1960 NASCAR Grand National Series

The 1960 NASCAR Grand National season was the 12th season of NASCAR Grand National Division.[1] Emanuel Zervakis was disqualified upon post-race inspection for the April 17 race due to an oversized fuel tank. This would be the last disqualification of a driver who had won the race on the track until 2022.[2]

Races

no Date Race (name of) Track Track type Race outcome
Pavement/shape Length category Winner Second Third Report
1 8 November untitled Southern States Fairgrounds (Charlotte, NC)
D 
dirt oval		 short track Jack Smith Bob Welborn Buck Baker
2 26 November untitled Columbia Speedway (Cayce, SC)
D 
dirt oval		 short track Ned Jarrett Jack Smith Joe Lee Johnson
3 12 February Daytona 500 Qualifier #1 Daytona International Speedway (Daytona Beach, FL)  P  paved oval superspeedway Fireball Roberts Cotton Owens Fred Lorenzen
4 Daytona 500 Qualifier #2 Jack Smith Bobby Johns Jim Reed
5 14 February Daytona 500 Junior Johnson Bobby Johns Richard Petty report
6 28 February untitled Southern States Fairgrounds (Charlotte, NC)
D 
dirt oval		 short track Richard Petty Rex White Doug Yates
7 27 March Gwyn Staley 160 North Wilkesboro Speedway (North Wilkesboro, NC)  P  paved oval short track Lee Petty Rex White Glen Wood report
8 3 April Copper Cup 100 Arizona State Fairgrounds (Phoenix, AZ)
D 
dirt oval		 intermediate John Rostek Mel Larson Scotty Cain
9 3 April untitled Columbia Speedway (Cayce, SC)
D 
dirt oval		 short track Rex White Buck Baker Doug Yates
10 10 April Virginia 500 Martinsville Speedway (Ridgeway, VA)  P  paved oval short track Richard Petty Jimmy Massey Glen Wood
11 16 April Hickory 250 Hickory Speedway (Hickory, NC)
D 
dirt oval		 short track Joe Weatherly Ned Jarrett Richard Petty
12 17 April untitled Wilson Speedway (Wilson, NC)
D 
dirt oval		 short track Joe Weatherly Lee Petty Tom Pistone
13 18 April untitled Bowman Gray Stadium (Winston-Salem, NC)  P  paved oval short track Glen Wood Rex White Jimmy Massey
14 23 April Greenville 200 Greenville-Pickens Speedway (Easley, SC)
D 
dirt oval		 short track Ned Jarrett Lee Petty Richard Petty
15 24 April untitled Asheville Weaverville Speedway (Weaverville, NC)
D 
dirt oval		 short track Lee Petty Joe Lee Johnson Ned Jarrett
16 14 May Rebel 300 Darlington Raceway (Darlington, SC)  P  paved oval intermediate Joe Weatherly Richard Petty Rex White
17 28 May untitled Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds (Spartanburg, SC)
D 
dirt oval		 short track Ned Jarrett Lee Petty Cotton Owens
18 29 May untitled Occoneechee Speedway (Orange County, NC)
D 
dirt oval		 short track Lee Petty Ned Jarrett Jack Smith
19 5 June Richmond 200 Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds (Richmond, VA)
D 
dirt oval		 short track Lee Petty Rex White Ned Jarrett
20 12 June California 250 Marchbanks Speedway (Hanford, CA)  P  paved oval intermediate Marvin Porter Joe Weatherly John Rostek
21 19 June World 600 Charlotte Motor Speedway (Concord, NC)  P  paved oval intermediate Joe Lee Johnson Johnny Beauchamp Bobby Johns report
22 26 June International 200 Bowman Gray Stadium (Winston-Salem, NC)  P  paved oval short track Glen Wood Lee Petty Rex White report
23 4 July Firecracker 250 Daytona International Speedway (Daytona Beach, FL)  P  paved oval superspeedway Jack Smith Cotton Owens Fireball Roberts
24 10 July untitled Heidelberg Raceway (Pittsburgh, PA)
D 
dirt oval		 short track Lee Petty Richard Petty Rex White
25 17 July Empire State 200 Montgomery Air Base (Montgomery, NY)  P  paved oval (temporary) short track Rex White Richard Petty Lee Petty
26 23 July untitled Rambi Raceway (Myrtle Beach, SC)
D 
dirt oval		 short track Buck Baker Lee Petty Rex White
27 31 July Dixie 300 Atlanta International Raceway (Hampton, GA)  P  paved oval intermediate Fireball Roberts Cotton Owens Jack Smith
28 3 August untitled Dixie Speedway (Birmingham, AL)[a]  P  paved oval short track Ned Jarrett Richard Petty Lee Petty
29 7 August Nashville 400 Music City Motorplex (Nashville, TN)  P  paved oval short track Johnny Beauchamp Rex White Buck Baker
30 14 August Western North Carolina 500 Asheville Weaverville Speedway (Weaverville, NC)
D 
dirt oval		 short track Rex White Possum Jones Emanuel Zervakis
31 16 August untitled Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds (Spartanburg, SC)
D 
dirt oval		 short track Cotton Owens Lee Petty Junior Johnson
32 18 August untitled Columbia Speedway (Cayce, SC)
D 
dirt oval		 short track Rex White Richard Petty Buck Baker
33 20 August Race 33 South Boston Speedway (South Boston, VA)  P  paved oval short track Junior Johnson Possum Jones Rex White
34 23 August untitled Bowman Gray Stadium (Winston-Salem, NC)  P  paved oval short track Glen Wood Lee Petty Junior Johnson
35 5 September Southern 500 Darlington Raceway (Darlington, SC)  P  paved oval intermediate Buck Baker Rex White Jim Paschal report
36 9 September Buddy Shuman 250 Hickory Speedway (Hickory, NC)
D 
dirt oval		 short track Junior Johnson Possum Jones Rex White
37 11 September untitled California State Fairgrounds (Sacramento, CA)
D 
dirt oval		 intermediate Jim Cook Scotty Cain Lloyd Dane
38 15 September untitled Gamecock Speedway (Sumter SC) [b]
D 
dirt oval		 short track Ned Jarrett David Pearson Junior Johnson
39 18 September untitled Occoneechee Speedway (Orange County, NC)
D 
dirt oval		 short track Richard Petty Ned Jarrett Rex White
40 25 September Old Dominion 500 Martinsville Speedway (Ridgeway, VA)  P  paved oval short track Rex White Joe Weatherly Junior Johnson
41 2 October Wilkes 200 North Wilkesboro Speedway (North Wilkesboro, NC)  P  paved oval short track Rex White Junior Johnson Possum Jones
42 16 October National 400 Charlotte Motor Speedway (Concord, NC)  P  paved oval intermediate Speedy Thompson Richard Petty Ned Jarrett report
43 23 October Capital City 200 Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds (Richmond, VA)
D 
dirt oval		 short track Speedy Thompson Junior Johnson Ned Jarrett
44 30 October Atlanta 500 Atlanta International Raceway (Hampton, GA)  P  paved oval intermediate Bobby Johns Johnny Allen Jim Paschal report

Final standings

Further information: List of NASCAR points scoring systems
Source:[3]
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

  1. ^ 1960 was the only year that the series held a race at the Dixie Speedway
  2. ^ 1960 was the only year that the series held a race at this track –a 3/8 mile track on Wedgefield Road, still operating as Sumter Speedway.

References

  1. ^ "1960 NASCAR GRAND NATIONAL RESULTS". www.racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media Network. Retrieved August 5, 2019.
  2. ^ "Chase Elliott given win at Pocono after Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch disqualified". ESPN. July 24, 2022.
  3. ^ "1960 NASCAR Grand National Central - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved May 7, 2021.
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_NASCAR_Grand_National_Series