Dixie 300

Atlanta Motor Speedway — July 31, 1960

Fireball Roberts

Winner

200

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Fireball Roberts won the 1960 Dixie 300 at Atlanta Motor Speedway on July 31, 1960, leading 32 of 200 laps. Cotton Owens finished second; Jack Smith rounded out the podium. The race featured 6 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Sunday, July 31, 1960

Track

Atlanta Motor Speedway

Season

1960

Winner

Fireball Roberts

Leaders

6 drivers

Sort by

Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	1	—	Fireball Roberts	John Hines (Owner)		200	—	Running	32	1750
2	5	+3	Cotton Owens	Owens Racing		200	—	Running	52	1680
3	2	-1	Jack Smith	Jack Smith (Owner)		200	—	Running	30	1610
4	3	-1	Bobby Johns	Jim Stephens (Owner)		199	—	Running	17	1540
5	4	-1	Fred Lorenzen	Fred Lorenzen (Owner)		199	—	Running	—	1470
6	9	+3	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	198	—	Running	—	1400
7	13	+6	Roz Howard	Roz Howard (Owner)		197	—	Running	—	1330
8	14	+6	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	197	—	Running	—	1260
9	7	-2	Johnny Allen	Hanley Dawson (Owner)		193	—	Running	—	1190
10	16	+6	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)		193	—	Running	—	1120
11	18	+7	Wilbur Rakestraw	Talmadge Cochrane (Owner)		193	—	Running	—	1050
12	23	+11	Speedy Thompson	Donlavey Racing		192	—	DNF - Crash	—	980
13	29	+16	Possum Jones	Tom Daniels (Owner)		192	—	Running	—	910
14	24	+10	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson (Owner)	Plymouth	192	—	Running	—	840
15	15	—	Ned Jarrett	Ned Jarrett (Owner)		191	—	Running	—	770
16	36	+20	Herb Tillman	Ralph Stark (Owner)		191	—	Running	—	700
17	26	+9	Marvin Panch	W.J. Ridgeway (Owner)		191	—	Running	—	630
18	11	-7	Tom Pistone	W.T. Coppedge (Owner)		188	—	Running	8	560
19	34	+15	Joe Eubanks	Don Every (Owner)		188	—	Running	—	490
20	12	-8	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	186	—	Running	—	420
21	30	+9	Jimmy Thompson	Doc White (Owner)		185	—	Running	—	350
22	31	+9	Curtis Turner	Beau Morgan (Owner)		185	—	Running	—	280
23	22	-1	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)		185	—	Running	—	210
24	44	+20	Herb Shannon	Roy Burdick (Owner)		184	—	Running	—	140
25	8	-17	Banjo Matthews	Matthews Racing		182	—	Running	—	70
26	43	+17	Reb Wickersham	Reb Wickersham (Owner)		181	—	Running	—	70
27	39	+12	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)		181	—	Running	—	70
28	28	—	Johnny Miller	Charles Griffin (Owner)		181	—	Running	—	70
29	38	+9	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)		180	—	Running	—	70
30	40	+10	Tiny Lund	Bill Gazaway (Owner)		178	—	Running	—	70
31	21	-10	Buck Baker	Buck Baker Racing		177	—	Running	—	70
32	35	+3	David Pearson	Pearson Racing		168	—	Running	—	70
33	32	-1	Johnny Beauchamp	Dale Swanson (Owner)		155	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
34	17	-17	Shorty Rollins	Shorty Rollins (Owner)		154	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
35	6	-29	Joe Weatherly	Holman Moody		148	—	DNF - Engine	61	70
36	27	-9	Jimmy Massey			128	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
37	19	-18	Bunkie Blackburn	Spook Crawford (Owner)		123	—	DNF	—	70
38	45	+7	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)		122	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
39	41	+2	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		86	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
40	33	-7	Charley Griffith	E.C. Wilson (Owner)		80	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
41	25	-16	Gerald Duke	Gerald Duke (Owner)		65	—	DNF	—	70
42	10	-32	Joe Lee Johnson	Paul McDuffie (Owner)		45	—	DNF	—	70
43	20	-23	Junior Johnson	John Masoni (Owner)		38	—	DNF - Engine	—	70
44	37	-7	Jim Reed	Dick Joslin (Owner)		35	—	DNF	—	70
45	42	-3	Jimmy Pardue	Ebart Clifton (Owner)	Dodge	19	—	DNF	—	70