| 1 | | 98 | Walt Faulkner | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 2 | | 28 | Fred Agabashian | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 3 | | 31 | Mauri Rose | Deidt • Offenhauser |
| 4 | | 5 | George Connor | Lesovsky • Offenhauser |
| 5 | | 1 | Johnnie Parsons | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 6 | | 49 | Jack McGrath | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 7 | | 69 | Duke Dinsmore | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 8 | | 14 | Tony Bettenhausen | Deidt • Offenhauser |
| 9 | | 17 | Joie Chitwood | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 10 | | 3 | Bill Holland | Deidt • Offenhauser |
| 11 | | 59 | Pat Flaherty | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 12 | | 54 | Cecil Green | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 13 | | 18 | Duane Carter | Stevens • Offenhauser |
| 14 | | 21 | Spider Webb | Maserati • Offenhauser |
| 15 | | 81 | Jerry Hoyt | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 16 | | 2 | Myron Fohr | Marchese • Offenhauser |
| 17 | | 24 | Bayliss Levrett | Adams • Offenhauser |
| 18 | | 45 | Dick Rathmann | Watson • Offenhauser |
| 19 | | 7 | Paul Russo | Nichels • Offenhauser |
| 20 | | 4 | Walt Brown | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 21 | | 12 | Henry Banks | Maserati • Offenhauser |
| 22 | | 67 | Bill Schindler | Snowberger • Offenhauser |
| 23 | | 8 | Lee Wallard | Moore • Offenhauser |
| 24 | | 55 | Troy Ruttman | Lesovsky • Offenhauser |
| 25 | | 23 | Sam Hanks | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 26 | | 15 | Mack Hellings | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 27 | | 22 | Jimmy Davies | Ewing • Offenhauser |
| 28 | | 76 | Jim Rathmann | Wetteroth • Offenhauser |
| 29 | | 27 | Walt Ader | Rae • Offenhauser |
| 30 | | 77 | Jackie Holmes | Olson • Offenhauser |
| 31 | | 75 | Gene Hartley | Langley • Offenhauser |
| 32 | | 61 | Jimmy Jackson | Kurtis Kraft • Cummins |
| 33 | | 62 | Johnny McDowell | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |