Indianapolis 500
Starting Grid for the 1962 Indianapolis 500
| Position | Car Num. | Driver | Car Name/Entrant* | Make/Model | Qual Speed |
| 1 | 98 | Parnelli Jones | Agajanian Willard Battery | Watson/Offy | 150.370 |
| 2 | 3 | Rodger Ward (W) | Leader Card 500 Roadster | Watson/Offy | 149.370 |
| 3 | 54 | Bobby Marshman | Bryant Heating & Cooling | Epperly/Offy | 149.340 |
| 4 | 7 | Len Sutton | Leader Card 500 Roadster | Watson/Offy | 149.320 |
| 5 | 1 | A.J. Foyt (W) | Bowes Seal Fast | Trevis/Offy | 149.070 |
| 6 | 4 | Shorty Templeman | Bill Forbes Racing Team | Watson/Offy | 149.050 |
| 7 | 15 | Jim McElreath (R) | Schulz Fueling Equipment | KK500G/Offy | 149.020 |
| 8 | 34 | Dan Gurney (R) | Thompson Harvey Aluminum | Thompson/Buick | 147.880 |
| 9 | 17 | Roger McCluskey | Bell Lines Trucking | Watson/Offy | 147.750 |
| 10 | 5 | Bud Tingelstad | Konstant Hot | Phillips/Offy | 147.750 |
| 11 | 14 | Don Branson | Mid-Continent Securities | Epperly/Offy | 147.310 |
| 12 | 27 | Don Davis | J.H. Rose Truck Line | Lesovsky/Offy | 147.200 |
| 13 | 9 | Dick Rathmann | Chapman | Watson/Offy | 147.160 |
| 14 | 62 | Paul Russo | Denver-Chicago Trucking | Watson/Offy | 146.680 |
| 15 | 18 | Bobby Grim | Morcroft | Trevis/Offy | 146.600 |
| 16 | 19 | Chuck Hulse (R) | Federal Engineering | KK500E/Offy | 146.370 |
| 17 | 21 | Elmer George | Sarkes Tarzian | Lesovsky/Offy | 146.090 |
| 18 | 32 | Eddie Johnson | Polyaire Foam | Trevis/Offy | 146.590 |
| 19 | 96 | Bob Veith | Meguiar's Mirror Glaze | Elder/Offy | 146.150 |
| 20 | 88 | Gene Hartley | Drewry's | Watson/Offy | 146.960 |
| 21 | 67 | Chuck Rodee (R) | Travelon Trailer | Christensen/Offy | 146.960 |
| 22 | 83 | Allen Crowe (R) | S-R Racing Enterprises | Watson/Offy | 146.830 |
| 23 | 44 | Jim Rathmann (W) | Simoniz Vista | Watson/Offy | 146.610 |
| 24 | 12 | Lloyd Ruby | Thompson Industries | Watson/Offy | 146.520 |
| 25 | 45 | Jack Turner | Bardahl | Kurtis/Offy | 146.490 |
| 26 | 53 | Paul Goldsmith | American Rubber & Plastics | Epperly/Offy | 146.430 |
| 27 | 2 | Eddie Sachs | Dean-Autolite | Ewing/Offy | 146.430 |
| 28 | 38 | Johnny Boyd | Metal-Cal | Epperly/Offy | 147.040 |
| 29 | 91 | Jim Hurtubise | Jim Robbins | Watson/Offy | 146.960 |
| 30 | 26 | Troy Ruttman (W) | Jim Robbins | Kuzma/Offy | 146.760 |
| 31 | 29 | Bob Christie | North Electric | Kurtis/Offy | 146.340 |
| 32 | 86 | Ebb Rose | J.H. Rose Truck Line | Porter/Offy | 146.330 |
| 33 | 79 | Jimmy Daywalt | City of Albany, NY | Kurtis/Offy | 146.310 |
- * complete car name/entrant data not available for all entries
- (R) - Indicates Rookie
- (W) - Indicates Past Winner