| 1961 Virginia 500 Sweepstakes NASCAR Cup Series Race 18 of 51 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $11,610 | Race Date: | Apr 30, 1961 | Martinsville Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 4 Laps | Race Duration: | 3Hr 46Min 19Sec. | Ridgeway, Virginia | |
| Lead Changes: | 2 | Average Speed: | 66.278 MPH | .526 Mile Paved Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 30 | No. of Cautions: | 1 For 6 Laps | martinsvillespeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Junior Johnson J. Johnson | Driver: | Rex White R. White | Pontiac: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #27 Pontiac | Car No.: | #4 Ford | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Team: | White-Clemens Racing | Ford: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Louis Clements | Plymouth: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 135 of 500 | Pole Speed: | 71.320 MPH | |||||
| Official 1961 Virginia 500 Sweepstakes Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 17 | 27 | Junior Johnson | Holly Farms | Running |  | 0 | 500 | 135 |
| 2 | 5 | 85 | Emanuel Zervakis | Monroe Shook (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 496 | 0 |
| 3 | 26 | 75 | Fireball Roberts | Smokey's Best Damn Garage | Running | | 0 | 496 | 0 |
| 4 | 21 | 2 | Tommy Irwin | Tom Daniels (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 491 | 0 |
| 5 | 24 | 86 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 491 | 0 |
| 6 | 4 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | B.G. Holloway (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 484 | 0 |
| 7 | 7 | 15 | Tim Flock | Beau Morgan (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 479 | 0 |
| 8 | 22 | 97 | Harry Leake | Harry Leake (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 475 | 0 |
| 9 | 1 | 4 | Rex White | White-Clements Racing | Running | | 0 | 474 | 31 |
| 10 | 6 | 29 | Nelson Stacy | Holt-Stacy | Rear Gear | | 0 | 465 | 0 |
| 11 | 2 | 28 | Fred Lorenzen | Holman-Moody | Running | | 0 | 465 | 334 |
| 12 | 10 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 463 | 0 |
| 13 | 18 | 48 | G.C. Spencer | Spencer Racing | Running | | 0 | 450 | 0 |
| 14 | 9 | 23 | Doug Yates | Raeford Johnson (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 442 | 0 |
| 15 | 15 | 34 | Wendell Scott (R) | Scott Racing | Running | | 0 | 432 | 0 |
| 16 | 28 | 69 | Johnny Allen | B.G. Holloway (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 431 | 0 |
| 17 | 29 | 74 | L.D. Austin | L.D. Austin (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 417 | 0 |
| 18 | 27 | 9 | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 416 | 0 |
| 19 | 19 | 72 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 414 | 0 |
| 20 | 23 | 93 | Lee Reitzel (R) | Lee Reitzel (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 403 | 0 |
| 21 | 14 | 72 | Bob Barron | Bob Barron (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 312 | 0 |
| 22 | 16 | 21 | Glen Wood | Wood Brothers Racing | Rear Gear | | 0 | 266 | 0 |
| 23 | 3 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Distributor | | 0 | 243 | 0 |
| 24 | 30 | 62 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider (Car Owner) | | 0 | 236 | 0 | |
| 25 | 11 | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | Jimmy Pardue (Car Owner) | | 0 | 211 | 0 | |
| 26 | 20 | 1 | Paul Lewis | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | Oil Pressure | | 0 | 209 | 0 |
| 27 | 12 | 30 | Bob Welborn | Fred Clark (Car Owner) | Piston | | 0 | 112 | 0 |
| 28 | 13 | 33 | Reb Wickersham | Reb Wickersham (Car Owner) | Handling |  | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| 29 | 8 | 17 | Fred Harb | Fred Harb (Car Owner) | Handling | | 0 | 35 | 0 |
| 30 | 25 | 8 | Allen Franklin | Handling | Rambler | 0 | 5 | 0 |
