1960 National 400 - NASCAR Race

Name of Race:	1960 National 400
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.

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1960 National 400 NASCAR Race Results

Below are the race results for 1960 National 400, in order of finishing place.

Fin	Driver	Num	Start	Money	Laps	Status	Sponsor
1	Speedy Thompson	21	3	$12,710	267	running	Wood Brothers
2	Richard Petty	43	21	$5,550	266	running	Petty Enterprises
3	Ned Jarrett	11	11	$3,275	266	running	Courtesy
4	Bobby Johns	5	6	$2,880	265	running	Cotton Owens
5	Junior Johnson	27	14	$1,855	265	running	Daytona Kennel
6	Rex White	4	4	$2,050	265	running	Piedmont / Friendly
7	Emanuel Zervakis	85	9	$1,100	263	running	Monroe Shook
8	Jim Paschal	44	7	$920	261	running	Petty Enterprises
9	Tom Pistone	59	30	$700	260	running	B.G. Holloway
12	Johnny Beauchamp	73	12	$400	256	running	Dale Swanson
14	Bob Welborn	49	23	$350	250	running	Bob Welborn
15	Possum Jones	2	16	$350	248	running	Tom Daniels
17	Elmo Langley	61	37	$300	244	running	Doc White
18	Buck Baker	87	10	$530	243	running	Buck Baker
20	Herman Beam	19	43	$300	238	running	Herman Beam
21	David Pearson	67	29	$225	236	running	David Pearson
22	Friday Hassler	78	22	$225	235	running	E.C. Wilson
23	Fireball Roberts	22	1	$2,435	232	crash	John Hines
24	L.D. Austin	74	40	$225	229	running	L.D. Austin
26	Johnny Allen	69	18	$200	220	tire	Hanley Dawson
28	Charlie Glotzbach	34	38	$200	192	a frame	Red Hollingsworth
29	Larry Frank	81	24	$310	191	a frame	Shorty Rollins
30	Bob Barron	17	46	$900	186	coil	Bob Barron
32	Curtis Turner	26	8	$200	159	engine	Holman-Moody
35	Joe Lee Johnson	89	15	$395	133	wiring	Joe Lee Johnson
36	Lee Petty	42	19	$300	119	brakes	Petty Enterprises
37	Curtis Crider	64	44	$200	108	engine	Spook Crawford
38	Paul Lewis	1	36	$200	99	radiator	Faircloth
40	Jim Reed	7	13	$325	89	crash	Jim Reed
42	Jimmy Pardue	54	35	$200	79	radiator	Lowe's
44	Jack Smith	47	2	$375	60	crash	Boomershine
45	Joe Weatherly	12	5	$250	22	crash	Holman-Moody
46	T.C. Hunt	10	25	$200	20	piston	Fred Wheat
48	Marvin Panch	77	27	$200	17	fuel pump	Billie Ridgeway
50	Fred Lorenzen	28	33	$200	4	vibration	Fred Lorenzen