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1961 World 600 Qualifier #1

NASCAR Grand National race number 20 of 52
Sunday, May 21, 1961 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, NC
67 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (100.5 miles)

Time of race: 0:45:09
Average Speed: 133.554 mph
Pole Speed: 137.48 mph

Cautions: none
Margin of Victory: 8 sec
Attendance: 10,000
Lead changes: 2

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
8	6	11	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway	'61 Chevrolet	66	150	running	0
9	8	69	Johnny Allen	B.G. Holloway	'61 Chevrolet	66	140	running	0
10	10	48	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'60 Chevrolet	65	130	running	0
12	9	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue	'60 Chevrolet	64	110	running	0
13	16	97	E.J. Trivette	Harry Leake	'60 Chevrolet	56	100	running	0
14	11	4	Rex White	White-Clements (Rex White)	'61 Chevrolet	41	185	running	0
15	13	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook	'61 Chevrolet	28	70	engine	0
4	4	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	'61 Ford	67	275	running	0
5	1	28	Fred Lorenzen	Holman-Moody	'61 Ford	67	250	running	34
7	2	94	Banjo Matthews	Banjo Matthews	'61 Ford	66	175	running	0
11	12	82	Joe Eubanks	Don Every	'61 Ford	64	125	running	0
19	19	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'60 Ford	1	50	handling	0
16	14	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'61 Mercury	18	60	transmission	0
1	7	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'61 Plymouth	67	800	running	24
17	17	35	Bobby Waddell	M.J. Black	'59 Plymouth	3	50	rear end	0
2	3	6	Ralph Earnhardt	Cotton Owens	'61 Pontiac	67	525	running	9
3	5	47	Bob Welborn	Jack Smith	'61 Pontiac	67	375	running	0
6	18	75	Fireball Roberts	Smokey Yunick	'61 Pontiac	66	215	running	0
18	15	27	Bobby Isaac	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	'61 Pontiac	2	50	coil	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fred Lorenzen	1	34	34
Ralph Earnhardt	35	43	9
Richard Petty	44	67	24

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