Indianapolis 500
Starting Grid for the 1911 Indianapolis 500
| Position | Car Num. | Driver | Car Name/Entrant* | Make/Model | Qual Speed |
| 1 | 1 | Lewis Strang (R) | Case | Case/Wisconsin | 0.000 |
| 2 | 2 | Ralph DePalma (R) | Simplex | Simplex/Simplex | 0.000 |
| 3 | 3 | Harry Endicott (R) | Inter-State | Inter-State/Inter-State | 0.000 |
| 4 | 4 | Johnny Aitken (R) | National | National/National | 0.000 |
| 5 | 5 | Louis Disbrow (R) | Pope-Hartford | Pope-Hartford/Pope-Hartford | 0.000 |
| 6 | 6 | Frank Fox (R) | Pope-Hartford | Pope-Hartford/Pope-Hartford | 0.000 |
| 7 | 7 | Harry Knight (R) | Westcott | Westcott/Westcott | 0.000 |
| 8 | 8 | Joe Jagersberger (R) | Case | Case/Wisconsin | 0.000 |
| 9 | 9 | Will Jones (R) | Case | Case/Wisconsin | 0.000 |
| 10 | 10 | Gil Anderson (R) | Stutz | Stutz/Wisconsin | 0.000 |
| 11 | 11 | Spencer Wishart (R) | Mercedes | Mercedes/Mercedes | 0.000 |
| 12 | 12 | W.H. Turner (R) | Amplex | Amplex/Amplex | 0.000 |
| 13 | 15 | Fred Belcher (R) | Knox | Knox/Knox | 0.000 |
| 14 | 16 | Arthur Chevrolet (R) | Buick | Buick/Buick | 0.000 |
| 15 | 17 | Charles Basle (R) | Buick | Buick/Buick | 0.000 |
| 16 | 18 | Eddie Hearne (R) | Fiat | Fiat/Fiat | 0.000 |
| 17 | 19 | Harry Grant (R) | Alco | Alco/Alco | 0.000 |
| 18 | 20 | Charlie Merz (R) | National | National/National | 0.000 |
| 19 | 21 | Howdy Wilcox (R) | National | National/National | 0.000 |
| 20 | 23 | Mel Marquette (R) | McFarlan | McFarlan/McFarlan | 0.000 |
| 21 | 24 | Fred Ellis (R) | Jackson | Jackson/Jackson | 0.000 |
| 22 | 25 | Harry Cobe (R) | Jackson | Jackson/Jackson | 0.000 |
| 23 | 26 | Jack Tower (R) | Jackson | Jackson/Jackson | 0.000 |
| 24 | 27 | Ernest Delaney (R) | Cutting | Cutting/Cutting | 0.000 |
| 25 | 28 | David Bruce-Brown (R) | Fiat | Fiat/Fiat | 0.000 |
| 26 | 30 | Lee Frayer (R) | Firestone-Columbus | Firestone Col./Firestone Col. | 0.000 |
| 27 | 31 | Joe Dawson (R) | Marmon | Marmon/Marmon | 0.000 |
| 28 | 32 | Ray Harroun (R) | Marmon "Wasp" | Marmon/Marmon | 0.000 |
| 29 | 33 | Ralph Mulford (R) | Lozier | Lozier/Lozier | 0.000 |
| 30 | 34 | Teddy Tetzlaff (R) | Lozier | Lozier/Lozier | 0.000 |
| 31 | 35 | Herb Lytle (R) | Apperson | Apperson/Apperson | 0.000 |
| 32 | 36 | Hughie Hughes (R) | Mercer | Mercer/Mercer | 0.000 |
| 33 | 37 | Charlie Bigelow (R) | Mercer | Mercer/Mercer | 0.000 |
| 34 | 38 | Ralph Beardsley (R) | Simplex | Simplex/Simplex | 0.000 |
| 35 | 39 | Caleb Bragg (R) | Fiat | Fiat/Fiat | 0.000 |
| 36 | 41 | Howard Hall (R) | Velie | Velie/Velie | 0.000 |
| 37 | 42 | Bill Endicott (R) | Cole | Cole/Cole | 0.000 |
| 38 | 44 | Art Greiner (R) | Amplex | Amplex/Amplex | 0.000 |
| 39 | 45 | Bob Burman (R) | Benz | Benz/Benz | 0.000 |
| 40 | 46 | Billy Knipper (R) | Benz | Benz/Benz | 0.000 |
- * complete car name/entrant data not available for all entries
- (R) - Indicates Rookie
- (W) - Indicates Past Winner