25th Little 500 Starting Lineup
Sun Valley Speedway
Saturday, May 26, 1973
Fast Qualifier: Dick Gaines – 51.240 seconds (New Track Record)
| POS | # | DRIVER | HOMETOWN | ENTRANT |
| 1 | 11 | Dick Gaines | Floyd Knobbs, IN | Kinser Brothers |
| 2 | 22 | Calvin Gilstrap | Salem, IN | Kinser Brothers |
| 3 | 63 | Jerry Richert | Forest Lake, MN | Jerry Richert |
| 4 | 65 | Mike Johnson | Martinsville, IN | Dennis Mitchell |
| 5 | 6 | Ray Wright | Elkhart, IN | Lyle Roberts |
| 6 | 97 | Bud Frazier | Chillicothe, OH | Bill Bare |
| 7 | 99 | Tucker Nunnery | South Point, OH | Steve Enslow |
| 8 | 26 | Jeff Bloom | Elkhart, IN | Jeff Bloom |
| 9 | 61 | Butch Wilkerson | Deputy, IN | E.M. Wilson |
| 10 | 12 | Jim Riddle | Lutz, FL | Arrow Plumbing Corp. |
| 11 | 56 | Bobby Black | Taylorsville, IN | Jerry Shields |
| 12 | 81 | Tony Solomito | Bloomington, IN | Joe Solomito |
| 13 | 7 | Casey Jones | South Bend, IN | Arthur Braithwaite |
| 14 | 3 | Bob Kinser | Bedford, IN | Larry Curtis |
| 15 | 5 | Bob Luscomb | Orlando, FL | Bob Luscomb |
| 16 | 37 | Bob Frey | Elyria, OH | Ernie Ensign |
| 17 | 46 | Ed Angle | Flora, IN | Bruce Richardson |
| 18 | 18 | Doc Dawson | Lima, OH | Mack Clingan |
| 19 | 77 | Herman Wise | Atlanta, GA | David Wise |
| 20 | 79 | Ray Kenens | Lafayette, IN | E.M. Wilson |
| 21 | 32 | Armond Holley | Pensacola, FL | Broadus-Harrleson |
| 22 | 4 | Larry Curtis | Stilesville, IN | Larry Curtis |
| 23 | 86 | Bernie Graybeal | Shelbyville, IN | Mike Gross |
| 24 | 8 | Mark Caldwell | Bunker Hill, IN | Claude Westerfield |
| 25 | 52 | Ron Fisher | Kokomo, IN | Ron Hall |
| 26 | 41 | Bobby Leever | Anderson, IN | Bobby Leever |
| 27 | 19 | George Harbour | Apple Grove, WV | Dewey Smith |
| 28 | 2 | Jim Murphy | South Haven, MI | Arthur Braithwaite |
| 29 | 17 | Bob Mitchoff | South Bend, IN | John Dylewski |
| 30 | 35 | Ron Semelka | Wauseon, OH | George Sauder |
| 31 | 1 | Al Liskai | Gibsonburg, OH | Racing Associates |
| 32 | 71 | Leon Thickstun | Bloomington, IN | Leon Thickstun |
| 33 | 25 | Ron Ennis | Martinsville, IN | Ron Ennis |
