| Teams for 1961 100 Mile Qualifying Race #1 |
|---|
| Car | Team | Driver | Mfg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 00 | Dave Mader | Dave Mader |  |
| 2 | Tom Daniels | Tommy Irwin | |
| 3 | John Masoni | Jim Paschal |  |
| 4 | White-Clemens Racing | Rex White | |
| 10 | Fred Wheat | T.C. Hunt |  |
| 11 | B.G. Holloway | Ned Jarrett | |
| 18 | Weldon Wagner | Darrell Dake | |
| 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam |  |
| 22 | Smokey Yunick | Fireball Roberts | |
| 24 | James Turner | Roscoe Thompson | |
| 27 | Rex Lovette | Junior Johnson | |
| 30 | Fred Clark | Friday Hassler | |
| 31 | Nichels Engineering | Paul Goldsmith | |
| 37 | Don House | Joe Kelly | |
| 38 | Matt DeMathews | Ed Markstellar | |
| 39 | Marshal Sargent | Marshall Sargent | |
| 41 | Charlie Chapman | Charlie Chapman | |
| 43 | Petty Enterprises | Richard Petty |  |
| 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith | |
| 49 | Bob Welborn | Bob Welborn | |
| 53 | Roy Burdick | Bob Burdick | |
| 55 | John Koszela | Ernie Gahan | |
| 56 | Charles French | Jim Hendrickson | |
| 57 | J.I. Divers | Wes Morgan | |
| 60 | Tetsuo Fuchigami | George Tet | |
| 62 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider | |
| 63 | Pete Boland | Pete Boland | |
| 64 | Spook Crawford | Paul Parks | |
| 72 | Shorty Johns | Bobby Johns | |
| 76 | Dick Wright | Larry Frank | |
| 83 | Jack Meeks | Bob Pronger | |
| 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker | Chrysler |
| 88 | Jim White | Harlan Richardson | |
