Volunteer 500

Bristol Motor Speedway — July 30, 1961

Jack Smith

Winner

500

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Jack Smith won the 1961 Volunteer 500 at Bristol Motor Speedway on July 30, 1961, leading 243 of 500 laps. Fireball Roberts finished second; Ned Jarrett rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, July 30, 1961

Track

Bristol Motor Speedway

Season

1961

Winner

Jack Smith

Leaders

5 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	12	+11	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)		500	—	Running	243	750
2	16	+14	Fireball Roberts	Smokey Yunick Racing		498	—	Running	—	720
3	8	+5	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)		495	—	Running	—	690
4	4	—	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	493	—	Running	19	660
5	21	+16	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	492	—	Running	—	630
6	11	+5	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering		491	—	Running	—	600
7	13	+6	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)		490	—	Running	—	570
8	19	+11	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty (Owner)		485	—	Running	—	540
9	20	+11	Sherman Utsman			481	—	Running	—	510
10	7	-3	Tiny Lund	J.D. Braswell (Owner)		476	—	Running	—	480
11	18	+7	Paul Lewis	Jess Potter (Owner)		474	—	Running	—	450
12	30	+18	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)		465	—	Running	—	420
13	25	+12	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)		460	—	Running	—	390
14	36	+22	Larry Thomas	Wade Younts (Owner)		434	—	Running	—	360
15	41	+26	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)		425	—	Running	—	330
16	23	+7	Herb Tillman	Joe Lee Johnson (Owner)		422	—	DNF - Crash	—	300
17	35	+18	Bob Barron	Bob Barron (Owner)	Dodge	422	—	Running	—	270
18	10	-8	Bob Welborn	Jack Smith (Owner)		416	—	DNF	26	240
19	26	+7	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson (Owner)	Plymouth	414	—	Running	—	210
20	40	+20	Reb Wickersham	Reb Wickersham (Owner)		377	—	Running	—	180
21	22	+1	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)		348	—	Running	—	150
22	2	-20	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)		340	—	DNF	170	120
23	42	+19	Ken Rush			332	—	DNF - Crash	—	90
24	31	+7	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		319	—	DNF	—	60
25	6	-19	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)		285	—	DNF - Engine	42	30
26	39	+13	Bill Morton	Bill Morton (Owner)		245	—	DNF	—	30
27	28	+1	George Green	Joe Jones (Owner)		236	—	DNF	—	30
28	32	+4	Marvin Porter			235	—	DNF	—	30
29	33	+4	Dub Utsman			200	—	DNF	—	30
30	3	-27	David Pearson	John Masoni (Owner)		198	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
31	37	+6	Tommy Wells			193	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
32	15	-17	Nelson Stacy	Dudley Farrell (Owner)		182	—	DNF - Crash	—	30
33	1	-32	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody		175	—	DNF	—	30
34	29	-5	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing		125	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
35	17	-18	Larry Frank	Dick Wright (Owner)		107	—	DNF	—	30
36	34	-2	Johnny Allen	B.G. Holloway (Owner)		106	—	DNF	—	30
37	5	-32	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	78	—	DNF - Engine	—	30
38	27	-11	George Alsobrook	Joe Jones (Owner)		59	—	DNF	—	30
39	9	-30	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels (Owner)		48	—	DNF	—	30
40	14	-26	Cotton Owens	Owens Racing		46	—	DNF	—	30
41	24	-17	Fred Harb	Fred Harb (Owner)		35	—	DNF	—	30
42	38	-4	Layman Utsman		Dodge	35	—	DNF	—	30