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1961 Virginia 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 13 of 52
Sunday, April 9, 1961 at Martinsville Speedway, Martinsville, VA
500 laps* on a .500 mile paved track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:05:23
Average Speed: 68.366 mph
Pole Speed: 70.28 mph

Cautions: 2 for 4 laps
Margin of Victory: under caution
Attendance: n/a
Lead changes: 1

Glossary 1961 NASCAR Grand National results / 1961 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	'61 Ford	149	1,150	running	31
2	1	4	Rex White	White-Clements (Rex White)	'61 Ford	149	1,275	running	118
3	3	21	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers	'61 Ford	147	500	running	0
4	16	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook	'61 Chevrolet	147	325	running	0
5	5	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway	'61 Chevrolet	147	450	running	0
6	6	27	Junior Johnson	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	'61 Pontiac	146	315	running	0
7	23	69	Johnny Allen	B.G. Holloway	'61 Chevrolet	146	245	running	0
8	9	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'61 Plymouth	146	175	running	0
9	8	15	Tim Flock	Beau Morgan	'61 Ford	146	215	running	0
10	22	2	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels	'60 Chevrolet	146	215	running	0
11	7	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'61 Ford	145	150	running	0
12	13	86	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	144	160	running	0
13	21	6	Cotton Owens	Cotton Owens	'60 Pontiac	143	300	running	0
14	12	87	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker	'61 Chrysler	142	120	running	0
15	25	48	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'60 Chevrolet	141	95	running	0
16	15	55	Ernie Gahan	John Koszela	'59 Chevrolet	141	60	running	0
17	10	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue	'59 Chevrolet	140	110	running	0
18	11	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson	'59 Plymouth	139	85	running	0
19	17	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'60 Ford	136	50	running	0
20	20	35	George Green	M.J. Black	'59 Plymouth	136	50	running	0
21	27	97	Harry Leake	Harry Leake	'60 Chevrolet	134	50	running	0
22	4	66	Reds Kagle	Cafe Burgundy (Ratus Walters)	'60 Ford	117	150	fuel tank	0
23	24	17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb	'59 Ford	113	75	running	0
24	14	34	Wendell Scott	Wendell Scott	'60 Chevrolet	109	50	running	0
25	18	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'60 Ford	102	50	running	0
26	19	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'60 Ford	77	50	brakes	0
27	26	71	Bob Barron	Bob Barron	'60 Dodge	21	75	engine	0

* Race shortened to 149 laps due to rain.

Condition	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps	Reason
Caution flag breakdown:
	1	15	15
	16	18	3	#54 spun turn 1
	19	148	130
	149	149	1	rain
Percent of race run under caution: 2.7% Average green flag run: 72.5 laps

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Rex White	1	118	118
Fred Lorenzen	119	149	31

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