| Teams for 1959 Daytona 500 |
|---|
| Car | Team | Driver | Mfg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Steve Pierce | Speedy Thompson |  |
| 2 | Bruce Thompson | Jimmy Thompson | |
| 3 | Jim Stephens | Fireball Roberts |  |
| 4 | White-Clemens Racing | Rex White | |
| 6 | W.H. Watson | Cotton Owens | |
| 7 | Jim Reed | Jim Reed | |
| 8 | Johnny Allen | Johnny Allen | |
| 9 | Roy Tyner | Roy Tyner | |
| 10 | Ratus Walters | Elmo Langley |  |
| 11 | Paul Spaulding | Junior Johnson | |
| 14 | Manley Britt | Ken Rush |  |
| 15 | Beau Morgan | Tim Flock | |
| 16 | Happy Steigal | Jim McGuirk | |
| 18 | Charlie Griffith | Charley Griffith | |
| 19 | Herman Beam | Herman Beam | |
| 21 | Wood Brothers Racing | Glen Wood | |
| 24 | Bob Potter | Bob Potter | |
| 25 | Gene White | Gene White | |
| 29 | Dick Freeman | Dick Freeman | |
| 32 | Jess Potter | Brownie King | |
| 36 | Pete Kelly | Pete Kelly | |
| 37 | Van Acker | Eduardo Dibos | |
| 38 | Raul Cilloniz | Raul Cilloniz | |
| 39 | Davis Brothers | Billy Carden | |
| 41 | Doc White | Curtis Turner | |
| 42 | Petty Enterprises | Lee Petty |  |
| 43 | Petty Enterprises | Richard Petty | |
| 45 | Paul Bass | Paul Bass | Edsel |
| 47 | Jack Smith | Jack Smith | |
| 48 | E.C. Wilson | Joe Weatherly | |
| 49 | W.J. Ridgeway | Bob Welborn | |
| 50 | Sosebee Racing | Gober Sosebee | |
| 53 | Ken Johnson | Ken Johnson | |
| 55 | Bernard Friedland | Ben Benz | |
| 59 | Carl Rupert | Tom Pistone | |
| 64 | Fritz Wilson | Fritz Wilson | |
| 66 | Dick Foley | Dick Foley | |
| 69 | Bob Korn | Harold Smith | Studebaker |
| 71 | Dick Joselin | Dick Joslin |  |
| 72 | Shorty Johns | Bobby Johns | |
| 73 | Roy Burdick | Johnny Beauchamp | |
| 74 | L.D. Austin | L.D. Austin | |
| 75 | Ken Marriott | Ken Marriott | |
| 76 | Larry Frank | Larry Frank | |
| 77 | Joe Lee Johnson | Joe Lee Johnson | |
| 79 | Larry Odo | Larry Odo | |
| 80 | Sam Arena | Bob Rose | |
| 81 | Bernie Hentges | Bernie Hentges | Desoto |
| 82 | Don Every | Joe Eubanks | |
| 83 | Bob Pronger | Bob Pronger | |
| 86 | Carl Tyler | Carl Tyler | |
| 87 | Buck Baker | Buck Baker | |
| 88 | Buck Baker Racing | Tiny Lund | |
| 89 | Buck Baker | Bob Said | |
| 92 | Joe Jones | Wilbur Rakestraw | |
| 95 | Julian Buesink | Bob Duell | |
| 98 | Tom Vernon | Marvin Panch | |
| 99 | Shorty Rollins | Shorty Rollins | |
