| 1961 Firecracker 250 NASCAR Cup Series Race 32 of 51 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $28,435 | Race Date: | Jul 4, 1961 | Daytona International Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 10 Car Lengths | Race Duration: | 1Hr 37Min 13Sec. | Daytona Beach, Florida | |
| Lead Changes: | 12 | Average Speed: | 154.294 MPH | 2.5 Mile Paved Banked Tri-Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 30 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | daytonainternationalspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | David Pearson D. Pearson | Driver: | Fireball Roberts F. Roberts | Pontiac: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #3 Pontiac | Car No.: | #22 Pontiac | Ford: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Team: | Chevrolet: | 0 | |||||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Smokey Yunick | Mercury: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 11 of 100 | Pole Speed: | 157.150 MPH | |||||
| Official 1961 Firecracker 250 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | David Pearson | Daytona Kennel | Running |  | 0 | 100 | 11 |
| 2 | 7 | 28 | Fred Lorenzen | Holman-Moody | Running |  | 0 | 100 | 18 |
| 3 | 10 | 46 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 99 | 0 |
| 4 | 6 | 20 | Marvin Panch | Smokey's Best Damn Garage | Running | | 0 | 99 | 0 |
| 5 | 1 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Smokey's Best Damn Garage | Running | | 0 | 98 | 59 |
| 6 | 3 | 8 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore Engineering | Running | | 0 | 98 | 6 |
| 7 | 13 | 29 | Nelson Stacy | Holt-Stacy | Running | | 0 | 98 | 0 |
| 8 | 11 | 24 | Roscoe Thompson | James Turner (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 97 | 0 |
| 9 | 14 | 76 | Larry Frank | LaFayette Motors | Running | | 0 | 97 | 0 |
| 10 | 8 | 6 | Ralph Earnhardt | Cotton Owens Garage | Running | | 0 | 96 | 0 |
| 11 | 12 | 15 | Jim Bennett | Beau Morgan (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 96 | 0 |
| 12 | 17 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | B.G. Holloway (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 96 | 0 |
| 13 | 19 | 69 | Johnny Allen | B.G. Holloway (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 96 | 0 |
| 14 | 21 | 89 | Herb Tillman | Joe Lee Johnson (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 95 | 0 |
| 15 | 5 | 72 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns (Car Owner) | Head Gasket | | 0 | 94 | 3 |
| 16 | 15 | 82 | Marvin Porter | Henry Dunbar (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 94 | 0 |
| 17 | 9 | 27 | Junior Johnson | Holly Farms | Running | | 0 | 93 | 0 |
| 18 | 16 | 5 | Woodie Wilson (R) | Leroy Faucett (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 92 | 0 |
| 19 | 27 | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | Jimmy Pardue (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 92 | 0 |
| 20 | 28 | 75 | Tiny Lund | J.D. Braswell (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 91 | 0 |
| 21 | 23 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 91 | 0 |
| 22 | 4 | 94 | Banjo Matthews | Matthews Racing | Engine | | 0 | 82 | 3 |
| 23 | 26 | 4 | Rex White | White-Clements Racing | | 0 | 63 | 0 | |
| 24 | 25 | 62 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider (Car Owner) | Black Flagged |  | 0 | 52 | 0 |
| 25 | 30 | 33 | Reb Wickersham | Reb Wickersham (Car Owner) | Black Flagged |  | 0 | 49 | 0 |
| 26 | 18 | 99 | George Alsobrook | Joe Jones (Car Owner) | | 0 | 27 | 0 | |
| 27 | 20 | 86 | Buddy Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Engine | Chrysler | 0 | 15 | 0 |
| 28 | 22 | 38 | Roy Tyner | Matt DeMatthews (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 8 | 0 |
| 29 | 24 | 85 | Emanuel Zervakis | Monroe Shook (Car Owner) | Camshaft | | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 30 | 29 | 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Transmission | Chrysler | 0 | 2 | 0 |
