1961 Atlanta 500

Race 9 of 52

Atlanta
334 laps
Time of race: 4:02:05
Average speed of winner: 124.172 mph
Margin of victory: under caution
Lead changes: N/A among N/A drivers
Lead changes: N/A
Cautions: 2 for N/A laps
Lap leaders: Panch 1-4, Roberts 5-29, Panch 30-33, Lorenzen 34-106, Panch 107, 108-256 unknown, Panch 257-291, Burdick 292-334, but total laps led are known: Panch 116, Lorenzen 73, Matthews 66, Burdick 43, Roberts 25, Turner 11

Race notes: Only win for Bob Burdick. Finale for Jim Hendrickson. Rex White took the points lead from Marvin Panch.

Finish	Start	Driver	Car #	Sponsor	Car	Owner	Crew Chief	Qualifying Speed	Laps	X Led	Laps Led	Status	Money	Points
1	7	Bob Burdick	53	Roy Burdick Garage	'61 Pontiac	Roy Burdick			334	1	43	running	15775	0
2	4	Rex White	4		'61 Chevrolet	Rex White	Clements		334	0	0	running	8850	0
3	13	Ralph Earnhardt	6		'61 Pontiac	Owens	Owens		334	0	0	running	4850	0
4	17	Nelson Stacy	29		'61 Ford	Holt-Stacy			333	0	0	running	2475	0
5	18	Ned Jarrett	11		'61 Chevrolet	B.G. Holloway	Allman		332	0	0	running	1775	0
6	1	Marvin Panch	3	Daytona Kennel	'61 Pontiac	Masoni		135.755	329	4	116	running	3035	0
7	24	Reds Kagle	66	Cafe Burgundy	'60 Ford	Ratus Walters			326	0	0	running	1125	0
8	14	Tom Pistone	59		'61 Pontiac	Lynn Holloway			325	0	0	running	1100	0
9	19	Emanuel Zervakis	85		'61 Chevrolet	Shook			322	0	0	running	825	0
10	21	Tommy Irwin	2		'60 Chevrolet	Tom Daniels			315	0	0	fuel	775	0
11	12	Jimmy Pardue	54		'60 Chevrolet	Pardue			312	0	0	running	700	0
12	15	Jim Reed	7		'61 Chevrolet	Jim Reed			309	0	0	rear end	675	0
13	6	Bob Welborn	49		'61 Pontiac	Welborn			308	0	0	running	550	0
14	39	Curtis Crider	62		'60 Ford	Crider			293	0	0	running	450	0
15	40	Buck Baker	86		'61 Chrysler	Buck Baker			290	0	0	running	400	0
16	10	Banjo Matthews	94		'61 Ford	Banjo Matthews			267	1	66	head gasket	755	0
17	36	Elmo Langley	16		'59 Pontiac	Steigel			233	0	0	lugs	300	0
18	43	Marshall Sargent	39		'59 Pontiac				233	0	0	rear end	250	0
19	33	Darel Dieringer	78		'60 Ford	Billie Ridgeway			231	0	0	accident	250	0
20	9	Curtis Turner	21		'61 Ford	Wood Brothers	Leonard Wood		216	1	11	head gasket	565	0
21	11	Jack Smith	47		'61 Pontiac	Jack Smith			212	0	0	engine	225	0
22	5	Joe Weatherly	8		'61 Pontiac	Moore	Moore		179	0	0	lugs	275	0
23	34	Jim Hendrickson	56		'60 Chevrolet				171	0	0	fuel pump	200	0
24	22	Richard Petty	43		'60 Plymouth	Petty	Inman		155	0	0	engine	200	0
25	37	Ed Livingston	68		'60 Ford	Crider			151	0	0	bearings	200	0
26	16	Sal Tovella	23		'61 Ford	Bob Rose			144	0	0	engine	250	0
27	23	Junior Johnson	27	Holly Farms	'61 Pontiac	Lovette			126	0	0	accident	300	0
28	25	Joe Lee Johnson	89		'61 Chevrolet	Joe Lee Johnson			124	0	0	accident	250	0
29	27	Bobby Johns	72		'61 Ford	Shorty Johns			124	0	0	accident	250	0
30	20	T.C. Hunt	10		'61 Dodge	Wheat			124	0	0	accident	225	0
31	46	Freddy Fryar	14		'61 Chevrolet				116	0	0	engine	200	0
32	38	Roy Tyner	9		'60 Ford				109	0	0	pulley	200	0
33	3	Fred Lorenzen	28		'61 Ford	Holman-Moody			106	1	73	accident	1320	0
34	42	Wilbur Rakestraw	99		'61 Ford	B.J. Jones			100	0	0	accident	200	0
35	32	Johnny Allen	96		'60 Chevrolet	Cheatham			96	0	0	accident	200	0
36	35	Herman Beam	19		'60 Ford	Beam			94	0	0	accident	200	0
37	31	Bobby Allison	40		'60 Chevrolet	Ralph Stark			94	0	0	accident	200	0
38	8	Larry Frank	76		'60 Ford	Dick Wright			90	0	0	engine	225	0
39	41	Tim Flock	15		'61 Ford	Beau Morgan			82	0	0	steering	200	0
40	30	David Pearson	26		'61 Pontiac	Pearson			80	0	0	engine	200	0
41	29	Friday Hassler	30		'60 Chevrolet	Fred Clark			53	0	0	drive shaft	200	0
42	2	Fireball Roberts	22		'61 Pontiac	Yunick	Yunick		29	1	25	engine	860	0
43	28	Charlie Glotzbach	65		'61 Pontiac	Melvin Black			23	0	0	engine	200	0
44	26	Harlan Richardson	88		'61 Ford	Jim White			22	0	0	engine	225	0
45	44	Johnny Sudderth	64		'60 Ford				22	0	0	rear end	200	0
46	45	Paul Lewis	1		'61 Chevrolet	Jess Potter			1	0	0	engine	200	0