| 1960 Western North Carloina 500 NASCAR Cup Series Race 30 of 44 | |||||
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| Race Information | Track Information | ||||
| Total Purse: | $16,325 | Race Date: | Aug 14, 1960 | Asheville-Weaverville Speedway | |
| Margin of Victory: | 4 Laps | Race Duration: | 3Hr 50Min 41Sec. | Weaverville, North Carolina | |
| Lead Changes: | 8 Among / 6 Drivers | Average Speed: | 65.024 MPH | .500 Mile Dirt | |
| No. of Cars: | 34 | No. of Cautions: | TBA | ||
| Winner, Pole and Manufacturer Information | ||||||||
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| Winner Information | Pole Information | Manufacturer Points | ||||||
| Driver: | Rex White R. White | Driver: | Jack Smith J. Smith | Chevrolet: | 9 | |||
| Car No.: | #4 Chevrolet | Car No.: | #47 Pontiac | Pontiac: | 0 | |||
| Team: | White-Clemens Racing | Team: | Ford: | 0 | ||||
| Crew Chief: | Louis Clements | Crew Chief: | Plymouth: | 0 | ||||
| Laps Led: | 128 of 500 | Pole Speed: | 55.866 MPH | |||||
| Official 1960 Western North Carloina 500 Results |
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| Finish | Start | Num | Driver | Sponsor | Status | Mfg | Points | Laps | Led |
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| 1 | 2 | 4 | Rex White | Piedmont / Friendly | Running |  | 0 | 500 | 128 |
| 2 | 18 | 2 | Possum Jones | Tom Daniels (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 496 | 0 |
| 3 | 15 | 85 | Emanuel Zervakis | Monroe Shook (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 492 | 0 |
| 4 | 7 | 5 | Bobby Johns | Cotton Owens Garage | Running |  | 0 | 479 | 168 |
| 5 | 1 | 47 | Jack Smith | Boomershine | Running | | 0 | 479 | 4 |
| 6 | 4 | 16 | Glen Wood | Wood Brothers Racing | Running |  | 0 | 479 | 0 |
| 7 | 24 | 74 | L.D. Austin | L.D. Austin (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 473 | 0 |
| 8 | 14 | 42 | Lee Petty | Petty Enterprises | Running |  | 0 | 464 | 0 |
| 9 | 27 | 83 | Curtis Crider | Curtis Crider (Car Owner) | Running | | 0 | 433 | 0 |
| 10 | 26 | 1 | Paul Lewis (R) | Faircloth | Running | | 0 | 419 | 0 |
| 11 | 10 | 99 | Wilbur Rakestraw | Talmadge Cochrane (Car Owner) | | 0 | 413 | 0 | |
| 12 | 6 | 59 | Tom Pistone | Thor Chevrolet | Engine | | 0 | 388 | 140 |
| 13 | 13 | 11 | Ned Jarrett | Courtesy Ford | Engine | | 0 | 377 | 0 |
| 14 | 11 | 21 | Fred Harb | Wood Brothers | Accident | | 0 | 370 | 0 |
| 15 | 16 | 43 | Richard Petty | Petty Enterprises | Accident | | 0 | 359 | 49 |
| 16 | 20 | 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam (Car Owner) | Head Gasket | | 0 | 349 | 0 |
| 17 | 21 | 48 | G.C. Spencer | Weldon Wagner (Car Owner) | | 0 | 330 | 0 | |
| 18 | 32 | 80 | Neil Castles | Castles Racing | Transmission | | 0 | 316 | 0 |
| 19 | 9 | 89 | Joe Lee Johnson | Paul McDuffie (Car Owner) | Accident | | 0 | 314 | 0 |
| 20 | 3 | 73 | Johnny Beauchamp | Dale Swanson (Car Owner) | Sway Bar | | 0 | 303 | 0 |
| 21 | 17 | 92 | Gerald Duke (R) | Gerald Duke (Car Owner) | Rear Gear | | 0 | 289 | 0 |
| 22 | 5 | 44 | Jim Paschal | Petty Enterprises | Rear Gear | | 0 | 272 | 11 |
| 23 | 12 | 23 | Doug Yates | Raeford Johnson (Car Owner) | Transmission | | 0 | 240 | 0 |
| 24 | 33 | 7 | Jimmy Pardue | Bob Barron (Car Owner) | Clutch |  | 0 | 202 | 0 |
| 25 | 23 | 18 | Roz Howard | Roz Howard (Car Owner) | Suspension | | 0 | 154 | 0 |
| 26 | 8 | 94 | Banjo Matthews | Warrior Motel | | 0 | 116 | 0 | |
| 27 | 22 | 87 | Buck Baker | Thor Chevrolet | | 0 | 108 | 0 | |
| 28 | 19 | 64 | Buddy Baker | Spook Crawford (Car Owner) | A Frame | | 0 | 76 | 0 |
| 29 | 28 | 17 | Harvey Hege | Fred Harb (Car Owner) | Steering | | 0 | 62 | 0 |
| 30 | 29 | 27 | Junior Johnson | Daytona Kennel | Overheating | | 0 | 58 | 0 |
| 31 | 25 | 34 | Chuck Tombs | Accident | | 0 | 22 | 0 | |
| 32 | 34 | 9 | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner (Car Owner) | | 0 | 21 | 0 | |
| 33 | 30 | 77 | Marvin Panch | Billie Ridgeway | Rear Gear | | 0 | 11 | 0 |
| 34 | 31 | 35 | E.J. Trivette | M.J. Black (Car Owner) | | 0 | 6 | 0 |
