1960 Daytona 500 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1960 Daytona 500
Name of Track:	Daytona International Speedway
Date:	N/A

Daytona International Speedway

Daytona International Speedway is a superspeedway in Daytona Beach, Florida. It is a 2.5 mile (4 km) tri-oval race track facility with a seating capacity of 168,000 spectators.

It hosts races of motor vehicles of various kinds, including go-karts, dirt bikes, motorcycles, sports cars, modified pickup trucks, and stock cars. The facility also includes a 3.56 mile (5.7 km) road course and a 180-acre infield, including the 29 acre Lake Lloyd.

NASCAR Begins At Daytona

NASCAR was founded by William France Sr. at Daytona Beach, Florida in 1947. The original premiere event in the series was held at the Daytona Beach Road Course. France began planning a new track for the premiere event in his fledgling series in 1953. On August 16, 1954 he signed a contract with city officials to create this new track that would become famous as the Daytona International Speedway. Ground was broken on November 25, 1957 The soil underneath the banked corners was dug from the infield of the track, and the large hole in the infield was filled with water and is now known as Lake Lloyd. The speedway opened on February 22, 1959 to a crowd of 41,000 people.

Daytona 500

The NASCAR Championship's most important race, the Daytona 500, is held annually at Daytona International Speedway. It is a 200-lap, 500 mile (805 km) stock car race. The list of Daytona 500 winners is very long dating back to the inaugural race in 1959, and includes "The King" Richard Petty, and Dale Earnhardt.

More Daytona Races

NASCAR, the premier stock car organization in the United States, holds some of its most important races on this track. These include competitions in its Craftsman Truck Series (where pickup trucks are raced), Busch Series (the stock car junior league), and Nextel Cup series. The Rolex 24 Hours at Daytona is also held at Daytona.

The racing season begins at Daytona starting with the testing sessions. The year's racing begins with the 24 Hours of Daytona race in the Grand American Sports Car series. Then the racing begins for the Nextel Cup with the Budweiser Shootout and the Gatorade Duel. The Craftsman Truck Series begins with the GM Flex Fuel 250. The Busch Series begins with the Hershey's Kissables 300, and then it is back to the Nextel Cup in "The Great American Race," the Daytona 500. The Nextel Cup also features the Pepsi 400 in July at Daytona.

Daytona International Speedway Under The Lights

Lights were installed in 1998 so that the Pepsi 400 could be held at night. However, the race was delayed until October that year due to thick smoke from wildfires that summer. The Pepsi 400 has been held under lights ever since.

It also contains an attraction called Daytona USA The winning car from the Daytona 500 is placed in front of the attraction building each year.

Courtesy of Wikipedia.

1960 Daytona 500 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1960 Daytona 500, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Junior Johnson	27	9	$19,600	200	running	Daytona Kennel
2	Bobby Johns	3	4	$8,600	200	running	Jim Stephens
3	Richard Petty	43	19	$6,450	200	running	Petty Enterprises
4	Lee Petty	42	14	$3,650	200	running	Petty Enterprises
5	Johnny Allen	69	11	$3,300	199	running	Hanley Dawson
6	Ned Jarrett	11	54	$2,075	199	running	Ned Jarrett
7	Curtis Turner	26	53	$1,650	199	running	Holman-Moody
8	Fred Lorenzen	28	5	$1,150	198	running	Fred Lorenzen
9	Rex White	4	8	$925	198	running	Piedmont / Friendly
10	Emanuel Zervakis	85	15	$800	197	running	Monroe Shook
11	Bud Burdick	73	18	$600	197	running	Roy Burdick
12	Tom Pistone	59	52	$500	196	crash	Thor
13	Bob Welborn	49	10	$400	195	running	Bob Welborn
14	Jim Reed	7	6	$350	195	running	Jim Reed
16	Darrell Dake	48	12	$325	195	running	Weldon Wagner
17	Whitey Gerkin	63	31	$325	195	running	Frank Skinner
18	Buck Baker	87	29	$300	194	running	Buck Baker
20	Shep Langdon	64	28	$300	192	running	Shep Langdon
21	Jimmy Pardue	54	38	$200	192	running	Lowe's
22	Larry Frank	76	60	$200	191	running	Thor
23	Jack Smith	47	2	$900	191	running	Boomershine
25	Joe Caspolich	61	25	$200	188	running	Doc White
27	Ken Johnson	56	34	$200	186	running	Charles French
28	David Pearson	67	33	$200	185	running	David Pearson
30	Brownie King	1	37	$200	183	running	Jess Potter
32	Herman Beam	19	62	$200	175	running	Herman Beam
34	L.D. Austin	74	63	$100	175	running	L.D. Austin
35	Dick Joslin	16	30	$200	171	running	Happy Steigel
36	Mel Larson	35	35	$275	166	running	Sun City
38	Arnold Gardner	24	56	$300	160	running	Harry Huhn
40	Cotton Owens	6	1	$200	149	trans	Cotton Owens
41	Joe Weatherly	12	7	$300	146	crank shft	Holman-Moody
42	Dick Dixon	8	43	$200	144		Ray Boynton
44	Bob Kosiski	30	36	$200	125		Joe Kosiski
45	Tommy Herbert	25	48	$200	118	crash	Don Angel
46	Marvin Panch	98	51	$300	117	oil leak	Air Port Auto
50	Pappy Crane	58	67	$200	89	crash	Monte Walden
51	Tiny Lund	45	64	$100	83	steering	Bill Gazaway
52	Elmo Langley	10	55	$275	77	crank shft	Ratus Walters
53	Bill Lutz	44	58	$250	75	engine	Bob Chapman
54	Parnelli Jones	97	44	$200	73	engine	Vel Miletich
55	George Green	32	46	$200	67	fire	Jess Potter
56	Red Farmer	88	39	$200	65
57	Fireball Roberts	22	3	$400	51	engine	John Hines
58	Bob Duell	95	42	$200	50	engine	Julian Buesink
59	Elmo Henderson	70	24	$200	31		W.H. Watson
60	Bob Burdick	53	13	$275	31		Roy Burdick
61	Dick Foley	66	23	$200	30		Dick Foley
62	Speedy Thompson	94	17	$200	28	engine	Banjo Matthews
63	Dave Hirschfield	2	66	$100	21	axle	Lloyd Chick
64	Joe Lee Johnson	77	57	$200	18	engine	Billie Ridgeway
65	Charley Griffith	92	68	$100	14		Gerald Duke
68	Dick Freeman	50	47	$200	5		Dick Freeman