National 400

Charlotte Motor Speedway — October 15, 1961

Joe Weatherly

Winner

267

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Joe Weatherly won the 1961 National 400 at Charlotte Motor Speedway on October 15, 1961, leading 5 of 267 laps. Richard Petty finished second; Bob Welborn rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, October 15, 1961

Track

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Season

1961

Winner

Joe Weatherly

Leaders

5 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	6	+5	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering		267	—	Running	5	2100
2	22	+20	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	267	—	Running	—	2016
3	14	+11	Bob Welborn	Bud Moore Engineering		267	—	Running	51	1932
4	21	+17	Cotton Owens	Owens Racing		266	—	Running	—	1848
5	13	+8	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)		264	—	Running	—	1764
6	29	+23	Darel Dieringer	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	263	—	Running	—	1680
7	24	+17	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)		261	—	Running	—	1596
8	25	+17	Joe Lee Johnson	Joe Lee Johnson (Owner)		258	—	Running	—	1512
9	12	+3	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)		256	—	DNF	100	1428
10	30	+20	J.C. Hendrix	Fred Clark (Owner)		254	—	Running	—	1344
11	10	-1	Speedy Thompson	Wood Brothers Racing		252	—	DNF - Engine	—	1260
12	40	+28	Johnny Allen	Beau Morgan (Owner)		249	—	Running	—	1176
13	34	+21	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)		243	—	Running	—	1092
14	26	+12	Woodie Wilson	Leroy Faucett (Owner)		242	—	Running	—	1008
15	36	+21	Tiny Lund	J.L. Cheatham (Owner)		234	—	Running	—	924
16	32	+16	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)		233	—	Running	—	840
17	19	+2	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	232	—	Running	—	756
18	15	-3	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)		223	—	DNF - Engine	—	672
19	31	+12	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)		221	—	Running	—	588
20	33	+13	Joe Jones	Joe Jones (Owner)		220	—	Running	—	504
21	1	-20	David Pearson	John Masoni (Owner)		217	—	DNF	4	420
22	42	+20	Wendell Scott	Scott Racing		191	—	Running	—	336
23	43	+20	George Green	Jess Potter (Owner)		175	—	Running	—	252
24	18	-6	Elmo Langley	J.L. Cheatham (Owner)		169	—	DNF - Engine	—	168
25	35	+10	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson (Owner)	Plymouth	140	—	DNF	—	84
26	5	-21	Marvin Panch	Smokey Yunick Racing		136	—	DNF - Crash	—	84
27	23	-4	Elmo Henderson			122	—	Running	—	84
28	28	—	Ed Livingston	Curtis Crider (Owner)		121	—	Running	—	84
29	2	-27	Fireball Roberts	Smokey Yunick Racing		113	—	DNF - Crash	107	84
30	20	-10	Bill Morgan	Ratus Walters (Owner)		111	—	DNF - Crash	—	84
31	4	-27	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody		104	—	DNF	—	84
32	8	-24	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		55	—	DNF - Crash	—	84
33	3	-30	Banjo Matthews	Matthews Racing		54	—	DNF - Engine	—	84
34	27	-7	Herb Tillman	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	45	—	DNF	—	84
35	11	-24	Bunkie Blackburn	Wildcat Williams (Owner)		42	—	DNF - Crash	—	84
36	41	+5	Tubby Gonzales	Tubby Gonzales (Owner)		38	—	DNF - Engine	—	84
37	7	-30	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)		34	—	DNF	—	84
38	38	—	Sal Tovella	Jack Meeks (Owner)		31	—	DNF	—	84
39	39	—	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel (Owner)		31	—	DNF	—	84
40	37	-3	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	27	—	DNF - Engine	—	84
41	9	-32	Nelson Stacy	Dudley Farrell (Owner)		27	—	DNF	—	84
42	16	-26	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels (Owner)		20	—	DNF	—	84
43	17	-26	Ken Rush	B.G. Holloway (Owner)		16	—	DNF	—	84