The number 56 car has been driven in 291 races with 2 wins, 3 poles, 32 top 5s, 85 tops 10s, and 86 DNFs in the NASCAR Cup Series.

Martin Truex Jr. claims exactly half of the total starts #56 has made with 144 from 2010-2013. During that time Truex Jr. earned 1 win at Sonoma and accumulated 3 poles while completing 96% of all possible laps.

Truex Jr. and Michael Waltrip Racing would lose NAPA as a sponsor following the “Spingate”cheating scandal of 2013 leading to Truex Jr’s move to the #78 Furniture Row Car.

56 is the family number of the Truex Family, as Martin Truex Sr.  drove the number for most of his starts in the NASCAR XFINITY Series between 1993-1996.

Jim Hurtubise  was a successful USAC  and Indy Car  driver who experimented in NASCAR running a career total of 36 races, but piloted #56, his open wheel number, for 13 races between 1966 & 1968. Hurtubise has the only other win  in the #56 in 1966 at Atlanta.

Bill Morton drove the #56 in 15 Grand National Races from 1958-1965. Morton also ran the number in the other NASCAR divisions of the time including modified  and convertibles .

Ed Livingston  is the only other driver with more than just a handful of starts in #56. From 1963-1964 Livingston started #56 13 times, but would be best known for his career in #68.

In 1987 Ernie Irvan made his Cup series debut driving #56 at Richmond, sponsored by Dale Earnhardt’s Chevrolet Dealership. Irvan would start the number once more later that year at Charlotte.

Other notable names in #56:

• Leeroy Yarbrough, 6 races

• Marvin Panch, 3 races

• Tiny Lund, 1 race

• Elmo Langley, 1 race