| Teams 1953 Wilkes County 200 |
|---|
| No. | Team | Driver | Mfg |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0 | Weddle Racing | Ewell Weddle | Plymouth |
| 1 | Herschel Buchanan | Herschel Buchanan | Nash |
| 2 | Bill Blair | Bill Blair | Oldsmobile |
| 3 | Coleman Lawrence | Clyde Minter | Ford |
| 4 | Frank Christian | Slick Smith | Oldsmobile |
| 8 | Gene Comstock | Gene Comstock | Hudson |
| 12 | Buddy Shuman | Buddy Shuman | Oldsmobile |
| 13 | Irving Frye | Pop McGinnis | Hudson |
| 14 | Frank Christian | Fonty Flock | Oldsmobile |
| 19 | Fred Dove | Fred Dove | Plymouth |
| 22 | R.G. Shelton | Perk Brown | Hudson |
| 31 | George Miller | Steve McGrath | Hudson |
| 41 | John Eanes | Curtis Turner | Oldsmobile |
| 42 | Petty Enterprises | Lee Petty | Dodge |
| 43 | Dave Quate | Jimmie Lewallen | Dodge |
| 55 | Bub King | Bub King | Hudson |
| 58 | H.B. Ranier | Johnny Patterson | Hudson |
| 60 | Dub Livingston | Dub Livingston | Dodge |
| 71 | Coleman Lawrence | Coleman Lawrence | Ford |
| 72 | Doug Meeks | Donald Thomas | Ford |
| 77 | Frank Arford | Frank Arford | Oldsmobile |
| 78 | Frank Arford | Dick Passwater | Oldsmobile |
| 82 | Phil Oates | Joe Eubanks | Hudson |
| 86 | Bill House | Don Oldenberg | Packard |
| 87 | Al Wheatley | Buck Baker | Lincoln |
| 91 | Ted Chester | Tim Flock | Hudson |
| 92 | Thomas Racing | Herb Thomas | Hudson |
| 96 | Lucky Sawyer | Lucky Sawyer | Ford |
| 100 | Otis Martin | Otis Martin | Mercury |
| 120 | Walt Chapman | Dick Rathmann | Hudson |