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1960 NASCAR Grand National Series

12th season of NASCAR stock-car racing

The 1960 NASCAR Grand National season was the 12th season of NASCAR Grand National Division. 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.

Races

Date	Race	Circuit	Winner	Second	Third
1	8 November	Race 1	Southern States Fairgrounds	Jack Smith	Bob Welborn
2	26 November	Race 2	Columbia Speedway	Ned Jarrett	Jack Smith
3	12 February	Daytona 500 Qualifier #1	Daytona International Speedway	Fireball Roberts	Cotton Owens
4	12 February	Daytona 500 Qualifier #2	Daytona International Speedway	Jack Smith	Bobby Johns
5	14 February	[Daytona 500](1960-daytona-500)	Daytona International Speedway	Junior Johnson	Bobby Johns
6	28 February	Race 6	Southern States Fairgrounds	Richard Petty	Rex White
7	27 March	[Gwyn Staley 160](1960-gwyn-staley-160)	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Lee Petty	Rex White
8	3 April	Copper Cup 100	Arizona State Fairgrounds	John Rostek	Mel Larson
9	3 April	Race 9	Columbia Speedway	Rex White	Buck Baker
10	10 April	Virginia 500	Martinsville Speedway	Richard Petty	Jimmy Massey
11	16 April	Hickory 250	Hickory Motor Speedway	Joe Weatherly	Ned Jarrett
12	17 April	Race 12	Wilson Speedway	Joe Weatherly	Lee Petty
13	18 April	Race 13	Bowman Gray Stadium	Glen Wood	Rex White
14	23 April	Greenville 200	Greenville-Pickens Speedway	Ned Jarrett	Lee Petty
15	24 April	Race 15	Asheville-Weaverville Speedway	Lee Petty	Joe Lee Johnson
16	14 May	Rebel 300	Darlington Raceway	Joe Weatherly	Richard Petty
17	28 May	Race 17	Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds	Ned Jarrett	Lee Petty
18	29 May	Race 18	Occoneechee Speedway	Lee Petty	Ned Jarrett
19	5 June	Richmond 200	Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds	Lee Petty	Rex White
20	12 June	California 250	Marchbanks Speedway	Marvin Porter	Joe Weatherly
21	19 June	World 600	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Joe Lee Johnson	Johnny Beauchamp
22	26 June	International 200	Bowman Gray Stadium	Glen Wood	Lee Petty
23	4 July	Firecracker 250	Daytona International Speedway	Jack Smith	Cotton Owens
24	10 July	Race 24	Heidelberg Raceway	Lee Petty	Richard Petty
25	17 July	Empire State 200	Montgomery Air Base	Rex White	Richard Petty
26	23 July	Race 26	Rambi Raceway	Buck Baker	Lee Petty
27	31 July	Dixie 300	Atlanta International Raceway	Fireball Roberts	Cotton Owens
28	3 August	Race 28	Dixie Speedway	Ned Jarrett	Richard Petty
29	7 August	Nashville 400	Music City Motorplex	Johnny Beauchamp	Rex White
30	14 August	Western North Carolina 500	Asheville-Weaverville Speedway	Rex White	Possum Jones
31	16 August	Race 31	Piedmont Interstate Fairgrounds	Cotton Owens	Lee Petty
32	18 August	Race 32	Columbia Speedway	Rex White	Richard Petty
33	20 August	Race 33	South Boston Speedway	Junior Johnson	Possum Jones
34	23 August	Race 34	Bowman Gray Stadium	Glen Wood	Lee Petty
35	5 September	Southern 500	Darlington Raceway	Buck Baker	Rex White
36	9 September	Buddy Shuman 250	Hickory Motor Speedway	Junior Johnson	Possum Jones
37	11 September	Race 37	California State Fairgrounds	Jim Cook	Scotty Cain
38	15 September	Race 38	Gamecock Speedway	Ned Jarrett	David Pearson
39	18 September	Race 39	Occoneechee Speedway	Richard Petty	Ned Jarrett
40	25 September	Old Dominion 500	Martinsville Speedway	Rex White	Joe Weatherly
41	2 October	Wilkes 200	North Wilkesboro Speedway	Rex White	Junior Johnson
42	16 October	National 400	Charlotte Motor Speedway	Speedy Thompson	Richard Petty
43	23 October	Capital City 200	Atlantic Rural Fairgrounds	Speedy Thompson	Junior Johnson
44	30 October	Atlanta 500	Atlanta International Raceway	Bobby Johns	Johnny Allen

Final standings

Source:	Fin	Driver	Pts	St	W	T5
Rex White	21164	40	6	25	35	3
Richard Petty	17228	40	3	16	30	2
Bobby Johns	14964	19	1	8	10	0
Buck Baker	14674	37	2	15	24	2
Ned Jarrett	14660	40	5	20	26	5
Lee Petty	14510	39	5	21	30	3
Junior Johnson	9932	34	3	14	18	3
Emanuel Zervakis	9720	14	0	2	10	1
Jim Paschal	8968	10	0	3	7	0
Banjo Matthews	8458	12	0	0	4	0
Johnny Beauchamp	8306	11	1	3	5	0
Herman Beam	7776	26	0	1	6	0
Joe Lee Johnson	7352	22	1	6	8	0
Jack Smith	6944	13	3	7	7	3
Fred Lorenzen	6764	10	0	3	5	0
Bob Welborn	6732	15	0	6	10	0
Jimmy Pardue	6682	32	0	1	11	0
Tom Pistone	6572	20	0	2	8	0
Johnny Allen	6506	10	0	2	5	0
Joe Weatherly	6380	24	3	7	11	0
Doug Yates	6374	24	0	3	8	1
L.D. Austin	6180	27	0	1	10	0
David Pearson	5956	22	0	3	7	1
Gerald Duke	5950	11	0	1	7	0
Speedy Thompson	5658	9	2	4	5	0
Marvin Panch	5268	11	0	0	1	0
Paul Lewis	5212	22	0	0	4	0
Curtis Crider	4720	24	0	0	2	0
Fireball Roberts	4700	9	2	2	3	6
Shorty Rollins	4374	4	0	0	1	0
Possum Jones	4270	13	0	4	5	0
Tiny Lund	4124	8	0	0	2	0
G.C. Spencer	3986	26	0	2	6	0
Larry Frank	3634	11	0	0	2	0
Herb Tillman	3504	9	0	0	0	0
Curtis Turner	3300	9	0	0	1	1
Bunkie Blackburn	3252	20	0	1	4	0
Buddy Baker	3070	15	0	0	1	0
Cotton Owens	3050	14	1	5	5	2
Charley Griffith	2684	5	0	0	0	0
Wilbur Rakestraw	2676	12	0	0	1	0
Jimmy Massey	2662	6	0	2	3	0
Jimmy Thompson	2472	9	0	0	0	0
Jim Reed	2340	8	0	1	1	0
Jim Cook	2178	3	1	1	1	1
Ernie Gahan	2080	2	0	0	0	0
Elmo Henderson	2072	6	0	0	0	0
Bob Burdick	1970	2	0	0	1	0
Roz Howard	1810	3	0	0	2	0
Bob Potter	1800	3	0	0	1	0
Joe Caspolich	1790	5	0	0	0	0
Roy Tyner	1742	23	0	1	5	0
Jim Whitman	1640	5	0	0	0	0
Elmo Langley	1534	11	0	0	0	0
Tommy Irwin	1406	16	0	4	11	1
Darrell Dake	1400	2	0	0	1	0
Joe Eubanks	1302	7	0	1	2	0
Roscoe Thompson	1224	2	0	0	0	0
Whitey Gerken	1180	2	0	0	0	0
Fred Harb	1144	20	0	2	7	0
Lennie Page	1024	5	0	0	2	0
E.J. Trivette	912	9	0	0	0	0
Tim Flock	890	2	0	0	1	0
Bob Duell	846	6	0	0	1	0
Shep Langdon	840	4	0	0	1	0
Mel Larson	824	4	0	1	2	1
Gene Marmor	800	4	0	0	1	0
Fritz Wilson	774	4	0	2	2	0
Marvin Porter	734	3	1	1	1	0
Reb Wickersham	710	7	0	0	0	0
Don Noel	658	3	0	1	1	0
Bruce Worrell	658	3	0	0	2	0
Dick Joslin	630	3	0	0	0	0
Wes Morgan	620	2	0	0	0	0
Lloyd Dane	614	3	0	2	2	0
Eddie Gray	552	4	0	0	1	0
Al Self	538	2	0	0	1	0
Bob Perry	520	3	0	0	1	0
Scotty Cain	496	4	0	2	2	0
Bob Price	492	3	0	0	0	0
Richard Riley	484	4	0	0	1	0
Art Watts	480	1	0	0	1	0
Ron Hornaday	476	3	0	1	1	0
Jim Blomgren	444	3	0	0	2	0
Bud Parnell	416	4	0	0	1	0
Johnny Sudderth	410	3	0	0	0	0
Friday Hassler	388	2	0	0	0	0
Spook Crawford	368	3	0	0	1	0
Charlie Chapman	360	1	0	0	0	0
Danny Weinberg	330	3	0	1	1	0
Parnelli Jones	320	3	0	0	1	0
Ed Andrews	312	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Burdick	310	2	0	0	1	0
Maurice Petty	304	2	0	0	2	0
Shorty York	296	2	0	0	0	0
Arnold Gardner	290	4	0	0	0	0
Jim Austin	288	2	0	0	0	0
George Green	270	3	0	0	0	0
Pappy Crane	264	2	0	0	1	0
T.C. Hunt	264	3	0	0	0	0
Dick Foley	260	2	0	0	0	0
Chuck Tombs	248	2	0	0	0	0
Glen Wood	244	9	3	6	7	4
Gene White	234	3	0	0	0	0
Bob Ross	230	3	0	0	0	0
Kuzie Kuzmanich	224	2	0	0	1	0
Sal Tovella	220	2	0	0	0	0
Eddie Riker	220	1	0	0	0	0
Runt Harris	220	3	0	0	0	0
Bob Kosiski	200	2	0	0	0	0
Ed Markstellar	200	2	0	0	0	0
Owen Loggins	192	1	0	0	0	0
Brownie King	190	3	0	0	1	0
John Potter	186	2	0	0	0	0
Bunk Moore	180	3	0	0	0	0
Jack Hart	180	1	0	0	0	0
Burrhead Nantz	180	3	0	0	0	0
Johnny Miller	174	2	0	0	0	0
Dick Dixon	170	2	0	0	0	0
Bill Massey	168	1	0	0	0	0
George Tet	160	1	0	0	0	0
Frank Secrist	158	2	0	0	0	1
Bill Whitley	156	1	0	0	0	0
Dick Freeman	150	2	0	0	0	0
Bill Morgan	144	1	0	0	1	0
Smokey Cook	144	1	0	0	0	0
Tommy Herbert	140	2	0	0	0	0
Dave Hirschfield	130	2	0	0	0	0
Bill Lutz	130	2	0	0	0	0
Jack Norton	120	1	0	0	0	0
Red Farmer	120	2	0	0	0	0
Cale Yarborough	104	1	0	0	0	0
Al Pombo	100	1	0	0	0	0
Dick Getty	96	2	0	0	0	0
Charlie Glotzbach	84	2	0	0	0	0
LeeRoy Yarbrough	84	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Eichor	84	1	0	0	0	0
Paul Norris	84	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Barron	76	1	0	0	0	0
Jerry Roedell	76	1	0	0	0	0
Don O'Dell	76	1	0	0	0	0
Carl Burris	60	2	0	0	0	0
Johnny Dollar	60	2	0	0	0	0
Neil Castles	50	18	0	0	5	0
Marshall Sargent	40	1	0	0	0	0
Harvey Hege	28	1	0	0	0	0
Johnny Mello	24	1	0	0	0	0
Bob Hogle	24	1	0	0	0	0
Danny Weinberg	24	3	0	1	1	0
Aubrey Boles	20	1	0	0	0	0
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

References

"1960 NASCAR GRAND NATIONAL RESULTS". NASCAR Digital Media Network..
(July 24, 2022). "Chase Elliott given win at Pocono after Denny Hamlin, Kyle Busch disqualified". ESPN.
"1960 NASCAR Grand National Central - The Third Turn".

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