17th Little 500 Starting Lineup
Sun Valley Speedway
Saturday, May 29, 1965
Fast Qualifier: Benny Rapp – 53.870 seconds
| POS | # | DRIVER | HOMETOWN | ENTRANT |
| 1 | 14 | Benny Rapp | Toledo, OH | Louis Webber |
| 2 | 51 | Leon Wieske | St. Clair Shores, MI | Leon Wieske |
| 3 | 6 | Jim Moughan | Springfield, IL | McGuire-Lancaster |
| 4 | 42 | Tom Bigelow | Whitewater, WI | Merle Heath |
| 5 | 3 | Harold Smith | Dayton, OH | Jack Steck |
| 6 | 64 | Dean Mast | Dover, OH | Bob Howell |
| 7 | 2 | Gordon Wooley | Waco, TX | Hector Honore |
| 8 | 19 | Norm Rust | Novi, MI | B&L VanHautte |
| 9 | 30 | Oscar Fay | South Bend, IN | Lyle Roberts |
| 10 | 11 | Norm Brown | Grand Rapids, MI | J&D Motor Sales |
| 11 | 15 | Dick Good | Mishawaka, IN | G.E. Wood |
| 12 | 5 | Rollie Beale | Toledo, OH | C.R. Gill |
| 13 | 24 | Bobby Leever | Anderson, IN | Bobby Leever |
| 14 | 32 | Buzz Gregory | Indianapolis, IN | Schmitt-Feuerstein |
| 15 | 91 | Ray Duckworth | Anderson, IN | Davis Johnson |
| 16 | 49 | Jack Thomas | Wellsville, NY | Richard Hotchkiss |
| 17 | 55 | Ray Wright | Elkhart, IN | George Blunier |
| 18 | 40 | Casey Jones | South Bend, IN | Mike Weeks |
| 19 | 0 | Bob Davis | Dayton, OH | William Foster |
| 20 | 95 | Karl Busson | Toledo, OH | Bernie Cedoz |
| 21 | 99 | Nolan Johncock | Hastings, MI | Palms-Bevier |
| 22 | 90 | Charley Masters | Waddy, KY | Davis Johnson |
| 23 | 57 | Bill Puterbaugh | Roxana, IL | John Comer |
| 24 | 44 | Rocky Fisher | Fort Wayne, IL | Bill Schaefer |
| 25 | 12 | Darl Harrison | Tiffin, OH | Johnny Auxter |
| 26 | 65 | Jay Woodside | Kansas City, MO | Besse-Gegg |
| 27 | 62 | Jim Murphy | South Haven, MI | Nora Murphy |
| 28 | 81 | Mort Anderson | Stanton, MI | R-D-J Varney |
| 29 | 35 | Chuck Taylor | East Alton, IL | Bob Nagel |
| 30 | 4 | Bob Coulter | Lakewood, CA | Bill Smith |
| 31 | 93 | Jerry Weld | Kansas City, MO | Jerry Weld |
| 32 | 21 | Bernie Graybeal | Shelbyville, KY | E.T. Morse |
| 33 | 27 | Gene Ingold | Parkersburg, WV | Racers Inc. |
