34th Little 500 Qualifying Results
Anderson Speedway
Saturday, May 29, 1982
Fast Qualifier: Marvin Carman – 48.321 seconds (New Track Record)
| POS | # | DRIVER | HOMETOWN | ENTRANT | TIME | MARGIN |
| 1 | 72 | Marvin Carman | Union City, MI | Bellairs-Smith | 48.321 | 0.000 |
| 2 | 20 | Bob Fredy | Elyria, OH | Glen Niebel | 48.742 | 0.421 |
| 3 | 47 | Tom Marks | Grand Rapdis, Mi | Lyle Roberts | 48.859 | 0.538 |
| 4 | 92 | Lennie Waldo | Columbus, OH | Urbie Durnwald | 49.146 | 0.825 |
| 5 | 95 | Steve Ball | Fort Wayne, IN | Bob Gaby | 49.161 | 0.840 |
| 6 | 3 | Robert Smith | Gibsonton, FL | Robert Smith | 49.334 | 1.013 |
| 7 | 65 | Bruce Robey | Hilliard, OH | Clarence Miller | 49.446 | 1.125 |
| 8 | 80 | David Smith | Gibsonton, FL | Buster Wiliams | 49.516 | 1.195 |
| 9 | 1 | Steve Bolan | Scottsdale, AZ | Steve Bolan | 49.747 | 1.426 |
| 10 | 82 | Hardy Maddox | Seffner, FL | Hardy Maddox | 49.775 | 1.454 |
| 11 | 30 | Jim Moulis | Fox Lake, IL | Jim Moulis | 50.318 | 1.997 |
| 12 | 7 | Jim Slade | Hillsdale, MI | Arthur Braithwaite | 50.441 | 2.120 |
| 13 | 59 | Danny Milburn | Indianapolis, IN | Danny Milburn | 50.480 | 2.159 |
| 14 | 43 | Bob Cicconi | Prospect Park, PA | Armstrong-Mould | 50.840 | 2.519 |
| 15 | 27 | Rocky Sullivan | Plant City, FL | Rocky Sullivan | 51.147 | 2.826 |
| 16 | 07 | Tom Jewell | Goshen, IN | Gene Fogle | 51.289 | 2.968 |
| 17 | 26 | Gary Schlafer | Anderson, IN | Al Schlafer | 51.299 | 2.978 |
| 18 | 17 | Morris Coffman | Plainfield, IN | Parker Machinery | 51.486 | 3.165 |
| 19 | 45 | Brent Whited | Richmond, IN | Carol Whited | 51.594 | 3.273 |
| 20 | 31 | Curt Kelley | Sherwood, MI | Casey Jones | 51.715 | 3.394 |
| 21 | 8 | Fred Seltenright | Olivet, MI | Fred Seltenright | 52.288 | 3.967 |
| 22 | 44 | Stephen Smith | Anderson, IN | Larry Downey | 52.331 | 4.010 |
| 23 | 66 | Ed Angle | Flora, IN | Jack French | 50.451 | 2.130 |
| 24 | 4 | Gary Griffith | Sandusky, OH | John Bare | 50.985 | 2.664 |
| 25 | 84 | Ken Price | North Olmstead, OH | Ken Dawson | 51.279 | 2.958 |
| 26 | 61 | King Kramer | Lansing, MI | Brian Bowens | 51.843 | 3.522 |
| 27 | 23 | Joe Fote | Oak Creek, MI | Schmidt Industrial | 52.237 | 3.916 |
| 28 | 0 | Jim Haynes | Tarpon Springs, FL | Jim Haynes | 52.355 | 4.034 |
| 29 | 19 | Rich Leming | Topeka, IN | Jim Mann | 52.534 | 4.213 |
| 30 | 5 | Chuck Castor | Anderson, IN | Bob Gaby | 52.564 | 4.243 |
| 31 | 97 | Chuck Mynett | Fort Wayne, IN | Greg Kantz | 52.644 | 4.323 |
| 32 | 81 | Danny Krause | Alto, MI | Neal & Laura Devlin | 52.765 | 4.444 |
| 33 | 98 | Scott DeSane | Sunrise, FL | Billy McGee | 52.775 | 4.454 |
