Festival 250

Atlanta Motor Speedway — July 9, 1961

Fred Lorenzen

Winner

167

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Fred Lorenzen won the 1961 Festival 250 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on July 9, 1961, leading 52 of 167 laps. Bob Welborn finished second; Richard Petty rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, July 9, 1961

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1961

Winner

Fred Lorenzen

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	5	+4	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody		167	—	Running	52	1500
2	7	+5	Bob Welborn	Jack Smith (Owner)		166	—	Running	26	1440
3	39	+36	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	164	—	Running	—	1380
4	21	+17	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)		163	—	Running	—	1320
5	12	+7	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)		161	—	Running	2	1260
6	19	+13	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	160	—	Running	—	1200
7	23	+16	Friday Hassler	J.L. Cheatham (Owner)		159	—	Running	—	1140
8	20	+12	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	159	—	Running	—	1080
9	30	+21	G.C. Spencer	GC Spencer Racing		158	—	Running	—	1020
10	11	+1	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)		157	—	Running	—	960
11	8	-3	Ralph Earnhardt	Owens Racing		157	—	Running	—	900
12	1	-11	Fireball Roberts	Smokey Yunick Racing		155	—	Running	51	840
13	18	+5	Marvin Porter			154	—	Running	—	780
14	16	+2	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)		153	—	DNF - Engine	—	720
15	15	—	Woodie Wilson	Leroy Faucett (Owner)		153	—	Running	—	660
16	26	+10	Paul Lewis	Jess Potter (Owner)		152	—	Running	—	600
17	33	+16	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)		152	—	Running	—	540
18	24	+6	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)		151	—	Running	—	480
19	38	+19	Roy Tyner	Matt DeMatthews (Owner)		150	—	Running	—	420
20	35	+15	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel (Owner)		149	—	Running	—	360
21	29	+8	George Alsobrook	Joe Jones (Owner)		148	—	DNF	—	300
22	28	+6	Gene White	Fred Clark (Owner)		147	—	Running	—	240
23	41	+18	Hank Tillman			146	—	Running	—	180
24	34	+10	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	145	—	Running	—	120
25	36	+11	Tommy Wells			143	—	Running	—	60
26	40	+14	Johnny Allen	B.G. Holloway (Owner)		140	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
27	31	+4	Frank Graham			140	—	Running	—	60
28	3	-25	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering		133	—	DNF - Engine	28	60
29	37	+8	Bob Barron	Bob Barron (Owner)	Dodge	123	—	DNF	—	60
30	42	+12	Tiny Lund	J.D. Braswell (Owner)		115	—	DNF	—	60
31	9	-22	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)		109	—	DNF	1	60
32	32	—	Eddie Pagan			89	—	DNF	—	60
33	6	-27	Banjo Matthews	Matthews Racing		82	—	DNF	—	60
34	17	-17	Jim Bennett	Beau Morgan (Owner)		74	—	DNF	—	60
35	13	-22	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		66	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
36	22	-14	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson (Owner)	Plymouth	48	—	DNF - Engine	—	60
37	4	-33	Nelson Stacy	Dudley Farrell (Owner)		36	—	DNF - Engine	7	60
38	25	-13	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)		28	—	DNF	—	60
39	27	-12	T.C. Hunt	Fred Wheat (Owner)	Dodge	20	—	DNF	—	60
40	2	-38	David Pearson	John Masoni (Owner)		3	—	DNF - Crash	—	60
41	10	-31	Roscoe Thompson	James Turner (Owner)		1	—	DNF - Crash	—	60
42	14	-28	Herb Tillman	Joe Lee Johnson (Owner)		1	—	DNF - Crash	—	60