| 1961 Grand National Race No. 14 NASCAR Cup Series Race 14 of 51 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $9,700 | Race Date: | Apr 16, 1961 | North Wilkesboro Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 2 Laps | Race Duration: | 3Hr 0Min 11Sec. | North Wilkesboro, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 4 | Average Speed: | 83.248 MPH | .625 Mile Paved | |
| No. of Cars: | 25 | No. of Cautions: | 6 For 33 Laps | savethespeedway.net/history.html | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Rex White R. White | Driver: | Junior Johnson J. Johnson | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #4 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #27 Pontiac | Plymouth: | 0 | |||
| Team: | White-Clemens Racing | Team: | Pontiac: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Louis Clements | Crew Chief: | Chrysler: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 221 of 400 | Pole Speed: | 95.660 MPH | |||||
| Official 1961 Grand National Race No. 14 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 2 | 4 | Rex White | White-Clements Racing | Running |  | 0 | 400 | 221 |
| 2 | 6 | 2 | Tommy Irwin | Tom Daniels (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 398 | 0 |
| 3 | 3 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 396 | 0 |
| 4 | 19 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Smokey's Best Damn Garage | Running |  | 0 | 390 | 0 |
| 5 | 7 | 69 | Johnny Allen | B.G. Holloway (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 387 | 0 |
| 6 | 13 | 85 | Emanuel Zervakis | Monroe Shook (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 385 | 0 |
| 7 | 10 | 87 | Buddy Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Transmission | Chrysler | 0 | 369 | 0 |
| 8 | 14 | 17 | Fred Harb | Fred Harb (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 366 | 0 |
| 9 | 16 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 346 | 0 |
| 10 | 21 | 33 | Reb Wickersham | Reb Wickersham (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 333 | 0 |
| 11 | 18 | 71 | Bob Barron | Bob Barron (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 329 | 0 |
| 12 | 24 | 62 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 319 | 0 |
| 13 | 12 | 35 | George Green | M.J. Black (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 310 | 0 |
| 14 | 4 | 21 | Curtis Turner | Wood Brothers | Rear Gear | | 0 | 296 | 56 |
| 15 | 23 | 34 | Wendell Scott (R) | Scott Racing | Running | | 0 | 276 | 0 |
| 16 | 20 | 9 | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner (Car Owner) | Clutch | | 0 | 252 | 0 |
| 17 | 8 | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | Jimmy Pardue (Car Owner) | Piston | | 0 | 230 | 0 |
| 18 | 15 | 48 | G.C. Spencer | Spencer Racing | Rear Gear | | 0 | 168 | 0 |
| 19 | 5 | 28 | Fred Lorenzen | Holman-Moody | Rocker Arm | | 0 | 123 | 61 |
| 20 | 17 | 0 | Bobby Waddell | Bobby Waddell (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 109 | 0 |
| 21 | 25 | 1 | Paul Lewis | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | Rocker Arm | | 0 | 100 | 0 |
| 22 | 1 | 27 | Junior Johnson | Holly Farms | Transmission | | 0 | 62 | 62 |
| 23 | 23 | 23 | Doug Yates | Raeford Johnson (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 30 | 0 |
| 24 | 9 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | B.G. Holloway (Car Owner) | Piston | | 0 | 29 | 0 |
| 25 | 11 | 86 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | Chrysler | 0 | 27 | 0 |
| 26 | 14 | 97 | Harry Leake | Harry Leake (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 1 | 0 |
