50- Geoff Bodine
Photo Credit: Reddit
Bodine earned four top fives and 10 top 10's in 24 race-long campaign during the 1982 season, one of the drivers with the fewest starts to make an appearance on this list.
Last Ran: 2012 Coke Zero 400 (Bill Elliott)
Total Wins: 0
51- Gober Sosebee
Photo Credit: eBay
My personal favorite NASCAR driver name, Sosebee ran the 51 part-time from 1950-55, getting two wins, 16 top fives and 26 top 10's in the process.
First Win: 1952 Hayloft Speedway race (Gober Sosebee)
Last Win: 1954 Central City Speedway race #2 (Gober Sosebee)
Currently Used by: BJ McLeod
Total Wins: 2
52- Jimmy Means
Photo Credit: LegendsofNascar
Means had by far the most starts in the 52 car with 446 races in his self-owned ride from 1976-93, although with just 17 top 10's along the way.
First Win: 1951 Thompson Speedway race (Neil Cole)
Last Win: 1974 Old Dominion 500 (Earl Ross)
Currently Used by: Cody Ware
Total Wins: 2
53- Jimmy Helms
Photo Credit: Carolina Race Place
Another Jimmy finds his way on the list, as Helms ran the 53 car to four top 10's in 60 starts from 1965-66.
First and Only Win: 1961 Atlanta 500 (Bob Burdick)
Last Ran: 1994 Pepsi 400 (Ritchie Petty)
Total Wins: 1
54- Jimmy Pardue
Photo Credit: Find A Grave
Yet another Jimmy comes aboard the list, this time for the 54, as Pardue earned two wins, 27 top fives and 78 top 10's in 177 races from 1960-64.
First Win: 1962 Southside Speedway race #2 (Jimmy Pardue)
Last Win: 1978 Talladega 500 (Lennie Pond)
Last Ran: 2003 Ford 400 (Todd Bodine)
Total Wins: 3
55- Tiny Lund
Photo Credit: Randy Ayers' Nascar Modeling Center
Lund earned four wins, 24 top fives and 48 top 10's in 119 races in the 55, from a part-time schedule from 1956-58 before leaving and returning for a few starts in 1964 and then moving full-time in 1965-67, before splitting again and returning part-time once more from 1970-73.
First Win: 1955 Hickory Speedway race (Junior Johnson)
Last Win: 2013 Camping World RV Sales 301 (Brian Vickers)
Currently Used by: Reed Sorenson
Total Wins: 13
56- Martin Truex Jr.
Photo Credit: Zimbio
Truex had one win, 18 top fives and 53 top 10's in 144 races in the 56 car from 2010-13 before a points manipulation scandal during the '13 season led to his sponsor leaving and the car being shut down at the end of the year.
First Win: 1966 Atlanta 500 (Jim Hurtubise)
Last Win: 2013 Toyota/Save Mart 350 (Martin Truex Jr.)
Last Ran: 2013 Ford EcoBoost 400 (Martin Truex Jr.)
Total Wins: 2
57- Hut Stricklin
Photo Credit: Mike's Decals
Ketchup, anyone? Stricklin ran the 57 throughout the 1989 season, getting one top five and four top 10's in 27 races.
Last Ran: 2003 GFS Marketplace 400 (Kevin Lepage)
Total Wins: 0
58- Johnny Patterson
Photo Credit: RacingOne
Patterson had four top fives and five top 10's in the 58 machine in 20 races running a limited schedule from 1952-54.
First and Only Win: 1962 Myers Brothers 200 (Johnny Allen)
Last Ran: 1999 NAPA AutoCare 500 (Hut Stricklin)
Total Wins: 1
59- Tom Pistone
Photo Credit: Reddit
Pistone grabbed two wins, 23 top fives and 41 top 10's in 95 races with the 59 car from 1959 to the first few races of '61, then taking a break and returning for 1965-66.
First Win: 1950 Winchester Speedway race (Lloyd Moore)
Last Win: 1959 Richmond 200 (Tom Pistone)
Last Ran: 2016 Ford EcoBoost 400 (Michael McDowell)
Total Wins: 3
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