Daytona 500

Daytona International Speedway — February 26, 1961

Marvin Panch

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Marvin Panch won the 1961 Daytona 500 at Daytona International Speedway on February 26, 1961, leading 13 of 200 laps. Joe Weatherly finished second; Paul Goldsmith rounded out the podium. The race featured 5 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, February 26, 1961

Track

Daytona International Speedway

Season

1961

Winner

Marvin Panch

Leaders

5 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	4	+3	Marvin Panch	Smokey Yunick Racing		200	—	Running	13	3000
2	2	—	Joe Weatherly	Bud Moore Engineering		200	—	Running	—	2880
3	17	+14	Paul Goldsmith	Nichels Engineering		200	—	Running	—	2760
4	45	+41	Fred Lorenzen	Tubby Gonzales (Owner)		198	—	Running	—	2640
5	6	+1	Cotton Owens	Owens Racing		198	—	Running	—	2520
6	5	-1	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)		197	—	Running	—	2400
7	9	+2	Ned Jarrett	B.G. Holloway (Owner)		196	—	Running	—	2280
8	47	+39	Johnny Allen	B.G. Holloway (Owner)		196	—	Running	—	2160
9	7	-2	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	196	—	Running	—	2040
10	18	+8	Tom Pistone	B.G. Holloway (Owner)		196	—	Running	—	1980
11	29	+18	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn (Owner)		194	—	Running	—	1800
12	41	+29	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)		194	—	Running	—	1680
13	16	+3	Jim Reed	Jim Reed (Owner)		194	—	Running	—	1560
14	46	+32	Sal Tovella	Bob Rose (Owner)		191	—	Running	—	1440
15	22	+7	Charlie Glotzbach	Melvin Black (Owner)		191	—	Running	—	1320
16	10	-6	Darel Dieringer	Nichels Engineering		191	—	Running	—	1200
17	32	+15	Tom Dill	Julian Buesink (Owner)		190	—	Running	—	1080
18	14	-4	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)		189	—	Running	—	960
19	49	+30	Joe Kelly	Don House (Owner)		188	—	Running	—	840
20	1	-19	Fireball Roberts	Smokey Yunick Racing		187	—	DNF - Engine	170	720
21	30	+9	David Pearson	Tony Lavati (Owner)		186	—	Running	—	600
22	37	+15	Friday Hassler	Fred Clark (Owner)		186	—	Running	—	480
23	57	+34	Elmo Henderson	Charlie Chapman (Owner)		184	—	Running	—	360
24	31	+7	Tim Flock	Jack Meeks (Owner)		184	—	Running	—	240
25	38	+13	Elmo Langley	Happy Steigel (Owner)		184	—	Running	—	120
26	50	+24	Harlan Richardson	Jim White (Owner)		184	—	Running	—	120
27	8	-19	Banjo Matthews	Matthews Racing		181	—	DNF - Crash	3	120
28	26	-2	Robert Roeber	R.G. Henschel (Owner)		179	—	Running	—	120
29	34	+5	Ed Livingston	Curtis Crider (Owner)		177	—	Running	—	120
30	24	-6	Jimmy Pardue	Jimmy Pardue (Owner)		176	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
31	36	+5	Bobby Allison	Ralph Stark (Owner)		175	—	Running	—	120
32	53	+21	Paul Parks	Spook Crawford (Owner)		173	—	Running	—	120
33	27	-6	Roscoe Thompson	James Turner (Owner)		169	—	DNF	—	120
34	39	+5	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)		167	—	Running	—	120
35	40	+5	Reb Wickersham	Reb Wickersham (Owner)		158	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
36	15	-21	Bob Burdick	Roy Burdick (Owner)		157	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
37	12	-25	Joe Lee Johnson	Joe Lee Johnson (Owner)		153	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
38	25	-13	Larry Frank	Dick Wright (Owner)		152	—	DNF	—	120
39	48	+9	Paul Lewis	Jess Potter (Owner)		149	—	Running	—	120
40	28	-12	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chrysler	145	—	Running	—	120
41	54	+13	Marshall Sargent	Marshall Sargent (Owner)		115	—	DNF	—	120
42	58	+16	Brian Naylor			85	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
43	56	+13	Ed Markstellar	Matt DeMatthews (Owner)		81	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
44	13	-31	Nelson Stacy	Dudley Farrell (Owner)		79	—	DNF - Engine	7	120
45	19	-26	Tommy Irwin	Tom Daniels (Owner)		67	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
46	35	-11	Darrell Dake	Weldon Wagner (Owner)		47	—	DNF	—	120
47	43	-4	Junior Johnson	Rex Lovette (Owner)		44	—	DNF - Engine	7	120
48	51	+3	Red Hollingsworth	Red Hollingsworth (Owner)		35	—	DNF	—	0
49	3	-46	Jim Paschal	John Masoni (Owner)		30	—	DNF	—	120
50	11	-39	Bobby Johns	Shorty Johns (Owner)		26	—	DNF	—	120
51	55	+4	George Tet	Tetsuo Fuchigami (Owner)		24	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
52	21	-31	T.C. Hunt	Fred Wheat (Owner)	Dodge	23	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
53	23	-30	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)		12	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
54	20	-34	Don O'Dell	J.D. Braswell (Owner)		10	—	DNF	—	120
55	33	-22	Curtis Turner	Wood Brothers Racing		6	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
56	44	-12	Wilbur Rakestraw	Joe Jones (Owner)		5	—	DNF - Engine	—	120
57	52	-5	Ernie Gahan	John Koszein (Owner)		3	—	DNF	—	120
58	42	-16	Ken Johnson	James French (Owner)		3	—	DNF	—	120