1960 NASCAR Grand National Series

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

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[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[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[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[4]	Lee Petty	Richard Petty	Rex White
25	17 July	Empire State 200	Montgomery Air Base[5]	Rex White	Richard Petty	Lee Petty
26	23 July	Race 26	Rambi Raceway[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[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[8]	Jim Cook	Scotty Cain	Lloyd Dane
38	15 September	Race 38	Gamecock Speedway[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

1	Rex White	21164
2	Richard Petty	17228
3	Bobby Johns	14964
4	Buck Baker	14674
5	Ned Jarrett	14660
6	Lee Petty	14510
7	Junior Johnson	9932
8	Emanuel Zervakis	9720
9	Jim Paschal	8968
10	Banjo Matthews	8458

References

1. Between 1951 and 1960, four races were held at the Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix.
2. Between 1951 and 1960 twelve races were held at the Wilson Speedway in Wilson, North Carolina.
3. Between 1951 and 1961 three races were held at the Marchbanks Speedway in Hanford, California.
4. Between 1949 and 1961 four races were held at the Heidelberg Raceway in Pittsburgh.
5. 1960 was the only year that the series held a race at Montgomery Air Base in Montgomery, New York.
6. Between 1958 and 1965 nine races were held at the Rambi Raceway in Myrtle Beach.
7. 1960 was the only year that the series held a race at the Dixie Speedway in Birmingham, Alabama.
8. Between 1956 and 1961 six races were held at the California State Fairgrounds in Sacramento.
9. 1960 was the only year that the series held a race at the Gamecock Speedway in Sumter.

External links

• 1960 NASCAR Grand National results