1960 - NASCAR Grand National Series - Firecracker 250 Race Results

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1960 - Firecracker 250 Race Results

Race Name - Firecracker 250
Date - 7/4/1960
Race Track - Daytona International Speedway
Track Length (Miles) - 2.5 miles
Race Length (Miles) - 250 miles
Pole Speed - 152.129 mph
Number of Cautions - 0
Caution Laps - 0
Average Race Speed - 146.84 mph
Lead Changes - 10
Total Race Purse - $33,160
Race Number - 23

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Fin	St	Driver	#	Sponsor	Laps Run	Make	Laps Led	Purse
1	1	Jack Smith	47	Boomershine (Jack Smith)	100	60 Pontiac	67	$11,500
2	4	Cotton Owens	6	Cotton Owens	100	60 Pontiac	25	$5,100
3	11	Fred Lorenzen	28	Fred Lorenzen	99	60 Ford	0	$2,600
4	12	Lee Petty	42	Petty Enterprises	99	60 Plymout	0	$1,525
5	15	Bunkie Blackburn	64	Spook Crawford	98	60 Ford	0	$1,150
6	8	Rex White	4	Piedmont Friendly (Rex White)	98	60 Chevrol	0	$1,050
7	13	Ned Jarrett	11	Courtesy (Ned Jarrett)	97	60 Ford	0	$800
8	9	Banjo Matthews	94	Banjo Matthews	97	60 Chevrol	0	$775
9	21	Gerald Duke	92	Gerald Duke	97	59 T-Bird	0	$650
10	16	Jimmy Massey	21		96	59 Chevrol	0	$575
11	6	Richard Petty	43	Petty Enterprises	96	60 Plymout	0	$600
12	14	Wilbur Rakestraw	99	Talmadge Cochrane	96	60 Ford	0	$375
13	22	Jim Paschal	49	Bob Welborn	95	60 Chevrol	0	$320
14	18	Marvin Panch	77	Billie Ridgeway (WJ Ridgeway)	95	60 Ford	0	$300
15	17	Junior Johnson	27	Daytona Kennel (John Masoni)	94	60 Chevrol	0	$270
16	26	Shorty Rollins	81	Shorty Rollins	93	60 Ford	0	$270
17	24	Dick Joslin	16	Leppere Pontiac (Happy Steigel)	92	59 Pontiac	0	$250
18	27	David Pearson	67	David Pearson	91	59 Chevrol	0	$250
19	35	Jimmy Pardue	17	Bob Barron	89	60 Dodge	0	$225
20	32	Herman Beam	19	Herman Beam	89	60 Ford	0	$250
21	31	Jim Whitman	60	Dick Stanley	88	60 Dodge	0	$250
22	36	Joe Caspolich	8		85	60 Chevrol	0	$225
23	29	Reb Wickersham	33	Flying Rebel Racing Team (Reb Wickersham)	80	60 Oldsmob	0	$250
24	37	Curtis Crider	83	Curtis Crider	80	58 Ford	0	$200
25	10	Tom Pistone	59	Thor (WT Coppedge)	66	60 Chevrol	0	$300
26	7	Joe Weatherly	12	HolmanMoody	65	60 Ford	0	$300
27	5	Johnny Allen	69	Hanley Dawson	61	60 Chevrol	0	$300
28	20	Buck Baker	87	Thor (Buck Baker)	58	60 Chevrol	0	$150
29	23	Paul Lewis	1	Faircloth (Jess Potter)	55	60 Chevrol	0	$150
30	3	Bobby Johns	3	Jim Stephens	52	59 Pontiac	0	$500
31	2	Fireball Roberts	22	John Hines	40	60 Pontiac	8	$750
32	19	Elmo Langley	10	Ratus Walters	26	59 Buick	0	$150
33	30	Joe Lee Johnson	89	Paul McDuffie	25	60 Chevrol	0	$250
34	28	Tim Flock	18		22	60 Plymout	0	$150
35	34	Roy Tyner	51	Roy McDonald	14	59 Oldsmob	0	$125
36	25	Possum Jones	2	Tom Daniels	8	60 Chevrol	0	$150
37	33	Ed Markstellar	86	Matt DeMatthews	7	58 Ford	0	$125