Indianapolis 500
Starting Grid for the 1912 Indianapolis 500
| Position | Car Num. | Driver | Car Name/Entrant* | Make/Model | Qual Speed |
| 1 | 1 | Gil Anderson | Stutz | Stutz/Wisconsin | 80.930 |
| 2 | 2 | Len Zengel (R) | Stutz | Stutz/Wisconsin | 78.850 |
| 3 | 3 | Teddy Tetzlaff | Fiat | Fiat/Fiat | 84.240 |
| 4 | 4 | Ralph DePalma | Mercedes | Mercedes/Mercedes | 86.020 |
| 5 | 6 | Eddie Hearne | Case | Case/Case | 81.850 |
| 6 | 7 | Spencer Wishart | Mercedes | Mercedes/Mercedes | 83.950 |
| 7 | 8 | Joe Dawson | National | National/National | 86.130 |
| 8 | 9 | Howdy Wilcox | National | National/National | 87.200 |
| 9 | 10 | Harry Knight | Lexington | Lexington/Lexington | 75.920 |
| 10 | 12 | Bert Dingley (R) | Simplex | Simplex/Simplex | 80.770 |
| 11 | 14 | Johnny Jenkins (R) | White | White/White | 80.820 |
| 12 | 15 | Bob Burman | Cutting | Cutting/Cutting | 84.110 |
| 13 | 16 | Eddie Rickenbacker (R) | Firestone-Columbus | Firestone Col./Firestone Col. | 77.300 |
| 14 | 17 | Billy Liesaw (R) | Marquette-Buick | Marquette/Buick | 77.510 |
| 15 | 18 | Bill Endicott | Schacht | Schacht/Wisconsin | 80.570 |
| 16 | 19 | Ralph Mulford | Knox | Knox/Knox | 87.880 |
| 17 | 21 | Hughie Hughes | Mercer | Mercer/Mercer | 81.810 |
| 18 | 22 | Joe Horan (R) | Lozier | Lozier/Lozier | 80.480 |
| 19 | 23 | Mel Marquette | McFarlan | McFarlan/McFarlan | 78.080 |
| 20 | 24 | Len Ormsby (R) | Opel | Opel/Opel | 84.090 |
| 21 | 25 | Joe Matson (R) | Lozier | Lozier/Lozier | 79.900 |
| 22 | 28 | Charlie Merz | Stutz | Stutz/Wisconsin | 78.880 |
| 23 | 29 | David Bruce-Brown | National | National/National | 88.450 |
| 24 | 5 | Louis Disbrow | Case | Case/Case | 76.540 |
- * complete car name/entrant data not available for all entries
- (R) - Indicates Rookie
- (W) - Indicates Past Winner