Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — September 4, 1961

Nelson Stacy

Winner

364

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Nelson Stacy won the 1961 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on September 4, 1961, leading 72 of 364 laps. Fireball Roberts finished second; David Pearson rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, September 4, 1961

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1961

Winner

Nelson Stacy

Leaders

6 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	3	+2	Nelson Stacy	Dudley Farrell (Owner)		364	—	Running	72	3000
2	1	-1	Fireball Roberts	Smokey Yunick Racing		364	—	Running	180	2880
3	9	+6	David Pearson	John Masoni (Owner)		363	—	Running	6	2760
4	7	+3	Jim Paschal	Julian Petty (Owner)		359	—	Running	—	2640
5	20	+15	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)		359	—	Running	—	2520
6	33	+27	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)		354	—	Running	—	2400
7	26	+19	Johnny Allen	Joe Lee Johnson (Owner)		348	—	Running	—	2280
8	18	+10	Roscoe Thompson	James Turner (Owner)		347	—	Running	—	2160
9	6	-3	Ralph Earnhardt	Owens Racing		346	—	DNF - Engine	—	2040
10	36	+26	Rex White	Jack Smith (Owner)		345	—	Running	—	1920
11	12	+1	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		344	—	Running	—	1800
12	16	+4	Bill Morgan	Ratus Walters (Owner)		342	—	Running	—	1680
13	32	+19	Elmo Langley	Fred Clark (Owner)		341	—	Running	—	1560
14	14	—	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)		337	—	Running	—	1440
15	24	+9	Tiny Lund	B.G. Holloway (Owner)		323	—	DNF - Crash	—	1320
16	40	+24	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)		321	—	Running	—	1200
17	35	+18	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)		316	—	Running	—	1080
18	39	+21	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Mercury	312	—	Running	—	960
19	23	+4	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)		312	—	Running	—	840
20	17	-3	Larry Frank	Jack Smith (Owner)		273	—	DNF	—	720
21	25	+4	Dave Mader	Dave Mader (Owner)		262	—	DNF	—	600
22	4	-18	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering		229	—	DNF	13	480
23	31	+8	Jim Reed	Jim Reed (Owner)		228	—	DNF	—	360
24	15	-9	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	221	—	DNF	—	240
25	34	+9	T.C. Hunt	Fred Wheat (Owner)	Dodge	206	—	DNF	—	120
26	5	-21	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	201	—	DNF - Engine	41	120
27	11	-16	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	190	—	DNF	—	120
28	21	-7	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels (Owner)		164	—	DNF	—	120
29	2	-27	Fred Lorenzen	Holman Moody		158	—	DNF	52	120
30	19	-11	Cale Yarborough	Julian Buesink (Owner)		135	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
31	8	-23	Marvin Panch	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	94	—	DNF	—	120
32	28	-4	Marvin Porter			85	—	DNF - Crash	—	120
33	29	-4	Paul Lewis	Jess Potter (Owner)		81	—	DNF - Crash	—	120
34	30	-4	Woodie Wilson	Leroy Faucett (Owner)		79	—	DNF - Crash	—	120
35	38	+3	Ed Livingston	Curtis Crider (Owner)		79	—	DNF	—	120
36	10	-26	Banjo Matthews	Matthews Racing		65	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
37	22	-15	Joe Caspolich			50	—	DNF	—	120
38	27	-11	Darel Dieringer	Tubby Gonzales (Owner)		45	—	DNF	—	120
39	13	-26	Bunkie Blackburn	Wildcat Williams (Owner)		34	—	DNF	—	120
40	37	-3	Friday Hassler	J.L. Cheatham (Owner)		22	—	DNF	—	120
41	43	+2	George Alsobrook	Joe Jones (Owner)		2	—	DNF	—	120
42	41	-1	Red Hollingsworth	J.D. Braswell (Owner)		2	—	DNF	—	120
43	42	-1	Lee Reitzel	Lee Reitzel (Owner)		2	—	DNF	—	120