| Teams 1956 Southern 500 |
|---|
| No. | Team | Driver | Mfg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Dink Widenhouse | Dink Widenhouse | Ford |
| 1 | Vel Miletich | Parnelli Jones | Ford |
| 2 | Westmoreland Racing | Gwyn Staley | Chevrolet |
| 3 | Smokey Yunick | Paul Goldsmith | Chevrolet |
| 5 | Joe Blair | Pee Wee Jones | Dodge |
| 6 | Pat Grogan | Pat Grogan | Mercury |
| 8 | DePaolo Engineering | Marvin Panch | Ford |
| 9 | Schwam Racing | Joe Weatherly | Ford |
| 10 | Max Welborn | Rex White | Chevrolet |
| 11 | Zervakis Racing | Emanuel Zervakis | Chevrolet |
| 12 | DePaolo Engineering | Ralph Moody | Ford |
| 13 | Jesse James Taylor | Jesse James Taylor | Ford |
| 14 | Stroppe Motorsports | Billy Myers | Mercury |
| 15 | Stroppe Motorsports | Fonty Flock | Mercury |
| 16 | Gus Holzmueller | Tiny Lund | Chevrolet |
| 17 | Earl Wright | Russ Graham | Chevrolet |
| 18 | Arden Mounts | Arden Mounts | Pontiac |
| 19 | Schwam Racing | Billy Carden | Ford |
| 21 | Malcolm Barlow | Gene Bergin | Dodge |
| 22 | DePaolo Engineering | Fireball Roberts | Ford |
| 24 | Richard Gallup | Ken Love | Ford |
| 25 | Leland Colvin | Doug Yates | Chevrolet |
| 26 | Stroppe Motorsports | Jim Paschal | Mercury |
| 27 | Kiekhaefer Racing | Frank Mundy | Dodge |
| 30 | Jack Chatenay | Clyde Palmer | Plymouth |
| 31 | John Whitford | Bill Champion | Ford |
| 32 | Smokey Yunick | Junior Johnson | Chevrolet |
| 34 | Ike Kiser | Dick Beaty | Ford |
| 35 | Fred Frazier | Lee Petty | Ford |
| 38 | H.B. Ranier | Johnny Patterson | Chevrolet |
| 47 | J.M. Fitzgibbons | Bobby Johns | Chevrolet |
| 48 | Don Holcomb | Allen Adkins | Ford |
| 50 | Cox Racing | Roy Bentley | Ford |
| 51 | Nace Mattingly | Nace Mattingly | Ford |
| 52 | Bob Widenhouse | Bill Widenhouse | Ford |
| 54 | Leland Colvin | Bill Brown | Buick |
| 57 | Kiekhaefer Racing | Speedy Thompson | Chrysler |
| 59 | Brownie Pitt | Blackie Pitt | Plymouth |
| 60 | Brownie King | Brownie King | Chevrolet |
| 61 | Roz Howard | Roz Howard | Chevrolet |
| 63 | Robert McReynolds | Sherman Utsman | Chevrolet |
| 64 | Spook Crawford | Johnny Allen | Plymouth |
| 65 | Matt Gowan | Lou Spears | Plymouth |
| 66 | Harvey Henderson | Harvey Henderson | Ford |
| 69 | Warren Lee | Possum Jones | Chevrolet |
| 72 | Peck Peckham | Peck Peckham | Chevrolet |
| 73 | B.B. Morris | Larry Flynn | Buick |
| 75 | Frank Hayworth | Bill Blair | Mercury |
| 76 | Stroppe Motorsports | Bobby Myers | Mercury |
| 80 | Beryl Jackson | Harold Hardesty | Oldsmobile |
| 81 | Langley Racing | Elmo Langley | Chevrolet |
| 82 | James Satcher | Joe Eubanks | Ford |
| 83 | Johnny Dodson | Johnny Dodson | Chevrolet |
| 84 | Lawson & Netti | Judge Rider | Ford |
| 86 | John Fostor Motorsports | Tim Flock | Ford |
| 87 | Kiekhaefer Racing | Buck Baker | Chrysler |
| 88 | Ernest Woods | Ralph Liguori | Oldsmobile |
| 91 | Ted Chester | Jack Smith | Chevrolet |
| 92 | Thomas Racing | Herb Thomas | Chevrolet |
| 93 | Howard Moore | Pat Kirkwood | Pontiac |
| 95 | Julian Buesink | Bob Duell | Ford |
| 97 | DePaolo Engineering | Bill Amick | Ford |
| 98 | Tom Harbison | Danny Letner | Dodge |
| 99 | Schwam Racing | Curtis Turner | Ford |