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  1.   Anonymous posted:
  05.05.2005 - 2:56 am
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back in the early 60's there was no retaining wall between the pit area
and the track. bobby johns and roy tyner crashed coming out of turn 2
and hit the pit area of joe lee johnson killing a couple crewmen and a
nascar offical


  2.   hyltonfan08 posted:
  01.23.2009 - 4:16 pm
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Bobby Johns' sponsor was Justus Pontiac.


  3.   rob posted:
  01.04.2011 - 11:13 pm
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one of those killed in the pit wall incident was car owner paul
mcduffie. mcduffie's car driven by joe lee johnson was withdrawn after
the accident.


  4.   Turd Ferguson posted:
  03.01.2011 - 11:02 pm
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Herman Beam's sponsor was Carter County Ford.


  5.   Spen posted:
  06.05.2011 - 9:05 pm
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I'm fairly certain that Elmo Langley did not qualify 87th. Judging from
the rest of the starting lineup, it looks like the 18th position is
missing. So that's probably where he qualifyed.


  6.   Timberwolf Frenzel posted:
  08.14.2012 - 7:30 pm
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RIP Paul McDuffie, Charles Sweatland, and Joe Taylor.


  7.   rene blackwell posted:
  04.02.2013 - 6:21 pm
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i have a 1960 suothern 500 program sept 5th 1960 eleventh annual also
afith annual 1961 rebel 300 program also a second annual atl. 500
program also a tenth annual rebel 400 1966 program. all these races i
went to wth my father. they are in excellent condition. trying to find
there worth. e-mail peekaboo457@yahoo.com


  8.   New posted:
  08.08.2018 - 2:58 pm
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Buck Baker wins the Southern 500 for the first time in 7 years. Baker
did it in incredible fashion, as he was leading with 20 to go with
Fireball Roberts and Richard Petty following behind. Roberts had caught
Baker with 10 to go and was making a pass for the lead when his engine
blew. Petty moved into second and was chasing down Baker when his left
rear tire blew out with 4 laps to go. Baker seemed to be home clear
until he blew a tire with 2 laps to go. He spun out, but was able to
save the car and limped around the track on the white flag lap on just
three wheels. Rex White passed Baker on the final lap, and took the
checkered flag. However, NASCAR rechecked the scoring and determined
that White was a lap down and had only gotten back on the lead lap when
he passed Baker. Therefore, Buck Baker was declared the winner.


  9.   JSPorts posted:
  08.08.2018 - 3:12 pm
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That's a cool story. It's rare these days that we see 3 cars with
mechanical issues in a single race, much less the top 3 cars have
mechanical issues in the closing laps. It must have been hectic at times
scoring those races before electronic timing and scoring came around,
especially when business picked up on-track.


  10.   Spen posted:
  09.15.2018 - 9:31 am
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I'm fairly certain this is the last time the Southern 500 had a
three-abreast start.


  11.   MSportRev posted:
  08.04.2020 - 3:17 pm
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Sponsor updates:

Buck Baker: Boomershine Pontiac Dealers
Richard Petty: South Plymouth
Jim Paschal: South Plymouth
Jim Whitman: Polytronics Lab Inc.
Cotton Owens: Hedge's Pontiac
Lee Petty: South Plymouth
Reb Wickersham: Sons of Confederate Veterans
Buddy Baker: Don Allen Chevrolet
Junior Johnson: Daytona Kennel / Holly Farms Poultry

Source (Newsreel footage):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5GImf7MZsQ&feature=youtu.be


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