17th Little 500 Results
Sun Valley Speedway
Saturday, May 29, 1965
* Car qualified by Chuck Taylor** Chuck Taylor drove laps 301-500 in relief# Charley Masters rove 170 laps in relief## Johnny Auxter drove 160 laps in relief% Car qualified by Rocky Fisher Sanctioned by: IMCA Fast Qualifier: Benny Rapp – 53.870 seconds Time of Race: 2:29:15.41Cautions: 7 for 72 laps Lead Changes: 8 among 7 drivers Lap Leaders: Leon Wieske 1-6; Dean Mast 7; Leon Wiekse 8-30; Dick Good 31-40; Leon Wieske 41-44; Dick Good 45-46; Norm Brown 47-139; Rollie Beale 140-180; Bob King 181-300; Chuck Taylor 301-500.
| POS | ST | # | DRIVER | HOMETOWN | ENTRANT | LAPS | STATUS |
| 1 | 29 | 35* | Bob King | Muncie, IN | Bob Nagel | 500 | Running |
| 1 | 35** | Chuck Taylor | Easton Alton, IL | Bob Nagel | 500 | Running | |
| 2 | 12 | 5 | Rollie Beale | Toledo, OH | C.R. Gill | 493 | Running |
| 3 | 1 | 14 | Benny Rapp | Toledo, OH | Louis Webber | 489 | Running |
| 4 | 3 | 6 | Jim Moughan | Springfield, IL | McGuire-Lancaster | 487 | Running |
| 5 | 20 | 95 | Karl Busson | Toledo, OH | Bernie Cedoz | 483 | Running |
| 6 | 31 | 93 | Jerry Weld | Kansas City, MO | Jerry Weld | 482 | Running |
| 7 | 4 | 42 | Tom Bigelow | Whitewater, WI | Merle Heath | 478 | Running |
| 8 | 9 | 30 | Oscar Fay | South Bend, IN | Lyle Roberts | 471 | Running |
| 9 | 26 | 65 | Jay Woodside | Kansas City, MO | Besse-Gegg | 470 | Running |
| 10 | 15 | 91# | Ray Duckworth | Anderson, IN | Davis Johnson | 470 | Running |
| 11 | 21 | 99 | Nolan Johncock | Hastings, MI | Palms-Bevier | 469 | Running |
| 12 | 6 | 64 | Dean Mast | Dover, OH | Bob Howell | 464 | Running |
| 13 | 11 | 15 | Dick Good | Mishawaka, IN | G.E. Wood | 463 | Running |
| 14 | 25 | 12## | Darl Harrison | Tiffin, OH | Johnny Auxter | 460 | Running |
| 15 | 7 | 2 | Gordon Wooley | Waco, TX | Hector Honore | 459 | Running |
| 16 | 30 | 4 | Bob Coulter | Lakewood, CA | Bill Smith | 458 | Running |
| 17 | 18 | 40 | Casey Jones | South Bend, IN | Mike Weeks | 455 | Running |
| 18 | 14 | 32 | Buzz Gregory | Indianapolis, IN | Schmitt-Feuerstein | 454 | Running |
| 19 | 19 | 0 | Bob Davis | Dayton, OH | William Foster | 449 | Running |
| 20 | 33 | 27 | Gene Ingold | Parkersburg, WV | Racers Inc. | 432 | Running |
| 21 | 23 | 57 | Bill Puterbaugh | Roxana, IL | John Comer | 431 | Running |
| 22 | 10 | 11 | Norm Brown | Grand Rapids, MI | J&D Motor Sales | 409 | Running |
| 23 | 16 | 49 | Jack Thomas | Wellsville, NY | Richard Hotchkiss | 320 | Mechanical |
| 24 | 17 | 55 | Ray Wright | Elkhart, IN | George Blunier | 331 | Mechanical |
| 25 | 22 | 90 | Charley Masters | Waddy, KY | Davis Johnson | 138 | Mechanical |
| 26 | 13 | 24 | Bobby Leever | Anderson, IN | Bobby Leever | 132 | Mechanical |
| 27 | 32 | 21 | Bernie Graybeal | Shelbyville, KY | E.T. Morse | 112 | Mechanical |
| 28 | 5 | 3 | Harold Smith | Dayton, OH | Jack Steck | 110 | Accident |
| 29 | 24 | 44% | Bill Myers | Wood River, IL | Bill Schaefer | 98 | Accident |
| 30 | 8 | 19 | Norm Rust | Novi, MI | B&L VanHautte | 96 | Accident |
| 31 | 2 | 51 | Leon Wieske | St. Clair Shores, MI | Leon Wieske | 44 | Accident |
| 32 | 27 | 62 | Jim Murphy | South Haven, MI | Nora Murphy | 8 | Accident |
| 33 | 28 | 81 | Mort Anderson | Stanton, MI | R-D-J Varney | 7 | Mechanical |
