1960 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Southern 500 Race Results

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1960 - Southern 500 Race Results

Race Name - Southern 500
Date - 9/5/1960
Race Track - Darlington Raceway
Track Length (Miles) - 1.375 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 501 miles
Pole Speed - 125.459 mph
Number of Cautions - 5
Caution Laps - 61
Average Race Speed - 105.9 mph
Lead Changes - 14
Total Race Purse - $59,065
Race Number - 35

More Races from 1960

Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	2	Buck Baker	47	Boomershine (Jack Smith)	364	60 Pontiac	175	$19,900
2	7	Rex White	4	Piedmont Friendly (Rex White)	364	60 Chevrol	4	$9,780
3	3	Jim Paschal	44	Petty Enterprises	362	60 Plymout	0	$5,595
4	16	Emanuel Zervakis	85	Monroe Shook	362	60 Chevrol	0	$3,125
5	20	Ned Jarrett	11	Courtesy (Ned Jarrett)	362	60 Ford	0	$2,000
6	8	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	361	60 Plymout	106	$2,575
7	17	Banjo Matthews	94	Banjo Matthews	361	60 Ford	0	$1,255
8	21	Johnny Beauchamp	73	Dale Swanson	358	60 Chevrol	0	$1,025
9	1	Fireball Roberts	22	John Hines	353	60 Pontiac	53	$2,175
10	34	Doug Yates	23	Raeford Johnson	353	59 Plymout	0	$775
11	24	Marvin Panch	77	Billie Ridgeway (WJ Ridgeway)	351	60 Ford	0	$700
12	26	Elmo Henderson	70	WH Watson	338	58 Pontiac	0	$600
13	39	Clem Proctor	38	Charlie Chapman	338	60 Ford	0	$500
14	36	Paul Lewis	1	Faircloth (Jess Potter)	335	60 Chevrol	0	$450
15	29	Shorty Rollins	81	Shorty Rollins	331	60 Ford	0	$500
16	35	Jim Whitman	60	Dick Stanley	320	60 Dodge	0	$350
17	41	LD Austin	74	LD Austin	310	58 Chevrol	0	$300
18	37	Herman Beam	19	Carter Country Ford (Herman Beam)	305	60 Ford	0	$250
19	32	Tiny Lund	45	Bill Gazaway	304	59 Oldsmob	0	$250
20	43	Curtis Crider	83	Curtis Crider	304	58 Ford	0	$250
21	4	Joe Weatherly	12	HolmanMoody	303	60 Ford	0	$200
22	44	GC Spencer	20	Spook Crawford	301	58 Ford	0	$200
23	25	Jimmy Thompson	61	Doc White	278	59 T-Bird	0	$200
24	6	Cotton Owens	6	Cotton Owens	277	60 Pontiac	9	$510
25	45	TC Hunt	10	Fred Wheat	260	60 Plymout	0	$200
26	30	Wilbur Rakestraw	99	Talmadge Cochrane	217	60 Ford	0	$200
27	22	David Pearson	67	David Pearson	214	59 Chevrol	0	$200
28	14	Fred Lorenzen	28	Rupert Safety Belt (Fred Lorenzen)	188	60 Ford	0	$250
29	42	Steve McGrath	16	Happy Steigel	188	59 Pontiac	0	$200
30	9	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	188	60 Plymout	13	$470
31	33	Herb Tillman	39	Ralph Stark	180	60 Chevrol	0	$200
32	38	Reb Wickersham	33	Reb Wickersham	163	60 Oldsmob	0	$200
33	46	Jimmy Pardue	54	Lowes (Ebart Clifton)	143	59 Dodge	0	$200
34	23	Buddy Baker	87	Buck Baker	136	60 Chevrol	0	$200
35	47	Gene White	96		134	60 Chevrol	0	$200
36	28	Jim Reed	7	Jim Reed	130	60 Chevrol	0	$200
37	13	Johnny Allen	69	Hanley Dawson	125	60 Chevrol	0	$220
38	12	Tom Pistone	59	Thor (WT Coppedge)	115	60 Chevrol	0	$230
39	19	Speedy Thompson	90	Junie Donlavey	110	60 Ford	0	$250
40	5	Bobby Johns	5	Justus Pontiac (Cotton Owens)	95	60 Pontiac	4	$210
41	11	Joe Lee Johnson	89	Paul McDuffie	95	60 Chevrol	0	$550
42	40	Roy Tyner	9	Roy Tyner	86	59 Oldsmob	0	$200
43	15	Possum Jones	2	Tom Daniels	76	60 Chevrol	0	$200
44	31	Johnny Miller	79	Robert Ramey	26	60 Ford	0	$200
45	18	Elmo Langley	92	Gerald Duke	25	59 T-Bird	0	$220
46	27	Bunkie Blackburn	64	Spook Crawford	24	60 Ford	0	$200
47	10	Junior Johnson	27	Daytona Kennel (John Masoni)	17	60 Chevrol	0	$200
48	48	EJ Trivette	35	MJ Black	1	59 Plymout	0	$200