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1960 Daytona 500
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Grand National race number 5 of 44
February 14, 1960 at Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
200 laps on a 2.500 mile paved track (500.0 miles)

Time of race: 4:00:30
Average Speed: 124.74 mph
Pole Speed: 149.892 mph Cautions: n/a
Margin of Victory: 23 sec
Attendance: 38,775

Glossary 1960 Grand National results / 1960 standings

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Fin	St	#	Driver	Sponsor / Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Led
1	9	27	Junior Johnson	Daytona Kennel (John Masoni)	'59 Chevrolet	200	19,600	running	67
2	4	3	Bobby Johns	Stephens Pontiac (Jim Stephens)	'59 Pontiac	200	8,600	running	22
3	19	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	'60 Plymouth	200	6,450	running	29
4	14	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	'60 Plymouth	200	3,650	running	14
5	11	69	Johnny Allen	Hanley Dawson	'60 Chevrolet	199	3,300	running	0
6	54	11	Ned Jarrett	Ned Jarrett	'60 Ford	199	2,075	running	0
7	53	26	Curtis Turner	Holman-Moody	'60 Ford	199	1,650	running	0
8	5	28	Fred Lorenzen	Rupert Safety Belt (Fred Lorenzen)	'60 Ford	198	1,150	running	0
9	8	4	Rex White	Piedmont / Friendly (Rex White)	'60 Chevrolet	198	925	running	9
10	15	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook	'60 Chevrolet	197	800	running	0
11	18	73	Bud Burdick	Roy Burdick	'59 T-Bird	197	600	running	0
12	52	59	Tom Pistone	Thor (W.T. Coppedge)	'60 Chevrolet	196	500	crash	26
13	10	49	Bob Welborn	Bob Welborn	'60 Chevrolet	195	400	running	0
14	6	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed	'60 Chevrolet	195	350	running	0
15	20	29	Bob Potter	Bob Potter	'60 Chevrolet	195	350	running	0
16	12	48	Darrell Dake	Weldon Wagner	'60 Chevrolet	195	325	running	0
17	31	63	Whitey Gerken	Frank Skinner	'59 Pontiac	195	325	running	0
18	29	87	Buck Baker	Buck Baker	'60 Chevrolet	194	300	running	0
19	22	93	Banjo Matthews	Sunbeam Systems (Banjo Matthews)	'59 T-Bird	193	375	running	0
20	28	64	Shep Langdon	Shep Langdon	'60 Ford	192	300	running	0
21	38	54	Jimmy Pardue	Lowe's (Ebart Clifton)	'59 Dodge	192	200	running	0
22	60	76	Larry Frank	Thor (Lynton Tyson)	'59 Chevrolet	191	200	running	0
23	2	47	Jack Smith	Boomershine (Jack Smith)	'60 Pontiac	191	900	running	14
24	50	99	Wilbur Rakestraw	Talmadge Cochrane	'60 Ford	189	200	running	0
25	25	61	Joe Caspolich	Doc White	'59 T-Bird	188	200	running	0
26	61	41	Gene White	George Sparks	'60 Ford	187	200	running	0
27	34	56	Ken Johnson	Charles French	'60 Ford	186	200	running	0
28	33	67	David Pearson	David Pearson	'59 Chevrolet	185	200	running	0
29	16	71	Gene Marmor	Frank Skinner	'59 Pontiac	184	200	running	0
30	37	1	Brownie King	Jess Potter	'60 Chevrolet	183	200	running	0
31	27	34	G.C. Spencer	G.C. Spencer	'59 Chevrolet	183	200	running	0
32	62	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam	'60 Ford	175	200	running	0
33	49	33	Reb Wickersham	Reb Wickersham	'60 Oldsmobile	175	700	running	0
34	63	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin	'58 Chevrolet	175	100	running	0
35	30	16	Dick Joslin	Happy Steigel	'59 Pontiac	171	200	running	0
36	35	35	Mel Larson	Sun City (Mel Larson)	'60 Pontiac	166	275	running	0
37	65	14	Paul Parks	Paul Parks	'60 Ford	164	200	running	0
38	56	24	Arnold Gardner	Harry Huhn	'60 Ford	160	300	running	0
39	21	39	Herb Tillman	Ralph Stark	'60 Chevrolet	155	200	running	0
40	1	6	Cotton Owens	Cotton Owens	'60 Pontiac	149	200	transmission	0
41	7	12	Joe Weatherly	Holman-Moody	'60 Ford	146	300	crankshaft	0
42	43	8	Dick Dixon	Ray Boynton	'60 Chevrolet	144	200		0
43	45	78	Roy Tyner	E.C. Wilson	'60 Chevrolet	143	200	crash	0
44	36	30	Bob Kosiski	Joe Kosiski	'59 T-Bird	125	200		0
45	48	25	Tommy Herbert	Don Angel	'60 Ford	118	200	crash	0
46	51	98	Marvin Panch	Air Port Auto (Tom Vernon)	'60 Ford	117	300	oil leak	0
47	41	60	Jim Whitman	Dick Stanley	'60 Dodge	116	700	engine	0
48	26	15	Johnny Sudderth	Beau Morgan	'60 Ford	110	200	engine	0
49	59	13	Harold Smith	Damon Leonard	'60 Plymouth	94	200	engine	0
50	67	58	Pappy Crane	Monte Walden	'59 Chevrolet	89	200	crash	0
51	64	45	Tiny Lund	Bill Gazaway	'60 Oldsmobile	83	100	steering	0
52	55	10	Elmo Langley	Ratus Walters	'59 Buick	77	275	crankshaft	0
53	58	44	Bill Lutz	Bob Chapman	'60 Ford	75	250	engine	0
54	44	97	Parnelli Jones	Vel Miletich	'60 Ford	73	200	engine	0
55	46	32	George Green	Jess Potter	'58 Chevrolet	67	200	fire	0
56	39	88	Red Farmer		'60 Ford	65	200		0
57	3	22	Fireball Roberts	John Hines	'60 Pontiac	51	400	engine	19
58	42	95	Bob Duell	Julian Buesink	'60 Ford	50	200	engine	0
59	24	70	Elmo Henderson	W.H. Watson	'58 Pontiac	31	200		0
60	13	53	Bob Burdick	Roy Burdick	'60 Ford	31	275		0
61	23	66	Dick Foley	Dick Foley	'59 Chevrolet	30	200		0
62	17	94	Speedy Thompson	Banjo Matthews	'60 Ford	28	200	engine	0
63	66	2	Dave Hirschfield	Lloyd Chick	'60 Buick	21	100	axle	0
64	57	77	Joe Lee Johnson	Billie Ridgeway (W.J. Ridgeway)	'60 Ford	18	200	engine	0
65	68	92	Charley Griffith	Gerald Duke	'60 Ford	14	100		0
66	40	51	Burrhead Nantz	Roy McDonald	'59 Oldsmobile	11	200	clutch	0
67	32	52	Sal Tovella	Frank Filizer	'60 Ford	5	200	engine	0
68	47	50	Dick Freeman	Dick Freeman	'60 Ford	5	200		0

Lap leaders: F. Roberts 1-19, J. Smith 20-28, J. Johnson 29-36, J. Smith 37-41, J. Johnson 42-46, L. Petty 47-54, T. Pistone 55-80, R. White 81-89, J. Johnson 90-134, R. Petty 135-163, L. Petty 164-169, B. Johns 170-191, J. Johnson 192-200

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