Indianapolis 500
Starting Grid for the 1974 Indianapolis 500
| Position | Car Num. | Driver | Car Name/Entrant* | Make/Model | Qual Speed |
| 1 | 14 | A.J. Foyt (W) | Gilmore Racing Team | Coyote/Foyt | 191.630 |
| 2 | 40 | Wally Dallenbach | STP Oil Treatment | Eagle/Offy | 189.680 |
| 3 | 68 | Mike Hiss | Norton Spirit | McLaren/Offy | 187.490 |
| 4 | 20 | Gordon Johncock (W) | STP Double Oil Filter | Eagle/Offy | 186.280 |
| 5 | 5 | Mario Andretti (W) | Viceroy | Eagle/Offy | 186.020 |
| 6 | 98 | Mike Mosley | Lodestar | Eagle/Offy | 185.310 |
| 7 | 48 | Bobby Unser (W) | Olsonite Eagle | Eagle/Offy | 185.170 |
| 8 | 24 | Tom Sneva (R) | Raymond Companies | Kingfish/Offy | 185.140 |
| 9 | 73 | David Hobbs | Carling Black Label | McLaren/Offy | 184.830 |
| 10 | 44 | Dick Simon | TraveLodge | Eagle/Foyt | 184.500 |
| 11 | 8 | Gary Bettenhausen | Score | McLaren/Offy | 184.490 |
| 12 | 21 | Jimmy Caruthers | Cobre Firestone | Eagle/Offy | 184.040 |
| 13 | 82 | George Snider | Gilmore Racing Team | Atlanta/Foyt | 183.990 |
| 14 | 77 | Salt Walther | Dayton-Walther | McLaren/Offy | 183.920 |
| 15 | 60 | Steve Krisiloff | STP Gas Treatment | Eagle/Offy | 182.510 |
| 16 | 4 | Bill Vukovich II | Sugaripe Prune | Eagle/Offy | 182.500 |
| 17 | 55 | Jerry Grant | Cobre Firestone | Eagle/Offy | 181.780 |
| 18 | 9 | Lloyd Ruby | Unlimited Racing | Eagle/Offy | 181.690 |
| 19 | 42 | Jerry Karl | Ayr-Way/Lloyd's | Eagle/Offy | 181.450 |
| 20 | 18 | Bill Simpson (R) | American Kids Racer | Eagle/Offy | 181.040 |
| 21 | 11 | Pancho Carter (R) | Cobre Firestone | Eagle/Offy | 180.600 |
| 22 | 89 | John Martin | Sea Snack Shrimp Cocktail | McLaren/Offy | 180.400 |
| 23 | 27 | Tom Bigelow (R) | Bryant Heating & Cooling | Vollstedt/Offy | 180.140 |
| 24 | 61 | Rick Muther | Eisenhour/Brayton | Coyote/Foyt | 179.990 |
| 25 | 3 | Johnny Rutherford | McLaren | McLaren/Offy | 190.440 |
| 26 | 15 | Al Unser (W) | Viceroy | Eagle/Offy | 183.880 |
| 27 | 1 | Roger McCluskey | English Leather | Riley/Offy | 181.000 |
| 28 | 56 | Jim Hurtubise | Miller High Life | Eagle/Offy | 180.280 |
| 29 | 94 | Johnny Parsons (R) | Vatis | Finley/Offy | 180.250 |
| 30 | 45 | Jim McElreath | Thermo-King | Eagle/Offy | 177.270 |
| 31 | 79 | Bob Harkey | Peru Circus | Kenyon/Foyt | 176.680 |
| 32 | 51 | Jan Opperman (R) | Viceroy Parnelli | Parnelli/Offy | 176.180 |
| 33 | 59 | Larry Cannon (R) | American Financial Corp. | Eagle/Offy | 173.960 |
- * complete car name/entrant data not available for all entries
- (R) - Indicates Rookie
- (W) - Indicates Past Winner