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 | Pat O'Connor | Kurtis Kraft |
| 2 | Eddie Sachs | Kuzma |
| 3 | Troy Ruttman | Watson |
| 4 | Fred Agabashian | Kurtis Kraft |
| 5 | Johnny Boyd | Kurtis Kraft |
| 6 | Jimmy Reece | Kurtis Kraft |
| 7 | Ed Elisian | Kurtis Kraft |
| 8 | Al Keller | Kurtis Kraft |
| 9 | Elmer George | Kurtis Kraft |
| 10 | Paul Russo | Kurtis Kraft |
| 11 | Johnny Thomson | Kuzma |
| 12 | Andy Linden | Kurtis Kraft |
| 13 | Sam Hanks | Epperly |
| 14 | Gene Hartley | Lesovsky |
| 15 | Jimmy Bryan | Kuzma |
| 16 | Bob Veith | Phillips |
| 17 | Johnnie Parsons | Kurtis Kraft |
| 18 | Mike Magill | Kurtis Kraft |
| 19 | Jack Turner | Kurtis Kraft |
| 20 | Eddie Johnson | Kurtis Kraft |
| 21 | Don Freeland | Kurtis Kraft |
| 22 | Tony Bettenhausen | Kurtis Kraft |
| 23 | Bill Cheesbourg | Kurtis Kraft |
| 24 | Rodger Ward | Lesovsky |
| 25 | Chuck Weyant | Kuzma |
| 26 | Eddie Russo | Kurtis Kraft |
| 27 | Don Edmunds | Kurtis Kraft |
| 28 | Marshall Teague | Kurtis Kraft |
| 29 | Jimmy Daywalt | Kurtis Kraft |
| 30 | Al Herman | Dunn |
| 31 | Johnnie Tolan | Kurtis Kraft |
| 32 | Jim Rathmann | Epperly |
| 33 | Bob Christie | Kurtis Kraft |