Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Buddy Shuman 250

Hickory Speedway

November 11th, 1956

Race #55 of the 1956 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 250
  • Drivers Entered: 22
  • Makes
    • Chevrolet (5)
    • Chrysler (2)
    • Dodge (2)
    • Ford (9)
    • Mercury (2)
    • Plymouth (2)
  • Last Hickory Speedway race (1956-16)
    • Pole: (-- mph)
    • Winner:
#23 NASCAR Next Gen car
Concord, North Carolina - October 11th, 2021: Bubba Wallace, driver of the #23 Next Gen car drives during the NASCAR Cup Series test at the Charlotte Motor Speedway. Photo by Bob Leverone | Getty Images
Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
12 Ralph Moody Ford DePaolo Engineering Pete DePaolo
16 Tiny Lund Chevrolet Gus Holzmueller Gus Holzmueller
2 Junior Johnson Ford Pete DePaolo Pete DePaolo
203 Pete Yow Ford Pete Yow Pete Yow
209 Pete Stewart Plymouth Pete Stewart Pete Stewart
22 Ralph Earnhardt Ford DePaolo Engineering Pete DePaolo
297 Billy Carden Ford DePaolo Engineering Pete DePaolo
300 Speedy Thompson Chrysler Carl Kiekhaefer Carl Kiekhaefer
300B Buck Baker Chrysler Carl Kiekhaefer Carl Kiekhaefer
31 Bill Champion Ford John Whitford John Whitford
4 Bobby Myers Mercury Bill Stroppe Bill Stroppe
418 George Green Chevrolet George Green George Green
42 Lee Petty Dodge Petty Enterprises Petty Enterprises
500 Jack Smith Dodge Carl Kiekhaefer Carl Kiekhaefer
59 Blackie Pitt Plymouth Brownie Pitt Brownie Pitt
60 Brownie King Chevrolet Brownie King Brownie King
64 Johnny Allen Ford Spook Crawford Spook Crawford
75 Bill Blair Mercury C U Later Alligator Frank Hayworth
83 Johnny Dodson Chevrolet Johnny Dodson Johnny Dodson
86 Doug Cox Ford John Foster John Foster
96 Bobby Keck Chevrolet Bobby Keck Bobby Keck
97 Bill Amick Ford DePaolo Engineering Pete DePaolo