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
editFinal standings
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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
edit- ^ Between 1951 and 1960, four races were held at the Arizona State Fairgrounds in Phoenix.
- ^ Between 1951 and 1960 twelve races were held at the Wilson Speedway in Wilson, North Carolina.
- ^ Between 1951 and 1961 three races were held at the Marchbanks Speedway in Hanford, California.
- ^ Between 1949 and 1961 four races were held at the Heidelberg Raceway in Pittsburgh.
- ^ 1960 was the only year that the series held a race at Montgomery Air Base in Montgomery, New York.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 1960 was the only year that the series held a race at the Dixie Speedway in Birmingham, Alabama.
- ^ 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.
- ^ 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
edit- ^ "1960 NASCAR GRAND NATIONAL RESULTS". www.racing-reference.info. NASCAR Digital Media Network. Retrieved 5 August 2019.
- ^ "Chase Elliott given win at Pocono after Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch disqualified". ESPN. July 24, 2022.
- ^ "1960 NASCAR Grand National Central - The Third Turn". www.thethirdturn.com. Retrieved 2021-05-07.