| Teams for 1953 Hickory 100 |
|---|
| Car | Team | Driver | Mfg |
|---|---|---|---|
| Julian Petty | Bob Welborn |  | |
| Ralph Dyer | Ralph Dyer | Nash | |
| 1 | Herschel Buchanan | Herschel Buchanan | Nash |
| 2 | Bill Blair | Bill Blair |  |
| 3 | Coleman Lawrence | Clyde Minter |  |
| 4 | Frank Christian | Slick Smith | |
| 8 | Gene Comstock | Gene Comstock | Hudson |
| 13 | Irving Frye | Pop McGinnis | Hudson |
| 14 | Frank Christian | Fonty Flock | |
| 19 | Fred Dove | Fred Dove | |
| 42 | Petty Enterprises | Lee Petty |  |
| 43 | Dave Quate | Jim Paschal | |
| 44 | Julian Petty | Ray Duhigg | |
| 46 | Al Wheatley | Ralph Liguori | Lincoln |
| 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 | |
| 100 | Otis Martin | Otis Martin |  |
| 108 | Gene Comstock | Arden Mounts | Hudson |
| 120 | Walt Chapman | Dick Rathmann | Hudson |
| 128 | J.B. Richter | Russell Armentrout | |
| 167 | Elton Hildreth | Elton Hildreth | Nash |
