| Teams for 1956 Wilkes County 160 |
|---|
| No. | Team | Driver | Mfg |
|---|---|---|---|
| X | Max Welborn | Rex White |  |
| B-29 | Dink Widenhouse | Dink Widenhouse |  |
| 1 | Whitey Norman | Whitey Norman | |
| 2 | Westmoreland Racing | Gwyn Staley | |
| 5 | Joe Blair | Bill Blair |  |
| 6 | Ralph Ligouri | Ralph Liguori | |
| 12 | DePaolo Engineering | Ralph Moody | |
| 14 | Stroppe Motorsports | Billy Myers |  |
| 19 | Harvey Henderson | Harvey Henderson | |
| 22 | DePaolo Engineering | Fireball Roberts | |
| 25 | Sam McCuthen | Jimmie Lewallen | |
| 27 | John McVitty | John McVitty | |
| 34 | Ike Kiser | Dick Beaty | |
| 37 | Gus Holzmueller | Tiny Lund |  |
| 42 | Petty Enterprises | Lee Petty | |
| 54 | Nace Mattingly | Lou Spears | |
| 55 | A.L. Bumgarner | Junior Johnson | |
| 75 | Frank Hayworth | Jim Paschal | |
| 82 | James Satcher | Joe Eubanks | |
| 92 | Thomas Racing | Herb Thomas | |
| 94 | Ed Cole | Ed Cole | |
| 96 | Bobby Keck | Bobby Keck | |
| 98 | Tom Harbison | Allen Adkins | |
| 100 | Dave Everett | Ken Milligan | |
| 264 | Spook Crawford | Johnny Allen |  |
| 300C | Kiekhaefer Racing | Buck Baker | Chrysler |
| 300A | Kiekhaefer Racing | Tim Flock | Chrysler |
| 501 | Kiekhaefer Racing | Speedy Thompson | |
