Atlanta 500

Atlanta Motor Speedway — March 26, 1961

Bob Burdick

Winner

334

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Bob Burdick won the 1961 Atlanta 500 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on March 26, 1961, leading 44 of 334 laps. Rex White finished second; Ralph Earnhardt rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, March 26, 1961

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1961

Winner

Bob Burdick

Leaders

6 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	7	+6	Bob Burdick	Roy Burdick (Owner)		334	—	Running	44	2250
2	4	+2	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)		334	—	Running	—	2160
3	13	+10	Ralph Earnhardt	Owens Racing		334	—	Running	—	2070
4	17	+13	Nelson Stacy	Dudley Farrell (Owner)		333	—	Running	—	1980
5	18	+13	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)		332	—	Running	—	1890
6	1	-5	Marvin Panch	John Masoni (Owner)		329	—	Running	127	1800
7	24	+17	Reds Kagle	Ratus Walters (Owner)		326	—	Running	—	1710
8	14	+6	Tom Pistone	B.G. Holloway (Owner)		325	—	Running	—	1620
9	19	+10	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)		322	—	Running	—	1530
10	21	+11	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels (Owner)		315	—	DNF	—	1440
11	12	+1	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)		312	—	Running	—	1350
12	15	+3	Jim Reed	Jim Reed (Owner)		309	—	DNF	—	1260
13	6	-7	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn (Owner)		308	—	Running	—	1170
14	39	+25	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)		293	—	Running	—	1080
15	40	+25	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	290	—	Running	—	990
16	10	-6	Banjo Matthews	Matthews Racing		267	—	DNF	38	900
17	36	+19	Elmo Langley	Happy Steigel (Owner)		233	—	DNF	—	810
18	43	+25	Marshall Sargent	Marshall Sargent (Owner)		233	—	DNF	—	720
19	33	+14	Darel Dieringer	W.J. Ridgeway (Owner)		231	—	DNF - Crash	—	630
20	9	-11	Curtis Turner	Wood Brothers Racing		216	—	DNF	29	540
21	11	-10	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)		212	—	DNF - Engine	—	450
22	5	-17	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering		179	—	DNF	—	360
23	34	+11	Jim Hendrickson	Charles French (Owner)		171	—	DNF	—	270
24	22	-2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	155	—	DNF - Engine	—	180
25	37	+12	Ed Livingston	Curtis Crider (Owner)		151	—	DNF	—	90
26	16	-10	Sal Tovella	Bob Rose (Owner)		144	—	DNF - Engine	—	90
27	23	-4	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)		126	—	DNF - Crash	—	90
28	25	-3	Joe Lee Johnson	Joe Lee Johnson (Owner)		124	—	DNF - Crash	—	90
29	27	-2	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		124	—	DNF - Crash	—	90
30	20	-10	T.C. Hunt	Fred Wheat (Owner)	Dodge	124	—	DNF - Crash	—	90
31	46	+15	Freddy Fryar	Adcox-Kirby		116	—	DNF - Engine	—	90
32	38	+6	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		109	—	DNF	—	90
33	3	-30	Fred Lorenzen			106	—	DNF - Crash	87	90
34	42	+8	Wilbur Rakestraw	Joe Jones (Owner)		100	—	DNF - Crash	—	90
35	32	-3	Johnny Allen	J.L. Cheatham (Owner)		96	—	DNF - Crash	—	90
36	35	-1	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)		94	—	DNF - Crash	—	90
37	31	-6	Bobby Allison	Ralph Stark (Owner)		94	—	DNF - Crash	—	90
38	8	-30	Larry Frank	Dick Wright (Owner)		90	—	DNF - Engine	—	90
39	41	+2	Tim Flock	Beau Morgan (Owner)		82	—	DNF	—	90
40	30	-10	David Pearson	Pearson Racing		80	—	DNF - Engine	—	90
41	29	-12	Friday Hassler	Fred Clark (Owner)		53	—	DNF	—	90
42	2	-40	Fireball Roberts	Smokey Yunick Racing		29	—	DNF - Engine	9	90
43	28	-15	Charlie Glotzbach	Melvin Black (Owner)		23	—	DNF - Engine	—	90
44	26	-18	Harlan Richardson	Jim White (Owner)		22	—	DNF - Engine	—	90
45	44	-1	Johnny Sudderth	Spook Crawford (Owner)		22	—	DNF	—	90
46	45	-1	Paul Lewis	Jess Potter (Owner)		1	—	DNF - Engine	—	90