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1960 Firecracker 250

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NASCAR Grand National race number 23 of 44
Monday, July 4, 1960 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
100 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (250.0 miles)

Time of race: 1:42:09
Average Speed: 146.842 mph
Pole Speed: 152.129 mph

Cautions: none
Margin of Victory: 30 feet
Attendance: 15,919
Lead changes: 10

Glossary 1960 NASCAR Grand National results / 1960 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
27	5	69	Johnny Allen	Hanley Dawson	'60 Chevrolet	61	300	valve	0
28	20	87	Buck Baker	Thor (Buck Baker)	'60 Chevrolet	58	150	engine	0
20	32	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'60 Ford	89	250	running	0
5	15	64	Bunkie Blackburn	Spook Crawford	'60 Ford	98	1,150	running	0
22	36	8	Joe Caspolich		'60 Chevrolet	85	225	running	0
24	37	83	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'58 Ford	80	200	running	0
9	21	92	Gerald Duke	Gerald Duke	'59 T-Bird	97	650	running	0
34	28	18	Tim Flock		'60 Plymouth	22	150	engine	0
7	13	11	Ned Jarrett	Courtesy (Ned Jarrett)	'60 Ford	97	800	running	0
30	3	3	Bobby Johns	Jim Stephens	'59 Pontiac	52	500	axle	0
33	30	89	Joe Lee Johnson	Paul McDuffie	'60 Chevrolet	25	250	rods	0
15	17	27	Junior Johnson	Daytona Kennel (John Masoni)	'60 Chevrolet	94	270	running	0
36	25	2	Possum Jones	Tom Daniels	'60 Chevrolet	8	150	rocker arm	0
17	24	16	Dick Joslin	Leppere Pontiac (Happy Steigel)	'59 Pontiac	92	250	running	0
32	19	10	Elmo Langley	Ratus Walters	'59 Buick	26	150	crankshaft	0
29	23	1	Paul Lewis	Faircloth (Jess Potter)	'60 Chevrolet	55	150	running	0
3	11	28	Fred Lorenzen	Fred Lorenzen	'60 Ford	99	2,600	running	0
37	33	86	Ed Markstellar	Matt DeMatthews	'58 Ford	7	125	overheating	0
10	16	21	Jimmy Massey		'59 Chevrolet	96	575	running	0
8	9	94	Banjo Matthews	Banjo Matthews	'60 Chevrolet	97	775	running	0
2	4	6	Cotton Owens	Cotton Owens	'60 Pontiac	100	5,100	running	25
14	18	77	Marvin Panch	Billie Ridgeway (W.J. Ridgeway)	'60 Ford	95	300	running	0
19	35	17	Jimmy Pardue	Bob Barron	'60 Dodge	89	225	running	0
13	22	49	Jim Paschal	Bob Welborn	'60 Chevrolet	95	320	running	0
18	27	67	David Pearson	David Pearson	'59 Chevrolet	91	250	running	0
4	12	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'60 Plymouth	99	1,525	running	0
11	6	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'60 Plymouth	96	600	running	0
25	10	59	Tom Pistone	Thor (W.T. Coppedge)	'60 Chevrolet	66	300	engine	0
12	14	99	Wilbur Rakestraw	Talmadge Cochrane	'60 Ford	96	375	running	0
31	2	22	Fireball Roberts	John Hines	'60 Pontiac	40	750	oil filter	8
16	26	81	Shorty Rollins	Shorty Rollins	'60 Ford	93	270	running	0
1	1	47	Jack Smith	Boomershine (Jack Smith)	'60 Pontiac	100	11,500	running	67
35	34	51	Roy Tyner	Roy McDonald	'59 Oldsmobile	14	125	axle	0
26	7	12	Joe Weatherly	Holman-Moody	'60 Ford	65	300	engine	0
6	8	4	Rex White	Piedmont / Friendly (Rex White)	'60 Chevrolet	98	1,050	running	0
21	31	60	Jim Whitman	Dick Stanley	'60 Dodge	88	250	running	0
23	29	33	Reb Wickersham	Flying Rebel Racing Team (Reb Wickersham)	'60 Oldsmobile	80	250	running	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Jack Smith	1	4	4
Fireball Roberts	5	7	3
Jack Smith	8	8	1
Fireball Roberts	9	10	2
Jack Smith	11	12	2
Fireball Roberts	13	15	3
Jack Smith	16	38	23
Cotton Owens	39	44	6
Jack Smith	45	77	33
Cotton Owens	78	96	19
Jack Smith	97	100	4

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