| Teams for 1953 Daytona 160 |
|---|
| Car | Team | Driver | Mfg |
|---|---|---|---|
| T-2 | Herb Tillman | Herb Tillman |  |
| 1 | Herschel Buchanan | Herschel Buchanan | Nash |
| 2 | Bill Blair | Bill Blair | |
| 3 | Jack Barton | Hub McBride | Nash |
| 4 | Frank Christian | Slick Smith | |
| 7 | R.W. Douglas | Red Douglass |  |
| 8 | Gene Comstock | Gene Comstock | Hudson |
| 9 | Thomas Racing | Donald Thomas | Hudson |
| 10 | Wally Campbell | Wally Campbell | |
| 12 | George Hutchens | Jim Paschal | |
| 13 | Irving Frye | Pop McGinnis | Hudson |
| 14 | Frank Christian | Fonty Flock | |
| 15 | Tommy Boger | Tommy Boger | |
| 16 | Johnny Roberts | Johnny Roberts |  |
| 18 | Bill Adams | Bill Adams | |
| 19 | Paul Nunn | Fred Dove | Packard |
| 22 | R.G. Shelton | Perk Brown | Hudson |
| 25 | Cotton Priddy | Cotton Priddy | |
| 30 | Jim Fowler | Cotton Hodges | |
| 33 | Charlie Causey | Charlie Causey | |
| 37 | Norm Johnson | Hank Ribet | |
| 38 | Tom Cherry | Tom Cherry | Lincoln |
| 40 | Tommy Thompson | Tommy Thompson | Lincoln |
| 41 | Eanes Motor Company | Curtis Turner | Lincoln |
| 46 | Bob Pronger | Bob Pronger | |
| 48 | Sikes Motors | Red Farmer | Hudson |
| 51 | Sam Knox | Gober Sosebee | Chrysler |
| 52 | Sally Guide | Joe Guide | Hudson |
| 55 | Bub King | Bub King | Hudson |
| 57 | C.D. Wilson | Tommy Moon | Hudson |
| 58 | H.B. Ranier | Johnny Patterson | Hudson |
| 60 | Dub Livingston | Dub Livingston | |
| 66 | Joseph Braun | George Fleming | Hudson |
| 67 | Sam DiRusso | Sam DiRusso |  |
| 71 | Mason Darnell | Keith Hamner | Hudson |
| 77 | Frank Arford | Dick Passwater | |
| 78 | Frank Arford | Frank Arford | |
| 79 | Charles Weidler | Charles Weidler | Hudson |
| 82 | Phil Oates | Joe Eubanks | Hudson |
| 86 | Bill House | Don Oldenberg | Lincoln |
| 87 | Al Wheatley | Buck Baker | Lincoln |
| 90 | Ted Lee | Ted Lee | Hudson |
| 91 | Ted Chester | Tim Flock | Hudson |
| 92 | Thomas Racing | Herb Thomas | Hudson |
| 93 | Ted Chamerlain | Ted Chamberlain | |
| 96 | Mason Bright | Mason Bright | |
| 103 | George Gallup | George Gallup | |
| 120 | Walt Chapman | Dick Rathmann | Hudson |
| 167 | Elton Hildreth | Elton Hildreth | Nash |
| 187 | Duane Duvall | Red Duvall | Packard |
| 190 | J.R. Dunberry | Buddy Shuman | Hudson |
| 196 | Lucky Sawyer | Lucky Sawyer | |
| 291 | Tom Travis | Tom Travis | |
