Southern 500

Darlington Raceway — September 5, 1960

Buck Baker

Winner

364

Laps

Entries

Leaders

Buck Baker won the 1960 Southern 500 at Darlington Raceway on September 5, 1960, leading 175 of 364 laps. Rex White finished second; Jim Paschal rounded out the podium. The race featured 7 different leaders.

Race Details

Date

Monday, September 5, 1960

Track

Darlington Raceway

Season

1960

Winner

Buck Baker

Leaders

7 drivers

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Pos	Start	+/-	Driver	Team	Manufacturer	Laps	Interval	Status	Led	Pts
1	2	+1	Buck Baker	Jack Smith (Owner)		364	—	Running	175	2600
2	7	+5	Rex White	Rex White (Owner)		364	—	Running	4	2496
3	3	—	Jim Paschal	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	362	—	Running	—	2392
4	16	+12	Emanuel Zervakis	Monroe Shook (Owner)		362	—	Running	—	2288
5	20	+15	Ned Jarrett	Ned Jarrett (Owner)		362	—	Running	—	2184
6	8	+2	Richard Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	361	—	Running	106	2080
7	17	+10	Banjo Matthews	Matthews Racing		361	—	Running	—	1976
8	21	+13	Johnny Beauchamp	Dale Swanson (Owner)		358	—	Running	—	1872
9	1	-8	Fireball Roberts	John Hines (Owner)		353	—	DNF	53	1768
10	34	+24	Doug Yates	Raeford Johnson (Owner)	Plymouth	353	—	Running	—	1664
11	24	+13	Marvin Panch	W.J. Ridgeway (Owner)		351	—	Running	—	1560
12	26	+14	Elmo Henderson	W.H. Watson (Owner)		338	—	Running	—	1456
13	39	+26	Clem Proctor	Charlie Chapman (Owner)		338	—	Running	—	1352
14	36	+22	Paul Lewis	Jess Potter (Owner)		335	—	DNF - Engine	—	1248
15	29	+14	Shorty Rollins	Shorty Rollins (Owner)		331	—	Running	—	1144
16	35	+19	Jim Whitman	Dick Stanley (Owner)	Dodge	320	—	DNF - Engine	—	1040
17	41	+24	L.D. Austin	L.D. Austin (Owner)		310	—	Running	—	936
18	37	+19	Herman Beam	Herman Beam (Owner)		305	—	Running	—	832
19	32	+13	Tiny Lund	Bill Gazaway (Owner)		304	—	DNF - Crash	—	728
20	43	+23	Curtis Crider	Curtis Crider (Owner)		304	—	Running	—	624
21	4	-17	Joe Weatherly	Holman Moody		303	—	DNF - Crash	—	520
22	44	+22	G.C. Spencer	Spook Crawford (Owner)		301	—	Running	—	416
23	25	+2	Jimmy Thompson	Doc White (Owner)		278	—	DNF	—	312
24	6	-18	Cotton Owens	Owens Racing		277	—	DNF	9	208
25	45	+20	T.C. Hunt	Fred Wheat (Owner)	Plymouth	260	—	DNF	—	104
26	30	+4	Wilbur Rakestraw	Talmadge Cochrane (Owner)		217	—	DNF	—	104
27	22	-5	David Pearson	Pearson Racing		214	—	DNF	—	104
28	14	-14	Fred Lorenzen	Fred Lorenzen (Owner)		188	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
29	42	+13	Steve McGrath	Happy Steigel (Owner)		188	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
30	9	-21	Lee Petty	Petty Enterprises	Plymouth	188	—	DNF - Crash	13	104
31	33	+2	Herb Tillman	Ralph Stark (Owner)		180	—	DNF	—	104
32	38	+6	Reb Wickersham	Reb Wickersham (Owner)		163	—	DNF	—	104
33	46	+13	Jimmy Pardue	Ebart Clifton (Owner)	Dodge	143	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
34	23	-11	Buddy Baker	Buck Baker Racing		136	—	DNF	—	104
35	47	+12	Gene White			134	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
36	28	-8	Jim Reed	Jim Reed (Owner)		130	—	DNF	—	104
37	13	-24	Johnny Allen	Hanley Dawson (Owner)		125	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
38	12	-26	Tom Pistone	W.T. Coppedge (Owner)		115	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
39	19	-20	Speedy Thompson	Donlavey Racing		110	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
40	5	-35	Bobby Johns	Owens Racing		95	—	DNF - Crash	4	104
41	11	-30	Joe Lee Johnson	Paul McDuffie (Owner)		95	—	DNF	—	104
42	40	-2	Roy Tyner	Roy Tyner (Owner)		86	—	DNF - Crash	—	104
43	15	-28	Possum Jones	Tom Daniels (Owner)		76	—	DNF	—	104
44	31	-13	Johnny Miller	Robert Ramey (Owner)		26	—	DNF - Crash	—	104
45	18	-27	Elmo Langley	Gerald Duke (Owner)		25	—	DNF - Crash	—	104
46	27	-19	Bunkie Blackburn	Spook Crawford (Owner)		24	—	DNF - Crash	—	104
47	10	-37	Junior Johnson	John Masoni (Owner)		17	—	DNF - Engine	—	104
48	48	—	E.J. Trivette	M.J. Black (Owner)	Plymouth	1	—	DNF	—	104