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Firecracker 250

NASCAR Grand National race
Daytona International Speedway, Daytona Beach, FL
July 4, 1960
100 laps on 2.5 mile paved oval; 250 miles

Fin	St	Driver	#	Owner	Car	Laps	Money	Status	Laps Led
1	1	Jack Smith	47	Jack Smith	1960 Pontiac	100	11,500	running	67
2	4	Cotton Owens	6	Cotton Owens	1960 Pontiac	100	5,100	running	25
3	11	Fred Lorenzen	28	Fred Lorenzen	1960 Ford	99	2,600	running	0
4	12	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	1960 Plymouth	99	1,525	running	0
5	15	Bunkie Blackburn	64	Spook Crawford	1960 Ford	98	1,150	running	0
6	8	Rex White	4	Rex White	1960 Chevrolet	98	1,050	running	0
7	13	Ned Jarrett	11	Ned Jarrett	1960 Ford	97	800	running	0
8	9	Banjo Matthews	94	Banjo Matthews	1960 Ford	97	775	running	0
9	21	Gerald Duke	92	Gerald Duke	1959 Ford Thunderbird	97	650	running	0
10	16	Jimmy Massey	21		1959 Chevrolet	96	575	running	0
11	6	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	1960 Plymouth	96	600	running	0
12	14	Wilbur Rakestraw	99	Talmadge Cochrane	1960 Ford	96	375	running	0
13	22	Jim Paschal	49	Bob Welborn	1960 Chevrolet	95	320	running	0
14	18	Marvin Panch	77	W.J. Ridgeway	1960 Ford	95	300	running	0
15	17	Junior Johnson	27	John Masoni	1960 Chevrolet	94	270	running	0
16	26	Shorty Rollins	81	Shorty Rollins	1960 Ford	93	270	running	0
17	24	Dick Joslin	16	Happy Steigel	1959 Pontiac	92	250	running	0
18	27	David Pearson	67	David Pearson	1959 Chevrolet	91	250	running	0
19	35	Jimmy Pardue	17	Bob Barron	1960 Dodge	89	225	running	0
20	32	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	1960 Ford	89	250	running	0
21	31	Jim Whitman	60	Dick Stanley	1960 Dodge	88	250	running	0
22	36	Joe Caspolich	8		1960 Chevrolet	85	225	running	0
23	29	Reb Wickersham	33	Reb Wickersham	1960 Oldsmobile	80	250	running	0
24	38	Curtis Crider	83	Curtis Crider	1958 Ford	80	200	running	0
25	10	Tom Pistone	59	W.T. Coppedge	1960 Chevrolet	66	300	engine	0
26	7	Joe Weatherly	12	Holman Moody	1960 Ford	65	300	engine	0
27	5	Johnny Allen	69	Hanley Dawson	1960 Chevrolet	61	300	valve	0
28	20	Buck Baker	87	Buck Baker	1960 Chevrolet	58	150	engine	0
29	23	Paul Lewis	1	Jess Potter	1960 Chevrolet	55	150	running	0
30	3	Bobby Johns	3	Jim Stephens	1959 Pontiac	52	500	axle	0
31	2	Fireball Roberts	22	John Hines	1960 Pontiac	40	750	oil filter	8
32	19	Elmo Langley	10	Ratus Walters	1959 Buick	26	150	crankshaft	0
33	30	Joe Lee Johnson	89	Paul McDuffie	1960 Chevrolet	25	250	rods	0
34	28	Tim Flock	18		1960 Plymouth	22	150	engine	0
35	34	Roy Tyner	51	Roy McDonald	1959 Oldsmobile	14	125	axle	0
36	25	Possum Jones	2	Tom Daniels	1960 Chevrolet	8	150	rocker arm	0
37	33	Ed Markstellar	86	Matt DeMatthews	1958 Ford	7	125	overheating	0
38	37	Charles Griffith	78		1960 Ford	0		did not start	0
39	39	Jimmy Pardue	54		1959 Dodge	0		did not start	0
	35	Bob Barron	17	Bob Barron	1960 Dodge	0		qualified car	0

Time of race: 01:42:09
Average Speed: 146.842 MPH
Pole Speed: 59.16 seconds
0 cautions
Attendance: 15,919