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April 21, 1961 Richmond County Journal

Saturday, April 22, 1961

Sportsman

10 lap Heat race: 1. Bobby Webb

30 lap feature: 1. Bobby Webb

2. Roger Baldwin

Amateur

25 lap feature: 1. Tommy Bostick

April 28, 1961 Richmond County Journal

Saturday, April 29, 1961

Sportsman

10 lap Heat race: 1. Bobby Webb

30 lap feature: 1. Bobby Webb

Amateur

25 lap feature: 1. Tommy Bostick

Rookie

Feature: 1. Donald Noles

May 3, 1961 Richmond County Journal

May 8, 1961 Richmond County Journal

Saturday, May 6, 1961

Sportsman

10 lap Heat race: 1.

30 lap feature: 1. Thomas Cox

Amateur

25 lap feature: 1. Ray Hughes

May 10, 1961 Richmond County Journal

Saturday, May 6, 1961

Sportsman

10 lap Heat race: 1.

30 lap feature: 1. Bill Bostick

Amateur

25 lap feature: 1. Jim Gardner

May 19, 1961 Richmond County Journal

Article list Harold Carmac as Amateur winner but previous article stated winner was Ray Hughes.

Saturday, May 20, 1961

Sportsman

10 lap Heat race: 1.

30 lap feature: 1. Jeryl Best

Amateur

25 lap feature: 1.

Saturday, May 27, 1961

Sportsman

10 lap Heat race: 1.

30 lap feature: 1. Jeryl Best

Amateur

25 lap feature: 1.

June 2, 1961 Richmond County Journal

Saturday, June 3, 1961

No race results found for this date but later article suggest Thomas Cox won sportsman 30 lap feature.

Saturday, June 10, 1961

No race results found for this date but later article suggest Roger Baldwin won sportsman 30 lap

feature.

June 16, 1961 Richmond County Journal

Saturday, June 17, 1961

Sportsman Rocket 100

100 lap feature: 1. Bob Seymour

June 23, 1961 Richmond County Journal

Saturday, June 24, 1961

Sportsman

30 lap feature: 1. John Sears

2. Jeryl Best

3. Roger Baldwin

4. J.D. McDuffie

Amateur

25 lap feature: 1. Tommy Bostick

2. James Gardner

3. Johnny Newton

4. Al Rivers

June 30, 1961 Richmond County Journal

The next Saturday would have been July 1^st . The following ad tells of a six event program scheduled for Tuesday the 4^th of July. Do not know if a race was held on the 1^st , the 4^th or both.

No race results were found for either of these dates.

July 3, 1961 Richmond County Journal

Saturday, July 8, 1961

No race results found for this date.

July 13, 1961 Anson Record

July 14, 1961 Richmond County Journal

Saturday, July 15, 1961

Sportsman Rocket 100

100 lap feature: 1. Jeryl Best

July 21, 1961 Richmond County Journal

Saturday, July 22, 1961

Sportsman

30 lap feature: 1. Bobby Webb

2. John Sears

3. Jeryl Best

4. Bill Bostick

Amateur

25 lap feature: 1. Jim Gardner

2. Edward Peele

3. John Gathings

4. Harold Morton

July 26, 1961 Richmond County Journal

Note that last article states the next event to be #17 while 5 days prior it was to be the 15^th race of the year. The race on the 29^th was most likely the 16^th of the year.

Saturday, July 29, 1961

No race results found for this date.

The article below list top 8 for Aug. 12^th event but no clear finishing order for the race on the 29^th . The first 4 of the top 8 amateur starting positions suggest that was the finishing order on the 22^nd .

August 2, 1961 Richmond County Journal

Saturday, August 5, 1961

No race results found for this date.

August 9, 1961 Richmond County Journal

Saturday, August 12, 1961

Rocket 100 1. Bobby Webb

No complete race results found for this race but the article below suggest Bobby Webb was the winner as I believe Bob Seymour won the June Rocket 100 and Jeryl Best won the July Rocket 100.

August 18, 1961 Richmond County Journal

Saturday, August 19, 1961

No race results found for this date.

Saturday, August 26, 1961

No race results found for this date.

Saturday, September 2, 1961

No race results found for this date.

September 8, 1961 Richmond County Journal

Saturday, September 9, 1961

Sportsman Rocket 100

100 lap feature: 1. Bill Bostick

September 13, 1961 Richmond County Journal

Saturday, September 16, 1961

No race results found for this date.

Saturday, September 23, 1961

Sportsman

30 lap feature: 1. John Sears

2. Troy Edwards

Amateur

25 lap feature: 1. Jim Gardner

2. Johnny Newton

September 29, 1961 Richmond County Journal

Saturday, September 30, 1961

No race results found for this date.

October 6, 1961 Richmond County Journal

Rocket 100 Finale Saturday

The Rockingham Speedway will be the scene of the fifth and final Rocket 100 of the year this Saturday night October 7^th . Twenty four cars have gained starting positions and 16 more will qualify Saturday night to fill out the field.

Four different drivers have won 100 lap features races this year with no repeat winners. They are: Jeryl Best from Hartsville, S.C. , Bob Seymour of Kannapolis, Bob Webb of Rockingham and Bill Bostick of Ellerbe.

The Sportsman points are headed by John Sears and Troy Edwards. Both have won weekly features this year but havent been able to capture a bigger race.

Time trials will get underway at 7:30 P.M. and the features scheduled for 8:30 P.M.

October 6, 1961 Richmond County Journal

Saturday, October 7, 1961

Sportsman Rocket 100

100 lap feature: 1. John Sears

October 13, 1961 Richmond County Journal

This was the last points race for the 1961 season. The rest of the races at the speedway that year were held on Sunday.

An early season article in 1962 stated that Bobby Webb won the 1961 Sportsman Championship. This seems unlikely if the Oct. 6^th article on the last Rocket 100 was accurate. It stated John Sears and Troy Edwards headed the sportsman points going into the Oct. 7^th double points race which was won by Big John. If this were the case then John Sears would have had to won the points title. The Sept. 8^th article documented Burhead Nantz driving Webbs car because of a back injury. One of these reports are wrong but I have not been able to document which is correct.

I do not have a Points Champion for the Amateur division documented for the 1961 season.

Sunday, October 15, 1961

Sportsman

30 lap feature: 1. Walson Gardner

October 20, 1961 Richmond County Journal

The above article reports 12 different drivers won feature races in 1961. I have only documented these 8 different winners; Bobby Webb, Thomas Cox, Jeryl Best, Roger Baldwin, Bill Bostick, Bob Seymour, John Sears and Walson Gardner.

Sunday, October 22, 1961

No race results found for this date.

@dennis-andrews 11 years ago

This photo is from the John McNeill collection and notes Al Rivers as a 1961 Rocket 100 winner. Al was listed as competing in the Amateur division. On several occasions events called a Rocket 100 would be a 100 lap Sportsman race and a 50 lap Amateur race. This is most likely Al getting the trophy for winning the 50 lap Amateur feature during a Rocket 100 event as all of the Sportsman Rocket 100 winners have been documented. While no date is given this picture shows something odd. The two men on the other side of the car are Pete Brewer in the light shirt and Bernard Purvis in the dark shirt, they helped Al on that car in 1961. The odd thing is Barnyard, as Bernard was called, has on a long sleeve shirt when Al and Earl Dunn have on short sleeves. That may not seem odd to most but to me it is. You see I remember Barnyard and Bobby Lambert most always wearing tee shirts all season long. Cant tell you how many times I noticed those two gentleman wearing tee shirts while most everyone else was wearing coats.

@bert-rivers 11 years ago
Dad still has that trophy. That is Pete Brewers car (which you indicated in your comment)that Dad drove to that win.

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