Starting Grid for the 1927 Indianapolis 500

Position	Car Num.	Driver	Car Name/Entrant*	Make/Model	Qual Speed
1	2	Frank Lockhart (W)	Perfect Circle Miller	Miller/Miller	120.100
2	3	Pete DePaolo (W)	Perfect Circle Miller	Miller/Miller	119.510
3	12	Leon Duray	Miller Front Drive	Miller/Miller	118.780
4	1	Harry Hartz	Erskine Miller	Miller/Miller	116.730
5	19	Ralph Hepburn	Boyle Valve	Miller/Miller	114.200
6	15	Cliff Woodbury	Boyle Valve	Miller/Miller	113.200
7	14	Bob McDonogh	Cooper	Cooper/Miller	113.170
8	7	Dave Lewis	Miller Front Drive	Miller/Miller	112.270
9	4	Bennett Hill	Cooper	Miller/Miller	112.010
10	8	Norm Batten	Miller	Fengler/Miller	111.940
11	22	Jack Petticord (R)	Boyle Valve	Miller/Miller	109.920
12	9	Peter Kreis	Cooper	Cooper/Miller	109.900
13	5	Frank Elliott	Junior 8	Miller/Miller	109.680
14	25	Cliff Bergere (R)	Miller	Miller/Miller	108.820
15	10	Earl DeVore	Miller	Miller/Miller	107.490
16	17	Doc Shattuc	Miller	Miller/Miller	107.060
17	26	Dutch Baumann (R)	Miller	Miller/Miller	106.070
18	16	Eddie Hearne	Miller	Miller/Miller	105.110
19	29	Wilbur Shaw (R)	Jynx	Miller/Miller	104.460
20	44	Al Melcher (R)	Miller	Miller/Miller	102.910
21	18	Jules Ellingboe	Cooper	Miller/Miller	113.230
22	32	George Souders (R)	Duesenberg	Duesenberg/Duesenberg	111.550
23	43	Louis Schneider (R)	Miller	Miller/Miller	109.910
24	38	Babe Stapp (R)	Duesenberg	Duesenberg/Duesenberg	109.550
25	6	Tommy Milton (W)	Detroit	Detroit/Miller	108.750
26	41	Wade Morton	Thompson Valve	Duesenberg/Duesenberg	108.070
27	27	Tony Gulotta	Miller	Miller/Miller	107.760
28	21	Dave Evans (R)	Duesenberg	Duesenberg/Duesenberg	107.360
29	35	Al Cotey (R)	Elcar	Miller/Miller	106.290
30	23	Fred Lecklider	Elgin Piston Pin	Miller/Miller	105.720
31	24	Benny Shoaff (R)	Perfect Circle Duesenberg	Duesenberg/Duesenberg	110.150
32	42	Jimmy Hill (R)	Nickel Plate	Miller/Miller	107.390
33	31	Fred Frame (R)	Miller	Miller/Miller	106.850

* complete car name/entrant data not available for all entries
(R) - Indicates Rookie
(W) - Indicates Past Winner