34th Little 500 Starting Lineup
Anderson Speedway
Saturday, May 29, 1982
Fast Qualifier: Marvin Carman – 48.321 seconds (New Track Record)
| POS | # | DRIVER | HOMETOWN | ENTRANT |
| 1 | 72 | Marvin Carman | Union City, MI | Bellairs-Smith |
| 2 | 20 | Bob Fredy | Elyria, OH | Glen Niebel |
| 3 | 47 | Tom Marks | Grand Rapdis, Mi | Lyle Roberts |
| 4 | 92 | Lennie Waldo | Columbus, OH | Urbie Durnwald |
| 5 | 95 | Steve Ball | Fort Wayne, IN | Bob Gaby |
| 6 | 3 | Robert Smith | Gibsonton, FL | Robert Smith |
| 7 | 65 | Bruce Robey | Hilliard, OH | Clarence Miller |
| 8 | 80 | David Smith | Gibsonton, FL | Buster Wiliams |
| 9 | 1 | Steve Bolan | Scottsdale, AZ | Steve Bolan |
| 10 | 82 | Hardy Maddox | Seffner, FL | Hardy Maddox |
| 11 | 30 | Jim Moulis | Fox Lake, IL | Jim Moulis |
| 12 | 7 | Jim Slade | Hillsdale, MI | Arthur Braithwaite |
| 13 | 59 | Danny Milburn | Indianapolis, IN | Danny Milburn |
| 14 | 43 | Bob Cicconi | Prospect Park, PA | Armstrong-Mould |
| 15 | 27 | Rocky Sullivan | Plant City, FL | Rocky Sullivan |
| 16 | 07 | Tom Jewell | Goshen, IN | Gene Fogle |
| 17 | 26 | Gary Schlafer | Anderson, IN | Al Schlafer |
| 18 | 17 | Morris Coffman | Plainfield, IN | Parker Machinery |
| 19 | 45 | Brent Whited | Richmond, IN | Carol Whited |
| 20 | 31 | Curt Kelley | Sherwood, MI | Casey Jones |
| 21 | 8 | Fred Seltenright | Olivet, MI | Fred Seltenright |
| 22 | 44 | Stephen Smith | Anderson, IN | Larry Downey |
| 23 | 66 | Ed Angle | Flora, IN | Jack French |
| 24 | 4 | Gary Griffith | Sandusky, OH | John Bare |
| 25 | 84 | Ken Price | North Olmstead, OH | Ken Dawson |
| 26 | 61 | King Kramer | Lansing, MI | Brian Bowens |
| 27 | 23 | Joe Fote | Oak Creek, MI | Schmidt Industrial |
| 28 | 0 | Jim Haynes | Tarpon Springs, FL | Jim Haynes |
| 29 | 19 | Rich Leming | Topeka, IN | Jim Mann |
| 30 | 5 | Chuck Castor | Anderson, IN | Bob Gaby |
| 31 | 97 | Chuck Mynett | Fort Wayne, IN | Greg Kantz |
| 32 | 81 | Danny Krause | Alto, MI | Neal & Laura Devlin |
| 33 | 98 | Scott DeSane | Sunrise, FL | Billy McGee |
