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1960 Dixie 300

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NASCAR Grand National race number 27 of 44
Sunday, July 31, 1960 at Atlanta International Raceway, Hampton, GA
200 laps on a 1.500 mile paved track (300.0 miles)

Time of race: 2:29:47
Average Speed: 112.652 mph
Pole Speed: 133.87 mph

Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: under caution
Attendance: 25,000
Lead changes: 12

Glossary 1960 NASCAR Grand National results / 1960 standings

Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	1	22	Fireball Roberts	John Hines	'60 Pontiac	200	10,130	running	28
2	5	6	Cotton Owens	Cotton Owens	'60 Pontiac	200	5,215	running	121
3	2	47	Jack Smith	Boomershine (Jack Smith)	'60 Pontiac	200	3,090	running	3
4	3	3	Bobby Johns	Jim Stephens	'60 Pontiac	199	1,865	running	1
5	4	28	Fred Lorenzen	Fred Lorenzen	'60 Ford	199	1,565	running	0
6	9	44	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	'60 Plymouth	198	1,185	running	0
7	13	18	Roz Howard	Roz Howard	'59 Chevrolet	197	1,050	running	0
8	14	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'60 Plymouth	197	1,050	running	0
9	7	69	Johnny Allen	Hanley Dawson	'60 Chevrolet	193	900	running	0
10	16	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook	'58 Chevrolet	193	800	running	0
11	18	99	Wilbur Rakestraw	Talmadge Cochrane	'60 Ford	193	700	running	0
12	23	90	Speedy Thompson	Junie Donlavey	'59 Ford	192	650	crash	0
13	29	2	Possum Jones	Tom Daniels	'60 Chevrolet	192	600	running	0
14	24	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson	'59 Plymouth	192	550	running	0
15	15	11	Ned Jarrett	Ned Jarrett	'60 Ford	191	575	running	0
16	36	39	Herb Tillman	Ralph Stark	'59 Chevrolet	191	450	running	0
17	26	77	Marvin Panch	Billie Ridgeway (W.J. Ridgeway)	'60 Ford	191	450	running	0
18	11	59	Tom Pistone	Thor (W.T. Coppedge)	'60 Chevrolet	188	505	running	3
19	34	82	Joe Eubanks	Don Every	'59 Chevrolet	188	450	running	0
20	12	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'60 Plymouth	186	475	running	0
21	30	61	Jimmy Thompson	Doc White	'59 T-Bird	185	350	running	0
22	31	15	Curtis Turner	Beau Morgan	'59 Ford	185	350	running	0
23	22	4	Rex White	Piedmont / Friendly (Rex White)	'60 Chevrolet	185	350	running	0
24	44	55	Herb Shannon	Roy Burdick	'59 T-Bird	184	350	running	0
25	8	94	Banjo Matthews	Banjo Matthews	'60 Ford	182	400	running	0
26	43	33	Reb Wickersham	Reb Wickersham	'59 Oldsmobile	181	300	running	0
27	39	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'60 Ford	181	300	running	0
28	28	79	Johnny Miller	Charles Griffin	'59 Ford	181	300	running	0
29	38	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'58 Chevrolet	180	300	running	0
30	40	45	Tiny Lund	Bill Gazaway	'59 Oldsmobile	178	300	running	0
31	21	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'60 Chevrolet	177	250	running	0
32	35	67	David Pearson	David Pearson	'59 Chevrolet	168	250	running	0
33	32	73	Johnny Beauchamp	Dale Swanson	'60 Chevrolet	155	250	engine	0
34	17	81	Shorty Rollins	Shorty Rollins	'59 Ford	154	250	engine	0
35	6	12	Joe Weatherly	Holman-Moody	'60 Ford	148	545	engine	44
36	27	21	Jimmy Massey		'60 Chevrolet	128	250	valve	0
37	19	64	Bunkie Blackburn	Spook Crawford	'60 Ford	123	250	rods	0
38	45	86	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider	'58 Ford	122	250	engine	0
39	41	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner	'60 Oldsmobile	86	250	engine	0
40	33	78	Charley Griffith	E.C. Wilson	'59 Chevrolet	80	250	engine	0
41	25	92	Gerald Duke	Gerald Duke	'59 T-Bird	65	200	distributor	0
42	10	89	Joe Lee Johnson	Paul McDuffie	'60 Chevrolet	45	350	rocker arm	0
43	20	27	Junior Johnson	Daytona Kennel (John Masoni)	'60 Chevrolet	38	200	engine	0
44	37	16	Jim Reed	Dick Joslin	'60 Pontiac	35	200	axle	0
45	42	54	Jimmy Pardue	Lowe's (Ebart Clifton)	'59 Dodge	19	200	fan	0

Leader	From Lap	To Lap	# Of Laps
Lap leader breakdown:
Fireball Roberts	1	1	1
Jack Smith	2	4	3
Bobby Johns	5	5	1
Joe Weatherly	6	14	9
Cotton Owens	15	17	3
Joe Weatherly	18	33	16
Fireball Roberts	34	47	14
Joe Weatherly	48	48	1
Fireball Roberts	49	49	1
Tom Pistone	50	52	3
Joe Weatherly	53	70	18
Cotton Owens	71	188	118
Fireball Roberts	189	200	12

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