Indianapolis 500
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
Grand Prix starting grid
Race starts
Grid positions from race-result records; not a separately verified pre-race grid.
| POS | DRIVER | TEAM |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walt Faulkner | Kurtis Kraft |
| 2 | Fred Agabashian | Kurtis Kraft |
| 3 | Mauri Rose | Deidt |
| 4 | George Connor | Lesovsky |
| 5 | Johnnie Parsons | Kurtis Kraft |
| 6 | Jack McGrath | Kurtis Kraft |
| 7 | Duke Dinsmore | Kurtis Kraft |
| 8 | Tony Bettenhausen | Deidt |
| 9 | Tony Bettenhausen | Kurtis Kraft |
| 9 | Joie Chitwood | Kurtis Kraft |
| 10 | Bill Holland | Deidt |
| 11 | Pat Flaherty | Kurtis Kraft |
| 12 | Cecil Green | Kurtis Kraft |
| 13 | Duane Carter | Stevens |
| 14 | Travis Webb | Maserati |
| 15 | Jerry Hoyt | Kurtis Kraft |
| 16 | Myron Fohr | Marchese |
| 17 | Bayliss Levrett | Adams |
| 17 | Bill Cantrell | Adams |
| 18 | Dick Rathmann | Watson |
| 19 | Paul Russo | Nichels |
| 20 | Walt Brown | Kurtis Kraft |
| 21 | Henry Banks | Maserati |
| 22 | Bill Schindler | Snowberger |
| 23 | Lee Wallard | Moore |
| 24 | Troy Ruttman | Lesovsky |
| 25 | Sam Hanks | Kurtis Kraft |
| 26 | Mack Hellings | Kurtis Kraft |
| 27 | Jimmy Davies | Ewing |
| 28 | Jim Rathmann | Wetteroth |
| 29 | Walt Ader | Rae |
| 30 | Jackie Holmes | Olson |
| 31 | Gene Hartley | Langley |
| 32 | Jimmy Jackson | Kurtis Kraft |
| 33 | Johnny McDowell | Kurtis Kraft |