1960 National 400

1960 National 400
Race details
Race 42 of 44 in the 1960 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season
Date October 16, 1960 (1960-October-16)
Location Charlotte Motor Speedway (Concord, North Carolina)
Course Permanent racing facility
1.500 mi (2.410 km)
Distance 267 laps, 400.5 mi (644.5 km)
Avg Speed 112.905 miles per hour (181.703 km/h)
Pole position
Driver Fireball Roberts John Hines
Most laps led
Driver Fireball Roberts John Hines
Laps 197
Winner
22
 Speedy Thompson
 Wood Brothers
Television
Network untelevised
Announcers none

The 1960 National 400 was a NASCAR Grand National Series racing event that took place on October 16, 1960 at Charlotte Motor Speedway in the American community of Concord, North Carolina.[1]

Summary

Bob Barron and Friday Hassler would make their NASCAR Cup Series debut appearances here.

It took three hours and thirty-two minutes to complete 267 laps on a paved oval track spanning 1.500 miles (2.414 km).[1][2] Seven cautions were waved by NASCAR officials for 34 laps.[1] Speedy Thompson defeated Richard Petty by one lap and twelve seconds in front of nearly 30000 spectators while going 112.905 miles per hour (181.703 km/h);[1][3] helping the Wood Brothers' racing team earn their one of their first NASCAR wins as owners. Fireball Roberts was the qualifier for the pole position with a speed of 133.465 miles per hour (214.791 km/h).[1] He would eventually blow a tire on lap 232; causing him to crash and lose the lead.[4] There were fifty drivers who would ultimately participate in this event; all of them were American-born males.[1]

Fred Lorenzen would earn the event's last-place finish for a vibration problem that he developed on lap 4; earning only $200 for that day ($1,262.57 in today's money).[1][5] Lowe's was one of the corporate sponsors of this racing event;[1] they still sponsor NASCAR to this very day through frequent Sprint Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson.

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "1960 National 400 information". Racing Reference. http://www.racing-reference.info/race/1960_National_400/W. Retrieved 2011-02-18. 
  2. ^ "1960 National 400 additional track information". Ultimate Racing History. http://www.ultimateracinghistory.com/race.php?raceid=5667. Retrieved 2011-02-18. 
  3. ^ "1960 National 400 information (exact comparison between Petty and Thompson)". Racin' Today. http://www.racintoday.com/archives/13021. Retrieved 2011-02-18. 
  4. ^ "1960 National 400 information (second reference)". How Stuff Works. http://auto.howstuffworks.com/auto-racing/nascar/season-recaps/1960s/1960-nascar.htm. Retrieved 2011-02-18. 
  5. ^ "About the last-place finisher of the 1960 National 400". Everything Stock Car. http://www.everythingstockcar.com/2656r-1960-national-400-nascar-race.html. Retrieved 2011-02-18. 
Preceded by
1960 Wilkes 320		 NASCAR Grand National Series Season
1960		 Succeeded by
1960 Capital City 200