33rd Little 500 Starting Lineup
Anderson Speedway
Saturday, May 23, 1981
Fast Qualifier: Greg Leffler – 48.554 seconds (New Track Record)
| POS | # | DRIVER | HOMETOWN | ENTRANT |
| 1 | 43 | Greg Leffler | Winchester, IN | Armstrong Mould |
| 2 | 72 | Marvin Carman | Union City, MI | Bellairs-Smith |
| 3 | 47 | Jeff Bloom | Kalamazoo, MI | Lyle Roberts |
| 4 | 66 | Ed Angle | Flora, IN | Jack French |
| 5 | 18 | Ed Lute | Columbus, OH | Rice/Kasperak |
| 6 | 68 | Bill Roynon | Tampa, FL | Altfater-Conroy |
| 7 | 3 | Robert Smith | Gibsonton, FL | Robert Smith |
| 8 | 65 | Bob Kinser | Bedford, IN | Jerry Shields |
| 9 | 21 | Jimmy Alvis | Tampa, FL | Jimmy Alvis |
| 10 | 96 | Mike Shaw | Marshall, MI | Jean Shaw |
| 11 | 80 | David Smith | Gibsonton, FL | Buster Wiliams |
| 12 | 1 | Bernie Graybeal | Shelbyville, KY | D.W. Miller |
| 13 | 74 | Bob Seelman | Lansing, MI | Bob Seelman |
| 14 | 38 | Brent Whited | Richmond, IN | Dave Hodson |
| 15 | 8 | Ken Price | North Olmstead, OH | Charles Haendiges |
| 16 | 82 | Jack Calabrase | Lansing, MI | Fred Seltenright |
| 17 | 2 | Hardy Maddox | Seffner, FL | Sharon Maddox |
| 18 | 92 | Bob Frey | Elyria, OH | Urbie Durnwald |
| 19 | 71 | Danny Johnson | Kalamazoo, MI | E.M. Wilson |
| 20 | 23 | Gary Olson | Gladstone, MI | Rick Schmidt |
| 21 | 6 | Gary Schlafer | Anderson, IN | Gerry Olson |
| 22 | 30 | Jim Moulis | Fox Lake, IL | Jim Moulis |
| 23 | 61 | King Kramer | Lansing, MI | Brian Bowens |
| 24 | 5 | Lennie Waldo | Columbus, OH | Clarence Miller |
| 25 | 56 | Kelly Kinser | Bloomington, IN | Jerry Shields |
| 26 | 98 | Stan Butler | Tampa, FL | Billy McGee |
| 27 | 31 | Tim Boyd | Avon, IN | Casey Jones |
| 28 | 27 | Allen Barr | Seymout, IN | Rocky Sullivan |
| 29 | 59 | Danny Milburn | Indianapolis, IN | Danny Milburn |
| 30 | 97 | Chuck Mynett | Fort Wayne, IN | Greg Krantz |
| 31 | 86 | Don Heckman | Fort Lauderdale, FL | Cal Krusen |
| 32 | 7 | Jim Slade | Hillsdale, MI | Arthur Braithwaite |
| 33 | 36 | Bob Kolacki | Elwood, IN | Dartis Plake |
