Race Entry List
NASCAR Cup Series
Southern 500
Darlington Raceway
September 3rd, 1956
Race #44 of the 1956 NASCAR Cup Series Season
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- Laps Scheduled: 364
- Drivers Entered: 70
- Makes
- Buick (2)
- Chevrolet (21)
- Chrysler (2)
- Dodge (4)
- Ford (26)
- Mercury (6)
- Oldsmobile (2)
- Plymouth (5)
- Pontiac (2)
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race (Southern 500)
- Pole: (-- mph)
- Winner:
| Car # | Driver | Hometown | Make | Sponsor | Team | Crew Chief |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parnelli Jones | Ford | Torrance Motors | Vel Miletich | ||
| 10 | Rex White | Chevrolet | Max Welborn | Max Welborn | ||
| 11 | Emanuel Zervakis | Chevrolet | Emanuel Zervakis | Emanuel Zervakis | ||
| 12 | Ralph Moody | Ford | DePaolo Engineering | Pete DePaolo | ||
| 13 | Jesse James Taylor | Ford | Jesse James Taylor | Jesse James Taylor | ||
| 14 | Billy Myers | Mercury | Bill Stroppe | Bill Stroppe | ||
| 15 | Fonty Flock | Mercury | Bill Stroppe | Bill Stroppe | ||
| 16 | Tiny Lund | Chevrolet | Gus Holzmueller | Gus Holzmueller | ||
| 17 | Russ Graham | Chevrolet | Earl Wright | Earl Wright | ||
| 18 | Arden Mounts | Pontiac | Arden Mounts | Arden Mounts | ||
| 19 | Billy Carden | Ford | Schwam Motors | Charlie Schwam | ||
| 2 | Gwyn Staley | Chevrolet | Hubert Westmoreland | Hubert Westmoreland | ||
| 21 | Gene Bergin | Dodge | Malcolm Barlow | Malcolm Barlow | ||
| 22 | Fireball Roberts | Ford | DePaolo Engineering | Pete DePaolo | ||
| 23 | Wade Fields | Ford | -- | -- | ||
| 24 | Ken Love | Ford | Richard Gallup | Richard Gallup | ||
| 25 | Doug Yates | Chevrolet | Leland Colvin | Leland Colvin | ||
| 26 | Jim Paschal | Mercury | Bill Stroppe | Bill Stroppe | ||
| 27 | Frank Mundy | Dodge | Mercury Outboards | Carl Kiekhaefer | ||
| 29 | Dink Widenhouse | Ford | Dink Widenhouse | Dink Widenhouse | ||
| 3 | Paul Goldsmith | Chevrolet | Smokey's Best Damn Garage | Smokey Yunick | ||
| 30 | Clyde Palmer | Plymouth | Jack Chatenay | Jack Chatenay | ||
| 31 | Bill Champion | Ford | Whitford Brothers | John Whitford | ||
| 32 | Junior Johnson | Chevrolet | -- | -- | ||
| 34 | Dick Beaty | Ford | Ike Kiser | Ike Kiser | ||
| 35 | Lee Petty | Ford | Fred Frazier | Fred Frazier | ||
| 38 | Johnny Patterson | Chevrolet | H.B. Ranier | H.B. Ranier | ||
| 40 | Don Oldenberg | Plymouth | Don Oldenberg | Don Oldenberg | ||
| 43 | Shorty York | Ford | -- | -- | ||
| 44 | Ray Hendrick | Chevrolet | -- | -- | ||
| 47 | Bobby Johns | Chevrolet | J.M. Fitzgibbons | J.M. Fitzgibbons | ||
| 48 | Allen Adkins | Ford | Don Holcomb | Don Holcomb | ||
| 5 | Pee Wee Jones | Dodge | -- | -- | ||
| 50 | Roy Bentley | Ford | Marion Cox | Marion Cox | ||
| 51 | Nace Mattingly | Ford | Nace Mattingly | Nace Mattingly | ||
| 52 | Bill Widenhouse | Ford | Beatty Motors | Bob Widenhouse | ||
| 54 | Bill Brown | Buick | Leland Colvin | Leland Colvin | ||
| 57 | Speedy Thompson | Chrysler | Mercury Outboards | Carl Kiekhaefer | ||
| 59 | Blackie Pitt | Plymouth | Brownie Pitt | Brownie Pitt | ||
| 6 | Pat Grogan | Mercury | Pat Grogan | Pat Grogan | ||
| 60 | Brownie King | Chevrolet | Brownie King | Brownie King | ||
| 61 | Roz Howard | Chevrolet | Roz Howard | Roz Howard | ||
| 63 | Sherman Utsman | Chevrolet | Robert McReynolds | Robert McReynolds | ||
| 64 | Johnny Allen | Plymouth | Spook Crawford | Spook Crawford | ||
| 65 | Lou Spears | Plymouth | -- | -- | ||
| 66 | Harvey Henderson | Ford | Harvey Henderson | Harvey Henderson | ||
| 69 | Possum Jones | Chevrolet | Warren Lee | Warren Lee | ||
| 7 | Jim Reed | Chevrolet | Jim Reed | Jim Reed | ||
| 72 | Peck Peckham | Chevrolet | Peck Peckham | Peck Peckham | ||
| 73 | Larry Flynn | Buick | Williamson Motors | B.B. Morris | ||
| 75 | Bill Blair | Mercury | Temple Motors | Frank Hayworth | ||
| 76 | Bobby Myers | Mercury | Bill Stroppe | Bill Stroppe | ||
| 8 | Marvin Panch | Ford | DePaolo Engineering | Pete DePaolo | ||
| 80 | Harold Hardesty | Oldsmobile | Beryl Jackson | Beryl Jackson | ||
| 81 | Elmo Langley | Chevrolet | Elmo Langley | Elmo Langley | ||
| 82 | Joe Eubanks | Ford | Satcher Motors | James Satcher | ||
| 83 | Johnny Dodson | Chevrolet | Johnny Dodson | Johnny Dodson | ||
| 84 | Judge Rider | Ford | Lawson & Netti | Lawson & Netti | ||
| 86 | Tim Flock | Ford | John Foster Motors | John Foster | ||
| 87 | Buck Baker | Chrysler | Mercury Outboards | Carl Kiekhaefer | ||
| 88 | Ralph Liguori | Oldsmobile | Ernest Woods | Ernest Woods | ||
| 89 | Tom Lupo | Ford | Granger Motors | Granger Motors | ||
| 9 | Joe Weatherly | Ford | Schwam Motors | Charlie Schwam | ||
| 91 | Jack Smith | Chevrolet | Elridge Motors | Ted Chester | ||
| 92 | Herb Thomas | Chevrolet | Herb Thomas | Herb Thomas | ||
| 93 | Pat Kirkwood | Pontiac | Howard Moore | Howard Moore | ||
| 95 | Bob Duell | Ford | Police Special | Julian Buesink | ||
| 97 | Bill Amick | Ford | DePaolo Engineering | Pete DePaolo | ||
| 98 | Danny Letner | Dodge | Tom Harbison | Tom Harbison | ||
| 99 | Curtis Turner | Ford | Schwam Motors | Charlie Schwam |