| 1961 Festival 250 NASCAR Cup Series Race 33 of 51 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $29,655 | Race Date: | Jul 9, 1961 | EchoPark Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 1 Lap | Race Duration: | 2Hr 7Min 18Sec. | Hampton, Georgia | |
| Lead Changes: | None | Average Speed: | 118.067 MPH | 1.54 Mile Paved Quad Oval | |
| No. of Cars: | 42 | No. of Cautions: | 1 For 12 Laps | echoparkspeedway.com | |
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Fred Lorenzen F. Lorenzen | Driver: | Fireball Roberts F. Roberts | Ford: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #28 Ford | Car No.: | #22 Pontiac | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Team: | Holman-Moody Racing | Team: | Plymouth: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Crew Chief: | Smokey Yunick | Chevrolet: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 52 of 167 | Pole Speed: | 136.088 MPH | |||||
| Official 1961 Festival 250 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 5 | 28 | Fred Lorenzen | Holman-Moody | Running |  | 0 | 167 | 52 |
| 2 | 7 | 47 | Bob Welborn | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 166 | 26 |
| 3 | 39 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 164 | 0 |
| 4 | 21 | 85 | Emanuel Zervakis | Monroe Shook (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 163 | 0 |
| 5 | 12 | 46 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 161 | 2 |
| 6 | 19 | 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 160 | 0 |
| 7 | 23 | 96 | Friday Hassler | J.L. Cheatham (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 159 | 0 |
| 8 | 20 | 86 | Buddy Baker | Buck Baker (Car Owner) | Running | Chrysler | 0 | 159 | 0 |
| 9 | 30 | 48 | G.C. Spencer | Spencer Racing | Running | | 0 | 158 | 0 |
| 10 | 11 | 4 | Rex White | White-Clements Racing | Running | | 0 | 157 | 0 |
| 11 | 8 | 6 | Ralph Earnhardt | Cotton Owens Garage | Running | | 0 | 157 | 0 |
| 12 | 1 | 22 | Fireball Roberts | Smokey's Best Damn Garage | Running | | 0 | 155 | 51 |
| 13 | 18 | 82 | Marvin Porter | Henry Dunbar (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 154 | 0 |
| 14 | 16 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | B.G. Holloway (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 153 | 0 |
| 15 | 15 | 5 | Woodie Wilson (R) | Leroy Faucett (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 153 | 0 |
| 16 | 26 | 1 | Paul Lewis | Jess Potter (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 152 | 0 |
| 17 | 33 | 74 | L.D. Austin | L.D. Austin (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 152 | 0 |
| 18 | 24 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 151 | 0 |
| 19 | 38 | 38 | Roy Tyner | Matt DeMatthews (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 150 | 0 |
| 20 | 35 | 93 | Lee Reitzel (R) | Lee Reitzel (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 149 | 0 |
| 21 | 29 | 99 | George Alsobrook | Joe Jones (Car Owner) | Rocker Arm | | 0 | 148 | 0 |
| 22 | 28 | 30 | Gene White | Fred Clark (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 147 | 0 |
| 23 | 41 | 77 | Hank Tillman | Running | | 0 | 146 | 0 | |
| 24 | 34 | 62 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider (Car Owner) | Running |  | 0 | 145 | 0 |
| 25 | 36 | 39 | Tommy Wells | Running | | 0 | 143 | 0 | |
| 26 | 40 | 69 | Johnny Allen | B.G. Holloway (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 140 | 0 |
| 27 | 31 | 2 | Frank Graham | Running | | 0 | 140 | 0 | |
| 28 | 3 | 8 | Joe Weatherly | Bud Moore Engineering | Engine | | 0 | 133 | 28 |
| 29 | 37 | 71 | Bob Barron | Bob Barron (Car Owner) | Rear Gear |  | 0 | 123 | 0 |
| 30 | 42 | 75 | Tiny Lund | J.D. Braswell (Car Owner) | Oil Pump | | 0 | 115 | 0 |
| 31 | 9 | 27 | Junior Johnson | Holly Farms | | 0 | 109 | 1 | |
| 32 | 32 | 64 | Eddie Pagan | NULL | Rear Gear | | 0 | 89 | 0 |
| 33 | 6 | 94 | Banjo Matthews | Matthews Racing | | 0 | 82 | 0 | |
| 34 | 17 | 15 | Jim Bennett | Beau Morgan (Car Owner) | Head Gasket | | 0 | 74 | 0 |
| 35 | 13 | 72 | Bobby Johns | Shorty Johns (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 66 | 0 |
| 36 | 22 | 23 | Doug Yates | Raeford Johnson (Car Owner) | Engine | | 0 | 48 | 0 |
| 37 | 4 | 29 | Nelson Stacy | Holt-Stacy | Engine | | 0 | 36 | 7 |
| 38 | 25 | 54 | Jimmy Pardue | Jimmy Pardue (Car Owner) | Piston | | 0 | 28 | 0 |
| 39 | 27 | 10 | T.C. Hunt | Fred Wheat (Car Owner) | | 0 | 20 | 0 | |
| 40 | 2 | 3 | David Pearson | Daytona Kennel | Accident | | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 41 | 10 | 24 | Roscoe Thompson | James Turner (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 42 | 14 | 89 | Herb Tillman | Joe Lee Johnson (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 1 | 0 |
