1960 NASCAR Grand National Series

Last updated May 08, 2021

1960 Grand National Series
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The 1960 NASCAR Grand National season was the 12th season of professional stock car racing in the United States.^[1]

Races

	Date	Race	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third
1	8 November	Race 1	Southern States Fairgrounds	Jack Smith	Bob Welborn	Buck Baker
2	26 November	Race 2	Columbia Speedway	Ned Jarrett	Jack Smith	Joe Lee Johnson
3	12 February	Daytona 500 Qualifier #1	Daytona International Speedway	Fireball Roberts	Cotton Owens	Fred Lorenzen
4	12 February	Daytona 500 Qualifier #2	Daytona International Speedway	Jack Smith	Bobby Johns	Jim Reed
5	14 February	Daytona 500	Daytona International Speedway	Junior Johnson	Bobby Johns	Richard Petty
6	28 February	Race 6	Southern States Fairgrounds	Richard Petty	Rex White	Doug Yates
7	27 March	Gwyn Staley 160	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Lee Petty	Rex White	Glen Wood
8	3 April	Copper Cup 100	Arizona State Fairgrounds^{[lower-alpha 1]}	John Rostek	Mel Larson	Scotty Cain
9	3 April	Race 9	Columbia Speedway	Rex White	Buck Baker	Doug Yates
10	10 April	Virginia 500	Martinsville Speedway	Richard Petty	Jimmy Massey	Glen Wood
11	16 April	Hickory 250	Hickory Motor Speedway	Joe Weatherly	Ned Jarrett	Richard Petty
12	17 April	Race 12	Wilson Speedway^{[lower-alpha 2]}	Joe Weatherly	Lee Petty	Tom Pistone
13	18 April	Race 13	Bowman Gray Stadium	Glen Wood	Rex White	Jimmy Massey
14	23 April	Greenville 200	Greenville-Pickens Speedway	Ned Jarrett	Lee Petty	Richard Petty
15	24 April	Race 15	Asheville-Weaverville Speedway	Lee Petty	Joe Lee Johnson	Ned Jarrett
16	14 May	Rebel 300	Darlington Raceway	Joe Weatherly	Richard Petty	Rex White
17	28 May	Race 17	Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds	Ned Jarrett	Lee Petty	Cotton Owens
18	29 May	Race 18	Occoneechee Speedway	Lee Petty	Ned Jarrett	Jack Smith
19	5 June	Richmond 200	Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds	Lee Petty	Rex White	Ned Jarrett
20	12 June	California 250	Marchbanks Speedway^{[lower-alpha 3]}	Marvin Porter	Joe Weatherly	John Rostek
21	19 June	World 600	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Joe Lee Johnson	Johnny Beauchamp	Bobby Johns
22	26 June	International 200	Bowman Gray Stadium	Glen Wood	Lee Petty	Rex White
23	4 July	Firecracker 250	Daytona International Speedway	Jack Smith	Cotton Owens	Fireball Roberts
24	10 July	Race 24	Heidelberg Raceway^{[lower-alpha 4]}	Lee Petty	Richard Petty	Rex White
25	17 July	Empire State 200	Montgomery Air Base ^{[lower-alpha 5]}	Rex White	Richard Petty	Lee Petty
26	23 July	Race 26	Rambi Raceway ^{[lower-alpha 6]}	Buck Baker	Lee Petty	Rex White
27	31 July	Dixie 300	Atlanta International Raceway	Fireball Roberts	Cotton Owens	Jack Smith
28	3 August	Race 28	Dixie Speedway^{[lower-alpha 7]}	Ned Jarrett	Richard Petty	Lee Petty
29	7 August	Nashville 400	Music City Motorplex	Johnny Beauchamp	Rex White	Buck Baker
30	14 August	Western North Carolina 500	Asheville-Weaverville Speedway	Rex White	Possum Jones	Emanuel Zervakis
31	16 August	Race 31	Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds	Cotton Owens	Lee Petty	Junior Johnson
32	18 August	Race 32	Columbia Speedway	Rex White	Richard Petty	Buck Baker
33	20 August	Race 33	South Boston Speedway	Junior Johnson	Possum Jones	Rex White
34	23 August	Race 34	Bowman Gray Stadium	Glen Wood	Lee Petty	Junior Johnson
35	5 September	Southern 500	Darlington Raceway	Buck Baker	Rex White	Jim Paschal
36	9 September	Buddy Shuman 250	Hickory Motor Speedway	Junior Johnson	Possum Jones	Rex White
37	11 September	Race 37	California State Fairgrounds ^{[lower-alpha 8]}	Jim Cook	Scotty Cain	Lloyd Dane
38	15 September	Race 38	Gamecock Speedway^{[lower-alpha 9]}	Ned Jarrett	David Pearson	Junior Johnson
39	18 September	Race 39	Occoneechee Speedway	Richard Petty	Ned Jarrett	Rex White
40	25 September	Old Dominion 500	Martinsville Speedway	Rex White	Joe Weatherly	Junior Johnson
41	2 October	Wilkes 200	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Rex White	Junior Johnson	Possum Jones
42	16 October	National 400	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Speedy Thompson	Richard Petty	Ned Jarrett
43	23 October	Capital City 200	Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds	Speedy Thompson	Junior Johnson	Ned Jarrett
44	30 October	Atlanta 500	Atlanta International Raceway	Bobby Johns	Johnny Allen	Jim Paschal

Final standings

Source:^[2]
Fin	Driver	Pts	St	W	T5	T10	Pole
1	Rex White	21164	40	6	25	35	3
2	Richard Petty	17228	40	3	16	30	2
3	Bobby Johns	14964	19	1	8	10	0
4	Buck Baker	14674	37	2	15	24	2
5	Ned Jarrett	14660	40	5	20	26	5
6	Lee Petty	14510	39	5	21	30	3
7	Junior Johnson	9932	34	3	14	18	3
8	Emanuel Zervakis	9720	14	0	2	10	1
9	Jim Paschal	8968	10	0	3	7	0
10	Banjo Matthews	8458	12	0	0	4	0
11	Johnny Beauchamp	8306	11	1	3	5	0
12	Herman Beam	7776	26	0	1	6	0
13	Joe Lee Johnson	7352	22	1	6	8	0
14	Jack Smith	6944	13	3	7	7	3
15	Fred Lorenzen	6764	10	0	3	5	0
16	Bob Welborn	6732	15	0	6	10	0
17	Jimmy Pardue	6682	32	0	1	11	0
18	Tom Pistone	6572	20	0	2	8	0
19	Johnny Allen	6506	10	0	2	5	0
20	Joe Weatherly	6380	24	3	7	11	0
21	Doug Yates	6374	24	0	3	8	1
22	L.D. Austin	6180	27	0	1	10	0
23	David Pearson	5956	22	0	3	7	1
24	Gerald Duke	5950	11	0	1	7	0
25	Speedy Thompson	5658	9	2	4	5	0
26	Marvin Panch	5268	11	0	0	1	0
27	Paul Lewis	5212	22	0	0	4	0
28	Curtis Crider	4720	24	0	0	2	0
29	Fireball Roberts	4700	9	2	2	3	6
30	Shorty Rollins	4374	4	0	0	1	0
31	Possum Jones	4270	13	0	4	5	0
32	Tiny Lund	4124	8	0	0	2	0
33	G.C. Spencer	3986	26	0	2	6	0
34	Larry Frank	3634	11	0	0	2	0
35	Herb Tillman	3504	9	0	0	0	0
36	Curtis Turner	3300	9	0	0	1	1
37	Bunkie Blackburn	3252	20	0	1	4	0
38	Buddy Baker	3070	15	0	0	1	0
39	Cotton Owens	3050	14	1	5	5	2
40	Charley Griffith	2684	5	0	0	0	0
41	Wilbur Rakestraw	2676	12	0	0	1	0
42	Jimmy Massey	2662	6	0	2	3	0
43	Jimmy Thompson	2472	9	0	0	0	0
44	Jim Reed	2340	8	0	1	1	0
45	Jim Cook	2178	3	1	1	1	1
46	Ernie Gahan	2080	2	0	0	0	0
47	Elmo Henderson	2072	6	0	0	0	0
48	Bob Burdick	1970	2	0	0	1	0
49	Roz Howard	1810	3	0	0	2	0
50	Bob Potter	1800	3	0	0	1	0
51	Joe Caspolich	1790	5	0	0	0	0
52	Roy Tyner	1742	23	0	1	5	0
53	Jim Whitman	1640	5	0	0	0	0
54	Elmo Langley	1534	11	0	0	0	0
55	Tommy Irwin	1406	16	0	4	11	1
56	Darrell Dake	1400	2	0	0	1	0
57	Joe Eubanks	1302	7	0	1	2	0
58	Roscoe Thompson	1224	2	0	0	0	0
59	Whitey Gerken	1180	2	0	0	0	0
60	Fred Harb	1144	20	0	2	7	0
61	Lennie Page	1024	5	0	0	2	0
62	E.J. Trivette	912	9	0	0	0	0
63	Tim Flock	890	2	0	0	1	0
64	Bob Duell	846	6	0	0	1	0
65	Shep Langdon	840	4	0	0	1	0
66	Mel Larson	824	4	0	1	2	1
67	Gene Marmor	800	4	0	0	1	0
68	Fritz Wilson	774	4	0	2	2	0
69	Marvin Porter	734	3	1	1	1	0
70	Reb Wickersham	710	7	0	0	0	0
71	Don Noel	658	3	0	1	1	0
72	Bruce Worrell	658	3	0	0	2	0
73	Dick Joslin	630	3	0	0	0	0
74	Wes Morgan	620	2	0	0	0	0
75	Lloyd Dane	614	3	0	2	2	0
76	Eddie Gray	552	4	0	0	1	0
77	Al Self	538	2	0	0	1	0
78	Bob Perry	520	3	0	0	1	0
79	Scotty Cain	496	4	0	2	2	0
80	Bob Price	492	3	0	0	0	0
81	Richard Riley	484	4	0	0	1	0
82	Art Watts	480	1	0	0	1	0
83	Ron Hornaday	476	3	0	1	1	0
84	Jim Blomgren	444	3	0	0	2	0
85	Bud Parnell	416	4	0	0	1	0
86	Johnny Sudderth	410	3	0	0	0	0
87	Friday Hassler	388	2	0	0	0	0
88	Spook Crawford	368	3	0	0	1	0
89	Charlie Chapman	360	1	0	0	0	0
90	Danny Weinberg	330	3	0	1	1	0
91	Parnelli Jones	320	3	0	0	1	0
92	Ed Andrews	312	1	0	0	0	0
93	Bob Burdick	310	2	0	0	1	0
94	Maurice Petty	304	2	0	0	2	0
95	Shorty York	296	2	0	0	0	0
96	Arnold Gardner	290	4	0	0	0	0
97	Jim Austin	288	2	0	0	0	0
98	George Green	270	3	0	0	0	0
99	Pappy Crane	264	2	0	0	1	0
100	T.C. Hunt	264	3	0	0	0	0
101	Dick Foley	260	2	0	0	0	0
102	Chuck Tombs	248	2	0	0	0	0
103	Glen Wood	244	9	3	6	7	4
104	Gene White	234	3	0	0	0	0
105	Bob Ross	230	3	0	0	0	0
106	Kuzie Kuzmanich	224	2	0	0	1	0
107	Sal Tovella	220	2	0	0	0	0
108	Eddie Riker	220	1	0	0	0	0
109	Runt Harris	220	3	0	0	0	0
110	Bob Kosiski	200	2	0	0	0	0
111	Ed Markstellar	200	2	0	0	0	0
112	Owen Loggins	192	1	0	0	0	0
113	Brownie King	190	3	0	0	1	0
114	John Potter	186	2	0	0	0	0
115	Bunk Moore	180	3	0	0	0	0
116	Jack Hart	180	1	0	0	0	0
117	Burrhead Nantz	180	3	0	0	0	0
118	Johnny Miller	174	2	0	0	0	0
119	Dick Dixon	170	2	0	0	0	0
120	Bill Massey	168	1	0	0	0	0
121	George Tet	160	1	0	0	0	0
122	Frank Secrist	158	2	0	0	0	1
123	Bill Whitley	156	1	0	0	0	0
124	Dick Freeman	150	2	0	0	0	0
125	Bill Morgan	144	1	0	0	1	0
126	Smokey Cook	144	1	0	0	0	0
127	Tommy Herbert	140	2	0	0	0	0
128	Dave Hirschfield	130	2	0	0	0	0
129	Bill Lutz	130	2	0	0	0	0
130	Jack Norton	120	1	0	0	0	0
131	Red Farmer	120	2	0	0	0	0
132	Cale Yarborough	104	1	0	0	0	0
134	Al Pombo	100	1	0	0	0	0
135	Dick Getty	96	2	0	0	0	0
136	Charlie Glotzbach	84	2	0	0	0	0
137	LeeRoy Yarbrough	84	1	0	0	0	0
138	Bob Eichor	84	1	0	0	0	0
139	Paul Norris	84	1	0	0	0	0
140	Bob Barron	76	1	0	0	0	0
141	Jerry Roedell	76	1	0	0	0	0
142	Don O'Dell	76	1	0	0	0	0
143	Carl Burris	60	2	0	0	0	0
144	Johnny Dollar	60	2	0	0	0	0
145	Neil Castles	50	18	0	0	5	0
146	Marshall Sargent	40	1	0	0	0	0
147	Harvey Hege	28	1	0	0	0	0
148	Johnny Mello	24	1	0	0	0	0
149	Bob Hogle	24	1	0	0	0	0
150	Danny Weinberg	24	3	0	1	1	0
151	Aubrey Boles	20	1	0	0	0	0
152	Pat Moore	20	1	0	0	0	0
	Barney Shore		1	0	0	0	0
	Herb Shannon		1	0	0	0	0
	John Rostek		5	1	2	3	1
	Bob Roberts		1	0	0	0	0
	Bob Reuther		1	0	0	0	0
	Clem Proctor		1	0	0	0	0
	Dick Smith		2	0	0	2	0
	Harold Smith		2	0	0	0	0
	Lyle Stelter		2	0	0	0	0
	Al Tasnady		1	0	0	0	0
	Bobby Waddell		1	0	0	0	0
	Nook Walters		1	0	1	1	0
	Al White		2	0	0	1	0
	Johnny Wolford		1	0	0	0	0
	Lee Parris		1	0	0	0	0
	Paul Parks		3	0	0	0	0
	Brownie Brown		1	0	0	0	0
	Bud Burdick		2	0	0	1	0
	Bill Cook		1	0	0	0	0
	John Dodd, Jr.		2	0	0	0	0
	Bill Gazaway		1	0	0	0	0
	Hubert Johnson		1	0	0	0	0
	Ken Johnson		4	0	0	0	0
	Jimmie Lewallen		2	0	0	0	0
	Nace Mattingly		2	0	0	1	0
	Buzz McCann		1	0	0	0	0
	Steve McGrath		1	0	0	0	0
	Clyde Mitchell		2	0	0	1	0
	James Norton		5	0	0	1	0
	Buck Brigance		2	0	0	1	0
	Chuck Scharf		0	0	0	0	0
	Charles Griffin		0	0	0	0	0
	Leroy Thomas		0	0	0	0	0
	Gary Raymond		0	0	0	0	0

Footnotes

↑ Between 1951 and 1960, four races were held at the Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix.
↑ Between 1951 and 1960 twelve races were held at the Wilson Speedway in Wilson, North Carolina.
↑ Between 1951 and 1961 three races were held at the Marchbanks Speedway in Hanford, California.
↑ Between 1949 and 1961 four races were held at the Heidelberg Raceway in Pittsburgh.
↑ 1960 was the only year that the series held a race at Montgomery Air Base in Montgomery, New York.
↑ Between 1958 and 1965 nine races were held at what is now Myrtle Beach Speedway in Myrtle Beach. Track returned to a national series race in 1988 and ran second-tier races until 2000.
↑ 1960 was the only year that the series held a race at the Dixie Speedway in Birmingham, Alabama.
↑ Between 1956 and 1961 six races were held at original California State Fairgrounds in Sacramento. The area was sold. NASCAR has not returned to the "new" Cal Expo dirt track, unlike USAC and American Flat Track.
↑ 1960 was the only year that the series held a race at the Sumter, South Carolina 3/8 mile track on Wedgefield Road, still operating as Sumter Speedway.

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References

↑ "1960 NASCAR GRAND NATIONAL RESULTS". www.racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media Network. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
↑ "1960 NASCAR Grand National Central - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2021-05-07.

External links

1960 NASCAR Grand National results

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[Note_1-2] Between 1951 and 1960, four races were held at the Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix.

[Note_2-3] Between 1951 and 1960 twelve races were held at the Wilson Speedway in Wilson, North Carolina.

[Note_3-4] Between 1951 and 1961 three races were held at the Marchbanks Speedway in Hanford, California.

[Note_4-5] Between 1949 and 1961 four races were held at the Heidelberg Raceway in Pittsburgh.

[Note_5-6] 1960 was the only year that the series held a race at Montgomery Air Base in Montgomery, New York.

[Note_6-7] Between 1958 and 1965 nine races were held at what is now Myrtle Beach Speedway in Myrtle Beach. Track returned to a national series race in 1988 and ran second-tier races until 2000.

[Note_7-8] 1960 was the only year that the series held a race at the Dixie Speedway in Birmingham, Alabama.

[Note_8-9] Between 1956 and 1961 six races were held at original California State Fairgrounds in Sacramento. The area was sold. NASCAR has not returned to the "new" Cal Expo dirt track, unlike USAC and American Flat Track.

[Note_9-10] 1960 was the only year that the series held a race at the Sumter, South Carolina 3/8 mile track on Wedgefield Road, still operating as Sumter Speedway.

[rr_Season-1] "1960 NASCAR GRAND NATIONAL RESULTS". www.racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media Network. Retrieved 5 August 2019.

[11] "1960 NASCAR Grand National Central - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2021-05-07.

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