Indianapolis 500
Starting Grid for the 1982 Indianapolis 500
| Position | Car Num. | Driver | Car Name/Entrant* | Make/Model | Qual Speed |
| 1 | 1 | Rick Mears (W) | The Gould Charge | Penske/Cosworth | 207.000 |
| 2 | 4 | Kevin Cogan | Norton Spirit | Penske/Cosworth | 204.080 |
| 3 | 14 | A.J. Foyt (W) | Valvoline/Gilmore | March/Cosworth | 203.330 |
| 4 | 40 | Mario Andretti (W) | STP Oil Treatment | Wildcat/Cosworth | 203.170 |
| 5 | 20 | Gordon Johncock (W) | STP Oil Treatment | Wildcat/Cosworth | 201.880 |
| 6 | 94 | Bill Whittington | Whittington/Warner W. Hogdon | March/Cosworth | 201.650 |
| 7 | 7 | Tom Sneva | Texaco Star | March/Cosworth | 201.020 |
| 8 | 91 | Don Whittington | The Simoniz Finish | March/Cosworth | 200.720 |
| 9 | 25 | Danny Ongais | Interscope Racing | Interscope/Cosworth | 199.140 |
| 10 | 3 | Pancho Carter | Alex Foods | March/Cosworth | 198.950 |
| 11 | 12 | Chip Ganassi (R) | First Commercial Corp. | Wildcat/Cosworth | 197.700 |
| 12 | 5 | Johnny Rutherford (W) | Pennzoil | Chaparral/Cosworth | 197.060 |
| 13 | 53 | Danny Sullivan (R) | Forsythe-Brown Racing | March/Cosworth | 196.290 |
| 14 | 28 | Herm Johnson (R) | Menard Cashway Lumber | Eagle/Chevrolet | 195.920 |
| 15 | 52 | Hector Rebaque (R) | Carta Blanca | March/Cosworth | 195.680 |
| 16 | 10 | Al Unser (W) | Longhorn Racing | Longhorn/Cosworth | 195.560 |
| 17 | 19 | Bobby Rahal (R) | Red Roof Inns | March/Cosworth | 194.700 |
| 18 | 30 | Howdy Holmes | Domino's Pizza | March/Cosworth | 194.460 |
| 19 | 31 | Roger Mears (R) | Machinist's Union | Penske/Cosworth | 194.150 |
| 20 | 21 | Geoff Brabham | Pentax Super | March/Cosworth | 198.900 |
| 21 | 75 | Dennis Firestone | B.C.V. Racing | Eagle/Chevrolet | 197.210 |
| 22 | 68 | Michael Chandler | Freeman Gurney Eagle | Eagle/Chevrolet | 198.040 |
| 23 | 95 | Dale Whittington (R) | Whittington/Warner W. Hogdon | March/Cosworth | 197.690 |
| 24 | 42 | Jim Hickman (R) | Stroh's March | March/Cosworth | 196.210 |
| 25 | 34 | Johnny Parsons | Silhouette Spas/WIFE/Tombstone Pizza | March/Cosworth | 195.920 |
| 26 | 35 | George Snider | Cobre Tire/Intermedics | March/Cosworth | 195.490 |
| 27 | 16 | Tony Bettenhausen Jr. | Provimi Veal | March/Cosworth | 195.420 |
| 28 | 69 | Jerry Sneva | Great American Spirit | March/Cosworth | 195.270 |
| 29 | 39 | Chet Fillip (R) | Circle Bar Truck Corral | Eagle/Cosworth | 194.870 |
| 30 | 8 | Gary Bettenhausen | Kraco Car Stereo | Lightning/Cosworth | 195.670 |
| 31 | 27 | Tom Bigelow | H.B.K. Racing | Eagle/Chevrolet | 194.780 |
| 32 | 66 | Pete Halsmer | Colonial Bread/Pay Less | Eagle/Chevrolet | 194.590 |
| 33 | 55 | Josele Garza | Schlitz Gusto | March/Cosworth | 194.500 |
- * complete car name/entrant data not available for all entries
- (R) - Indicates Rookie
- (W) - Indicates Past Winner