| Race details[1] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Race 24 of 52 in the 1961 NASCAR Grand National Series season | |||
 1961 World 600 program cover | |||
| Date | May 28, 1961 | ||
| Official name | World 600 | ||
| Location | Charlotte Motor Speedway, Concord, North Carolina | ||
| Course |
Permanent racing facility 1.500 mi (2.414 km) | ||
| Distance | 400 laps, 600 mi (965 km) | ||
| Weather | Temperatures of 73 °F (23 °C); wind speeds of 10.1 miles per hour (16.3 km/h) | ||
| Average speed | 111.633 miles per hour (179.656 km/h) | ||
| Attendance | 46,538[2] | ||
| Pole position | |||
| Driver | Petty Enterprises | ||
| Most laps led | |||
| Driver | David Pearson | John Masoni | |
| Laps | 225 | ||
| Winner | |||
| No. 3 | David Pearson | John Masoni | |
| Television in the United States | |||
| Network | ABC | ||
| Announcers | Chris Economaki | ||
The 1961 World 600, the second running of the event, was a NASCAR Grand National Series event that took place on May 28, 1961, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina. Chris Economaki called the race in one of the few televised NASCAR races of the 1960s. A series of two qualifying events took place on May 21 to determine the starting grid for this event.
This race began a streak of 1856 consecutive NASCAR races where at least one of the drivers in the race was from North Carolina. The streak would come to an end after Dale Earnhardt Jr. did not race in the 2012 Bank of America 500 at Charlotte after getting a concussion after the previous race at Talladega.
- ^ "Weather information for the 1961 World 600". The Old Farmers' Almanac. Retrieved 2012-09-05.
- ^ "Racing information for the 1961 World 600". Racing Reference. Retrieved 2012-09-05.