Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

1956-40

Norfolk Speedway

August 22nd, 1956

Race #40 of the 1956 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 250
  • Drivers Entered: 14
  • Makes
    • Chevrolet (3)
    • Dodge (3)
    • Ford (5)
    • Mercury (2)
    • Plymouth (1)
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Car # Driver Hometown Make Sponsor Team Crew Chief
12 Ralph Moody Ford DePaolo Engineering Pete DePaolo
14 Joe Bill McGraw Ford -- --
22 Fireball Roberts Ford DePaolo Engineering Pete DePaolo
264 Johnny Allen Plymouth Spook Crawford Spook Crawford
28 Jim Watkins Chevrolet -- --
31 Bill Champion Ford John Whitford John Whitford
35 Joe Weatherly Ford Fred Frazier Fred Frazier
4 Billy Myers Mercury Bill Stroppe Bill Stroppe
41 Billy Rafter Dodge Billy Rafter Billy Rafter
42 Lee Petty Dodge Petty Enterprises Petty Enterprises
501 Buck Baker Dodge Carl Kiekhaefer Carl Kiekhaefer
75 Jim Paschal Mercury C U Later Alligator Frank Hayworth
92 Herb Thomas Chevrolet Herb Thomas Herb Thomas
X Rex White Chevrolet Max Welborn Max Welborn