| Teams for 1951 Southern 500 |
|---|
| Car | Team | Driver | Mfg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Hubert Hamilton | Jimmie Lewallen |  |
| 1 | Julian Buesink | Harold Kite |  |
| 2 | Bill Blair | Bill Blair |  |
| 3 | Jimmy Ayers | Jimmy Ayers | |
| 4 | Earl Blevins | Gayle Warren | Studebaker |
| 5 | Griffin Racing | Gene Darragh | |
| 6 | Marshall Teague | Marshall Teague | Hudson |
| 7 | Ted Chester | Bob Flock | |
| 8 | Sam Knox | Billy Carden |  |
| 9 | Iggy Katona | Iggy Katona | Chrysler |
| 11 | Saverence Racing | Fireball Roberts | |
| 12 | Frank Christian | Slick Smith | |
| 14 | Frank Christian | Fonty Flock | |
| 15 | Erick Erickson | Erick Erickson |  |
| 16 | Snowden Racing | Bill Snowden | |
| 17 | R.H. Yandell | Buddy Shuman | |
| 18 | Tony Sampo | George Seeger | Studebaker |
| 19 | Lee Connell | Lee Connell | |
| 20 | Joe Merola | Joe Merola | |
| 21 | Bob Osiecki | Jim Delaney | |
| 22 | Lloyd Dane | Lloyd Dane | |
| 23 | Perry Smith | Frank Mundy | Studebaker |
| 24 | Julian Petty | Pap White | |
| 25 | Leland Colvin | Jimmy Thompson | |
| 26 | Leland Colvin | Weldon Adams | |
| 28 | Bill Sheldon | Ray Chase | |
| 31 | Jesse James Taylor | Jesse James Taylor | Hudson |
| 32 | Reino Tulonen | Reino Tulonen | Henry J |
| 33 | Bill Caltrider | Dave Anderson | Kaiser |
| 34 | Bill Caltrider | Jack Goodwin | |
| 35 | Sonny Black | Sonny Black | |
| 37 | Gene Comstock | Gene Comstock | |
| 38 | B.R. Waller | Frank Gise | Studebaker |
| 39 | Rudy Hires | Rudy Hires | |
| 40 | A.W. Miller | Tommy Thompson | Nash |
| 41 | Eanes Motor Company | Curtis Turner | |
| 42 | Petty Enterprises | Lee Petty | |
| 44 | Buck Baity | Buck Baity |  |
| 46 | Westmoreland Racing | Leon Sales | |
| 47 | Murrace Walker | Murrace Walker | Studebaker |
| 48 | Leo Sigman | John Barker | Studebaker |
| 49 | Bob Pronger | Bob Pronger | |
| 50 | Al Wheatley | Ewell Weddle | |
| 51 | Sosebee Racing | Gober Sosebee | |
| 52 | George Hartley | Bill Rexford | |
| 55 | Bub King | Bub King | |
| 56 | Ken Swihart | Ed Benedict | Hudson |
| 57 | Wally Marks | Jack Smith | |
| 58 | Walt Jarrod | Fred Moore |  |
| 59 | Julian Buesink | Lloyd Moore | |
| 60 | Julian Buesink | Jim Paschal | |
| 61 | Clarence Burbank | Tommy Melvin | |
| 64 | Bill Widenhouse | Bill Widenhouse | |
| 67 | Jim Fiebelkorn | Jim Fiebelkorn | Lincoln |
| 70 | William Gundaker | Bud Farrell | |
| 71 | F.J. Bland | Cotton Owens | |
| 72 | James Hinnant | Wade Fields | |
| 73 | Stanley Moore | Bobby Booth | |
| 74 | Preston Jones | Oliver Dial |  |
| 77 | McGriff Motorsports | Hershel McGriff | |
| 78 | Westmoreland Racing | Johnny Yountz | |
| 82 | Phil Oates | Joe Eubanks | |
| 83 | Dantone Racing | Red Byron | |
| 86 | J.B. Watkins | Earl Moss | Studebaker |
| 87 | Buck Baker Racing | Buck Baker | |
| 89 | Herb Trimble | Herb Trimble | |
| 90 | Russ Loh | Shorty York | Nash |
| 91 | Ted Chester | Tim Flock | |
| 92 | Thomas Racing | Herb Thomas | Hudson |
| 93 | Thomas Racing | Donald Thomas | |
| 94 | Dell Pearson | Ted Chamberlain | |
| 96 | J.E. Hardle | J.E. Hardie | |
| 97 | Sandy Lynch | Sandy Lynch | |
| 98 | Johnny Mantz | Johnny Mantz | Nash |
| 99 | Westmoreland Racing | Billy Myers | |
