Race Entry List

NASCAR Cup Series

Music City 200

Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville

May 24th, 1959

Race #16 of the 1959 NASCAR Cup Series Season

  • Laps Scheduled: 200
  • Drivers Entered: 12
  • Makes
    • Chevrolet (6)
    • Ford (3)
    • Plymouth (1)
    • Pontiac (2)
  • Last Fairgrounds Speedway Nashville race (Nashville 200)
    • 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
11 Junior Johnson Ford Paul Spaulding Paul Spaulding
13 Tommy Thompson Chevrolet Tommy Thompson Tommy Thompson
18 Charley Griffith Pontiac Red Bank Charley Griffith
19 Herman Beam Chevrolet Herman Beam Herman Beam
34 GC Spencer Chevrolet G.C. Spencer G.C. Spencer
36 Tommy Irwin Ford Tommy Irwin Tommy Irwin
4 Rex White Chevrolet Rex White Rex White
42 Lee Petty Plymouth Petty Enterprises Petty Enterprises
6 Cotton Owens Pontiac W.H. Watson W.H. Watson
73 Bob Burdick Ford Roy Burdick Roy Burdick
77 Joe Lee Johnson Chevrolet Honest Charley Joe Lee Johnson
87 Buck Baker Chevrolet Buck Baker Buck Baker