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Southern 500

NASCAR Grand National race
Darlington Raceway, Darlington, SC
September 5, 1960
364 laps on 1.375 mile paved oval; 500.5 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	2	Buck Baker	47	Jack Smith	1960 Pontiac	364	19,900	running	175
2	7	Rex White	4	Rex White	1960 Chevrolet	364	9,780	running	4
3	3	Jim Paschal	44	Petty Enterprises	1960 Plymouth	362	5,595	running	0
4	16	Emanuel Zervakis	85	Monroe Shook	1960 Chevrolet	362	3,125	running	0
5	20	Ned Jarrett	11	Ned Jarrett	1960 Ford	362	2,000	running	0
6	8	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	1960 Plymouth	361	2,575	running	106
7	17	Banjo Matthews	94	Banjo Matthews	1960 Ford	361	1,255	running	0
8	21	Johnny Beauchamp	73	Dale Swanson	1960 Chevrolet	358	1,025	running	0
9	1	Fireball Roberts	22	John Hines	1960 Pontiac	353	2,175	axle	53
10	34	Doug Yates	23	Raeford Johnson	1959 Plymouth	353	775	running	0
11	24	Marvin Panch	77	W.J. Ridgeway	1960 Ford	351	700	running	0
12	26	Elmo Henderson	70	W.H. Watson	1958 Pontiac	338	600	running	0
13	39	Clem Proctor	38	Charlie Chapman	1960 Ford	338	500	running	0
14	36	Paul Lewis	1	Jess Potter	1960 Chevrolet	335	450	engine	0
15	29	Shorty Rollins	81	Shorty Rollins	1960 Ford	331	500	running	0
16	35	Jim Whitman	60	Dick Stanley	1960 Dodge	320	350	engine	0
17	41	L.D. Austin	74	L.D. Austin	1958 Chevrolet	310	300	running	0
18	37	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	1960 Ford	305	250	running	0
19	32	Tiny Lund	45	Bill Gazaway	1959 Oldsmobile	304	250	accident	0
20	43	Curtis Crider	83	Curtis Crider	1958 Ford	304	250	running	0
21	4	Joe Weatherly	12	Holman Moody	1960 Ford	303	200	accident	0
22	44	G.C. Spencer	20	Spook Crawford	1958 Ford	301	200	running	0
23	25	Jimmy Thompson	61	Doc White	1959 Ford Thunderbird	278	200	axle	0
24	6	Cotton Owens	6	Cotton Owens	1960 Pontiac	277	510	axle	9
25	45	T.C. Hunt	10	Fred Wheat	1960 Plymouth	260	200	accident	0
26	30	Wilbur Rakestraw	99	Talmadge Cochrane	1960 Ford	217	200	axle	0
27	22	David Pearson	67	David Pearson	1959 Chevrolet	214	200	axle	0
28	14	Fred Lorenzen	28	Fred Lorenzen	1960 Ford	188	250	engine	0
29	42	Steve McGrath	16	Happy Steigel	1959 Pontiac	188	200	engine	0
30	9	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	1960 Plymouth	188	470	accident	13
31	33	Herb Tillman	39	Ralph Stark	1960 Chevrolet	180	200	rear end	0
32	38	Reb Wickersham	33	Reb Wickersham	1960 Oldsmobile	163	200	axle	0
33	46	Jimmy Pardue	54	Ebart Clifton	1959 Dodge	143	200	oil pressure	0
34	23	Buddy Baker	87	Buck Baker	1960 Chevrolet	136	200	fuel pump	0
35	47	Gene White	96		1960 Chevrolet	134	200	engine	0
36	28	Jim Reed	7	Jim Reed	1960 Chevrolet	130	200	A-frame	0
37	13	Johnny Allen	69	Hanley Dawson	1960 Chevrolet	125	220	engine	0
38	12	Tom Pistone	59	W.T. Coppedge	1960 Chevrolet	115	230	engine	0
39	19	Speedy Thompson	90	Junie Donlavey	1960 Ford	110	250	engine	0
40	5	Bobby Johns	5	Cotton Owens	1960 Pontiac	95	210	accident	4
41	11	Joe Lee Johnson	89	Paul McDuffie	1960 Chevrolet	95	550	withdrew	0
42	40	Roy Tyner	9	Roy Tyner	1959 Oldsmobile	86	200	accident	0
43	15	Possum Jones	2	Tom Daniels	1960 Chevrolet	76	200	c-pulley	0
44	31	Johnny Miller	79	Robert Ramey	1960 Ford	26	200	accident	0
45	18	Elmo Langley	92	Gerald Duke	1959 Ford Thunderbird	25	220	accident	0
46	27	Bunkie Blackburn	64	Spook Crawford	1960 Ford	24	200	accident	0
47	10	Junior Johnson	27	John Masoni	1960 Chevrolet	17	200	engine	0
48	49	E.J. Trivette	35	M.J. Black	1959 Plymouth	1	200	handling	0
49	48	Joe Eubanks				0		did not start	0

Notes: NASCAR official Joe Taylor and pit crew members Paul McDuffie and Charles Sweatland were killed when Bobby Johns's car spun into the backstrech pits.
Time of race: 04:43:34
Average Speed: 105.901 MPH
Pole Speed: 39.455 seconds
5 cautions for 61 laps
Attendance: 80,000