24th Little 500 Starting Lineup
Sun Valley Speedway
Saturday, May 20, 1972
Fast Qualifier: Bob Kinser – 51.550 seconds (New Track Record)
| POS | # | DRIVER | HOMETOWN | ENTRANT |
| 1 | 56 | Bob Kinser | Bedford, IN | Jerry Shields |
| 2 | 2 | Dick Gaines | Seymour, IN | Kinser Brothers |
| 3 | 22 | Butch Wilkerson | Bloomington, IN | Kinser Brothers |
| 4 | 43 | Roger Branson | Champaign, IL | M.A. Brown |
| 5 | 5 | Bob Papoy | Salem, IN | Chester Coyle |
| 6 | 77 | Herman Wise | Toccoa, GA | David Wise |
| 7 | 11 | Dave Scarborough | Largo, FL | George Becker |
| 8 | 48 | Mike Johnson | Martinsville, IN | Bill Tirey |
| 9 | 6 | Ray Wright | Elkhart, IN | Lyle Roberts |
| 10 | 44 | Chuck amati | Freeman Spur, IL | M.A. Brown |
| 11 | 51 | Bob Luscomb | Orlando, FL | Bob Luscomb |
| 12 | 71 | Bobby Black | Taylorsville, IN | David Wise |
| 13 | 39 | Jim Hines | New Castle, IN | David Hodson |
| 14 | 9 | Steve Lehnert | North Olmstead, OH | Steve Lehnert |
| 15 | 52 | Ron Fisher | Kokomo, IN | Ron Hall |
| 16 | 35 | Ray Kenens | Romney, IN | Lowell Sanuders |
| 17 | 90 | Dale Looper | Fort Worth, TX | H.P. Looper |
| 18 | 33 | Mark Caldwell | Bunker Hill, IN | C-B-C |
| 19 | 41 | Bobby Leever | Anderson, IN | Bobby Leever |
| 20 | 7 | Tommy York | Parma, MI | Arthur Braithwaite |
| 21 | 3 | Leon Thickstun | Bloomington, IN | Leon Thickstun |
| 22 | 28 | Jeff Bloom | Elkhart, IN | Jeff Bloom |
| 23 | 54 | Bill Harter | Hagerstown, IN | Boyd Johnson |
| 24 | 99 | Tucker Nunnery | South Point, OH | Steve Enslow |
| 25 | 91 | Ron Semelka | Wauseon, oH | Ron Semelka |
| 26 | 1 | Ed Angle | Flora, IN | Bruce Richardson |
| 27 | 55 | Roy Forbes | Bryan, OH | Ray Breininger |
| 28 | 59 | Jerry Powell | Carmel, IN | Jerry Powell |
| 29 | 73 | Ron Marish | Milwaukee, WI | Byron Russell |
| 30 | 26 | Jim Murphy | South Haven, MI | Jim Murphy |
| 31 | 14 | Richard Jackson | Kokomo, IN | Louis Mann |
| 32 | 57 | Buzz Gregory | Indianapolis, IN | Dave Robinson |
| 33 | 31 | Ron Koehler | South Bend, IN | Grant Pershing |
