| Teams for 1953 Central City 100 |
|---|
| Car | Team | Driver | Mfg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Al Wheatley | Ralph Liguori |  | |
| Gordon Bracken | Gordon Bracken |  | |
| Virgil Livengood | Virgil Livengood | | |
| 1 | Herschel Buchanan | Herschel Buchanan | Nash |
| 2 | Bill Blair | Bill Blair | |
| 4 | Frank Christian | Slick Smith | |
| 12 | George Hutchens | Jim Paschal | |
| 14 | Frank Christian | Fonty Flock | |
| 19 | Fred Dove | Fred Dove | |
| 42 | Petty Enterprises | Lee Petty |  |
| 43 | Dave Quate | Jimmie Lewallen | |
| 51 | Sosebee Racing | Gober Sosebee | |
| 55 | Bub King | Bub King | Hudson |
| 60 | Dub Livingston | Dub Livingston | |
| 71 | Coleman Lawrence | Coleman Lawrence |  |
| 72 | Doug Meeks | Donald Thomas | |
| 78 | Frank Arford | Dick Passwater | |
| 82 | Phil Oates | Joe Eubanks | Hudson |
| 87 | Griffin Racing | Buck Baker | |
| 91 | Ted Chester | Tim Flock | Hudson |
| 92 | Thomas Racing | Herb Thomas | Hudson |
| 93 | Ted Chamerlain | Ted Chamberlain | |
| 120 | Walt Chapman | Dick Rathmann | Hudson |
