1st Little 500 Starting Lineup
Sun Valley Speedway
Friday, May 27, 1949
Fast Qualifier: Tom Cherry – 14.500 seconds (New Track Record)
| POS | # | DRIVER | HOMETOWN | OWNER |
| 1 | 38 | Tom Cherry | Muncie, IN | Haack Winnigear |
| 2 | 31 | Charley Mayer | Plainfield, IN | Carl Reynolds |
| 3 | 711 | Bobby Beeson | Shirley, IN | Tuck Muterspaugh |
| 4 | 72 | Johnny Arnold | Muncie, IN | Ermal McCormack |
| 5 | 16 | Ralph Stover | Muncie, IN | Joe Walls |
| 6 | 25 | Red Amick | North Hollywood, CA | Ed Gimbel |
| 7 | 66 | Bob King | Muncie, IN | John Bennett |
| 8 | 39 | Sam Skinner | Muncie, IN | Walt Straber |
| 9 | 62 | Ed Ball | Hollywood, CA | Ermal McCormack |
| 10 | 90 | Joe Nester | Albany, IN | Joe Nester |
| 11 | 45 | Buzzy Henline | Marion, IN | Joe Webb |
| 12 | 47 | Herschel White | Indianapolis, IN | Herschel White |
| 13 | 36 | Wayne Alspaugh | Cadiz, IN | Leo Stohler |
| 14 | 93 | Chuck Farquar | Dayton, OH | Pete Allen |
| 15 | 58 | Mickey Potter | Ft. Wayne, IN | Ray Stohler |
| 16 | 28 | Bob Hart | Muncie, IN | Joe Hannon |
| 17 | 49 | Paul Fleet | Anderson, IN | Bill Penrod |
| 18 | 6 | Dick Rathman | Glendale, CA | Andy Granatelli |
| 19 | 5 | Hig Hillegas | Huntington, IN | Harold Messier |
| 20 | 14 | Bob Flock | Atlanta, GA | Red Vogt |
| 21 | 80 | Duke Kimmerling | Anderson, IN | Harold Riggs |
| 22 | 84 | Red Renner | Woodburn, IN | Charley Meyer |
| 23 | 61 | Gene Pyle | Redkey, IN | Joe Walls |
| 24 | 4 | Jim Leach | Muncie, IN | Charles Holloway |
| 25 | 8 | Walt Scherer | Dayton, OH | Harley Pulfer |
| 26 | 96 | Bill Walker | Anderson, IN | Charles Robards |
| 27 | 85 | Everett Burton | Matthews, IN | Joe Zimmerman |
| 28 | 60 | Dave Barnes | Anderson, IN | Dave Barnes |
| 29 | 18 | Bud Femeyer | Yorktown, IN | Ed Femeyer |
| 30 | 35 | Ebe Yoder | Goshen, IN | V.T. Byhr |
| 31 | 55 | Red Newman | Albion, MI | Owen Granger |
| 32 | 82 | Chuck James | Huntington, IN | Ken McKissick |
| 33 | 12 | Ira Collins | Savana, GA | Ira Collins |
