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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 prestigious racing event. This race began a streak of 1856 consecutive 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; Scott Riggs failed to qualify for that same race, and Mark Martin raced in Michael Waltrip's #55 Aaron's Dream Machine Toyota instead of Brian Vickers for that same race. ==Summary== Four hundred laps were done over a paved oval track spanning with a time of five hours, twenty-two minutes, and twenty-nine seconds.〔 Seven cautions were done for fifty-seven laps with the result of David Pearson defeating Fireball Roberts by more than two laps for his first NASCAR Cup series victory.〔 He and Richard Petty would both acquire wins in what is now called the ''Coca-Cola 600'' (but in different years). There were fifty-five competitors; Cafe Burgundy, Daytona Kennel, and Holly Farms were the main sponsors for some of the drivers.〔 Even though there were 55 cars in the event, only 19 vehicles were allowed to qualify during each pre-race qualifying session. The average speed was while the pole position speed was .〔 Attendance for this race was 46,538 people and the top prize was $24,280 ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔 The last place competitor received $200 ($ when adjusted for inflation).〔 Popular competitors for this race included: Ralph Earnhardt (who promised to be a very competitive driver early in the race), Ned Jarrett, Tiny Lund, Junior Johnson, Joe Weatherly, Richard Petty, and Roy Tyner. A terrible crash occurred in this race to driver Reds Kagle; he would lose a leg in this race and Charlotte Motor Speedway would lose of steel guardrail in the process.〔 The race car drivers still had to commute to the races using the same stock cars that competed in a typical weekend's race through a policy of homologation (and under their own power). This policy was in effect until roughly 1975. By 1980, NASCAR had completely stopped tracking the year model of all the vehicles and most teams did not take stock cars to the track under their own power any more. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「1961 World 600」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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