Indianapolis 500
Starting Grid for the 1916 Indianapolis 500
| Position | Car Num. | Driver | Car Name/Entrant* | Make/Model | Qual Speed |
| 1 | 18 | Johnny Aitken | Peugeot | Peugeot/Peugeot | 96.690 |
| 2 | 5 | Eddie Rickenbacker | Maxwell | Maxwell/Maxwell | 96.440 |
| 3 | 28 | Gil Anderson | Premier | Premier/Premier | 95.940 |
| 4 | 17 | Dario Resta | Peugeot | Peugeot/Peugeot | 94.400 |
| 5 | 15 | Barney Oldfield | Delage | Delage/Delage | 94.330 |
| 6 | 29 | Howdy Wilcox | Premier | Premier/Premier | 93.810 |
| 7 | 27 | Tom Rooney (R) | Premier | Premier/Premier | 93.390 |
| 8 | 19 | Charlie Merz | Peugeot | Peugeot/Peugeot | 93.330 |
| 9 | 4 | Pete Henderson (R) | Maxwell | Maxwell/Maxwell | 91.330 |
| 10 | 1 | Wilbur D'Alene (R) | Duesenberg | Duesenberg/Duesenberg | 90.870 |
| 11 | 7 | Arthur Chevrolet | Frontenac | Frontenac/Frontenac | 87.740 |
| 12 | 21 | Jules DeVigne (R) | Delage | Delage/Delage | 87.170 |
| 13 | 9 | Ora Haibe (R) | Ostewig | Ostewig/Wisconsin | 87.080 |
| 14 | 14 | Josef Christiaens | Sunbeam | Sunbeam/Sunbeam | 86.080 |
| 15 | 24 | Billy Chandler | Crawford | Crawford/Duesenberg | 84.840 |
| 16 | 23 | Aldo Franchi (R) | Peusun | Peugeot/Sunbeam | 84.120 |
| 17 | 26 | Art Johnson (R) | Crawford | Crawford/Duesenberg | 83.690 |
| 18 | 25 | Dave Lewis (R) | Crawford | Crawford/Duesenberg | 83.120 |
| 19 | 12 | Tom Alley | Ogren | Duesenberg/Duesenberg | 82.040 |
| 20 | 10 | Ralph Mulford | Peugeot | Peugeot/Peugeot | 91.090 |
| 21 | 8 | Louis Chevrolet | Frontenac | Frontenac/Frontenac | 87.690 |
- * complete car name/entrant data not available for all entries
- (R) - Indicates Rookie
- (W) - Indicates Past Winner