Indianapolis 500
Starting Grid for the 1934 Indianapolis 500
| Position | Car Num. | Driver | Car Name/Entrant* | Make/Model | Qual Speed |
| 1 | 17 | Kelly Petillo | Red Lion | Adams/Miller | 119.320 |
| 2 | 3 | Wilbur Shaw | Lion Head | Stevens/Miller | 117.640 |
| 3 | 32 | Frank Brisko | F.W.D. | Miller/Miller | 116.890 |
| 4 | 9 | Mauri Rose | Leon Duray | Stevens/Miller | 116.040 |
| 5 | 4 | Chet Gardner | Sampson Radio | Stevens/Miller | 114.780 |
| 6 | 26 | Phil Shafer | Shafer "8" | Rigling/Buick | 113.000 |
| 7 | 8 | Tony Gulotta | Schroeder | Cooper/Studebaker | 113.730 |
| 8 | 36 | Al Miller | Shafer "8" | Rigling/Buick | 113.000 |
| 9 | 10 | Russ Snowberger | Russell "8" | Snowberger/Studebaker | 111.420 |
| 10 | 7 | Bill Cummings | Boyle Products | Miller/Miller | 116.110 |
| 11 | 31 | Ralph Hepburn | Art Rose | Miller/Miller | 114.320 |
| 12 | 18 | George Barringer (R) | Boyle Products | Miller/Miller | 113.850 |
| 13 | 1 | Louis Meyer (W) | Ring Free | Stevens/Miller | 112.330 |
| 14 | 24 | Herb Ardinger (R) | Lucenti | Graham/Graham | 111.720 |
| 15 | 15 | Shorty Cantlon | Sullivan & O'Brien | Stevens/Miller | 117.870 |
| 16 | 58 | George Bailey (R) | Scott | Snowberger/Studebaker | 111.060 |
| 17 | 51 | Al Gordon | Abels & Fink | Adams/Miller | 116.270 |
| 18 | 22 | Cliff Bergere | Floating Power | Weil/Miller | 115.240 |
| 19 | 12 | Deacon Litz | Stokely Foods | Miller/Miller | 113.730 |
| 20 | 2 | Lou Moore | Foreman Axle | Miller/Miller | 113.440 |
| 21 | 41 | Johnny Sawyer | Burd Piston Ring | Miller/Lencki | 109.800 |
| 22 | 6 | Dave Evans | Cummins Diesel | Duesenberg/Cummins | 102.410 |
| 23 | 35 | Rex Mays (R) | Frame Miller-Duesenberg | Duesenberg/Miller | 113.630 |
| 24 | 16 | Joe Russo | Duesenberg | Duesenberg/Duesenberg | 113.110 |
| 25 | 42 | Dusty Fahrnow (R) | Superior Trailer | Cooper/Cooper | 113.070 |
| 26 | 73 | Doc MacKenzie | Cresco | Mikan-Carson/Studebaker | 111.930 |
| 27 | 45 | Rick Decker | Carter Carburetor | Miller/Miller | 110.890 |
| 28 | 49 | Charlie Crawford (R) | Detroit Gasket & Mfg. | Ford/Ford V8 | 108.780 |
| 29 | 5 | H.W. Stubblefield | Cummins Diesel | Duesenberg/Cummins | 105.920 |
| 30 | 63 | Harry McQuinn (R) | DeBaets | Rigling/Miller | 111.060 |
| 31 | 29 | Gene Haustein | Martz | Hudson/Hudson | 109.420 |
| 32 | 46 | Chet Miller | Bohnalite Ford | Ford/Ford V8 | 109.250 |
| 33 | 33 | Johnny Seymour | Streamline Miller | Adams/Miller | 108.590 |
- * complete car name/entrant data not available for all entries
- (R) - Indicates Rookie
- (W) - Indicates Past Winner