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1960 Southern 500 Previous race results / Next race results                     Previous at this track / Next at this track     Post NASCAR Grand National race number 35 of 44 Monday, September 5, 1960 at Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC 364 laps on a 1.375 mile paved track (500.500 miles) Time of race: 4:43:34 Average speed: 105.901 mph Pole speed: 125.459 mph Cautions: 5 for 61 laps Margin of victory: 25 sec Attendance: 80000 Lead changes: 14 Glossary    1960 NASCAR Grand National results   /   1960 standings

Pos St # Driver Sponsor / Owner Car Laps Money Status Led 1 2 47   Buck Baker Boomershine Pontiac Dealers   (Jack Smith) '60 Pontiac 364 19900 running 175 2 7 4   Rex White Piedmont / Friendly   (Rex White) '60 Chevrolet 364 9780 running 4 3 3 44   Jim Paschal South Plymouth   (Petty Enterprises) '60 Plymouth 362 5595 running 0 4 16 85   Emanuel Zervakis Monroe Shook '60 Chevrolet 362 3125 running 0 5 20 11   Ned Jarrett Courtesy   (Ned Jarrett) '60 Ford 362 2000 running 0 6 8 43   Richard Petty South Plymouth   (Petty Enterprises) '60 Plymouth 361 2575 running 106 7 17 94   Banjo Matthews Banjo Matthews '60 Ford 361 1255 running 0 8 21 73   Johnny Beauchamp Dale Swanson '60 Chevrolet 358 1025 running 0 9 1 22   Fireball Roberts John Hines '60 Pontiac 353 2175 axle 53 10 34 23   Doug Yates Raeford Johnson '59 Plymouth 353 775 running 0 11 24 77   Marvin Panch Billie Ridgeway   (W.J. Ridgeway) '60 Ford 351 700 running 0 12 26 70   Elmo Henderson W.H. Watson '58 Pontiac 338 600 running 0 13 39 38   Clem Proctor Charlie Chapman '60 Ford 338 500 running 0 14 36 1   Paul Lewis Faircloth   (Jess Potter) '60 Chevrolet 335 450 engine 0 15 29 81   Shorty Rollins Shorty Rollins '60 Ford 331 500 running 0 16 35 60   Jim Whitman Polytronics Lab   (Dick Stanley) '60 Dodge 320 350 engine 0 17 41 74   L.D. Austin L.D. Austin '58 Chevrolet 310 300 running 0 18 37 19   Herman Beam Carter Country Ford   (Herman Beam) '60 Ford 305 250 running 0 19 32 45   Tiny Lund Bill Gazaway '59 Oldsmobile 304 250 crash 0 20 43 83   Curtis Crider Curtis Crider '58 Ford 304 250 running 0 21 4 12   Joe Weatherly Holman-Moody Racing '60 Ford 303 200 crash 0 22 44 20   G.C. Spencer Spook Crawford '58 Ford 301 200 running 0 23 25 61   Jimmy Thompson Doc White '59 T-Bird 278 200 axle 0 24 6 6   Cotton Owens Hedges Pontiac   (Cotton Owens) '60 Pontiac 277 510 axle 9 25 45 10   T.C. Hunt Fred Wheat '60 Plymouth 260 200 crash 0 26 30 99   Wilbur Rakestraw Talmadge Cochrane '60 Ford 217 200 axle 0 27 22 67   David Pearson David Pearson '59 Chevrolet 214 200 axle 0 28 14 28   Fred Lorenzen Rupert Safety Belt   (Fred Lorenzen) '60 Ford 188 250 engine 0 29 42 16   Steve McGrath Happy Steigel '59 Pontiac 188 200 engine 0 30 9 42   Lee Petty South Plymouth   (Petty Enterprises) '60 Plymouth 188 470 crash 13 31 33 39   Herb Tillman Ralph Stark '60 Chevrolet 180 200 rear end 0 32 38 33   Reb Wickersham Sons of Confederate Veterans   (Reb Wickersham) '60 Oldsmobile 163 200 axle 0 33 46 54   Jimmy Pardue Lowe's   (Eb Clifton) '59 Dodge 143 200 oil pressure 0 34 23 87   Buddy Baker Don Allen Chevrolet   (Buck Baker) '60 Chevrolet 136 200 fuel pump 0 35 47 96   Gene White – '60 Chevrolet 134 200 engine 0 36 28 7   Jim Reed Jim Reed '60 Chevrolet 130 200 a frame 0 37 13 69   Johnny Allen Hanley Dawson '60 Chevrolet 125 220 engine 0 38 12 59   Tom Pistone Thor   (W.T. Coppedge) '60 Chevrolet 115 230 engine 0 39 19 90   Speedy Thompson Junie Donlavey '60 Ford 110 250 engine 0 40 5 5   Bobby Johns Justus Pontiac   (Cotton Owens) '60 Pontiac 95 210 crash 4 41 11 89   Joe Lee Johnson Paul McDuffie '60 Chevrolet 95 550 withdrew 0 42 40 9   Roy Tyner Roy Tyner '59 Oldsmobile 86 200 crash 0 43 15 2   Possum Jones Tom Daniels '60 Chevrolet 76 200 c pulley 0 44 31 79   Johnny Miller Robert Ramey '60 Ford 26 200 crash 0 45 18 92   Elmo Langley Gerald Duke '59 T-Bird 25 220 crash 0 46 27 64   Bunkie Blackburn Spook Crawford '60 Ford 24 200 crash 0 47 10 27   Junior Johnson Daytona Kennel / Holly Farms Poultry   (John Masoni) '60 Chevrolet 17 200 engine 0 48 48 35   E.J. Trivette M.J. Black '59 Plymouth 1 200 handling 0

Failed to qualify, withdrew, or driver changes: Pos Name Nbr Sponsor Owner Car Joe Eubanks 82 Don Every Chevrolet Lap leader breakdown: Leader From Lap To Lap # Of Laps   Buck Baker 1 6 6   Fireball Roberts 7 26 20   Buck Baker 27 42 16   Fireball Roberts 43 75 33   Cotton Owens 76 84 9   Richard Petty 85 85 1   Bobby Johns 86 89 4   Rex White 90 93 4   Buck Baker 94 155 62   Richard Petty 156 170 15   Lee Petty 171 183 13   Buck Baker 184 224 41   Richard Petty 225 314 90   Buck Baker 315 364 50