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 | Duke Nalon | Kurtis Kraft |
| 2 | Lee Wallard | Kurtis Kraft |
| 3 | Jack McGrath | Kurtis Kraft |
| 3 | Manny Ayulo | Kurtis Kraft |
| 4 | Duane Carter | Deidt |
| 5 | Mauri Rose | Deidt |
| 6 | Troy Ruttman | Kurtis Kraft |
| 7 | Mike Nazaruk | Kurtis Kraft |
| 8 | Johnnie Parsons | Kurtis Kraft |
| 9 | Tony Bettenhausen | Deidt |
| 10 | Cecil Green | Kurtis Kraft |
| 11 | Fred Agabashian | Kurtis Kraft |
| 12 | Sam Hanks | Kurtis Kraft |
| 13 | Walt Brown | Kurtis Kraft |
| 14 | Walt Faulkner | Kuzma |
| 15 | Carl Scarborough | Kurtis Kraft |
| 16 | Bill Schindler | Kurtis Kraft |
| 17 | Henry Banks | Moore |
| 18 | Cliff Griffith | Kurtis Kraft |
| 19 | Chuck Stevenson | Marchese |
| 20 | Bill Vukovich | Trevis |
| 21 | George Connor | Lesovsky |
| 22 | Gene Force | Kurtis Kraft |
| 23 | Mack Hellings | Deidt |
| 24 | Carl Forberg | Kurtis Kraft |
| 25 | Rodger Ward | Bromme |
| 26 | Johnny McDowell | Maserati |
| 27 | Jimmy Davies | Pawl |
| 28 | Chet Miller | Kurtis Kraft |
| 29 | Bobby Ball | Schroeder |
| 30 | Joe James | Watson |
| 31 | Andy Linden | Sherman |
| 32 | Duke Dinsmore | Schroeder |
| 33 | Bill Mackey | Hall |