Located in Concord, North Carolina, Charlotte Motor Speedway is a banked 1.5-mile (2.4 km) quad-oval that opened in 1960 for the inaugural World 600.

Ken Rush was credited with the last-place finish due to problems with his rocker arm on lap 16 out of this 267-lap event.

[2] Notable crew chiefs in the event; included Smokey Yunick, Bud Allman, Shorty Johns and Ray Fox.

Junior Johnson, Bob Welborn and Fireball Roberts would be the leaders during the middle portion of the race.

[4]" Joe Weatherly would eventually gain the lead on lap 263 and beat Richard Petty by almost two car lengths.