1960 Firecracker 250 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1960 Firecracker 250
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 Firecracker 250 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1960 Firecracker 250, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Jack Smith	47	1	$11,500	100	running	Boomershine
2	Cotton Owens	6	4	$5,100	100	running	Cotton Owens
3	Fred Lorenzen	28	11	$2,600	99	running	Fred Lorenzen
4	Lee Petty	42	12	$1,525	99	running	Petty Enterprises
5	Bunkie Blackburn	64	15	$1,150	98	running	Spook Crawford
6	Rex White	4	8	$1,050	98	running	Piedmont / Friendly
7	Ned Jarrett	11	13	$800	97	running	Courtesy
9	Gerald Duke	92	21	$650	97	running	Gerald Duke
11	Richard Petty	43	6	$600	96	running	Petty Enterprises
13	Jim Paschal	49	22	$320	95	running	Bob Welborn
14	Marvin Panch	77	18	$300	95	running	Billie Ridgeway
15	Junior Johnson	27	17	$270	94	running	Daytona Kennel
16	Shorty Rollins	81	26	$270	93	running	Shorty Rollins
17	Dick Joslin	16	24	$250	92	running	Happy Steigel
18	David Pearson	67	27	$250	91	running	David Pearson
19	Jimmy Pardue	17	35	$225	89	running	Bob Barron
20	Herman Beam	19	32	$250	89	running	Herman Beam
22	Joe Caspolich	8	36	$225	85	running
24	Curtis Crider	83	37	$200	80	running	Curtis Crider
25	Tom Pistone	59	10	$300	66	engine	Thor
26	Joe Weatherly	12	7	$300	65	engine	Holman-Moody
27	Johnny Allen	69	5	$300	61	valve	Hanley Dawson
28	Buck Baker	87	20	$150	58	engine	Thor
29	Paul Lewis	1	23	$150	55	running	Faircloth
30	Bobby Johns	3	3	$500	52	axle	Jim Stephens
31	Fireball Roberts	22	2	$750	40	oil filter	John Hines
32	Elmo Langley	10	19	$150	26	crank shft	Ratus Walters
33	Joe Lee Johnson	89	30	$250	25	rods	Paul McDuffie
34	Tim Flock	18	28	$150	22	engine
36	Possum Jones	2	25	$150	8	rocker arm	Tom Daniels