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 | Jerry Hoyt | Stevens |
| 2 | Paul Russo | Kurtis Kraft |
| 2 | Tony Bettenhausen | Kurtis Kraft |
| 3 | Jack McGrath | Kurtis Kraft |
| 4 | Fred Agabashian | Kurtis Kraft |
| 5 | Bill Vukovich | Kurtis Kraft |
| 6 | Sam Hanks | Kurtis Kraft |
| 7 | Walt Faulkner | Kurtis Kraft |
| 7 | Bill Homeier | Kurtis Kraft |
| 8 | Andy Linden | Kurtis Kraft |
| 9 | Cal Niday | Kurtis Kraft |
| 10 | Jimmy Davies | Kurtis Kraft |
| 11 | Jimmy Bryan | Kuzma |
| 12 | Pat Flaherty | Kurtis Kraft |
| 13 | Eddie Russo | Pawl |
| 14 | Bob Sweikert | Kurtis Kraft |
| 15 | Jimmy Reece | Pankratz |
| 16 | Al Herman | Kurtis Kraft |
| 17 | Jimmy Daywalt | Kurtis Kraft |
| 18 | Duane Carter | Kuzma |
| 19 | Pat O'Connor | Kurtis Kraft |
| 20 | Jim Rathmann | Epperly |
| 21 | Don Freeland | Phillips |
| 22 | Al Keller | Kurtis Kraft |
| 23 | Ray Crawford | Kurtis Kraft |
| 24 | Art Cross | Kurtis Kraft |
| 25 | Chuck Weyant | Kurtis Kraft |
| 26 | Johnny Boyd | Kurtis Kraft |
| 27 | Johnnie Parsons | Kurtis Kraft |
| 28 | Keith Andrews | Schroeder |
| 29 | Ed Elisian | Kurtis Kraft |
| 30 | Rodger Ward | Kuzma |
| 31 | Shorty Templeman | Trevis |
| 32 | Eddie Johnson | Trevis |
| 33 | Johnny Thomson | Kuzma |