| Teams 1959 Daytona 500 |
|---|
| No. | Team | Driver | Mfg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Pierce | Speedy Thompson | Chevrolet |
| 2 | Bruce Thompson | Jimmy Thompson | Chevrolet |
| 3 | Jim Stephens | Fireball Roberts | Pontiac |
| 4 | White-Clemens Racing | Rex White | Chevrolet |
| 6 | W.H. Watson | Cotton Owens | Pontiac |
| 7 | Jim Reed | Jim Reed | Chevrolet |
| 8 | Johnny Allen | Johnny Allen | Chevrolet |
| 9 | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner | Chevrolet |
| 10 | Ratus Walters | Elmo Langley | Ford |
| 11 | Roberts Racing | Junior Johnson | Ford |
| 14 | Manley Britt | Ken Rush | Mercury |
| 15 | Beau Morgan | Tim Flock | Ford |
| 16 | Happy Steigal | Jim McGuirk | Pontiac |
| 18 | Charlie Griffith | Charley Griffith | Pontiac |
| 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam | Chevrolet |
| 21 | Wood Brothers Racing | Glen Wood | Ford |
| 24 | Bob Potter | Bob Potter | Chevrolet |
| 25 | Gene White | Gene White | Chevrolet |
| 29 | Dick Freeman | Dick Freeman | Chevrolet |
| 32 | Jess Potter | Brownie King | Chevrolet |
| 33 | Jess Potter | George Green | Chevrolet |
| 36 | Pete Kelly | Pete Kelly | Chevrolet |
| 37 | Van Acker | Eduardo Dibos | Ford |
| 38 | Raul Cilloniz | Raul Cilloniz | Ford |
| 39 | Davis Brothers | Billy Carden | Mercury |
| 41 | Doc White | Curtis Turner | Ford |
| 42 | Petty Enterprises | Lee Petty | Oldsmobile |
| 43 | Petty Enterprises | Richard Petty | Oldsmobile |
| 45 | Paul Bass | Paul Bass | Edsel |
| 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith | Chevrolet |
| 48 | E.C. Wilson | Joe Weatherly | Chevrolet |
| 49 | W.J. Ridgeway | Bob Welborn | Chevrolet |
| 50 | Sosebee Racing | Gober Sosebee | Chevrolet |
| 53 | Ken Johnson | Ken Johnson | Ford |
| 55 | Bernard Friedland | Ben Benz | Chevrolet |
| 59 | Carl Rupert | Tom Pistone | Ford |
| 64 | Fritz Wilson | Fritz Wilson | Ford |
| 66 | Dick Foley | Dick Foley | Chevrolet |
| 69 | Bob Korn | Harold Smith | Studebaker |
| 71 | Dick Joselin | Dick Joslin | Dodge |
| 72 | Shorty Johns | Bobby Johns | Chevrolet |
| 73 | Roy Burdick | Johnny Beauchamp | Ford |
| 74 | L.D. Austin | L.D. Austin | Chevrolet |
| 75 | Ken Marriott | Ken Marriott | Ford |
| 76 | Larry Frank | Larry Frank | Chevrolet |
| 77 | Joe Lee Johnson | Joe Lee Johnson | Chevrolet |
| 79 | Larry Odo | Larry Odo | Ford |
| 80 | Sam Arena | Bob Rose | Chevrolet |
| 81 | Bernie Hentges | Bernie Hentges | Desoto |
| 82 | Don Every | Joe Eubanks | Ford |
| 83 | Bob Pronger | Bob Pronger | Ford |
| 86 | Carl Tyler | Carl Tyler | Ford |
| 87 | Buck Baker Racing | Buck Baker | Chevrolet |
| 88 | Buck Baker Racing | Tiny Lund | Chevrolet |
| 89 | Buck Baker Racing | Bob Said | Chevrolet |
| 92 | Joe Jones | Wilbur Rakestraw | Ford |
| 95 | Julian Buesink | Bob Duell | Ford |
| 98 | Tom Vernon | Marvin Panch | Ford |
| 99 | Shorty Rollins | Shorty Rollins | Ford |