 | 67 | 0 |
| 38 | 14 | 96 | Dave Mader | J.L. Cheatham (Car Owner) | Unknown | ![]() | 0 | 64 | 0 |