| Teams for 1961 Atlanta 500 |
|---|
| Car | Team | Driver | Mfg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jess Potter | Paul Lewis |  |
| 2 | Tom Daniels | Tommy Irwin | |
| 3 | John Masoni | Marvin Panch |  |
| 4 | White-Clemens Racing | Rex White | |
| 6 | Owens Racing | Ralph Earnhardt | |
| 7 | Jim Reed | Jim Reed | |
| 8 | Bud Moore Engineering | Joe Weatherly | |
| 9 | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner |  |
| 10 | Fred Wheat | T.C. Hunt |  |
| 11 | B.G. Holloway | Ned Jarrett | |
| 14 | Adcox Racing | Freddy Fryar | |
| 15 | Beau Morgan | Tim Flock | |
| 16 | Happy Steigal | Elmo Langley | |
| 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam | |
| 21 | Wood Brothers Racing | Curtis Turner | |
| 22 | Smokey Yunick | Fireball Roberts | |
| 23 | Bob Rose | Sal Tovella | |
| 26 | Pearson Racing | David Pearson | |
| 27 | Rex Lovette | Junior Johnson | |
| 28 | Holman-Moody Racing | Fred Lorenzen | |
| 30 | Fred Clark | Friday Hassler | |
| 39 | Marshal Sargent | Marshall Sargent | |
| 40 | Ralph Stark | Bobby Allison | |
| 43 | Petty Enterprises | Richard Petty |  |
| 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith | |
| 49 | Bob Welborn | Bob Welborn | |
| 53 | Roy Burdick | Bob Burdick | |
| 54 | Jimmy Pardue | Jimmy Pardue | |
| 56 | Charles French | Jim Hendrickson | |
| 59 | B.G. Holloway | Tom Pistone | |
| 62 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider | |
| 64 | Spook Crawford | Johnny Sudderth | |
| 65 | Melvin Black | Charlie Glotzbach | |
| 66 | Ratus Walters | Reds Kagle | |
| 68 | Curtis Crider | Ed Livingston | |
| 72 | Shorty Johns | Bobby Johns | |
| 76 | Dick Wright | Larry Frank | |
| 78 | W.J. Ridgeway | Darel Dieringer | |
| 85 | Monroe Shook | Emanuel Zervakis | |
| 86 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker | Chrysler |
| 88 | Jim White | Harlan Richardson | |
| 89 | Joe Lee Johnson | Joe Lee Johnson | |
| 94 | Matthews Racing | Banjo Matthews | |
| 96 | J.L. Cheatem | Johnny Allen | |
| 99 | Joe Jones | Wilbur Rakestraw | |
