|| *Comments on the 1961 Old Dominion 500:* View the most recent comment <#3> | Post a comment <#post> Tweet 1. nascar_vd / racing-reference.info posted: 02.09.2016 - 7:54 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Note: Weatherly and White dueled bumper-to-bumper for 30 laps until the 494th lap. But Weatherly got his break with some 6 laps remaining. White apparently had tried to push his '61 Pontiac too far and the car started sputtering in the final laps. White ran completely out of gas on the white flag and had to coast across the finish line with no help from his engine. Junior Johnson was leading the race when he hit the North turn rail cost him some damage on his car. Johnson got back into the lead on 318th lap when Weatherly pitted but yielded the top position to White on lap 360. The car wasn't fast enough at the time. The first caution and worst wreck occured on the 2nd lap when Bob Barron broadsided Wendell Scott on turn 3. 2. nascar_vd / racing-reference.info posted: 02.09.2016 - 8:07 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Note: driver standings after this race (top20): 1) Ned Jarrett = 24652 points 2) Rex White = 22800 3) Emanuel Zervakis = 19434 4) Fireball Roberts =16498 5) Jack Smith = 14660 6) Junior Johnson = 14602 7) Joe Weatherly = 13600 8) David Pearson = 12668 9) Jim Paschal = 12546 10) Buck Baker = 12052 11) Johny Allen = 11816 12) Richard Petty = 11514 13) Jimmy Pardue = 11514 14) Ralph Earnhardt = 10182 15) Bob Welborn = 9966 16) Herman Beam = 9724 17) Nelson Stacy = 9386 18) Marvin Panch = 9308 19) Fred Lorenzen = 9232 20) G.C. Spencer = 8480 3. nascar_vd / racing-reference.info posted: 02.13.2018 - 11:57 am Rate this comment: (0) (0) Note concerning the withdraw: -Allen Franklin #88 crash during qualifying race -Bunkie Blackburn #9 crash during qualifying race -Johnny Allen #14 engine issue -Bob Welborn #46 mechanical issue during practice -Johnny Roberts #90 crash during practice Note: Position 1-20 by qualifying time. Position 21 to 30 by result of the 20 lap qualifying race. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ *Post a comment:* Your comment may not appear immediately - all comments must be approved by the moderator. Name: Comment: