5th Little 500 Starting Lineup
Sun Valley Speedway
Friday, May 29, 1953
Fast Qualifier: Curly Boyd – 15.600 seconds
| POS | # | DRIVER | HOMETOWN | ENTRANT |
| 1 | 31 | Curly Boyd | Anderson, IN | Sherman Allen |
| 2 | 99 | Bob King | Muncie, IN | Frank Brown |
| 3 | 43 | Nelson Stacy | Maysville, KY | George Conner |
| 4 | 95 | Chuck Grover | Goshen, IN | Don Metzler |
| 5 | 18 | Bud Claypool | Delphos, OH | George Place |
| 6 | 63 | Al Miller | Roseville, MI | Joe Leonardo |
| 7 | 64 | Johnny Arnold | Muncie, IN | Eugene Teal |
| 8 | 15 | Jack Goodwin | Detroit, MI | Edgar Bests |
| 9 | 4 | Bill Holloway | Muncie, IN | Charles Holloway |
| 10 | 9 | Norm Pence | Richmond, IN | Bob Tucker |
| 11 | 66 | Wayne Alspaugh | Anderson, IN | John Bennett |
| 12 | 82 | Jonnie Key | Salinas, CA | Bob Doyscher |
| 13 | 6 | Jack Farris | Richmond, IN | Bob Tucker |
| 14 | 81 | Red Amick | Muncie, IN | Bob Fiene |
| 15 | 17 | Leon Clum | Wapakoneta, OH | Eldon Gaberdial |
| 16 | 36 | Jimmy Morrison | Muncie, IN | Larry Deer |
| 17 | 52 | Avery McAdams | Losantville, IN | Fred Vickery |
| 18 | 60 | Tex Shackleford | Dayton, OH | Clearance Jordan |
| 19 | 3 | Zane Howell | Muncie, IN | Zane Howell |
| 20 | 8 | Walt Scherer | Dayton, OH | Harley Pulfer |
| 21 | 71 | Bobby Stokes | Westwood, IN | Jonie Van Dyke |
| 22 | 41 | Bob Wilson | Vandalia, OH | Harry Boblitt |
| 23 | 50 | Rick Kerr | Indianapolis, IN | Gerald Timm |
| 24 | 55 | Bob Carpenter | Wabash, IN | Lucian Adamson |
| 25 | 46 | Red Cramer | Franklin, OH | John Fliessner |
| 26 | 1 | Fred Boggs | Warsaw, IN | Fred Boggs |
| 27 | 14 | Cliff Riggins | Anderson, IN | Vern Riggins |
| 28 | 20 | Bob Kyle | Hamilton, OH | Bob Kyle |
| 29 | 28 | John Remsik | Madison, WI | John Remsik |
| 30 | 5 | Jim McWithey | Anderson, IN | Harry Moenck |
| 31 | 44 | John Bond | Germantown, OH | John Turner |
| 32 | 56 | Phip Gerhart | Detroit, MI | William Ault |
| 33 | 35 | Rut Ralston | Kalamazoo, MI | V.T. Byhr |
