1961 NASCAR Grand National Series

[1] Joe Weatherly won the season opening's event at Charlotte, and Jarrett went on to capture the championship with 27,272 points; 830 more than second-place finisher Rex White.

[2] Ned Jarrett only won one race in 1961, at Birmingham, Alabama, but his consistency proved to be the winning factor in capturing the season's championship.

[4] Joe Weatherly took the season opening win at the Southern States Fairgrounds track in Charlotte in November 1960, with Lee Petty capturing the next event at Jacksonville Speedway Park in Florida.

On March 5, defending 1960 NASCAR champion Rex White[6] captured his first victory of the season at the Asheville-Weaverville Speedway.

[1] On April 9 Fred Lorenzen, who had previously won a USAC championship, captured his first NASCAR win at Martinsville Speedway during the Virginia 500.

[4] Throughout April and May Richard Petty, Junior Johnson, Lloyd Dane, and Eddie Gray all add their names to the list of winners in the 1961 season.

Marvin Panch won the race in more than three hours after teammate Fireball Roberts suffers a blown engine while leading.

The 1961 Dixie 400 was a NASCAR Grand National Series racing event that was held on September 17, 1961, at Atlanta International Raceway in the American community of Hampton, Georgia.

Ken Rush was credited with the last-place finish due to problems with his rocker arm on lap 16 out of this 267-lap stock car racing event.