1961 Daytona 500
500 Race results
Race results from racing-reference.info

1961 Daytona 500

Section Title: 500 Race results
Table Section Text: Race results from racing-reference.info

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Laps led

1	4	20	Marvin Panch	Smokey Yunick	1960 Pontiac	200	$21,050.00	13

2	2	8	Joe Weatherly	Stephens Pontiac (Bud Moore)	1961 Pontiac	200	$9,150.00	0

3	17	31	Paul Goldsmith	Diesi Pontiac (Ray Nichels)	1961 Pontiac	200	$5,900.00	0

4	45	80	Fred Lorenzen	Tubby Gonzales	1961 Ford	198	$3,825.00	0

5	6	6	Cotton Owens	Cotton Owens	1961 Pontiac	198	$2,975.00	0

6	5	47	Jack Smith	Jack Smith	1961 Pontiac	197	$2,075.00	0

7	9	11	Ned Jarrett	Dash-Dash-Dash Corp. (B.G. Holloway)	1961 Chevrolet	196	$1,550.00	0

8	47	69	Johnny Allen	B.G. Holloway	1961 Chevrolet	196	$1,050.00	0

9	7	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	1961 Chrysler	196	$850.00	0

10	18	59	Tom Pistone	B.G. Holloway	1961 Pontiac	196	$750.00	0

11	29	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	1961 Pontiac	194	$600.00	0

12	41	4	Rex White	Rex White	1961 Chevrolet	194	$500.00	0

13	16	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	1961 Chevrolet	194	$400.00	0

14	46	23	Sal Tovella	Bob Rose	1961 Ford	191	$350.00	0

15	22	65	Charlie Glotzbach	Melvin Black	1961 Pontiac	191	$350.00	0

16	10	32	Darel Dieringer	Ray Nichels	1961 Pontiac	191	$325.00	0

17	32	52	Tom Dill	Julian Buesink	1961 Ford	190	$325.00	0

18	14	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Toots Transfer (Monroe Shook)	1961 Chevrolet	189	$300.00	0

19	49	37	Joe Kelly	Don House	1961 Ford	188	$300.00	0

20	1	22	Fireball Roberts	Smokey Yunick	1961 Pontiac	187	$4,750.00	170

21	30	66	David Pearson	Tony Lavati	1961 Pontiac	186	$200.00	0

22	37	30	Friday Hassler	Fred Clark	1960 Chevrolet	186	$200.00	0

23	57	41	Elmo Henderson	Charlie Chapman	1960 Ford	184	$200.00	0

24	31	83	Tim Flock	Meilwain Ford (Jack Meeks)	1961 Ford	184	$200.00	0

25	38	16	Elmo Langley	Happy Steigel	1959 Pontiac	184	$200.00	0

26	50	88	Harlan Richardson	Jim White	1961 Ford	184	$200.00	0

27	8	94	Banjo Matthews	Warrior Motel (Banjo Matthews)	1961 Ford	181	$250.00	3

28	26	91	Robert Roeber	R.G. Henschel	1960 Pontiac	180	$200.00	0

29	34	68	Ed Livingston	Curtis Crider	1960 Ford	177	$200.00	0

30	24	54	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue	1960 Chevrolet	176	$200.00	0

31	36	40	Bobby Allison	Ralph Stark	1960 Chevrolet	175	$200.00	0

32	53	64	Paul Parks	Spook Crawford	1960 Ford	173	$200.00	0

33	27	24	Roscoe Thompson	James Turner	1960 Pontiac	169	$200.00	0

34	39	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	1960 Ford	167	$200.00	0

35	40	33	Reb Wickersham	Reb Wickersham	1960 Oldsmobile	158	$200.00	0

36	15	53	Bob Burdick	McKenzie (Roy Burdick)	1961 Pontiac	157	$200.00	0

37	12	89	Joe Lee Johnson	Joe Lee Johnson	1961 Chevrolet	153	$200.00	0

38	25	76	Larry Frank	Dick Wright	1960 Ford	152	$200.00	0

39	48	1	Paul Lewis	Jess Potter	1961 Chevrolet	149	$200.00	0

40	28	86	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker	1961 Chrysler	145	$200.00	0

41	54	39	Marshall Sargent	Marshall Sargent	1959 Pontiac	115	$200.00	0

42	58	36	Brian Naylor	Warner Brothers	1960 Ford	85	$200.00	0

43	56	38	Ed Markstellar	Matt DeMatthews	1961 Ford	81	$200.00	0

44	13	29	Nelson Stacy	Holt-Stacy (Dudley Farrell)	1961 Ford	79	$200.00	7

45	19	2	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels	1960 Chevrolet	67	$200.00	0

46	35	18	Darrell Dake	Weldon Wagner	1961 Chevrolet	47	$200.00	0

47	43	27	Junior Johnson	Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)	1960 Pontiac	44	$300.00	7

48	51	15	Red Hollingsworth	Red Hollingsworth	1960 Chevrolet	35	$200.00	0

49	3	3	Jim Paschal	Daytona Kennel (John Masoni)	1961 Pontiac	30	$200.00	0

50	11	72	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns	1961 Ford	26	$200.00	0

51	55	60	George Tet	Tetsuo Fuchigami	1960 Ford	24	$200.00	0

52	21	10	T.C. Hunt	Fred Wheat	1960 Dodge	23	$200.00	0

53	23	62	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	1960 Ford	12	$200.00	0

54	20	75	Don O'Dell	J.D. Braswell	1961 Pontiac	10	$200.00	0

55	33	21	Curtis Turner	Courtesy (Wood Brothers)	1961 Ford	6	$200.00	0

56	44	99	Wilbur Rakestraw	Joe Jones	1961 Ford	5	$200.00	0

57	52	55	Ernie Gahan	John Koszela	1959 Chevrolet	3	$200.00	0

58	42	50	Ken Johnson	James French	1960 Ford	3	$200.00	0

Sentence(s)

Roberts led a total of 170 of the 187 laps.

final_sentence: Roberts led a total of 170 of the 187 laps.