Starting Grid for the 1922 Indianapolis 500
| Position |
Car Num. |
Driver |
Car Name/Entrant* |
Make/Model |
Qual Speed |
| 1 |
35 |
Jimmy Murphy
|
Murphy |
Duesenberg/Miller |
100.500 |
| 2 |
12 |
Harry Hartz
(R) |
Duesenberg Straight 8 |
Duesenberg/Duesenberg |
99.970 |
| 3 |
17 |
Ralph DePalma
(W) |
Duesenberg Straight 8 |
Duesenberg/Duesenberg |
99.550 |
| 4 |
4 |
Leon Duray
(R) |
Frontenac |
Frontenac/Frontenac |
99.250 |
| 5 |
5 |
Ralph Mulford
|
Frontenac |
Frontenac/Frontenac |
99.200 |
| 6 |
2 |
Roscoe Sarles
|
Frontenac |
Frontenac/Frontenac |
98.000 |
| 7 |
24 |
Jerry Wonderlich
(R) |
Duesenberg Straight 8 |
Duesenberg/Duesenberg |
97.760 |
| 8 |
9 |
Frank Elliott
(R) |
Leach |
Miller/Miller |
97.750 |
| 9 |
1 |
Ira Vail
|
Disteel Duesenberg |
Duesenberg/Duesenberg |
96.750 |
| 10 |
7 |
Pete DePaolo
(R) |
Frontenac |
Frontenac/Frontenac |
96.200 |
| 11 |
34 |
Cliff Durant
|
Durant |
Miller/Miller |
95.850 |
| 12 |
26 |
Tom Alley
|
Monroe |
Frontenac/Frontenac |
94.050 |
| 13 |
21 |
I.P. Fetterman
(R) |
Duesenberg Straight 8 |
Duesenberg/Duesenberg |
93.280 |
| 14 |
31 |
Ora Haibe
|
Duesenberg Straight 8 |
Duesenberg/Duesenberg |
92.900 |
| 15 |
27 |
L.L. Corum
(R) |
Monroe |
Frontenac/Frontenac |
89.650 |
| 16 |
3 |
E. G "Cannonball" Baker
(R) |
Frontenac |
Frontenac/Frontenac |
89.600 |
| 17 |
10 |
Joe Thomas
|
Duesenberg Straight 8 |
Duesenberg/Duesenberg |
88.800 |
| 18 |
25 |
Wilbur D'Alene
|
Monroe |
Frontenac/Frontenac |
87.800 |
| 19 |
22 |
Douglas Hawkes
(R) |
Bentley |
Bentley/Bentley |
81.900 |
| 20 |
23 |
Jules Ellingboe
|
Duesenberg Straight 8 |
Duesenberg/Duesenberg |
95.500 |
| 21 |
19 |
C. Glenn Howard
(R) |
Fronty-Ford |
Ford T/Fronty-Ford |
83.900 |
| 22 |
14 |
Jules Goux
(W) |
Ballot |
Ballot/Ballot |
96.950 |
| 23 |
15 |
Eddie Hearne
|
Ballot |
Ballot/Ballot |
95.600 |
| 24 |
8 |
Tommy Milton
(W) |
Leach |
Milton/Miller |
94.400 |
| 25 |
6 |
Art Klein
|
Frontenac |
Frontenac/Frontenac |
87.150 |
| 26 |
16 |
Howdy Wilcox
(W) |
Peugeot |
Peugeot/Peugeot |
86.100 |
| 27 |
18 |
Jack Curtner
(R) |
Fronty-Ford |
Ford T/Fronty-Ford |
0.000 |
- * complete car name/entrant data not available for all entries
- (R) - Indicates Rookie
- (W) - Indicates Past Winner