1960 NASCAR Grand National Series

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

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[a] 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[b] 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[c] 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[d] Lee Petty Richard Petty Rex White
25 17 July Empire State 200 Montgomery Air Base[e] Rex White Richard Petty Lee Petty
26 23 July Race 26 Rambi Raceway[f] 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[g] 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[h] Jim Cook Scotty Cain Lloyd Dane
38 15 September Race 38 Gamecock Speedway[i] 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

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. ^ 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 what is now Myrtle Beach Speedway in Myrtle Beach. Track returned to a national series race in 1988 and ran second-tier races until 2000.
  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 original California State Fairgrounds in Sacramento. The area was sold. NASCAR has not returned to the "new" Cal Expo dirt track, unlike USAC and American Flat Track.
  9. ^ 1960 was the only year that the series held a race at the Sumter, South Carolina 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 5 August 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 2021-05-07.