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1960 Southern 500

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NASCAR Grand National race number 35 of 44
Monday, September 5, 1960 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
364 laps on a 1.375 mile paved track (500.5 miles)

Time of race: 4:43:34
Average Speed: 105.901 mph
Pole Speed: 125.459 mph

Cautions: 5 for 61 laps
Margin of Victory: 25 sec
Attendance: 80,000
Lead changes: 14

Glossary 1960 NASCAR Grand National results / 1960 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	2	47	Buck Baker	Boomershine (Jack Smith)	'60 Pontiac	364	19,900	running	175
2	7	4	Rex White	Piedmont / Friendly (Rex White)	'60 Chevrolet	364	9,780	running	4
3	3	44	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	'60 Plymouth	362	5,595	running	0
4	16	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook	'60 Chevrolet	362	3,125	running	0
5	20	11	Ned Jarrett	Courtesy (Ned Jarrett)	'60 Ford	362	2,000	running	0
6	8	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'60 Plymouth	361	2,575	running	106
7	17	94	Banjo Matthews	Banjo Matthews	'60 Ford	361	1,255	running	0
8	21	73	Johnny Beauchamp	Dale Swanson	'60 Chevrolet	358	1,025	running	0
9	1	22	Fireball Roberts	John Hines	'60 Pontiac	353	2,175	axle	53
10	34	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson	'59 Plymouth	353	775	running	0
11	24	77	Marvin Panch	Billie Ridgeway (W.J. Ridgeway)	'60 Ford	351	700	running	0
12	26	70	Elmo Henderson	W.H. Watson	'58 Pontiac	338	600	running	0
13	39	38	Clem Proctor	Charlie Chapman	'60 Ford	338	500	running	0
14	36	1	Paul Lewis	Faircloth (Jess Potter)	'60 Chevrolet	335	450	engine	0
15	29	81	Shorty Rollins	Shorty Rollins	'60 Ford	331	500	running	0
16	35	60	Jim Whitman	Dick Stanley	'60 Dodge	320	350	engine	0
17	41	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'58 Chevrolet	310	300	running	0
18	37	19	Herman Beam	Carter Country Ford (Herman Beam)	'60 Ford	305	250	running	0
19	32	45	Tiny Lund	Bill Gazaway	'59 Oldsmobile	304	250	crash	0
20	43	83	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'58 Ford	304	250	running	0
21	4	12	Joe Weatherly	Holman-Moody	'60 Ford	303	200	crash	0
22	44	20	G.C. Spencer	Spook Crawford	'58 Ford	301	200	running	0
23	25	61	Jimmy Thompson	Doc White	'59 T-Bird	278	200	axle	0
24	6	6	Cotton Owens	Cotton Owens	'60 Pontiac	277	510	axle	9
25	45	10	T.C. Hunt	Fred Wheat	'60 Plymouth	260	200	crash	0
26	30	99	Wilbur Rakestraw	Talmadge Cochrane	'60 Ford	217	200	axle	0
27	22	67	David Pearson	David Pearson	'59 Chevrolet	214	200	axle	0
28	14	28	Fred Lorenzen	Rupert Safety Belt (Fred Lorenzen)	'60 Ford	188	250	engine	0
29	42	16	Steve McGrath	Happy Steigel	'59 Pontiac	188	200	engine	0
30	9	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'60 Plymouth	188	470	crash	13
31	33	39	Herb Tillman	Ralph Stark	'60 Chevrolet	180	200	rear end	0
32	38	33	Reb Wickersham	Reb Wickersham	'60 Oldsmobile	163	200	axle	0
33	46	54	Jimmy Pardue	Lowe's (Ebart Clifton)	'59 Dodge	143	200	oil pressure	0
34	23	87	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker	'60 Chevrolet	136	200	fuel pump	0
35	47	96	Gene White		'60 Chevrolet	134	200	engine	0
36	28	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'60 Chevrolet	130	200	a frame	0
37	13	69	Johnny Allen	Hanley Dawson	'60 Chevrolet	125	220	engine	0
38	12	59	Tom Pistone	Thor (W.T. Coppedge)	'60 Chevrolet	115	230	engine	0
39	19	90	Speedy Thompson	Junie Donlavey	'60 Ford	110	250	engine	0
40	5	5	Bobby Johns	Justus Pontiac (Cotton Owens)	'60 Pontiac	95	210	crash	4
41	11	89	Joe Lee Johnson	Paul McDuffie	'60 Chevrolet	95	550	withdrew	0
42	40	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'59 Oldsmobile	86	200	crash	0
43	15	2	Possum Jones	Tom Daniels	'60 Chevrolet	76	200	c pulley	0
44	31	79	Johnny Miller	Robert Ramey	'60 Ford	26	200	crash	0
45	18	92	Elmo Langley	Gerald Duke	'59 T-Bird	25	220	crash	0
46	27	64	Bunkie Blackburn	Spook Crawford	'60 Ford	24	200	crash	0
47	10	27	Junior Johnson	Daytona Kennel (John Masoni)	'60 Chevrolet	17	200	engine	0
48	48	35	E.J. Trivette	M.J. Black	'59 Plymouth	1	200	handling	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Buck Baker	1	6	6
Fireball Roberts	7	26	20
Buck Baker	27	42	16
Fireball Roberts	43	75	33
Cotton Owens	76	84	9
Richard Petty	85	85	1
Bobby Johns	86	89	4
Rex White	90	93	4
Buck Baker	94	155	62
Richard Petty	156	170	15
Lee Petty	171	183	13
Buck Baker	184	224	41
Richard Petty	225	314	90
Buck Baker	315	364	50

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