1960 Southern 500

Darlington Raceway · 1960 · NASCAR Cup Series

Race summary

Winner	St	Cars	RAF	LLF	Ldrs	W-Led	Laps	Miles
Buck Baker	2	48	17	2	7	175	364	500.5

Finishing order

Fin	St	Car	Driver	Team	Make	Laps	Led	Status	Pts
1	2	47	Buck Baker	Jack Smith (Owner)	Pontiac	364	175	running	2,600
2	7	4	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)	Chevrolet	364	4	running	2,496
3	3	44	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	362		running	2,392
4	16	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)	Chevrolet	362		running	2,288
5	20	11	Ned Jarrett	Ned Jarrett (Owner)	Ford	362		running	2,184
6	8	43	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	361	106	running	2,080
7	17	94	Banjo Matthews	Matthews Racing	Ford	361		running	1,976
8	21	73	Johnny Beauchamp	Dale Swanson (Owner)	Chevrolet	358		running	1,872
9	1	22	Fireball Roberts	John Hines (Owner)	Pontiac	353	53	axle	1,768
10	34	23	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson (Owner)	Plymouth	353		running	1,664
11	24	77	Marvin Panch	W.J. Ridgeway (Owner)	Ford	351		running	1,560
12	26	70	Elmo Henderson	W.H. Watson (Owner)	Pontiac	338		running	1,456
13	39	38	Clem Proctor	Charlie Chapman (Owner)	Ford	338		running	1,352
14	36	1	Paul Lewis	Jess Potter (Owner)	Chevrolet	335		engine	1,248
15	29	81	Shorty Rollins	Shorty Rollins (Owner)	Ford	331		running	1,144
16	35	60	Jim Whitman	Dick Stanley (Owner)	Dodge	320		engine	1,040
17	41	74	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)	Chevrolet	310		running	936
18	37	19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)	Ford	305		running	832
19	32	45	Tiny Lund	Bill Gazaway (Owner)	Oldsmobile	304		accident	728
20	43	83	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)	Ford	304		running	624
21	4	12	Joe Weatherly	Holman Moody	Ford	303		accident	520
22	44	20	G.C. Spencer	Spook Crawford (Owner)	Ford	301		running	416
23	25	61	Jimmy Thompson	Doc White (Owner)	Ford	278		axle	312
24	6	6	Cotton Owens	Owens Racing	Pontiac	277	9	axle	208
25	45	10	T.C. Hunt	Fred Wheat (Owner)	Plymouth	260		frame	104
26	30	99	Wilbur Rakestraw	Talmadge Cochrane (Owner)	Ford	217		axle	104
27	22	67	David Pearson	Pearson Racing	Chevrolet	214		axle	104
28	14	28	Fred Lorenzen	Fred Lorenzen (Owner)	Ford	188		engine	104
29	42	16	Steve McGrath	Happy Steigel (Owner)	Pontiac	188		engine	104
30	9	42	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	188	13	accident	104
31	33	39	Herb Tillman	Ralph Stark (Owner)	Chevrolet	180		rear end	104
32	38	33	Reb Wickersham	Reb Wickersham (Owner)	Oldsmobile	163		axle	104
33	46	54	Jimmy Pardue	Ebart Clifton (Owner)	Dodge	143		oil pressure	104
34	23	87	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing	Chevrolet	136		fuel pump	104
35	47	96	Gene White		Chevrolet	134		engine	104
36	28	7	Jim Reed	Jim Reed (Owner)	Chevrolet	130		a-frame	104
37	13	69	Johnny Allen	Hanley Dawson (Owner)	Chevrolet	125		engine	104
38	12	59	Tom Pistone	W.T. Coppedge (Owner)	Chevrolet	115		engine	104
39	19	90	Speedy Thompson	Donlavey Racing	Ford	110		engine	104
40	5	5	Bobby Johns	Owens Racing	Pontiac	95	4	accident	104
41	11	89	Joe Lee Johnson	Paul McDuffie (Owner)	Chevrolet	95		withdrew from race	104
42	40	9	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)	Oldsmobile	86		accident	104
43	15	2	Possum Jones	Tom Daniels (Owner)	Chevrolet	76		pulley	104
44	31	79	Johnny Miller	Robert Ramey (Owner)	Ford	26		accident	104
45	18	92	Elmo Langley	Gerald Duke (Owner)	Ford	25		accident	104
46	27	64	Bunkie Blackburn	Spook Crawford (Owner)	Ford	24		accident	104
47	10	27	Junior Johnson	John Masoni (Owner)	Chevrolet	17		engine	104
48	48	35	E.J. Trivette	M.J. Black (Owner)	Plymouth	1		handling	104

Lap leaders

#	Driver	Led	Share	Fin
1	Buck Baker	175	48.1%	P1
2	Richard Petty	106	29.1%	P6
3	Fireball Roberts	53	14.6%	P9
4	Lee Petty	13	3.6%	P30
5	Cotton Owens	9	2.5%	P24
6	Rex White	4	1.1%	P2
7	Bobby Johns	4	1.1%	P40

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