| 1961 Rebel 300 NASCAR Cup Series Race 19 of 51 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $30,625 | Race Date: | May 6, 1961 | Darlington Raceway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 21 Car Lengths | Race Duration: | 2Hr 31Min 10Sec. | Darlington, South Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 16 | Average Speed: | 119.520 MPH | 1.366 Mile Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 32 | No. of Cautions: | 1 | darlingtonraceway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Fred Lorenzen F. Lorenzen | Driver: | Fred Lorenzen F. Lorenzen | Ford: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #28 Ford | Car No.: | #28 Ford | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Holman-Moody Racing | Team: | Holman-Moody Racing | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Chrysler: | 0 | |||||
| Laps Led: | 69 of 219 | Pole Speed: | 128.965 MPH | |||||
| Official 1961 Rebel 300 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 1 | 28 | Fred Lorenzen | Courtesy Ford | Running |  | 0 | 219 | 69 |
| 2 | 8 | 21 | Curtis Turner | LaFayette Motors | Running | | 0 | 219 | 25 |
| 3 | 9 | 69 | Johnny Allen | B.G. Holloway (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 218 | 3 |
| 4 | 10 | 53 | Bob Burdick | Roy Burdick (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 218 | 1 |
| 5 | 2 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Smokey's Best Damn Garage | Running | | 0 | 218 | 108 |
| 6 | 17 | 3 | Marvin Panch | Daytona Kennel | Running | | 0 | 217 | 0 |
| 7 | 6 | 6 | Ralph Earnhardt | Cotton Owens Garage | Running | | 0 | 216 | 6 |
| 8 | 3 | 94 | Banjo Matthews | Matthews Racing | Running | | 0 | 215 | 1 |
| 9 | 5 | 72 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 215 | 0 |
| 10 | 11 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | B.G. Holloway (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 215 | 0 |
| 11 | 7 | 29 | Nelson Stacy | Holt-Stacy | Running | | 0 | 212 | 0 |
| 12 | 18 | 47 | Larry Frank | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 212 | 0 |
| 13 | 14 | 85 | Emanuel Zervakis | Monroe Shook (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 211 | 0 |
| 14 | 22 | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | Jimmy Pardue (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 209 | 0 |
| 15 | 4 | 8 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore Engineering | Running | | 0 | 206 | 6 |
| 16 | 26 | 00 | Dave Mader | Dave Mader (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 205 | 0 |
| 17 | 20 | 48 | G.C. Spencer | Spencer Racing | Running | | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 18 | 21 | 2 | Tommy Irwin | Tom Daniels (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 200 | 0 |
| 19 | 25 | 82 | Larry Flynn | Running | | 0 | 195 | 0 | |
| 20 | 13 | 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 192 | 0 |
| 21 | 28 | 68 | Ed Livingston | Curtis Crider (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 187 | 0 |
| 22 | 32 | 62 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 181 | 0 |
| 23 | 29 | 38 | Ed Markstellar | Matt DeMatthews (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 177 | 0 |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Rex White | White-Clements Racing | Accident | | 0 | 173 | 0 |
| 25 | 15 | 86 | Buddy Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Accident | Chrysler | 0 | 115 | 0 |
| 26 | 24 | 55 | Jimmy Thompson | Accident | | 0 | 62 | 0 | |
| 27 | 23 | 52 | Tom Dill | Julian Buesink (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| 28 | 19 | 1 | Paul Lewis | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | Oil Pressure | | 0 | 38 | 0 |
| 29 | 30 | 71 | Bobby Waddell | Bob Barron (Car Owner) | Oil Pressure |  | 0 | 22 | 0 |
| 30 | 16 | 15 | Tim Flock | Beau Morgan (Car Owner) | Handling | | 0 | 16 | 0 |
| 31 | 27 | 61 | Elmo Langley | Doc White (Car Owner) | Handling | | 0 | 14 | 0 |
| 32 | 31 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Engine |  | 0 | 11 | 0 |
