| M-1 | Bob Fish | Fireball Roberts |  |
| 2 | Hubert Westmorland | Gwyn Staley |  |
| 3 | John Ditz | Dick Rathmann | Chrysler |
| 4 | Hubert Westmorland | Jimmy Massey | |
| 6 | Al Wheatley | Ralph Liguori |  |
| 7 | Jim Reed | Jim Reed | |
| 8 | Bishop Brothers | Billy Carden | |
| 9 | Charlie Schwam | Joe Weatherly |  |
| 10 | Ray Fletcher | Van Van Wey | |
| 11 | George Parrish | George Parrish | Studebaker |
| 14 | Frank Christian | Slick Smith | |
| 15 | R.C. Rollins | Jimmy Roland | |
| 16 | Kiekhaefer Racing | Tim Flock | Chrysler |
| 17 | Earl Wright | Russ Graham | |
| 18 | Arden Mounts | Arden Mounts | Hudson |
| 19 | Gordon Smith | Gordon Smith | |
| 20 | Banks Simpson | Banks Simpson | |
| 22 | Bill Blair | Bill Blair |  |
| 24 | Jimmy Pardue | Bobby Waddell | |
| 25 | Sam McCuthen | Bill Widenhouse | |
| 28 | Frank Dodge | Eddie Skinner | |
| 30 | Mellie Bernard | Ned Jarrett |  |
| 33 | Owen Cox | Pop McGinnis | |
| 34 | Ike Kiser | Dick Beaty | |
| 35 | Harry Parry | Ray Platte | |
| 36 | Kiekhaefer Racing | Fonty Flock | Chrysler |
| 37 | Clyde Porter | Doug Cox | |
| 40 | Gene Simpson | Gene Simpson | |
| 41 | Julian Buesink | Tommy Thompson | |
| 42 | Richard Petty | Lee Petty |  |
| 43 | Steve Pierce | Possum Jones | |
| 44 | Julian Petty | Marvin Panch | |
| 46 | Hubert Westmorland | Billy Myers | |
| 49 | Bob Welborn | Bob Welborn | |
| 50 | Cox Racing | Roy Bentley | |
| 51 | Leland Colvin | Bill Champion | |
| 54 | Nace Mattingly | Nace Mattingly | |
| 55 | B & L Motors | Junior Johnson | |
| 56 | B & L Motors | Fred Johnson |  |
| 58 | Bill Bowman | Bill Bowman | Nash |
| 59 | Brownie Pitt | Blackie Pitt | |
| 61 | Malcolm Barlow | Gene Bergin | |
| 68 | Al Wheatley | Johnny Patterson | |
| 70 | Lancaster Brothers | Cotton Owens | |
| 71 | The Racing Club | Harold Kite | |
| 76 | Langley Racing | Elmo Langley | |
| 77 | Earl Wright | Dick Allwine | |
| 78 | Ernest Woods | Jim Paschal | |
| 81 | Gene Comstock | Gene Comstock | Hudson |
| 82 | Phil Oates | Joe Eubanks | |
| 84 | Paper Hangers | Banjo Matthews | |
| 87 | Griffin Racing | Speedy Thompson | |
| 88 | Ernest Woods | Jimmie Lewallen | |
| 89 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker | |
| 91 | Thomas Racing (Herb Thomas) | Donald Thomas | |
| 92 | Thomas Racing (Herb Thomas) | Herb Thomas | |
| 93 | J.T. Maness | Lou Spears | |
| 94 | Clarence DeZalia | Clarence DeZalia | |
| 95 | Julian Buesink | Lloyd Moore | |
| 96 | W.R. Waldron | Larry Flynn | |
| 98 | Dave Terrell | Dave Terrell | |
| 99 | Charlie Schwam | Curtis Turner | |
| 460 | Clarence DeZalia | Ed Cole | |
