NASCAR Grand National 1961 standings

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NASCAR Grand National 1961 standings

Championship points standings for the NASCAR Grand National 1961

Position	Driver	Team	Car	Points
1.	Ned Jarrett		Chevrolet Ford	27272
2.	Rex White		Pontiac Ford Chevrolet	26442
3.	Emanuel Zervakis		Chevrolet Ford	22312
4.	Joseph Weatherly		Pontiac Ford	17894
5.	Fireball Roberts		Pontiac	17600
6.	Junior Johnson		Pontiac	17178
7.	Jack Smith		Pontiac	15186
8.	Richard Petty		Plymouth	14984
9.	Jim Paschal		Pontiac Plymouth Chevrolet	13922
10.	Buck Baker Sr		Chrysler Chevrolet	13746
11.	Jimmy Pardue		Dodge Plymouth Chevrolet Ford	13408
12.	Johnny Allen		Chevrolet ´61 Ford ´61	13114
13.	David Pearson		Pontiac Chevrolet	13088
14.	Bob Welborn		Chevrolet Pontiac	12570
15.	Herman Beam		Ford	11382
16.	Nelson Stacy	Dudley Farrell	Ford	10436
17.	Ralph Lee Earnhardt	Cotton Owens	Pontiac	10182
18.	Marvin Panch		Pontiac Plymouth	9392
19.	Fred Lorenzen		Ford	9316
20.	G.C. Spencer		Chevrolet	9128
21.	Curtis Crider		Ford Mercury Chevrolet	8414
22.	Cotton Owens		Pontiac	8032
23.	DeWayne Louis Lund		Chevrolet Pontiac Ford	7740
24.	Bobby Johns		Ford Pontiac	7590
25.	L.D. Austin		Chevrolet	7306
26.	Tommy Irwin	Tommy Irwin, Tom Daniels	T-Bird Chevrolet Pontiac	7300
27.	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson	Plymouth	5878
28.	Paul Lewis	Jess Potter	Chevrolet	5712
29.	Bob Barron		Chevrolet Dodge	5412
30.	Elmo Langley		T-Bird Pontiac Chevrolet Ford	5376
31.	Banjo Matthews		Ford	4924
32.	Wendell Scott		Chevrolet	4726
33.	Jim Reed		Chevrolet	4705
34.	Fred Harb	Fred Harb	Ford	4526
35.	Darel Dieringer		Pontiac Ford Plymouth	4416
36.	Bob Burdick		Pontiac	4382
37.	Lee Reitzel			4380
38.	Tom Pistone		Pontiac	3766
39.	Buddy Baker		Chrysler	3668
40.	Roscoe Thompson	James Turner	Pontiac	3602
41.	Woodie Wilson		Pontiac	3580
42.	Larry Frank	Dick Wright ,Jack Smith, Lyle Stelter	Ford Pontiac	3162
43.	Larry Thomas		Chevrolet	3140
44.	Harry Leake	Harry Leake	Chevrolet	3092
45.	Paul Goldsmith		Pontiac	2930
46.	Joe Lee Johnson			2700
47.	T.C. Hunt			2430
47.	Bill Morgan			2430
49.	Marvin Porter	Henry Dunbar	Oldsmobile Plymouth Ford	2326
50.	Joe Eubanks		Ford	2320
51.	Ken Rush		Ford Pontiac	0
52.	George Green	M J Black, Joe Jones, Jess Potter	Plymouth Ford Chevrolet	0
53.	Raymond Hassler			0
54.	Reds Kagle			0
55.	Bobby Waddell			0
56.	Charlie Glotzbach		Pontiac Chevrolet	0
57.	Roy Tyner		Ford	0
58.	Sal Tovella			0
59.	Maurice Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth Valiant	0
60.	Bill Morton			0
61.	Dave Mader			0
62.	Ed Livingston			0
63.	Alfred Bruce Thompson		Ford	0
64.	Eddie Gray	Eddie Gray	Ford	0
65.	Glen Wood	Wood Brothers	Ford	0
66.	Don Noel	Chuck Parkko	Ford	0
67.	J C Hendrix			0
68.	Eddie Pagan		Ford	0
69.	George Alsobrook		Ford	0
70.	Joe Jones			0
71.	Tom Dill			0
72.	Herb Tillman			0
73.	Danny Weinberg	Guy Kimball	Ford	0
74.	Lloyd Dane	Lloyd Dane	Chevrolet	0
75.	Jim Cook	Floyd Johnson	Dodge	0
76.	Bob Perry	Bob Perry	Ford	0
77.	Elmo Henderson			0
78.	Ed Markstellar	Matt DeMatthews	Ford	0
79.	Reb Wickersham			0
80.	E.J. Trivette			0
81.	Charlie Chapman			0
82.	Jim Bennett			0
83.	Jack Norton			0
84.	Tubby Gonzales	Tubby Gonzales	Ford	0
85.	Bruce Worrell			0
86.	Marshall Sargent			0
87.	Joe Kelly			0
88.	Doug Cox			0
89.	Jimmy Mairs			0
90.	Ernie Gahan			0
91.	Scotty Cain			0
92.	Jim Blomgren	Bob Smith	Ford	0
93.	Dick Getty	Dick Getty	Chevrolet	0
94.	Wilbur Rakestraw			0
95.	Dick Smith	William Long	Ford	0
96.	Dick Cook			0
97.	Frank Secrist	Warner Brothers, Frank Secrist	Ford	0
98.	Tommy Wells		Chevrolet	0
99.	Bob Presnell			0
100.	Arthur Malone			0
101.	Larry Flynn			0
102.	Sherman Utsman			0
103.	Ron Hornaday Sr.	Frank Galpin	Ford	0
104.	Lee Arnold Petty		Plymouth	0
105.	John Hamby			0
106.	Bobby Allison	Ralph Stark	Chevrolet	0
107.	Wes Morgan			0
108.	Bunkie Blackburn			0
109.	Carl Joiner			0
110.	Bob Ross	Bob Ross	Ford Oldsmobile	0
111.	Al Brand			0
112.	Clem Proctor			0
113.	Ed Negre		Ford	0
114.	Bob Price			0
115.	Sammy Packard		Ford	0
116.	Dick Santee			0
117.	Jim Hendrickson			0
118.	Bill Ferrier			0
119.	Chuck Webb			0
120.	Eddie Flemke			0
121.	Jimmy Thompson		T-Bird Ford	0
122.	Buck Fulp		Ford	0
130.	Gus Newman		Chevrolet	0
143.	Dick Bown		Chevrolet	0
151.	Ed Brown		Ford	0
155.	Paul Parks	Spook Crawford	Ford	0
156.	Brian Naylor	Fred Lovette, Warner Brothers	Pontiac Ford	0
158.	Bobby Isaac		Pontiac '61	0
171.	Jesse James Taylor		Ford	0
179.	Dub Utsman		Ford	0
183.	Brownie King		T-Bird	0
187.	Bill Amick		Pontiac	0
189.	Dick Baron		'59 Chevrolet	0
	Tim Flock		Ford	0
	Doc Lee		Austin Healey	0
	Budd Olsen		Chevrolet	0
	Dominic Persicketti		Ford	0
	Curtis Turner		Pontiac Ford	0
	Cale Yarborough		Ford	0

	Driver	Number
Most race wins	Joseph Weatherly	9
Most pole positions	Junior Johnson	10
Most podium positions	Rex White	23
Most podium positions without a win	Bob Welborn	3
	Glen Wood	3

Nationality of participating drivers

%	Country		Drivers	Number
99.3%	U.S.A.		Bobby Allison, Buddy Baker, Johnny Allen, George Alsobrook, Bill Amick, Tim Flock, Lee Arnold Petty, Buck Baker Sr, Rex White, Ned Jarrett, Joseph Weatherly, Richard Petty, David Pearson, Bobby Isaac, Cale Yarborough, L.D. Austin, Curtis Turner, Dick Baron, Bob Barron, Bob Burdick, Ed Brown, Dick Bown, Elmo Langley, Wendell Scott, Roy Tyner, Jim Paschal, Paul Goldsmith, Darel Dieringer, G.C. Spencer, Marvin Panch, Jimmy Pardue, Larry Thomas, Curtis Crider, Fred Lorenzen, Fireball Roberts, DeWayne Louis Lund, Jack Smith, Emanuel Zervakis, Junior Johnson, Bobby Johns, Banjo Matthews, Cotton Owens, Alfred Bruce Thompson, Herman Beam, Tom Pistone, Jim Reed, Eddie Pagan, Brownie King, Bob Welborn, Joe Eubanks, Jesse James Taylor, Jimmy Thompson, Dub Utsman, Charlie Glotzbach, Woodie Wilson, Budd Olsen, Paul Parks, Roscoe Thompson, Danny Weinberg, Lloyd Dane, Dominic Persicketti, Harry Leake, Doc Lee, Ed Markstellar, Larry Frank, Paul Lewis, Tommy Irwin, Nelson Stacy, Sammy Packard, Frank Secrist, Dick Getty, Buck Fulp, Ralph Lee Earnhardt, Ed Negre, Gus Newman, Ernie Gahan, Ken Rush, Ron Hornaday Sr., Doug Yates, Fred Harb, Lee Reitzel, Maurice Petty, Joe Lee Johnson, Bill Morgan, T.C. Hunt, Marvin Porter, George Green, Raymond Hassler, Reds Kagle, Bobby Waddell, Sal Tovella, Bill Morton, Dave Mader, Ed Livingston, Eddie Gray, Glen Wood, Don Noel, J C Hendrix, Joe Jones, Tom Dill, Herb Tillman, Bob Perry, Elmo Henderson, Reb Wickersham, E.J. Trivette, Charlie Chapman, Jim Bennett, Jack Norton, Tubby Gonzales, Bruce Worrell, Marshall Sargent, Joe Kelly, Doug Cox, Jimmy Mairs, Scotty Cain, Jim Blomgren, Wilbur Rakestraw, Dick Smith, Dick Cook, Tommy Wells, Bob Presnell, Arthur Malone, Larry Flynn, Sherman Utsman, John Hamby, Wes Morgan, Bunkie Blackburn, Carl Joiner, Bob Ross, Al Brand, Clem Proctor, Bob Price, Dick Santee, Jim Hendrickson, Bill Ferrier, Chuck Webb, Eddie Flemke, Jim Cook	138
0.7%	Great Britain		Brian Naylor	1

Individual driver statistics for the 1961 NASCAR Grand National

Driver	Age	Races	Wins	Podiums	Poles	Fastest laps
Allen, Johnny	26 y/o	22	0	2	1
Allison, Bobby	23 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Alsobrook, George	27 y/o	8	0	0	0
Amick, Bill	35 y/o	1	0	0	1
Austin, L.D.	42 y/o	20	0	0	0
Baker, Buddy	20 y/o	14	0	0	0
Baker Sr, Buck	42 y/o	42	1	5	1
Baron, Dick	n/a	1	0	0	0
Barron, Bob	33 y/o	31	0	0	0
Beam, Herman	31 y/o	51	0	0	0
Bennett, Jim	n/a	2	0	0	0
Blackburn, Bunkie	25 y/o	5	0	0	0
Blomgren, Jim	n/a	4	0	0	0
Bown, Dick	32 y/o	1	0	0	0
Brand, Al	30 y/o	3	0	0	0
Brown, Ed	41 y/o	1	0	0	0
Burdick, Bob	24 y/o	5	1	1	0
Cain, Scotty	40 y/o	4	0	0	0
Chapman, Charlie	n/a	6	0	0	0
Cook, Dick	n/a	3	0	0	0
Cook, Jim	39 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Cox, Doug	35 y/o	5	0	0	0
Crider, Curtis	30 y/o	41	0	0	0
Dane, Lloyd	35 y/o	4	1	1	0
Dieringer, Darel	35 y/o	7	0	0	0
Dill, Tom	32 y/o	3	0	0	0
Earnhardt, Ralph Lee	33 y/o	8	0	2	0
Eubanks, Joe	35 y/o	2	0	0	0
Ferrier, Bill	n/a	2	0	0	0
Flemke, Eddie	30 y/o	1	0	0	0
Flock, Tim	37 y/o	7	0	0	0
Flynn, Larry	31 y/o	1	0	0	0
Frank, Larry	32 y/o	8	0	0	0
Fulp, Buck	23 y/o	1	0	0	0	0
Gahan, Ernie	34 y/o	5	0	0	0
Getty, Dick	n/a	4	0	0	0	0
Glotzbach, Charlie	23 y/o	4	0	0	0
Goldsmith, Paul	35 y/o	2	0	1	0
Gonzales, Tubby	41 y/o	5	0	0	0
Gray, Eddie	41 y/o	4	2	3	1
Green, George	33 y/o	11	0	0	0
Hamby, John	36 y/o	4	0	0	0
Harb, Fred	31 y/o	27	0	0	0
Hassler, Raymond	26 y/o	7	0	0	0
Henderson, Elmo	28 y/o	4	0	0	0
Hendrickson, Jim	36 y/o	2	0	0	0
Hendrix, J C	34 y/o	2	0	0	0
Hornaday Sr., Ron	30 y/o	4	0	0	0	0
Hunt, T.C.	35 y/o	7	0	0	0
Irwin, Tommy	33 y/o	26	0	2	0
Isaac, Bobby	28 y/o	1	0	0	0
Jarrett, Ned	28 y/o	46	1	13	4
Johns, Bobby	29 y/o	14	0	0	1
Johnson, Joe Lee	31 y/o	9	0	0	0
Johnson, Junior	30 y/o	41	7	12	10
Joiner, Carl	36 y/o	2	0	0	0
Jones, Joe	n/a	9	0	0	0
Kagle, Reds	29 y/o	3	0	0	0
Kelly, Joe	n/a	2	0	0	0
King, Brownie	27 y/o	1	0	0	0
Langley, Elmo	32 y/o	15	0	0	0
Leake, Harry	n/a	15	0	0	0
Lee, Doc	n/a	1	0	0	0
Lewis, Paul	28 y/o	21	0	0	0
Livingston, Ed	25 y/o	10	0	0	0
Lorenzen, Fred	26 y/o	15	3	4	4
Lund, DeWayne Louis	31 y/o	10	0	0	0
Mader, Dave	30 y/o	6	0	0	0
Mairs, Jimmy	n/a	3	0	0	0
Malone, Arthur	25 y/o	1	0	0	0
Markstellar, Ed	n/a	4	0	0	0
Matthews, Banjo	29 y/o	14	0	0	0
Morgan, Bill	n/a	5	0	0	0
Morgan, Wes	38 y/o	3	0	0	0
Morton, Bill	22 y/o	6	0	0	0
Naylor, Brian	38 y/o	2	0	0	0	0
Negre, Ed	33 y/o	2	0	0	0
Newman, Gus	n/a	2	0	0	0
Noel, Don	32 y/o	4	0	2	0
Norton, Jack	n/a	4	0	0	0
Olsen, Budd	36 y/o	1	0	0	0
Owens, Cotton	37 y/o	17	4	8	2
Packard, Sammy	41 y/o	1	0	0	0
Pagan, Eddie	42 y/o	5	0	0	0
Panch, Marvin	35 y/o	9	1	2	1
Pardue, Jimmy	30 y/o	44	0	0	0
Parks, Paul	n/a	2	0	0	0
Paschal, Jim	34 y/o	23	2	7	1
Pearson, David	26 y/o	19	3	5	1
Perry, Bob	n/a	4	0	0	0
Persicketti, Dominic	35 y/o	1	0	0	0
Petty, Lee Arnold	47 y/o	3	1	2	1
Petty, Maurice	22 y/o	9	0	1	0
Petty, Richard	23 y/o	42	2	10	2
Pistone, Tom	32 y/o	4	0	0	0
Porter, Marvin	37 y/o	8	0	0	0
Presnell, Bob	25 y/o	5	0	0	0
Price, Bob	n/a	2	0	0	0
Proctor, Clem	n/a	2	0	0	0
Rakestraw, Wilbur	33 y/o	5	0	0	0
Reed, Jim	35 y/o	8	0	2	0
Reitzel, Lee	29 y/o	17	0	0	0
Roberts, Fireball	32 y/o	22	2	8	5
Ross, Bob	46 y/o	2	0	1	1
Rush, Ken	29 y/o	6	0	0	0	0
Santee, Dick	n/a	1	0	0	0
Sargent, Marshall	30 y/o	3	0	0	0
Scott, Wendell	39 y/o	23	0	0	0
Secrist, Frank	32 y/o	3	0	0	0
Smith, Dick	n/a	3	0	1	0
Smith, Jack	37 y/o	25	2	8	0
Spencer, G.C.	35 y/o	31	0	0	0
Stacy, Nelson	39 y/o	15	1	2	0
Taylor, Jesse James	31 y/o	1	0	0	0
Thomas, Larry	25 y/o	14	0	0	0
Thompson, Alfred Bruce	35 y/o	3	0	0	0
Thompson, Jimmy	37 y/o	3	0	0	0
Thompson, Roscoe	38 y/o	6	0	0	0
Tillman, Herb	31 y/o	5	0	0	0
Tovella, Sal	32 y/o	4	0	0	0
Trivette, E.J.	25 y/o	6	0	0	0
Turner, Curtis	37 y/o	8	0	1	0
Tyner, Roy	27 y/o	10	0	0	0
Utsman, Dub	n/a	1	0	0	0
Utsman, Sherman	29 y/o	1	0	0	0
Waddell, Bobby	n/a	7	0	0	0
Weatherly, Joseph	39 y/o	25	9	12	3
Webb, Chuck	n/a	2	0	0	0
Weinberg, Danny	33 y/o	4	0	2	1
Welborn, Bob	33 y/o	14	0	3	0
Wells, Tommy	n/a	4	0	0	0
White, Rex	31 y/o	47	7	23	7
Wickersham, Reb	27 y/o	8	0	0	0
Wilson, Woodie	35 y/o	5	0	0	0
Wood, Glen	35 y/o	6	0	3	1
Worrell, Bruce	n/a	4	0	0	0
Yarborough, Cale	22 y/o	1	0	0	0
Yates, Doug	36 y/o	32	0	0	0
Zervakis, Emanuel	31 y/o	38	2	6	1

#	Date	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third	Pole	FL