Nascar Grand National Series 1961

	Nascar Grand National Series 1961
Allmän information
Plats	USA
Säsongsnummer	13
Antal race	52
Start	6 november 1960
Slut	29 oktober 1961
Bilar
Chassin	Chevrolet; Ford; Oldsmobile; Pontiac;
Motorer	Se ovan.
Deltagande
Mästare
Förarmästerskapet	Ned Jarrett
Årets rookie	Woody Wilson
◄ 1961 ►

Nascar Grand National Series 1961 var den 13:e upplagan av den främsta divisionen av professionell stockcarracing i USA sanktionerad av National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing. Säsongen bestod av 52 race och inleddes redan 6 november 1960 på Southern States Fairgrounds i Charlotte i North Carolina och avslutades 29 oktober 1961 på Occoneechee Speedway i Hillsborough i North Carolina.

Ned Jarrett vann serien i en Chevrolet. Pontiac som bilmärke dominerade serien med 30 segrar av 52 möjliga^[2]

Resultat

Nr	Datum	Tävling	Bana	Pole	Vinnare	Konstruktör	Start	Rapport
1	6 november	Race 1	Southern States Fairgrounds, Charlotte, North Carolina	Lee Petty	Joe Weatherly	Ford	11
2	20 november	Race 2	Speedway Park, Jacksonville, Florida	Junior Johnson	Lee Petty	Plymouth	13
3	24 februari	Daytona 500 Qualifier #1	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida	Fireball Roberts	Fireball Roberts	Pontiac	1
4	24 februari	Daytona 500 Qualifier #2		Joe Weatherly	Joe Weatherly	Pontiac	1
5	26 februari	Daytona 500		Fireball Roberts	Marvin Panch	Pontiac	4	Rapport
6	4 mars	Race 6	Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds, Spartanburg, South Carolina	Ned Jarrett	Cotton Owens	Pontiac	4
7	5 mars	Race 7	Asheville-Weaverville Speedway, Weaverville, North Carolina	Rex White	Rex White	Chevrolet	1
8	12 mars	Race 8	Marchbanks Speedway, Hanford, Kalifornien	Bob Ross	Fireball Roberts	Pontiac	2
9	26 mars	Atlanta 500	Atlanta International Raceway i Atlanta i Georgia	Marvin Panch	Bob Burdick	Pontiac	7	Rapport
10	1 april	Greenville 200	Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Easley, South Carolina	Junior Johnson	Emanuel Zervakis	Chevrolet	2	Rapport
11	2 april	Race 11	Occoneechee Speedway, Hillsborough, North Carolina	Ned Jarrett	Cotton Owens	Pontiac	3
12	3 april	Race 12	Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Glen Wood	Rex White	Chevrolet	2
13	9 april	Race 13	Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia	Rex White	Fred Lorenzen	Ford	2
14	16 april	Gwyn Staley 400	North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro North Carolina	Junior Johnson	Rex White	Chevrolet	2	Rapport
15	20 april	Race 15	Columbia Speedway, Cayce, South Carolina	Ned Jarrett	Cotton Owens	Pontiac	2
16	22 april	Hickory 250	Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, North Carolina	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson	Pontiac	1	Rapport
17	23 april	Richmond 200	Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds, Richmond, Virginia	Richard Petty	Richard Petty	Plymouth	1	Rapport
18	30 april	Virginia 500	Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia	Rex White	Junior Johnson	Pontiac	17	Rapport
19	6 maj	Rebel 300	Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina	Fred Lorenzen	Fred Lorenzen	Ford	1	Rapport
20	21 maj	World 600 Qualifier #1	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, North Carolina	Fred Lorenzen	Richard Petty	Plymouth	7
21	21 maj	World 600 Qualifier #2	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, North Carolina	Junior Johnson	Joe Weatherly	Pontiac	3
22	21 maj	Race 22	Riverside International Raceway, Riverside, Kalifornien	Eddie Gray	Lloyd Dane	Chevrolet	2
23	27 maj	Race 23	Ascot Stadium, Los Angeles, Kalifornien	Danny Weinberg	Eddie Gray	Ford	2
24	28 maj	World 600	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, North Carolina	Richard Petty	David Pearson	Pontiac	3	Rapport
25	2 juni	Race 25	Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds, Spartanburg, South Carolina	Joe Weatherly	Jim Paschal	Pontiac	11
26	4 juni	Southland 200	Fairgrounds Raceway, Birmingham, Alabama	Johnny Allen	Ned Jarrett	Chevrolet	4	Rapport
27	8 juni	Pickens 200	Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Easley, South Carolina	Ned Jarrett	Jack Smith	Pontiac	7	Rapport
28	10 juni	Myers Brothers 200	Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Junior Johnson	Rex White	Chevrolet	4	Rapport
29	17 juni	Yankee 500	Norwood Arena, Norwood, Massachusetts	Rex White	Emanuel Zervakis	Chevrolet	3	Rapport
30	23 juni	Race 30	Hartsville Speedway, Hartsville, South Carolina	Emanuel Zervakis	Buck Baker	Chrysler	3
31	24 juni	Race 31	Starkey Speedway, Roanoke, Virginia	Rex White	Junior Johnson	Pontiac	2
32	4 juli	Firecracker 250	Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, Florida	Fireball Roberts	David Pearson	Pontiac	2	Rapport
33	9 juli	Festival 250	Atlanta International Raceway i Atlanta i Georgia	Fireball Roberts	Fred Lorenzen	Ford	5	Rapport
34	20 juli	Race 34	Columbia Speedway, Cayce, South Carolina	Cotton Owens	Cotton Owens	Pontiac	1
35	22 juli	Race 35	Rambi Raceway, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina	Joe Weatherly	Joe Weatherly	Pontiac	1
36	30 juli	Volunteer 500	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee	Fred Lorenzen	Jack Smith	Pontiac	12	Rapport
37	6 augusti	Nashville 500	Music City Motorplex, Nashville, Tennessee	Paul Lewis	Jim Paschal	Pontiac	10	Rapport
38	9 augusti	Race 38	Bowman Gray Stadium, Winston-Salem, North Carolina	Junior Johnson	Rex White	Chevrolet	3
39	13 augusti	Western North Carolina 500	Asheville-Weaverville Speedway, Weaverville, North Carolina	Jim Paschal	Junior Johnson	Pontiac	2	Rapport
40	18 augusti	Race 40	Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds, Richmond, Virginia	Junior Johnson	Junior Johnson	Pontiac	1
41	27 augusti	Race 41	South Boston Speedway, South Boston, Virginia	Cotton Owens	Junior Johnson	Pontiac	3
42	4 september	Southern 500	Darlington Raceway, Darlington, South Carolina	Fireball Roberts	Nelson Stacy	Ford	3	Rapport
43	8 september	Buddy Shuman 250	Hickory Motor Speedway, Hickory, North Carolina	Rex White	Rex White	Chevrolet	1	Rapport
44	10 september	Capital City 200	Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds, Richmond, Virginia	Junior Johnson	Joe Weatherly	Pontiac	7	Rapport
45	10 september	Race 45	California State Fairgrounds, Sacramento, Kalifornien	Bill Amick	Eddie Gray	Ford	i.u.
46	17 september	Dixie 400	Atlanta International Raceway i Atlanta i Georgia	Fireball Roberts	David Pearson	Pontiac	5	Rapport
47	24 september	Old Dominion 500	Martinsville Speedway, Ridgeway, Virginia	Fred Lorenzen	Joe Weatherly	Pontiac	4	Rapport
48	1 oktober	Wilkes 200	North Wilkesboro Speedway, North Wilkesboro North Carolina	Junior Johnson	Rex White	Chevrolet	3	Rapport
49	15 oktober	National 400	Charlotte Motor Speedway, Charlotte, North Carolina	David Pearson	Joe Weatherly	Pontiac	6	Rapport
50	22 oktober	Southeastern 500	Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, Tennessee	Bobby Johns	Joe Weatherly	Pontiac	2	Rapport
51	28 oktober	Race 51	Greenville-Pickens Speedway, Easley, South Carolina	Buck Baker	Junior Johnson	Pontiac	3
52	29 oktober	Race 52	Occoneechee Speedway, Hillsborough, North Carolina	Joe Weatherly	Joe Weatherly	Pontiac	1
Källor:^[3]^[4]

Slutställning

Plats	Förare	Starter	Vinster	Top 5	Top 10	Pole	Ledda varv	Prispengar	Poäng	+\-
1	Ned Jarrett	46	1	23	34	4	624	$41 056	27272
2	Rex White	47	7	29	37	7	1390	$56 395	26442	–830
3	Emanuel Zervakis	38	2	19	28	1	386	$27 281	22312	–4960
4	Joe Weatherly	25	9	14	18	3	856	$47 078	17894	–9378
5	Fireball Roberts	22	2	13	14	5	856	$47 078	17600	–9672
6	Junior Johnson	41	7	16	22	10	975	$28 540	17 178	–10094
7	Jack Smith	25	2	10	14	0	278	$21 410	15186	–12086
8	Richard Petty	42	2	18	23	2	703	$25 239	15186	–12086
9	Jim Paschal	23	2	12	16	1	230	$18 100	13922	–13955
10	Buck Baker	42	1	11	15	1	224	$13 697	13746	–13526
11	Jimmy Pardue	44	0	3	16	0	0	$10 562	13408	–13 864
12	Johnny Allen	22	0	3	11	1	3	$13 127	13114	–14158
13	David Pearson	19	3	7	8	1	248	$51 910	13088	–14184
14	Bob Welborn	14	0	3	7	0	104	$13 487	12570	–14702
15	Herman Beam	41	0	1	14	0	0	$9 392	11382	–15890
Källor:^[5]

Notering: Endast de femton främsta förarna redovisas.

Anmärkningar

^ Listan är ett urval av dom framgångsrikaste bilarna som nyttjades. Enstaka andra märken förekom, främst använda av privatister.

Referenser

^ ”Full list of Sunoco Rookie of the Year Award winners” (på engelska). NASCAR Digital Media. 1 december 2020. https://www.nascar.com/gallery/every-sunoco-rookie-of-the-year-award-winner/#photo-1. Läst 17 juni 2021.
^ ”When Smokey Yunick and others helped Pontiac dominate NASCAR” (på engelska). hemmings.com. American City Business Journals. https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/pontiac-ascends-in-nascar. Läst 17 juni 2021.
^ ”1961 NASCAR Grand National Results” (på engelska). ESPN. https://www.espn.com/racing/results/_/year/1961. Läst 17 juni 2021.
^ ”1961 NASCAR Grand National Results” (på engelska). racing-reference.info. Nascar Digital Media. https://www.racing-reference.info/season-stats/1961/W/. Läst 17 juni 2021.
^ ”NASCAR Grand National standings for 1961” (på engelska). racing-reference.info. Nascar Digital Media. https://www.racing-reference.info/yeardet/1961/W. Läst 17 juni 2021.

[1] Listan är ett urval av dom framgångsrikaste bilarna som nyttjades. Enstaka andra märken förekom, främst använda av privatister.

[rookie-2] ”Full list of Sunoco Rookie of the Year Award winners” (på engelska). NASCAR Digital Media. 1 december 2020. https://www.nascar.com/gallery/every-sunoco-rookie-of-the-year-award-winner/#photo-1. Läst 17 juni 2021.

[hemmings-3] ”When Smokey Yunick and others helped Pontiac dominate NASCAR” (på engelska). hemmings.com. American City Business Journals. https://www.hemmings.com/stories/article/pontiac-ascends-in-nascar. Läst 17 juni 2021.

[espn1961racing-4] ”1961 NASCAR Grand National Results” (på engelska). ESPN. https://www.espn.com/racing/results/_/year/1961. Läst 17 juni 2021.

[rrresults1961-5] ”1961 NASCAR Grand National Results” (på engelska). racing-reference.info. Nascar Digital Media. https://www.racing-reference.info/season-stats/1961/W/. Läst 17 juni 2021.

[rrstandings1961-6] ”NASCAR Grand National standings for 1961” (på engelska). racing-reference.info. Nascar Digital Media. https://www.racing-reference.info/yeardet/1961/W. Läst 17 juni 2021.

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