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1961 - 1 Race Results


Race Name - 1
Date - 11/6/1960
Race Track - Charlotte Fairgrounds
Track Length (Miles) - 0.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 100 miles
Pole Speed - 63.581 mph
Number of Cautions - 4
Caution Laps -
Average Race Speed - 59.435 mph
Lead Changes - 4
Total Race Purse - $3,785
Race Number - 1
 More Races from 1961
Fin St Driver # Sponsor Laps Run Make Laps Led Purse
1 11 Joe Weatherly 16 Doc White 200 58 Ford 40 $800
2 2 Rex White 4 Piedmont Friendly (Rex White) 200 59 Chevrol 52 $525
3 1 Lee Petty 42 Petty Enterprises 196 60 Plymout 108 $375
4 10 Buck Baker 87 Thor (Buck Baker) 194 60 Chevrol 0 $275
5 5 David Pearson 67 David Pearson 190 59 Chevrol 0 $250
6 14 Herman Beam 19 Herman Beam 183 60 Ford 0 $215
7 16 Paul Lewis 1 Faircloth (Jess Potter) 183 60 Chevrol 0 $175
8 18 LD Austin 74 LD Austin 174 58 Chevrol 0 $150
9 19 Bob Barron 83 Curtis Crider 157 59 Ford 0 $140
10 8 Doug Yates 23 Raeford Johnson 152 59 Plymout 0 $130
11 6 Richard Petty 43 Petty Enterprises 142 60 Plymout 0 $125
12 3 Elmo Langley 61 Doc White 133 59 T-Bird 0 $110
13 17 Jimmy Pardue 35 MJ Black 112 60 Dodge 0 $100
14 13 Fred Harb 17 Fred Harb 110 59 Ford 0 $85
15 4 Tommy Irwin 36 Tommy Irwin 97 59 T-Bird 0 $70
16 7 Ned Jarrett 11 Courtesy (Ned Jarrett) 60 60 Ford 0 $60
17 15 Buddy Baker 7 Fred Harb 59 59 Ford 0 $50
18 20 Junior Johnson 27 Holly Farms (Rex Lovette) 35 60 Pontiac 0 $50
19 9 Curtis Crider 64 Spook Crawford 35 60 Ford 0 $50
20 12 Tom Pistone 59 BG Holloway 17 59 Pontiac 0 $50