| 1961 Grand National Race No. 8 NASCAR Cup Series Race 8 of 51 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $11,475 | Race Date: | Mar 12, 1961 | Hanford Motor Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 2 Laps | Race Duration: | 2Hr 36Min 22Sec. | Hanford, California | |
| Lead Changes: | None | Average Speed: | 95.621 MPH | 1.4 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 36 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Fireball Roberts F. Roberts | Driver: | Bob Ross B. Ross | Pontiac: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #75 Pontiac | Car No.: | #51 Ford | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Team: | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Dodge: | 0 | |||||
| Laps Led: | All 178 Laps | Pole Speed: | 98.370 MPH | |||||
| Official 1961 Grand National Race No. 8 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 75 | Fireball Roberts | J.D. Braswell (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 178 | 178 |
| 2 | 3 | 98 | Eddie Gray | Eddie Gray (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 176 | 0 |
| 3 | 33 | 76 | Danny Letner | Guy Kimball (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 175 | 0 |
| 4 | 28 | 80 | Tubby Gonzales | Tubby Gonzales (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 168 | 0 |
| 5 | 7 | 45 | Eddie Pagan | Bill Clinton (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 168 | 0 |
| 6 | 14 | 47 | Rex White | White-Clements Racing | Running |  | 0 | 167 | 0 |
| 7 | 18 | 0 | Jim Cook | Floyd Johnson (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 166 | 0 |
| 8 | 6 | 4 | Scotty Cain | Scotty Cain (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 165 | 0 |
| 9 | 5 | 44 | Lloyd Dane | Lloyd Dane (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 165 | 0 |
| 10 | 36 | 84 | Bob Perry | Bob Perry (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 159 | 0 |
| 11 | 23 | 77 | Dick Santee | Running | | 0 | 159 | 0 | |
| 12 | 10 | 7 | Don Noel | Chuck Parkko (Car Owner) | Oil Pressure | | 0 | 157 | 0 |
| 13 | 25 | 91 | Dick Cook | Jack Chatenay (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 157 | 0 |
| 14 | 4 | 36 | Frank Secrist | Warner Brothers Racing | Running | | 0 | 146 | 0 |
| 15 | 34 | 00 | Dick Getty | Dick Getty (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 135 | 0 |
| 16 | 27 | 20 | Jack Norton | William Peach (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 134 | 0 |
| 17 | 12 | 61N | Dick Bown | Bown Racing | Running | | 0 | 133 | 0 |
| 18 | 19 | 15 | Marvin Heinis | Engine | | 0 | 130 | 0 | |
| 19 | 31 | 38 | Mike Saathoff | Running | Edsel | 0 | 129 | 0 | |
| 20 | 13 | 26N | Carl Joiner | Dean Thorne (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 125 | 0 |
| 21 | 29 | 11 | Dick Carter | Jack Chatenay (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 119 | 0 |
| 22 | 17 | 14 | Ed Negre | Negre Racing | Engine | | 0 | 116 | 0 |
| 23 | 16 | 16 | Danny Weinberg | Guy Kimball (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 113 | 0 |
| 24 | 21 | 10 | Jim Blomgren | Bob Smith (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 107 | 0 |
| 25 | 11 | 46 | Marvin Porter | Wheel Stud |  | 0 | 95 | 0 | |
| 26 | 8 | 22N | Art Watts | Art Watts (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 85 | 0 |
| 27 | 12 | 5 | Bruce Worrell | Bob Smith (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 66 | 0 |
| 28 | 15 | 94 | Banjo Matthews | Matthews Racing | Brakes | | 0 | 66 | 0 |
| 29 | 32 | 88 | Harlan Richardson | Jim White (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 44 | 0 |
| 30 | 20 | 41 | Charlie Chapman | Charlie Chapman (Car Owner) | Oil Pump | | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 31 | 9 | 2 | Ron Hornaday | Frank Galpin (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 34 | 0 |
| 32 | 30 | 23 | Tom Guffy | Bob Perry (Car Owner) | Handling | | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 33 | 35 | 12 | Chuck Webb | Dick Wearing (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 23 | 0 |
| 34 | 1 | 51 | Bob Ross | Bob Ross (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 13 | 0 |
| 35 | 26 | 25 | Al Brand | Jim McNeil (Car Owner) | Piston | | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 36 | 24 | 17 | Brownie Brown | Jay George (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 6 | 0 |
