The 1961 NASCAR

NASCAR

The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...

 Grand National season was considered to be the twelfth season for this motorsport.

Daytona 500

1961 Daytona 500

The 1961 Daytona 500 was won by Marvin Panch, who originally did not have a ride entering the 500, wasdriving a 1960 Pontiac on February 26, 1961. Panch drove the number 20 to victory in three hours and 20 minutes. The race was run in its entirety without a single caution flag. Panch took the...

The second Daytona 500

Daytona 500

The Daytona 500 is a -long NASCAR Sprint Cup Series race held annually at the Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is one of four restrictor plate races on the Cup schedule....

 in the history of NASCAR occurred on February 26, 1961. Marvin Panch

Marvin Panch

Marvin Panch Marvin Panch Marvin Panch (born May 28, 1926, in Menomonie, Wisconsin, is a former NASCAR driver.-Early career:He started his racing career as a car owner in Oakland, California. One week, his driver did not show up, and he raced the car to a third place finish...

 won the race in more than three hours.

Rebel 300

1961 Rebel 300

The 1961 Rebel 300 was a NASCAR Grand National event that took place on May 6, 1961 at Darlington Raceway . Two hundred and nineteen laps were done on an oval track spanning .-Summary:...

This event took place on May 6, 1961. Fred Lorenzen

Fred Lorenzen

Fred Lorenzen , nicknamed The Golden Boy, Fast Freddie, The Elmhurst Express and Flyin Freddy, is a former NASCAR driver active between 1958 and 1972. He won the 1965 Daytona 500. Lorenzen was born in Elmurst, Illinois.-Early career:Lorenzen first caught the car bug young, and had built his first...

 was the winner of this 2½ hour long race.

1.   Fred Lorenzen
2.   Curtis Turner
3.   Johnny Allen
4.   Bob Burdick
5.   Fireball Roberts
6.   Marvin Panch
7.   Ralph Earnhardt
8.   Banjo Matthews
9.   Bobby Johns
10.   Ned Jarrett

World 600

1961 World 600

The 1961 World 500 was a 400-lap NASCAR Grand National event that took place on May 28, 1961 at Charlotte Motor Speedway .-Summary:...

This event would make David Pearson the winner on May 28, 1961 at Charlotte Motor Speedway

Charlotte Motor Speedway

Charlotte Motor Speedway is a motorsports complex located in Concord, North Carolina, United States 13 miles from Charlotte, North Carolina. The complex features a quad oval track that hosts NASCAR racing including the prestigious Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend and the Sprint All-Star Race...

. NASCAR legend Reds Kagle would lose a leg at this race and the race lasted for more than five hours (modern events have been known to be completed after four hours).

1.   David Pearson
2.   Fireball Roberts
3.   Rex White
   Rex White
   Rex White is a retired American auto racer and NASCAR champion. White was one of the drivers who competed for the original Chevrolet racing team. He began racing in 1956, grabbing fourteen top-ten finishes. After a part-time run in 1957, White won twice in 1958...
   
   
4.   Ned Jarrett
   Ned Jarrett
   Ned Jarrett is a retired race car driver and two-time NASCAR champion.Jarrett was best known for his calm demeanor, and he became known as "Gentleman Ned Jarrett", yet he was an intense competitor when he put his two hands on the steering wheel of a NASCAR Grand National stock car...
   
   
5.   Jim Paschal
   Jim Paschal
   James Roy "Jim" Paschal, Jr. was a NASCAR Grand National and Winston Cup driver. He won twenty-five races and twelve poles over his career. Elected to the "Stock Car Racing Hall of Fame" in 1977, he won the World 600 in 1964 and the 1967 Charlotte Motor Speedway...
   
   
6.   Tiny Lund
7.   Jack Smith
8.   Bob Welborn
   Bob Welborn
   Robert "Bob" Joe Welborn of Denton, North Carolina, USA is a former NASCAR Grand National driver. He was named to NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers list in 1998...
   
   
9.   Junior Johnson
10.   Joe Weatherly