6th Little 500 Starting Lineup
Sun Valley Speedway
Saturday, May 29, 1954
Fast Qualifier: Tom Cherry – 14.340 seconds (New Track Record)
| POS | # | DRIVER | HOMETOWN | ENTRANT |
| 1 | 2 | Tom Cherry | Muncie, IN | Howard Hall |
| 2 | 40 | Bob Hoover | Porterville, CA | Bob Tucker |
| 3 | 66 | Wayne Alspaugh | Anderson, IN | John Bennett |
| 4 | 6 | Bobby Stokes | Westwood, IN | Bob Tucker |
| 5 | 4 | Pete Allen | Dayton, OH | Carl Reynolds |
| 6 | 43 | Nelson Stacy | Mayville, KY | George Conner |
| 7 | 14 | Cliff Riggins | Anderson, IN | Vern Riggins |
| 8 | 99 | Red Amick | Muncie, IN | Frank Brown |
| 9 | 33 | Al Miller | Roseville, MI | Joe Leonado |
| 10 | 15 | Jim McWithey | Anderson, IN | Edgar Buste |
| 11 | 52 | John Remsik | Madison, WI | John Remsik |
| 12 | 37 | Ralph Klinker | South Bend, IN | Delbert Gibson |
| 13 | 93 | Jimmy Morrison | Muncie, IN | Larry Deer |
| 14 | 82 | Rick Kerr | Indianapolis, IN | Bob Doyscher |
| 15 | 46 | Red Cramer | Franklin, OH | John Fliessner |
| 16 | 45 | Zane Howell | Muncie, IN | Gerald Timm |
| 17 | 57 | Clare Lawicki | St. Clair Shores, MI | Harold Thomas |
| 18 | 62 | Chuck Mesler | Ecorse, MI | Jim Hood |
| 19 | 32 | Al Butwell | Akron, OH | N/A |
| 20 | 8 | Walt Scherer | Dayton, OH | Harley Pulfer |
| 21 | 51 | Dave Barnes | Anderson, IN | Ed Shaffer |
| 22 | 38 | Jack Farris | Richmond, IN | Bob Tucker |
| 23 | 12 | Chuck Grover | New Paris, OH | Chuck Grover |
| 24 | 9 | Norm Pence | Richmond, IN | Bob Tucker |
| 25 | 31 | Roger Atkinson | Dayton, OH | Sherman Allen |
| 26 | 60 | Tex Shackleford | Dayton, OH | Clarence Jordon |
| 27 | 20 | Bob Kyle | Hamilton, OH | Bob Kyle |
| 28 | 5 | Frank Toth | Richmond, IN | Andy Toth |
| 29 | 50 | Bob Hart | Muncie, IN | Gerald Timm |
| 30 | 95 | Dick Geyer | Goshen, IN | V.T. Byhr |
| 31 | 3 | Harold Mowell | Springfield, OH | Lee Izor |
| 32 | 91 | Bill Joslin | Muncie, IN | Bill Joslin |
| 33 | 41 | Harry Bennett | Detroit, MI | Harry Bennett |
