| 1 | | 18 | Duke Nalon | Kurtis Kraft • Novi |
| 2 | | 99 | Lee Wallard | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 3 | | 9 | Jack McGrath | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 4 | | 27 | Duane Carter | Deidt • Offenhauser |
| 5 | | 16 | Mauri Rose | Deidt • Offenhauser |
| 6 | | 98 | Troy Ruttman | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 7 | | 83 | Mike Nazaruk | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 8 | | 3 | Johnnie Parsons | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 9 | | 5 | Tony Bettenhausen | Deidt • Offenhauser |
| 10 | | 4 | Cecil Green | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 11 | | 59 | Fred Agabashian | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 12 | | 25 | Sam Hanks | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 13 | | 44 | Walt Brown | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 14 | | 2 | Walt Faulkner | Kuzma • Offenhauser |
| 15 | | 73 | Carl Scarborough | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 16 | | 10 | Bill Schindler | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 17 | | 1 | Henry Banks | Moore • Offenhauser |
| 18 | | 23 | Cliff Griffith | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 19 | | 8 | Chuck Stevenson | Marchese • Offenhauser |
| 20 | | 81 | Bill Vukovich | Trevis • Offenhauser |
| 21 | | 22 | George Connor | Lesovsky • Offenhauser |
| 22 | | 69 | Gene Force | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 23 | | 19 | Mack Hellings | Deidt • Offenhauser |
| 24 | | 68 | Carl Forberg | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 25 | | 48 | Rodger Ward | Bromme • Offenhauser |
| 26 | | 12 | Johnny McDowell | Maserati • Offenhauser |
| 27 | | 76 | Jimmy Davies | Pawl • Offenhauser |
| 28 | | 32 | Chet Miller | Kurtis Kraft • Novi |
| 29 | | 52 | Bobby Ball | Schroeder • Offenhauser |
| 30 | | 26 | Joe James | Watson • Offenhauser |
| 31 | | 57 | Andy Linden | Sherman • Offenhauser |
| 32 | | 6 | Duke Dinsmore | Schroeder • Offenhauser |
| 33 | | 71 | Bill Mackey | Hall • Offenhauser |