| 1961 100 Mile Qualifying Race #1 NASCAR Cup Series Race 3 of 51 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $4,575 | Race Date: | Feb 24, 1961 | Daytona International Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | Concluded Under Caution | Race Duration: | 4Hr 50Min 6Sec. | Daytona Beach, Florida | |
| Lead Changes: | None | Average Speed: | 129.711 MPH | 2.5 Mile Paved Banked Tri-Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 34 | No. of Cautions: | 5 For 10 Laps | daytonainternationalspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Fireball Roberts F. Roberts | Driver: | Fireball Roberts F. Roberts | Pontiac: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #22 Pontiac | Car No.: | #22 Pontiac | Chrysler: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Team: | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Ford: | 0 | |||||
| Laps Led: | 25 of 40 | Pole Speed: | 133.037 MPH | |||||
| Official 1961 100 Mile Qualifying Race #1 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Smokey's Best Damn Garage | Running |  | 0 | 39 | 25 |
| 2 | 2 | 3 | Jim Paschal | Daytona Kennel | Running | | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 3 | 13 | 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 4 | 11 | 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 5 | 19 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | Dash-Dash-Dash Corporation | Running |  | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | 72 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 7 | 8 | 29 | Nelson Stacy | Holt-Stacy | Running | | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | 53 | Bob Burdick | McKenzie | Running | | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 9 | 7 | 31 | Paul Goldsmith | Nichels Engineering | Running | | 0 | 39 | 0 |
| 10 | 3 | 27 | Junior Johnson | Holly Farms | Accident | | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 11 | 23 | 2 | Tommy Irwin | Tom Daniels (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 12 | 18 | 10 | T.C. Hunt | Fred Wheat (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 13 | 10 | 24 | Roscoe Thompson | James Turner (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 14 | 5 | 49 | Bob Welborn | Bob Welborn (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 15 | 9 | 83 | Bob Pronger | Meilwainford | Accident | | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 16 | 14 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Accident |  | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 17 | 16 | 56 | Jim Hendrickson | Charles French (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 18 | 26 | 62 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 19 | 20 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 20 | 15 | 76 | Larry Frank | Dick Wright (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| 21 | 12 | 4 | Rex White | White-Clements Racing | Running | | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 22 | 24 | 30 | Friday Hassler | Fred Clark (Car Owner) | Crankshaft | | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 23 | 30 | 55 | Ernie Gahan | John Koszein (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 24 | 29 | 60 | George Tet | Tetsuo Fuchigami (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 36 | 0 |
| 25 | 32 | 64 | Paul Parks | Spook Crawford (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 26 | 27 | 88 | Harlan Richardson | Jim White (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 27 | 25 | 63 | Pete Boland | Pete Boland (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 28 | 34 | 41 | Charlie Chapman | Charlie Chapman (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 32 | 0 |
| 29 | 33 | 39 | Marshall Sargent | Marshall Sargent (Car Owner) | | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 30 | 17 | 37 | Joe Kelly | Don House (Car Owner) | | 0 | 12 | 0 | |
| 31 | 31 | 38 | Ed Markstellar | Matt DeMatthews (Car Owner) | | 0 | 8 | 0 | |
| 32 | 28 | 57 | Wes Morgan | J.I. Divers (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 7 | 0 |
| 33 | 22 | 18 | Darrell Dake | Weldon Wagner (Car Owner) | | 0 | 7 | 0 | |
| 34 | 21 | 00 | Dave Mader | Dave Mader (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 6 | 0 |
