| Teams for 1953 Richmond 200 |
|---|
| Car | Team | Driver | Mfg |
|---|---|---|---|
| W.R. Quann | Buck Mason |  | |
| 1 | Herschel Buchanan | Herschel Buchanan | Nash |
| 2 | Bill Blair | Bill Blair |  |
| 4 | Frank Christian | Slick Smith | |
| 7 | Jim Reed | Jim Reed |  |
| 8 | Gene Comstock | Gene Comstock | Hudson |
| 9 | Thomas Racing | Donald Thomas | Hudson |
| 12 | George Hutchens | Jim Paschal | |
| 13 | Lou Johnson | Lou Johnson | |
| 19 | Fred Dove | Fred Dove |  |
| 31 | George Miller | Al Keller | Hudson |
| 32 | R.G. Shelton | Jimmie Lewallen | Hudson |
| 42 | Petty Enterprises | Lee Petty | |
| 44 | Julian Petty | Ray Duhigg | |
| 46 | Al Wheatley | Ralph Liguori | Lincoln |
| 55 | Bub King | Bub King | |
| 66 | Virgil Livengood | Virgil Livengood | |
| 71 | Coleman Lawrence | Coleman Lawrence | |
| 78 | Frank Arford | Dick Passwater | |
| 87 | Griffin Racing | Buck Baker | |
| 92 | Thomas Racing | Herb Thomas | Hudson |
| 120 | Walt Chapman | Dick Rathmann | Hudson |
| 167 | Elton Hildreth | Elton Hildreth | Nash |
