| 1 | | 12 | Pat O'Connor | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 2 | | 88 | Eddie Sachs | Kuzma • Offenhauser |
| 3 | | 52 | Troy Ruttman | Watson • Offenhauser |
| 4 | | 14 | Fred Agabashian | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 5 | | 6 | Johnny Boyd | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 6 | | 5 | Jimmy Reece | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 7 | | 83 | Ed Elisian | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 8 | | 16 | Al Keller | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 9 | | 23 | Elmer George | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 10 | | 54 | Paul Russo | Kurtis Kraft • Novi |
| 11 | | 10 | Johnny Thomson | Kuzma • Offenhauser |
| 12 | | 73 | Andy Linden | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 13 | | 9 | Sam Hanks | Epperly • Offenhauser |
| 14 | | 22 | Gene Hartley | Lesovsky • Offenhauser |
| 15 | | 1 | Jimmy Bryan | Kuzma • Offenhauser |
| 16 | | 7 | Bob Veith | Phillips • Offenhauser |
| 17 | | 18 | Johnnie Parsons | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 18 | | 77 | Mike Magill | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 19 | | 19 | Jack Turner | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 20 | | 43 | Eddie Johnson | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 21 | | 3 | Don Freeland | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 22 | | 27 | Tony Bettenhausen | Kurtis Kraft • Novi |
| 23 | | 31 | Bill Cheesbourg | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 24 | | 8 | Rodger Ward | Lesovsky • Offenhauser |
| 25 | | 35 | Chuck Weyant | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 26 | | 55 | Eddie Russo | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 27 | | 67 | Don Edmunds | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 28 | | 48 | Marshall Teague | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 29 | | 57 | Jimmy Daywalt | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |
| 30 | | 89 | Al Herman | Dunn • Offenhauser |
| 31 | | 28 | Johnnie Tolan | Kuzma • Offenhauser |
| 32 | | 26 | Jim Rathmann | Epperly • Offenhauser |
| 33 | | 95 | Bob Christie | Kurtis Kraft • Offenhauser |