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328 1961 Nascar Stock Photos & High-Res Pictures

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Ned Jarrett won the NASCAR Cup Series title in 1961 and 1965, and was named one of NASCAR's 50 Greatest Drivers.

S first two African-American drivers, Charlie Scott and Wendell Scott, who were not related, pose together at the Daytona Beach-Road Course. Charlie...

Charlie Scott And Wendell Scott

February 19, 1961: Glen “Fireball” Roberts leads Junior Johnson during the special American Challenge Cup race for NASCAR Cup cars at Daytona...

NASCAR American Challenge Cup 1961 - Fireball Roberts/Junior Johnson

February 24, 1961: Lee Petty and Johnny Beauchamp sail over the turn four railing of Daytona International Speedway after tangling on lap 37 of the...

Petty/Beauchamp Crash - Daytona NASCAR 1961

Cars get set for the start of the Wilkes 200 NASCAR Cup race at North Wilkesboro Speedway. Junior Johnson starts from the pole with Banjo Matthews...

1961 Wilkes 200

Crews pave the banked turns of the new Bristol International Speedway during the construction phase. The track hosted its first NASCAR Cup race on...

Paving of Bristol International Speedway

David Pearson had his first career NASCAR Cup Series win at the 600 at Charlotte in 1961, making his first start for car owner/builder Ray Fox....

October 22, 1961: Joe Lee Johnson of Chattanooga, TN drove this Chevrolet in the Southeastern 500 NASCAR Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Joe Lee Johnson - NASCAR Bristol 1961

February 25, 1961: Red Hollingsworth in a 1960 Chevrolet leads the 1961 Ford of Harlan Richardson and Ernie Gahan’s 1959 Chevrolet during a...

1961 NASCAR Daytona 500 Consolation Race - Action

February 24, 1961: Lee Petty starts to crash through the guard railing after tangling with Johnny Beauchamp on lap 37 of the second qualifier for the...

Petty/Beauchamp Crash - NASCAR Daytona 1961

February 1964: Mutt Powell drove this 1961 Ford Starliner for car owner Marion Cox in the NASCAR Modified-Sportsman race at Daytona International...

Mutt Powell - NASCAR LMS Daytona 1964

Early-1970s: Bobby Isaac of Catawba, NC, earned 37 NASCAR Cup wins during his career and won the 1970 Cup championship. Isaac competed at NASCAR’s...

Bobby Isaac - 1970 NASCAR Cup Champion

February 1967: Ray Hendrick of Richmond, VA, ran this 1961 Ford owned by Junie Donlavey in the Permatex 300 NASCAR Late Model Sportsman race at...

Ray Hendrick - NASCAR - Daytona 1967

Early 1960s: Bowman-Gray Stadium 1950s regular Fred Harb of High Point, NC, campaigned this 1959 Ford on the NASCAR Cup circuit during both the 1960...

Fred Harb - NASCAR Driver 1950s

Driver Fred Lorenzen and his crew check tire temperatures on their Ford at a NASCAR Cup race. Lorenzen owned the car and ran 10 Cup races during the...

Fred Lorenzen - NASCAR 1960

July 30, 1961: Action during the first race to be held at the new Bristol International Raceway, the Volunteer 500 NASCAR Cup race. Curtis Crider ,...

Bristol - 1961 Volunteer 500 Action

Richard PettyÕs battered Plymouth sits next to his father LeeÕs destroyed car after both crashed during their respective qualifying races for the...

The half-mile Bristol International Speedway opened in 1961 as an asphalt oval. The track's very first event was a NASCAR Cup Series race. Since...

Bristol International Speedway

Davey Allison driver of the Robert Yates Racing Texaco-Havoline Ford celebrates with his dad Bobby and mom Judy after winning the 1992 NASCAR Winston...

1992 NASCAR Winston Cup Daytona 500

October 22, 1961: The “Flying Indian” Ken Rush of High Point, NC, drove this Pontiac for car owner B. G. Holloway in the Southeastern 500 NASCAR Cup...

Ken Rush - NASCAR 1961 Bristol

July 29, 1961: The driver’s door falls off of Junior Johnson’s Pontiac as he battles Fred Lorenzen during the Volunteer 500 NASCAR Cup race at...

Junior Johnson - NASCAR Door-less Bristol 1961

Bobby Isaac of Catawba, NC, ran the Modified stock car circuits of the Southeastern United States for several years before making the move to NASCAR...

Bobby Isaac - NASCAR Modified Driver

Ernie Gahan of Dover NH, with one of his Modified stock cars during the racing season. Gahan raced from 1948 through 1975 and won over 300 feature...

Ernie Gahan - NASCAR 1961

April 2, 1961: Wendell Scott leads Maurice Petty and Rex White during a NASCAR Cup race at Orange Speedway.

1961 NASCAR - Orange Speedway

Elmhurst, IL, driver Fred Lorenzen first got a taste of NASCAR Cup racing in 1956, but abandoned his effort to run on the United States Auto Club’s...

Fred Lorenzen - 1960s NASCAR Star

Bobby Allison of Hueytown, AL, ran 718 NASCAR Cup races between 1961 and 1988, and scored 84 victories. He finished in the top ten 446 times and...

Bobby Allison - NASCAR 1960s

Members of Rex White’s pit crew are decked out in bib overalls as they pit White’s Chevrolet during the running of the Rebel 300 NASCAR Cup race at...

Rex White's pit crew

Joe Weatherly leads Curtis Turner during the NASCAR Compact Car race at Daytona International Speedway. The pair were teammates driving 1960-model...

Joe Weatherly and Curtis Turner

Joe Weatherly in victory lane with car owner Bud Moore at the National 400 in Charlotte. Weatherly drove a 1961 Pontiac. The following season Moore...

Junior Johnson wrecked his primary car, a 1961 Pontiac, in his qualifying race and was forced to run a back-up 1960 model in the Daytona 500, where...

David Pearson won the Firecracker 250 at Daytona to score his second superspeedway win in a row following the World 600 at Charlotte in May. On...

George Alsobrook of Hiram, GA, drove this 1961 Ford owned by Joe Jones in both the Festival 250 and Dixie 400 NASCAR Cup races at Atlanta...

George Alsobrook - NASCAR Atlanta 1961

February 12, 1961: Reb Wickersham in a 1960 Oldsmobile leads the 1960 Ford of Larry Frank during the second 10-lap pole position qualifying race for...

NASCAR Daytona 1961 - Reb Wickersham/Larry Frank

February 19, 1961: At Daytona International Speedway, Lee Petty is shown on his way to victory in the Cannonball Compact race driving a Plymouth...

NASCAR Daytona 1961 Cannonball Compact Race - Winner Lee Petty

February 19, 1961: Joe Weatherly ended up in this predicament with his Ford Falcon during the NASCAR Cannonball Compact race held at Daytona...

NASCAR Cannonball Compact Race Daytona 1961 - Joe Weatherly

February 24, 1961: Buzz McCann starts to spin his 1961 Ford on lap one of the second 100-mile qualifying race for the Daytona 500 NASCAR Cup race at...

NASCAR Daytona 1961 - 2nd Daytona 500 Qualifier Action

February 24, 1961: Fireball Roberts blows an engine and spins during practice for the NASCAR Modified-Sportsman race at Daytona International...

NASCAR Modified-Sportsman Daytona 1961 - Practice Action

Tommy Irwin drove this Chevrolet owned by Tom Daniels in both NASCAR Cup events held at Martinsville Speedway. Irwin finished 10th in the Spring...

Tommy Irwin - NASCAR Driver 1961

February 8, 1961: 1960 NASCAR Cup champion Rex White of Spartanburg, SC, sits in his brand new 1961 Chevrolet just after unloading it from the...

NASCAR 1961 Daytona 500 - Rex White

February 1961: Driving a Pontiac for car owner Bud Moore at Daytona International Speedway, Joe Weatherly won his qualifying race then finished...

NASCAR 1961 Daytona - Joe Weatherly

Early-1960s: Chris Economaki did his first race broadcast for ABC Television at the 1961 Firecracker 250 held at the Daytona International Speedway....

Chris Economaki - ABC TV Sports

February 24, 1961: Lee Petty’s Plymouth rests against a chain-link fence near the turn four tunnel entrance outside Daytona International Speedway...

Lee Petty Wreck - NASCAR Daytona 1961

Frank Warren ran just two NASCAR Cup races during the year in this 1961 Pontiac, at Augusta International Raceway in his hometown of Augusta, GA, and...

Frank Warren - NASCAR 1964

July 9, 1961: Roy Tyner gets set for the start of the Festival 250 NASCAR Cup race at Atlanta International Raceway. Tyner drove Matt DeMatthews’...

Roy Tyner - NASCAR Atlanta 1961

February 1961: Al Tasnady of Vineland, NJ, drove this 1958 Ford to a ninth place finish in the NASCAR Modified-Sportsman race at Daytona...

Al Tasnady - NASCAR Daytona 1961

July 30, 1961: Drivers Jack Smith and Johnny Allen in victory lane at Bristol Motor Speedway after they combined to win the Volunteer 500 NASCAR Cup...

1961 Bristol NASCAR - Volunteer 500 VL

July 29, 1962: Action during the Southeastern 500 NASCAR Cup race at Bristol Motor Speedway. Among the cars pictured are Ralph Smith’s 1962 Chevrolet...

Bristol NASCAR - 1962 Southestern 500 Action

On the NASCAR Cup circuit, Everett “Cotton” Owens of Spartanburg, SC, was listed as an owner for 405 race starts, driving himself as well as...

Cotton Owens - NASCAR Driver/Owner

February 1961: Buzz McCann of St. Paul, MN, ran this Ford in the second qualifying race for the Daytona 500 NASCAR Cup event at Daytona International...

Buzz McCann - 1961 NASCAR Daytona 500

April 2, 1961: Cotton Owens in a Pontiac leads the Chevrolet of Harry Leake , Junior Johnson’s Pontiac and the Chevrolet of G. C. Spencer during a...

NASCAR 1961 - Orange Speedway NC

February 24, 1961: Junior Johnson drove this 1961 Pontiac for car owner Rex Lovette in the first qualifying race for the Daytona 500 NASCAR Cup race....

Junior Johnson - NASCAR Daytona 1961

February 1961: Gil Hearne drove a 1957 Chevrolet to a seventh place finish in the NASCAR Modified-Sportsman race at Daytona International Speedway.

Gil Hearne - NASCAR Daytona 1961

February 1962: Ernie Gahan of Dover, NH, finished 12th in the Daytona 500 NASCAR Cup race at Daytona International Speedway driving this 1961 Ford...

Ernie Gahan - 1962 Daytona 500

Ned Jarrett won the NASCAR Cup championship by being incredibly consistent during the season. He won just one race, but finished in the top 10 in 34...

Ned Jarrett - 1961 NASCAR Cup Champion

Ned Jarrett interviews Cale Yarborough after Yarborough won a NASCAR Cup race. Jarrett, a two-time NASCAR Cup champion turned to broadcasting and...

Cale Yarborough/Ned Jarrett - NASCAR VL

March 26, 1961: Bob Burdick’s only NASCAR Cup win came in the Atlanta 500 at Atlanta International Raceway. Burdick was driving a Pontiac for his...

Bob Burdick - 1961 Atlanta 500 VL

Driving his own Ford, Herman Beam ran both NASCAR Cup races at Daytona International Speedway during the season, finishing 24th in the Daytona 500...

Herman Beam - Daytona Intl Speedway 1963

February 26, 1961: Rex White battles Bobby Allison during the Daytona 500 NASCAR Cup race at Daytona International Speedway. White, the defending Cup...

1961 Daytona 500 - Rex White-Bobby Allison

Bobby Isaac ran on the NASCAR Cup circuit from 1961 through 1976, winning 37 Cup races, 28 of which came during the 1969 and 1970 seasons. Isaac was...

Wendell Scott, who would go on to a career on the NASCAR Cup circuit beginning in 1961, at the wheel of one of his Modified cars.

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