50 Years Ago Pontiacs Run 1-2 at Richmond with Little Joe Over Junior Johnson on the Dirt

Dave Fulton
@dave-fulton
14 years ago
9,138 posts

September 10, 1961 Capital City 250 on the 1/2-mile Richmond dirt track:

(Note Maryland racing great Johnny Roberts was piloting Junie Donlavey's #90 Ford)

Fin St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led

1 7 8 Joe Weatherly Bud Moore '61 Pontiac 250 1,350 running

2 1 27 Junior Johnson Holly Farms (Rex Lovette) '60 Pontiac 250 850 running

3 5 4 Rex White White-Clements (Rex White) '61 Chevrolet 249 750 running

4 2 11 Ned Jarrett B.G. Holloway '61 Chevrolet 249 450 running

5 12 44 Jim Paschal Julian Petty '61 Pontiac 248 300 running

6 4 85 Emanuel Zervakis Monroe Shook '60 Chevrolet 246 250 running

7 3 66 Bill Morgan Cafe Burgundy (Ratus Walters) '60 Ford 239 225 running

8 19 61 Elmo Langley Doc White '59 T-Bird 224 200 running

9 9 19 Herman Beam Herman Beam '60 Ford 223 175 running

10 17 48 G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer '60 Chevrolet 219 150 running

11 11 23 Doug Yates Raeford Johnson '61 Plymouth 217 150 running

12 23 17 Fred Harb Fred Harb '61 Ford 215 125 running

13 14 119 Al Disney '59 Buick 214 125 running

14 10 34 Wendell Scott Wendell Scott '60 Chevrolet 201 110 running

15 13 86 Buck Baker Buck Baker '61 Chrysler 189 110 running

16 20 36 Larry Thomas Wade Younts '60 Chevrolet 176 100 rear end

17 6 6 Cotton Owens Cotton Owens '60 Pontiac 171 90 rear end

18 8 42 Richard Petty Petty Enterprises '61 Plymouth 157 80 engine

19 18 74 L.D. Austin L.D. Austin '61 Chevrolet 155 75 spindle

20 21 57 Harvey Henderson J.I. Divers '61 Chevrolet 153 75 brakes

21 15 90 Johnny Roberts Junie Donlavey '60 Ford 113 75 head gasket

22 22 112 Ronnie Fones '59 Chevrolet 82 75 rear end

23 24 5 Jimmy Pardue '59 Chevrolet 70 75 spindle

24 25 71 Bob Barron Bob Barron '60 Dodge 63 75 rear end

25 16 62 Curtis Crider Curtis Crider '61 Mercury 7 75 overheating




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updated by @dave-fulton: 12/05/16 04:02:07PM
Tim Leeming
@tim-leeming
14 years ago
3,119 posts
Nice Post. No more Pontiacs, no more Plymouths, no more dirt tracks, no more drivers like those of old. Too many memories for an old man on a day like today.


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What a change! It's been awhile since I've checked in and I'm quite surprised. It may take me awhile to figure it our but first look it's really great.