1960 World 600 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1960 World 600
Name of Track:	Lowe's Motor Speedway
Date:	N/A

Lowe's Motor Speedway

Lowe's Motor Speedway (formerly Charlotte Motor Speedway) is a superspeedway in Concord, North Carolina, a few miles north of Charlotte.

First NASCAR Night Race

It features a 1.5 mile long quad-oval track that seats 167,000 people, with room for 50,000 more spectators in the infield. Constructed in 1959, it was the first speedway to host nighttime racing (in 1992) and to offer year-round residences (in 1984) with 52 condominiums now available over turn one. It is presently owned by, and is the main facility of, Speedway Motorsports, Inc.,/p> The Center Of NASCAR

The speedway is considered the center of NASCAR, with 90% of NASCAR teams being based within 50 miles.

Along with the main oval, the speedway also has a 2.25 mile road course in the infield, an 0.6 mile kart course in the infield, a quarter-mile oval using part of the front stretch and pit road, and an 0.2 mile oval outside turn three. Also, across U.S. Highway 29 from the speedway is a 0.4 mile dirt track, opened in May 2000.

Levigation

The surface of the circuit had started to wear from its last paving in mid-1994, resulting in the track's treatment in a diamond-grinding process to smooth out bumps in 2005 and caused major tire problems during both NASCAR Nextel Cup Series events there, with a record 22 cautions at the showcase Coca-Cola 600, making it the first Nextel Cup Series event to go more than five hours (excluding red flags) in 25 years. Speed increases were also a result of the repaving. After the problem with the tires, speedway officials promptly announced that they plan to repave with a new generation asphalt.

Lowes Motor Speedway The Busiest Venue

The facility is considered one of the busiest sports venues in the country, with typically over 380 events a year. Along with many races, the speedway also hosts the Food Lion Auto Fair twice a year, one of the nation's largest car shows. Movies and commercials are filmed there, like Days of Thunder, and it is a popular tourist stop and testing grounds.

Courtesy of Wikipedia.

1960 World 600 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1960 World 600, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Joe Lee Johnson	89	20	$27,150	400	running	Paul McDuffie
2	Johnny Beauchamp	73	38	$9,110	396	running	Dale Swanson
3	Bobby Johns	46	6	$6,975	394	running	Petty Enterprises
4	Gerald Duke	92	44	$3,675	388	running	Gerald Duke
5	Buck Baker	87	14	$3,075	386	running	Thor
6	Rex White	4	7	$2,250	378	running	Piedmont / Friendly
8	Tiny Lund	63	40	$1,350	375	running	Frank Skinner
9	Shorty Rollins	81	39	$1,100	374	running	Shorty Rollins
10	David Pearson	67	19	$1,150	367	running	David Pearson
11	Charley Griffith	78	58	$750	365	engine	E.C. Wilson
12	Jack Smith	47	2	$3,680	352	fuel tank	Boomershine
13	Ernie Gahan	55	49	$500	350	running	Ernie Gahan
14	Herman Beam	19	59	$400	344	running	Herman Beam
15	Jim Cook	38	51	$400	343	running	Charlie Chapman
16	Jimmy Pardue	35	55	$400	343	running	M.J. Black
17	Marvin Panch	77	32	$400	341	a frame	Billie Ridgeway
19	Buddy Baker	20	48	$400	332	running	Spook Crawford
20	Larry Frank	91	28	$400	320	engine
22	Joe Caspolich	45	24	$1,025	313	engine	Bill Gazaway
23	Bunkie Blackburn	64	26	$300	311	h gasket	Spook Crawford
25	Speedy Thompson	90	10	$500	287	valve	Junie Donlavey
27	Arnold Gardner	24	41	$200	257	running	Harry Huhn
28	Jim Reed	7	13	$500	246	crash	Jim Reed
30	Ned Jarrett	11	5	$350	233	crash	Courtesy
31	Tom Pistone	59	9	$840	221	brakes	Thor
32	Elmo Henderson	70	22	$275	212	running	W.H. Watson
33	Emanuel Zervakis	85	16	$225	209	axle	Monroe Shook
35	Fireball Roberts	22	1	$2,090	191	crash	John Hines
39	Curtis Turner	26	3	$660	154	h gasket	Holman-Moody
41	Fred Lorenzen	28	18	$500	118	h gasket	Fred Lorenzen
43	Joe Weatherly	12	15	$250	85	crash	Holman-Moody
45	Joe Eubanks	82	30	$200	46	spindle	Don Every
46	Possum Jones	2	35	$200	39	a frame	Tom Daniels
47	L.D. Austin	74	53	$200	33	exhaust	L.D. Austin
50	Jim Austin	9	57	$200	24	oil press	Roy Tyner
51	Cotton Owens	6	4	$500	6	crash	Cotton Owens
52	Johnny Allen	69	17	$700	6	crash	Hanley Dawson
53	Bob Duell	95	45	$200	6	timing	Julian Buesink
55	Richard Petty	43	11	$0	0	dq	Petty Enterprises
56	Lee Petty	42	8	$0	0	dq	Petty Enterprises
57	Bob Welborn	49	12	$0	0	dq	Bob Welborn
58	Paul Lewis	1	34	$0	0	dq	Faircloth
59	Junior Johnson	27	29	$0	0	dq	Daytona Kennel