Английская Википедия:1960 National 400

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The 1960 National 400 was a Grand National Series stock car race that was held on October 16, 1960, at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.

The transition to purpose-built racecars began in the early 1960s and occurred gradually over that decade. Changes made to the sport by the late 1960s brought an end to the "strictly stock" vehicles of the 1950s.

Background

Around 29,166 spectators traveled to Charlotte Motor Speedway to watch the race. Located in Concord, North Carolina, Charlotte Motor Speedway is a banked Шаблон:Convert quad-oval that opened a few months earlier for the inaugural World 600.

Race report

Bob Barron and Friday Hassler would make their NASCAR Grand National debut appearances here. Unfortunately, this would be Bob Barron's only start of the 1960 NASCAR Grand National Series season. Charlie Glotzbach would also make his NASCAR big league debut at this race but to a much smaller fanfare.

The race was held on a dry circuit; with no precipitation recorded around the speedway.

It took three hours and thirty-two minutes to complete 267 laps on a paved oval track spanning Шаблон:Convert. Seven cautions were waved by NASCAR officials for 34 laps. Speedy Thompson defeated Richard Petty by one lap and twelve seconds in front of nearly 30,000 spectators while going Шаблон:Convert; helping the Wood Brothers' racing team earn their one of their first NASCAR wins as owners. Thompson would get his penultimate win of his NASCAR Cup career in this race; winning for the last time at the 1960 Capital City 400.

Fireball Roberts was the qualifier for the pole position with a speed of Шаблон:Convert. Eight notable crew chiefs participated in the event; including Cotton Owens, Leonard Wood and Bud Moore. He would eventually blow a tire on lap 232; causing him to crash and lose the lead. There were fifty drivers who would ultimately participate in this event; all of them were American-born males.

Fred Lorenzen would earn the event's last-place finish for a vibration problem that he developed on lap 4; earning only $200 for that day ($Шаблон:Inflation when adjusted for inflation). Lowe's was one of the corporate sponsors of this racing event; they still sponsor NASCAR to this very day through frequent Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series champion Jimmie Johnson.

Qualifying

Grid	Шаблон:Tooltip	Driver	Manufacturer	Owner
1	22	Fireball Roberts	'60 Pontiac	John Hines
2	47	Jack Smith	'60 Pontiac	Jack Smith
3	21	Speedy Thompson	'60 Ford	Wood Brothers
4	4	Rex White	'60 Chevrolet	Rex White
5	12	Joe Weatherly	'60 Ford	Holman-Moody Racing
6	5	Bobby Johns	'60 Pontiac	Cotton Owens
7	44	Jim Paschal	'60 Plymouth	Petty Enterprises
8	26	Curtis Turner	'60 Ford	Holman-Moody Racing
9	85	Emuanel Zervakis	'60 Chevrolet	Monroe Shook
10	87	Buck Baker	'60 Chevrolet	Buck Baker
11	11	Ned Jarrett	'60 Ford	Ned Jarrett
12	73	Johnny Beauchamp	'60 Chevrolet	Dale Swanson
13	7	Jim Reed	'60 Chevrolet	Jim Reed
14	27	Junior Johnson	'60 Pontiac	John Masoni
15	89	Joe Lee Johnson	'60 Chevrolet	Joe Lee Johnson
16	2	Possum Jones	'60 Chevrolet	Tom Daniels
17	94	Banjo Matthews	'60 Ford	Banjo Matthews
18	69	Johnny Allen	'60 Chevrolet	Hanley Dawson
19	42	Lee Petty	'60 Plymouth	Petty Enterprises
20	35	Don O'Dell	'60 Pontiac	J.D. Braswell
21	43	Richard Petty	'60 Plymouth	Petty Enterprises
22	78	Friday Hassler	'60 Chevrolet	E.C. Wilson
23	49	Bob Welborn	'60 Ford	Bob Welborn
24	81	Larry Frank	'60 Ford	Shorty Rollins
25	10	T.C. Hunt	'60 Plymouth	Fred Wheat

Failed to qualify: Buddy Baker (#20), Leroy Thomas, Wilbur Rakestraw (#99), Bob Duell (#95), Gerald Duke (#92), Speedy Thompson (#90), Charles Griffin (#78), Elmo Henderson (#70), Tiny Lund (#63), Jim Whitman (#60), Jim Cook (#38), Tommy Irwin (#36), Jimmy Massey (#21), LeeRoy Yarbrough

Top 10 finishers

Pos	Grid	Шаблон:Tooltip	Driver	Manufacturer	Шаблон:Tooltip	Winnings	Шаблон:Tooltip	Time/Status
1	3	21	Speedy Thompson	Ford	267	$12,710	44	3:32:50
2	21	43	Richard Petty	Plymouth	266	$5,550	0	+1 lap
3	11	11	Ned Jarrett	Ford	266	$3,275	13	+1 lap
4	6	5	Bobby Johns	Pontiac	265	$2,880	0	+2 laps
5	14	27	Junior Johnson	Pontiac	265	$1,855	0	+2 laps
6	4	4	Rex White	Chevrolet	265	$2,050	0	+2 laps
7	9	85	Emanuel Zervakis	Chevrolet	263	$1,100	0	+4 laps
8	7	44	Jim Paschal	Pontiac	261	$920	0	+6 laps
9	30	59	Tom Pistone	Pontiac	260	$700	0	+7 laps
10	17	94	Banjo Matthews	Ford	259	$725	0	+8 laps

Timeline

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