1961 Old Dominion 500

Race 47 of 52

Martinsville
500 laps
Time of race: 3:59:40
Average speed of winner: 62.586 mph
Margin of victory: 3/4 lap
Lead changes: 9 among 6 drivers
Cautions: 7 for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Lorenzen 1-57, Johnson 58-112, Weatherly 113-127, Roberts 128-129, jarrett 130-137, Johnson 138-299, Weatherly 300-317, Johnson 318-359, White 360-417, Weatherly 418-500

Race notes: Debut for Art Malone. Finale for Bob Presnell. Only start for Wayne Lambath.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	4	Joe Weatherly	8		'61 Pontiac	Moore	Moore		500	3	116	running	3595	0
2	2	Rex White	4		'61 Pontiac	Rex White	Clements		500	1	58	running	2000	0
3	9	Junior Johnson	27	Holly Farms	'61 Pontiac	Lovette			499	3	259	running	1570	0
4	8	Fireball Roberts	6		'61 Pontiac	Owens	Owens		496	1	2	running	850	0
5	16	Ken Rush	59		'61 Pontiac	Lynn Holloway			494	0	0	running	750	0
6	11	Jimmy Pardue	54		'60 Chevrolet	Pardue			494	0	0	running	650	0
7	12	Emanuel Zervakis	85		'61 Chevrolet	Shook			492	0	0	running	550	0
8	15	Art Malone	42		'61 Plymouth	Petty			484	0	0	running	500	0
9	24	Larry Thomas	36		'60 Chevrolet	Younts			476	0	0	running	425	0
10	17	Bill Morton	64		'60 Chevrolet				473	0	0	running	365	0
11	21	G.C. Spencer	48		'60 Chevrolet				469	0	0	running	425	0
12	18	Herman Beam	19		'60 Ford	Beam			464	0	0	running	275	0
13	6	Ned Jarrett	11		'61 Chevrolet	B.G. Holloway	Allman		407	1	8	engine	285	0
14	5	Fred Harb	17		'61 Ford	Harb			407	0	0	running	275	0
15	19	Doug Yates	23		'61 Plymouth	Doug Yates			395	0	0	transmission	150	0
16	26	John Hamby	25		'61 Dodge	John Hamby			395	0	0	running	175	0
17	7	Richard Petty	43		'61 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		319	0	0	engine	175	0
18	1	Fred Lorenzen	28		'61 Ford	Holman-Moody		70.730	300	1	57	rear end	350	0
19	14	Jim Paschal	44		'61 Pontiac	Julian Petty			284	0	0	rear end	150	0
20	3	Glen Wood	21		'61 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		264	0	0	rear end	225	0
21	13	Buck Baker	86		'61 Chrysler	Buck Baker			214	0	0	rocker arm	100	0
22	22	L.D. Austin	74		'61 Chevrolet	L.D. Austin			179	0	0	engine	150	0
23	28	Bob Barron	71		'60 Dodge				120	0	0	handling	100	0
24	25	Wayne Lambath	12		'59 Ford				117	0	0	fuel leak	125	0
25	23	Curtis Crider	62		'61 Mercury	Crider			17	0	0	heating	135	0
26	27	Bob Presnell	5		'59 Chevrolet				5	0	0	engine	100	0
27	10	Tommy Irwin	2		'61 Chevrolet	Tom Daniels			2	0	0	rocker arm	125	0
28	20	Wendell Scott	34		'60 Chevrolet	Wendell Scott			1	0	0	accident	100	0
29	29	Joe Jones	77		'60 Ford				0	0	0	engine	125	0