1961 Daytona 500

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1961 Daytona 500
Race details
Race 5 of 52 in the 1961 NASCAR Grand National Series season
1961 Daytona 500 program cover and logo.jpg
1961 Daytona 500 program cover
Date February 26, 1961 (1961-02-26)
Location Daytona International Speedway
Daytona Beach, Florida, U.S.
Course Permanent racing facility
2.5 mi (4.023 km)
Distance 200 laps, 500 mi (800 km)
Weather Temperatures reaching 69.1 °F (20.6 °C); wind speeds approaching 15 miles per hour (24 km/h) [1]
Average speed 149.601 miles per hour (240.759 km/h)
Pole position
Driver
 Smokey Yunick
Qualifying race winners
Duel 1 Winner Fireball RobertsSmokey Yunick
Duel 2 Winner Joe Weatherly Bud Moore
Most laps led
DriverFireball RobertsSmokey Yunick
Laps 170
Winner
No. 20 Pontiac Marvin Panch Smokey Yunick
Television in the United States
Network none
Announcers none

The 1961 Daytona 500, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that was held on February 26, 1961, at Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, Florida.

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Marvin Panch won the race in the one-year-old 1960 Pontiac built and owned by Smokey Yunick after taking the lead on lap 187. Panch was not originally scheduled to drive, and was only added to Yunick's team after Fireball Roberts suggested adding him. 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 lead with 13 laps remaining when race leader Fireball Roberts' car suffered a blown engine. The win was Panch's first, and only victory of the season. [2]

Background

Tragedy struck during the preliminaries of Daytona Speedweeks when a driver from Phoenix, Arizona crashed in turn 3 of the 2.5-mile (4.0-kilometre) track. Harold Haberling was killed when his 1955 modified Chevy flipped in the 31-degree banking. This was the first fatality at the facility since 1959. [3]

One week prior to the Daytona 500 drivers competed in a first-ever 150-mile (240-kilometre) "compact car" race. Lee Petty won the race contested on the 3.1-mile (5.0 km) infield track in a 1960 Valiant with an average speed of 83.546 miles per hour (134.454 km/h). Joe Weatherly would flip his 1960 Falcon upside down during the race, but no other cars were involved in the accident, and Weatherly was not injured. Weatherly then went on to win a 10-lap, 25-mile (40 km) event dubbed a "Race of Champions" on the 2.5-mile (4.0 km) banked tri-oval. Drivers competed in the same cars that they would run in the Daytona 500. The race proved to be a tough loss for Fireball Roberts, who had started at the rear of the field but managed to charge to the lead in only 4 laps. On the last lap, Weatherly overtook Roberts at the finish line, winning by only 2 feet. [4]

A total of 70 drivers registered to run in the 1961 Daytona 500, but only the top 60 would be scheduled to start the race. [3] A total of 13 teams came to Daytona with the new, more aerodynamically designed 1961 Pontiacs contributed by the manufacturer. Smokey Yunick brought Fireball Roberts as his primary driver for the new model vehicle, and it was Roberts who suggested that Yunick add teammate Marvin Panch. Panch was a 'last minute' addition to Yunick's team and given the year-old 1960 Pontiac rather than one of the newer models. When approached, Yunick relented to allowing Panch to drive Roberts' Pontiac Catalina from the previous year, saying: "If you think that much about [the '60 Pontiac], take it outside." [the shop], where the mechanics prepared the car for the 500. [5]

During the initial 2-lap qualifying trials Fireball Roberts set a new track record of 155.700 miles per hour (250.575 km/h) average speed over the 5-mile (8.0 km) run. The second fastest average belonged to Joe Weatherly in his 1961 Pontiac, with Cotton Owens, Curtis Turner, and Marvin Panch rounding out the top 5. Roberts broke the previous track record speed of 152.129 mph (244.828 km/h) set by Jack Smith the previous July. [6] Roberts' effort was the first of three consecutive pole positions that he captured from 1961 through 1963. The 3 "consecutive" poles was a first, and a record which Roberts still shares with Bill Elliott (1985–87) and Ken Schrader (1988–90). [7]

Twin qualifying events

The two qualifying events which established the starting lineup of the Daytona 500 were marred by multiple crashes in which at least one fan and seven drivers were injured on February 24, 1961. [8] A total of 34 drivers were scheduled for the first of two qualifying events, and 33 cars scheduled for the second event. The top 20 finishers would secure positions in the upcoming 500-mile (800 km) event, with winners of each qualifier also earning a $5,000 purse. The top two time-trial qualifiers were also guaranteed the top two starting spots. [9]

An accident early in the first event involved Dave Mader and Wes Morgan in which Morgan's car flipped seven times going into the 4th turn. [8] Both Lee Petty and son Richard Petty crashed during their respective 100-mile (160 km) qualifying events, forcing Petty Enterprises into a noncompetitive role for the 1961 Daytona 500. Son Richard crashed through the guardrail and suffered a sprained ankle in the first qualifier, and while the car remained upright, the crash kept him from starting the 500. [10] The wreck occurred when driver Junior Johnson got thrown out of control as debris from an earlier wreck caused a cut tire, and he made contact with the younger Petty's car. The crash left Johnson with a severe gash to his chin, and Petty with shards of glass in his eye. [8] The younger Petty's crash brought out one of the five cautions in the first 40-lap qualifier, [11] which was shortened due to crashes at both ends of the track during the closing laps. [12]

Shortly after Richard Petty left the infield medical center after the first race crash, his attention was drawn to an accident involving his father in the second race. [8] Patriarch Lee tangled with Johnny Beauchamp when Beauchamp caught Petty's back bumper sending the two cars through the guardrail which destroyed both vehicles. [10] The accident started when Banjo Matthews spun in front of the field while leading the second qualifying 100-mile (160 km) race. [13] The senior Petty suffered multiple life-threatening injuries, [14] including numerous fractures, internal injuries, and a punctured lung. When the two cars left the track, Petty's car struck spectator A. B. Kelley, who suffered severe cuts, but helped evacuate Petty from the twisted metal. Beauchamp and Petty tore out 13 8-inch by 8-inch guardrail support posts while exiting the track. There's been speculation that the early crash between Mader and Morgan may have weakened that section. Some of the drivers felt that much of the blame for the multiple crashes lay in the fact that so many rookie drivers were not capable of running competently; and Joe Weatherly stated: “I know it was veteran drivers in the worst crashes, but it was rookies that caused them, dammit!” [8] Petty was hospitalized for over four months, but did recover. While Beauchamp also suffered injuries to his head, they were less serious. [14] Petty and Beauchamp were no strangers to each other; having been involved in the iconic finish of the inaugural 1959 Daytona 500 where they crossed the finish line so close to each other that it took NASCAR 3 days before Bill France Sr. declared Lee Petty the winner. Beauchamp never raced again after the accident; and while Petty did return to run a half-dozen races, the wreck effectively ended both driver's careers. [8] [15] Driver Rex White stated that: “If NASCAR doesn’t have a meeting to educate some of these amateurs, there can’t be much of a race on Sunday. There were some goofballs on the track today.”, and even Fireball Roberts, winner of the first race, stated that:

“I was scared to death out there,”

— Fireball Roberts, [8]

Fireball Roberts and Joe Weatherly each won their respective 100-mile (160 km) qualifying events. [10]

Qualifying race results

Race Summary

Prior to the start of the main event, drivers were understandably apprehensive due to the large number of mishaps during the qualifying races. [17] This prompted officials to hold a meeting explaining that rough driving would not be tolerated, and during the race, two cars were black-flagged for driving too slowly to be considered safe. [18] A total of 51,287 fans arrived in Daytona to witness the race which was run at an average speed of 149.601 mph (240.759 km/h). [19] Unofficial estimates placed the total in attendance at over 65,000 people, with speculation of perhaps 100,000. Seventeen drivers in the starting field were designated rookies by NASCAR, and were identified by having their rear bumpers painted with 'Day-glo' paint. [18] Smokey Yunick instructed Panch to not run too close to teammate Roberts so that if Roberts were caught up in any altercations on the track then both cars would not risk being taken out in the same incident. [20]

Fireball Roberts started on the pole for the 500-mile (800 km) event, with Joe Weatherly on the outside front row. Roberts jumped out front and held the lead through lap 12 when Banjo Mathews took the point position. [19] Roberts traded the lead position with Mathews, Junior Johnson, Nelson Stacy for the first 42 laps. At lap 43 Roberts took command of the race in dominating style; and continued to lead for the majority of the race, building a lead of 2 laps over the rest of the field. [17] Although Richard Petty did not start the race, he did drive in relief for Bob Wellborn from lap 120 through 169, after which Wellborn resumed the driving duties. On lap 182 driver Darel Dieringer contacted the outside fence, but managed to make repairs in time to finish the race. [18] There were a total of nine lead changes between five drivers, and the race was completed without a single caution. Roberts would come back and lead a total of 170 of the 200 laps, including 145 consecutive laps from the 45th to the 187th. [19] Then on lap 187, with more than a two-lap lead on second place teammate Panch, Roberts' engine failed knocking him out of the race. [17] Marvin Panch took his first lead of the race with only 13 laps remaining, and held on to reach the checkered flag first, 16 seconds ahead of second-place finisher Joe Weatherly's number 8, [19] who completed the race on one set of tires. [18] The caution-free event was one of only 3 times that the iconic race ran the entire distance under green; with 1959 and 1962 being the only other 2 times it's occurred. [21]

While Pontiac's factory heads had wanted a new year model to win the race, car owner Yunick was so pleased with Panch's performance that he upped his promised take of 40% to 50% of the winnings, saying: "Tell you what. Anybody good enough to win the race is worth 50 percent to me." [20] Panch completed the 500 miles (800 km) with only one change of tires, and in a then-record for a 500-mile (800 km) closed course race of any kind, [5] completed the contest in 3 hours, 20 minutes, and 32 seconds. That time equated to an average speed of 149.601 mph (240.759 km/h), [19] which was more than 2 mph (3.2 km/h) faster the pole qualifier of the Indianapolis 500 that same year. [22] [lower-alpha 1] Since Daytona did not have a designated "Victory lane" at the time, after the race Panch pulled his winning car into the infield grass, and celebrated the win with Bill France Sr., Yunick, and his family. [5] The victory was Panch's first NASCAR win since the 1957 season, and the only victory of the 1961 season. [23] Years after retiring from the sport, Panch would rebuild a replica of his winning Pontiac and tour the NASCAR circuit. [24]

500 Race results

FinSt#DriverSponsor / OwnerCarLapsMoneyLaps
led
1420 Marvin Panch Smokey Yunick1960 Pontiac200$21,050.0013
228 Joe Weatherly Stephens Pontiac (Bud Moore)1961 Pontiac200$9,150.000
31731 Paul Goldsmith Diesi Pontiac (Ray Nichels)1961 Pontiac200$5,900.000
44580 Fred Lorenzen Tubby Gonzales1961 Ford198$3,825.000
566 Cotton Owens Cotton Owens1961 Pontiac198$2,975.000
6547 Jack Smith Jack Smith1961 Pontiac197$2,075.000
7911 Ned Jarrett Dash-Dash-Dash Corp. (B.G. Holloway)1961 Chevrolet196$1,550.000
84769 Johnny Allen B.G. Holloway1961 Chevrolet196$1,050.000
9787 Buck Baker Buck Baker1961 Chrysler196$850.000
101859 Tom Pistone B.G. Holloway1961 Pontiac196$750.000
112949 Bob Welborn Bob Welborn1961 Pontiac194$600.000
12414 Rex White Rex White1961 Chevrolet194$500.000
13167 Jim Reed Jim Reed1961 Chevrolet194$400.000
144623 Sal Tovella Bob Rose1961 Ford191$350.000
152265 Charlie Glotzbach Melvin Black1961 Pontiac191$350.000
161032 Darel Dieringer Ray Nichels1961 Pontiac191$325.000
173252 Tom Dill Julian Buesink1961 Ford190$325.000
181485 Emanuel Zervakis Toots Transfer (Monroe Shook)1961 Chevrolet189$300.000
194937 Joe Kelly Don House1961 Ford188$300.000
20122 Fireball Roberts Smokey Yunick1961 Pontiac187$4,750.00170
213066 David Pearson Tony Lavati1961 Pontiac186$200.000
223730 Friday Hassler Fred Clark1960 Chevrolet186$200.000
235741 Elmo Henderson Charlie Chapman1960 Ford184$200.000
243183 Tim Flock Meilwain Ford (Jack Meeks)1961 Ford184$200.000
253816 Elmo Langley Happy Steigel1959 Pontiac184$200.000
265088 Harlan Richardson Jim White1961 Ford184$200.000
27894 Banjo Matthews Warrior Motel (Banjo Matthews)1961 Ford181$250.003
282691 Robert Roeber R.G. Henschel1960 Pontiac180$200.000
293468 Ed Livingston Curtis Crider1960 Ford177$200.000
302454 Jimmy Pardue Jimmy Pardue1960 Chevrolet176$200.000
313640 Bobby Allison Ralph Stark1960 Chevrolet175$200.000
325364 Paul Parks Spook Crawford1960 Ford173$200.000
332724 Roscoe Thompson James Turner1960 Pontiac169$200.000
343919 Herman Beam Herman Beam1960 Ford167$200.000
354033 Reb Wickersham Reb Wickersham1960 Oldsmobile158$200.000
361553 Bob Burdick McKenzie (Roy Burdick)1961 Pontiac157$200.000
371289 Joe Lee Johnson Joe Lee Johnson1961 Chevrolet153$200.000
382576 Larry Frank Dick Wright1960 Ford152$200.000
39481 Paul Lewis Jess Potter1961 Chevrolet149$200.000
402886 Buddy Baker Buck Baker1961 Chrysler145$200.000
415439 Marshall Sargent Marshall Sargent1959 Pontiac115$200.000
425836 Brian Naylor Warner Brothers1960 Ford85$200.000
435638 Ed Markstellar Matt DeMatthews1961 Ford81$200.000
441329 Nelson Stacy Holt-Stacy (Dudley Farrell)1961 Ford79$200.007
45192 Tommy Irwin Tom Daniels1960 Chevrolet67$200.000
463518 Darrell Dake Weldon Wagner1961 Chevrolet47$200.000
474327 Junior Johnson Holly Farms (Rex Lovette)1960 Pontiac44$300.007
485115 Red Hollingsworth Red Hollingsworth1960 Chevrolet35$200.000
4933 Jim Paschal Daytona Kennel (John Masoni)1961 Pontiac30$200.000
501172 Bobby Johns Shorty Johns1961 Ford26$200.000
515560 George Tet Tetsuo Fuchigami1960 Ford24$200.000
522110 T.C. Hunt Fred Wheat1960 Dodge23$200.000
532362 Curtis Crider Curtis Crider1960 Ford12$200.000
542075 Don O'Dell J.D. Braswell1961 Pontiac10$200.000
553321 Curtis Turner Courtesy (Wood Brothers)1961 Ford6$200.000
564499 Wilbur Rakestraw Joe Jones1961 Ford5$200.000
575255 Ernie Gahan John Koszela1959 Chevrolet3$200.000
584250Ken JohnsonJames French1960 Ford3$200.000

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  1. ↑ Eddie Sachs was the 1961 Indy 500 fastest qualifier with a speed of 147.480 mph (237.346 km/h). see: Indianapolis 500 starting grid – 1961

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