Indianapolis 500
Starting Grid for the 2004 Indianapolis 500
| Position | Car Num. | Driver | Car Name/Entrant* | Make/Model | Qual Speed |
| 1 | 15 | Buddy Rice | Rahal-Letterman Argent/Pioneer | Panoz G Force/Honda | 222.024 |
| 2 | 26 | Dan Wheldon | Klein Tools/Jim Beam | Dallara/Honda | 221.524 |
| 3 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Arca/Ex | Dallara/Honda | 221.471 |
| 4 | 36 | Bruno Junqueira | PacifiCare/Secure Horizons | Panoz G Force/Honda | 221.379 |
| 5 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | Team 7-Eleven | Dallara/Honda | 221.200 |
| 6 | 5 | Adrian Fernandez | Quaker State Telmex Tecate | Panoz G Force/Honda | 220.999 |
| 7 | 17 | Vitor Meira | Rahal-Letterman Team Centrix | Panoz G Force/Honda | 220.958 |
| 8 | 3 | Helio Castroneves (W) | Marlboro Team Penske | Dallara/Toyota | 216.259 |
| 9 | 55 | Kosuke Matsuura (R) | Panasonic ARTA | Panoz G Force/Honda | 220.740 |
| 10 | 4 | Tomas Scheckter | Pennzoil Panther | Dallara/Chevrolet | 220.417 |
| 11 | 6 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Marlboro Team Penske | Dallara/Toyota | 220.180 |
| 12 | 16 | Roger Yasukawa | Rahal-Letterman Racing Sammy | Panoz G Force/Honda | 220.030 |
| 13 | 1 | Scott Dixon | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Panoz G Force/Toyota | 219.319 |
| 14 | 2 | Mark Taylor (R) | Menards/Johns Manville Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 219.282 |
| 15 | 10 | Darren Manning (R) | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Panoz G Force/Toyota | 219.271 |
| 16 | 52 | Ed Carpenter (R) | Red Bull Cheever Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 218.590 |
| 17 | 20 | Al Unser Jr. (W) | Patrick Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 217.966 |
| 18 | 70 | Robby Gordon | Meijer/Coca-Cola Robby Gordon | Dallara/Chevrolet | 216.397 |
| 19 | 39 | Sarah Fisher | Bryant Heating & Cooling/Cure Autism Now | Dallara/Toyota | 215.771 |
| 20 | 8 | Scott Sharp | Delphi | Dallara/Toyota | 215.635 |
| 21 | 14 | A.J. Foyt IV | Conseco/A.J. Foyt Racing | Dallara/Toyota | 214.256 |
| 22 | 41 | Larry Foyt (R) | A.J. Foyt Racing | Panoz G Force/Toyota | 213.277 |
| 23 | 7 | Bryan Herta | XM Satellite Radio | Dallara/Honda | 216.641 |
| 24 | 51 | Alex Barron | Red Bull Cheever Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 218.836 |
| 25 | 24 | Felipe Giaffone | Team Purex/Dreyer & Reinbold | Dallara/Chevrolet | 0.000 |
| 26 | 12 | Tora Takagi | Pioneer Mo Nunn Racing | Dallara/Toyota | 214.364 |
| 27 | 13 | Greg Ray | Access Motorsports | Panoz G Force/Honda | 0.000 |
| 28 | 91 | Buddy Lazier (W) | LifeFitness DRR/Hemelgarn Racing | Dallara/Chevrolet | 215.110 |
| 29 | 21 | Jeff Simmons (R) | Pioneer Mo Nunn Racing | Dallara/Toyota | 214.783 |
| 30 | 33 | Richie Hearn | Lucas Oil Products/Sam Schmidt | Panoz G Force/Toyota | 213.715 |
| 31 | 98 | PJ Jones (R) | CURB Records | Dallara/Chevrolet | 213.355 |
| 32 | 25 | Marty Roth (R) | Roth Racing | Dallara/Toyota | 211.974 |
| 33 | 18 | Robby McGehee | Burger King Angus Steak Burger PDM | Dallara/Chevrolet | 211.631 |
- * complete car name/entrant data not available for all entries
- (R) - Indicates Rookie
- (W) - Indicates Past Winner