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1961-52

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NASCAR Grand National race number 52 of 52
Sunday, October 29, 1961 at Orange Speedway, Hillsboro, NC
165 laps on a .900 mile dirt track (148.5 miles)

Time of race: 1:44:31
Average Speed: 85.249 mph
Pole Speed: 95.154 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: 1 lap +
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 2

Glossary 1961 NASCAR Grand National results / 1961 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	8	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore	'61 Pontiac	165	1,150	running	164
2	2	4	Rex White	White-Clements (Rex White)	'61 Chevrolet	164	850	running	0
3	6	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway	'61 Chevrolet	163	475	running	0
4	10	42	Maurice Petty	Petty Enterprises	'61 Plymouth	155	375	running	0
5	4	22	Fireball Roberts	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	'61 Pontiac	154	325	engine	0
6	16	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb	'61 Ford	150	275	running	0
7	13	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'60 Ford	147	225	running	0
8	20	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'61 Chevrolet	142	200	running	0
9	15	97	Harry Leake	Harry Leake	'60 Chevrolet	139	200	running	0
10	5	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'61 Plymouth	133	200	transmission	0
11	11	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'61 Mercury	121	175	running	0
12	3	27	Junior Johnson	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	'60 Pontiac	117	125	clutch	1
13	20	68	Ed Livingston	Curtis Crider	'61 Ford	104	150	overheating	0
14	7	85	Tommy Irwin	Monroe Shook	'61 Chevrolet	103	150	brakes	0
15	17	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'60 Chevrolet	101	150	engine	0
16	19	77	Joe Jones	Joe Jones	'60 Ford	95	125	engine	0
17	9	86	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	80	125	distributor	0
18	18	93	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel	'60 Ford	54	125	overheating	0
19	14	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson	'60 Plymouth	38	125	seals	0
20	8	44	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty	'61 Pontiac	6	100	rear end	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Joe Weatherly	1	100	100
Junior Johnson	101	101	1
Joe Weatherly	102	165	64

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