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{{short description|Auto race held at Bowman Gray Stadium in 1960}}
{{NASCAR race season infobox
| Type           = CUST
| Description    = Race 22 of 44 in the [[1960 in NASCAR|1960 NASCAR Grand National Series]] season
| Race Name      = International 200
| Details ref    = <ref name="race weather">{{cite web | url = http://www.almanac.com/weather/history/NC/Winston-Salem/1960-06-16 | title = 1960 International 200 weather information | publisher = The Old Farmers' Almanac | date = | accessdate = 2012-08-02}}</ref><ref name="1960i200">{{cite web | url = http://www.racing-reference.info/race/1960_International_200/W | title = 1960 International 200 information | publisher = Racing Reference | date = | accessdate = 2011-02-15}}</ref>
| Fulldate       = {{Start date|1960|June|26}}
| Year           = 1960
| Race_No        = 22
| Season_No      = 44
| Image          = Bowman Gray Stadium 2024.svg
| Official name  = International 200
| Location       = [[Bowman Gray Stadium]], [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]
| Course_mi      = 0.250
| Course_km      = 0.421
| Distance_laps  = 200
| Distance_mi    = 50.0
| Distance_km    = 35.0
| Weather        = Very hot with temperatures of {{convert|90|F|C}}; wind speeds of {{convert|15.9|mph|km/h}}
| Avg            = {{convert|45.782|mi/h}}
| Attendance     = 10,500
| Pole_Driver    = [[Lee Petty]]
| Pole_Team      = [[Petty Enterprises]]
| Pole_Time      =
| Most_Driver    = [[Glen Wood]]
| Most_Team      = [[Wood Brothers Racing|Wood Brothers]]
| Most_laps      = 200
| Car            = 16
| First_Driver   = Glen Wood
| First_Team     = Wood Brothers
| Network        = untelevised
| Announcers     = none
}}

The '''1960 International 200''' was a [[NASCAR]] [[Grand National Series]] event that was held on June 26, 1960, at [[Bowman Gray Stadium]] in [[Winston-Salem, 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==
[[Bowman Gray Stadium]] is a [[NASCAR]] sanctioned {{convert|1/4|mi|adj=on}} asphalt flat oval [[Short track motor racing|short track]] and longstanding [[American football|football]] stadium located in [[Winston-Salem, North Carolina]]. It is one of stock car racing's most legendary venues, and is referred to as "NASCAR's longest-running weekly race track". Bowman Gray Stadium is part of the [[Winston-Salem Sports and Entertainment Complex]] and is home of the [[Winston-Salem State University]] Rams football team.<ref>{{cite book |last=Zona| first=Chris|author2=Trevin Goodwin| title= 2007 Rams Football| url=http://www.fansonly.com/photos/schools/wssu/sports/m-footbl/auto_pdf/2007FBMGComplete.pdf| publisher=Winston-Salem State Athletics |year= 2007|page = 30}}</ref> It was also the home of the [[Wake Forest University]] football team from 1956 until [[Groves Stadium]] (later [[BB&T Field]]) opened in 1968.

==Race report==
It took one hour and five minutes to resolve two hundred laps of racing.<ref name="1960i200"/> The average speed of the race was {{convert|45.872|mph|km/h}} while [[Lee Petty]] would qualify for the [[pole position]] with a speed of {{convert|47.850|mph|km/h}}.<ref name="1960i200"/> These speeds would be relatively slow on today's [[highway]] systems for passenger automobiles. [[Glen Wood]] managed to defeat Petty by half a lap in the actual race.<ref name="1960i200"/>

A magnificent combination of driver skill and the lighter non-American vehicles would do a lot to overcome raw horsepower at Bowman Gray Stadium. The modern NASCAR Cup Series is more influenced by futuristic technology typically found in [[Formula One]] vehicles; making driver skill secondary to impromptu luck-based strategies made during the race. The foreign makes that participated in this race were the [[MG Cars|MG]] (as a part of Great Britain's now-defunct MG Cars) and the [[Triumph Motor Company|Triumph]] (as a part of Great Britain's now-defunct Triumph Motor Company).<ref name="1960i200"/> [[Smokey Cook]] would end up as the last-place finisher in a 1952 [[MG T-type]].<ref name="1960i200"/>

[[Lowe's]] appeared as an official NASCAR sponsor for the first time in its history.<ref name="1960i200"/> Ten thousand and five hundred people appeared in person to watch this live untelevised race.<ref name="1960i200"/> This would be the 22nd race out of the 44 raced that year; making this race the official halfway point of the 1960 Grand National Series season.<ref name="1960i200"/>

Individual race winnings ranged from the winner's share of $1,125 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|1125|1960|r=0}}}} when adjusted for inflation) to the last-place finisher's share of $140 (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|140|1960|r=0}}}} when adjusted for inflation). NASCAR allowed the organizers of this event to give out a grand total of $4,755 for all the qualifying drivers (${{formatnum:{{Inflation|US|4755|1960|r=0}}}} when adjusted for inflation).<ref>{{cite web | url = http://fantasyracingcheatsheet.com/nascar/races/results/1960/bowman-gray-stadium/international-200/661 | title = 1960 International 200 prize purse information | publisher = Fantasy Racing Cheat Sheet | date = | accessdate = 2012-12-01}}</ref>

===Qualifying===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Grid<ref name="1960i200"/>
! {{Tooltip|No.|Car number}}
! Driver
! Manufacturer
! Owner
|-
!  1
| 42 || [[Lee Petty]] || '60 [[Plymouth]] || Petty Enterprises
|-
!  2
| 43 || [[Richard Petty]] || '60 [[Plymouth]] || Petty Enterprises
|-
! 3
| 16 || [[Glen Wood]] || '58 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] || Wood Brothers
|-
! 4
| 21 || [[Bob Welborn]] || '59 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] || Wood Brothers
|-
! 5
| 4 || [[Rex White]] || '59 [[Chevrolet]] || Rex White
|-
! 6
| 11 || [[Ned Jarrett]] || '60 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] || Ned Jarrett
|-
! 7
| 13 || [[Joe Weatherly]] || '60 [[Plymouth Valiant|Valiant]] || Fred Wheat
|-
! 8
| 74 || [[Buck Baker]] || '58 [[Chevrolet]] || L.D. Austin
|-
! 9
| 36 || [[Tommy Irwin (racing driver)|Tommy Irwin]] || '59 [[Ford Thunderbird|T-Bird]] || Tommy Irwin
|-
! 10
| 9 || [[Roy Tyner]] || '60 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] || Roy Tyner
|-
! 11
| 17 || [[Fred Harb]] || '58 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] || Fred Harb
|-
! 12
| 1 || [[Paul Lewis (racing driver)|Paul Lewis]] || '58 [[Chevrolet]] || Jess Potter
|-
! 13
| 54 || [[Jimmy Pardue]] || '59 [[Dodge]] || Ebart Clifton
|-
! 14
| 78 || [[Jimmie Lewallen]] || '57 [[Ford Motor Company|Ford]] || unknown
|-
! 15
| 79 || [[Jack Hart (racing driver)|Jack Hart]] || '57 [[Triumph Motor Company|Triumph]] || unknown
|-
! 16
| 17X || [[Billy Whitley]] || '54 Corvette || unknown
|-
! 17
| 3 || [[Smokey Cook]] || '52 MG || unknown
|-
! 18
| 25 || [[Bill Massey (racing driver)|Bill Massey]] || '59 MG || unknown
|}

==Finishing order==
<small>Section reference:<ref name="1960i200"/></small>
{{Div col|colwidth=30em}}
# [[Glen Wood]]† (No. 16)
# [[Lee Petty]]† (No. 42)
# [[Rex White]] (No. 4)
# [[Richard Petty]] (No. 43)
# [[Ned Jarrett]] (No. 11)
# [[Joe Weatherly]]† (No. 12)
# [[Tommy Irwin (racing driver)|Tommy Irwin]] (No. 36)
# [[Buck Baker]]† (No. 74)
# [[Fred Harb]]† (No. 17)
# [[Jimmy Pardue]]† (No. 54)
# [[Roy Tyner]]† (No. 9)
# [[Paul Lewis (racing driver)|Paul Lewis]] (No. 1)
# [[Bob Welborn]]† (No. 21) 
# [[Jack Hart (racing driver)|Jack Hart]] (No. 79)
# [[Bill Massey (racing driver)|Bill Massey]]* (No. 25)
# [[Bill Whitley]]* (No. 17X)
# [[Jimmie Lewallen]]*† (No. 78)
# [[Smokey Cook]]* (No. 3)
{{div col end}}
''* Driver failed to finish race'' <br>
''† Driver is deceased''

==Timeline==
<small>Section reference:<ref name="1960i200"/></small>
* Start of race: Glen Wood started the race with the pole position; Smokey Cook's steering problem caused him to become the last-place finisher.
* Lap 2: Jimmie Lewallen's engine became problematic; causing him to withdraw from the race.
* Lap 6: Bill Whitley's vehicle overheated; ending his day on the track.
* Lap 71: The axle on Bill Massey's vehicle became problematic; forcing him to end the race.
* End of the race: Glen Wood won the race.

==References==
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{{s-start}}
{{succession box |
  before = [[1960 World 600]] |
  after = [[1960 Firecracker 250]]|
  title = NASCAR Grand National Series Season|
  years = 1960 |
}}
{{s-end}}

{{1960 NASCAR Grand National |state=collapsed}}

[[Category:1960 NASCAR Grand National Series|International 200]]
[[Category:1960 in sports in North Carolina|International 200]]
[[Category:NASCAR races at Bowman Gray Stadium]]