Indianapolis 500
Starting Grid for the 2006 Indianapolis 500
| Position | Car Num. | Driver | Car Name/Entrant* | Make/Model | Qual Speed |
| 1 | 6 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Marlboro Team Penske | Dallara/Honda | 228.985 |
| 2 | 3 | Helio Castroneves (W) | Marlboro Team Penske | Dallara/Honda | 228.008 |
| 3 | 10 | Dan Wheldon (W) | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara/Honda | 227.338 |
| 4 | 9 | Scott Dixon | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara/Honda | 226.921 |
| 5 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | Team 7-Eleven | Dallara/Honda | 226.776 |
| 6 | 4 | Vitor Meira | Harrah's Panther | Dallara/Honda | 226.156 |
| 7 | 55 | Kosuke Matsuura | Panasonic ARTA | Dallara/Honda | 225.530 |
| 8 | 8 | Scott Sharp | Delphi | Dallara/Honda | 225.321 |
| 9 | 26 | Marco Andretti (R) | NYSE Group | Dallara/Honda | 224.918 |
| 10 | 16 | Danica Patrick | Rahal Letterman Racing Team Argent | Panoz/Honda | 224.674 |
| 11 | 2 | Tomas Scheckter | Vision Racing | Dallara/Honda | 224.659 |
| 12 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | Vision Racing | Dallara/Honda | 224.548 |
| 13 | 1 | Michael Andretti | Jim Beam/Vonage | Dallara/Honda | 224.508 |
| 14 | 15 | Buddy Rice (W) | Rahal Letterman Racing Team Argent | Panoz/Honda | 224.393 |
| 15 | 90 | Townsend Bell (R) | Rock & Republic | Dallara/Honda | 224.374 |
| 16 | 7 | Bryan Herta | XM Satellite Radio | Dallara/Honda | 224.179 |
| 17 | 27 | Dario Franchitti | Klein Tools/Canadian Club | Dallara/Honda | 223.345 |
| 18 | 52 | Max Papis | Cheever Racing | Dallara/Honda | 222.058 |
| 19 | 51 | Eddie Cheever Jr. (W) | Cheever Racing | Dallara/Honda | 222.028 |
| 20 | 91 | P.J. Chesson (R) | Carmelo Hemelgarn Racing | Dallara/Honda | 221.576 |
| 21 | 14 | Felipe Giaffone | ABC Supply Co./A.J. Foyt Racing | Dallara/Honda | 221.542 |
| 22 | 92 | Jeff Bucknum | Life Fitness | Dallara/Honda | 221.461 |
| 23 | 41 | Larry Foyt | AJ Foyt Racing | Dallara/Honda | 221.332 |
| 24 | 21 | Jaques Lazier | Playa Del Racing | Panoz/Honda | 221.151 |
| 25 | 5 | Buddy Lazier (W) | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Dallara/Honda | 220.922 |
| 26 | 17 | Jeff Simmons | Rahal Letterman Racing Team Ethanol | Panoz/Honda | 220.347 |
| 27 | 31 | Al Unser Jr. (W) | A1 Team USA Geico Dreyer & Reinbold | Dallara/Honda | 219.388 |
| 28 | 12 | Roger Yasukawa | Playa Del Racing | Panoz/Honda | 218.793 |
| 29 | 88 | Airton Dare | OCTANE Motors/Sanitec/SSM | Panoz/Honda | 218.170 |
| 30 | 97 | Stephan Gregoire | Effen Vodka Team Leader Special | Panoz/Honda | 217.428 |
| 31 | 61 | Arie Luyendyk Jr. (R) | CheapCaribbean.com/Blue Star Jets | Panoz/Honda | 216.352 |
| 32 | 98 | PJ Jones | CURB Records | Panoz/Honda | 215.816 |
| 33 | 18 | Thiago Medeiros (R) | PDM Racing | Panoz/Honda | 215.729 |
- * complete car name/entrant data not available for all entries
- (R) - Indicates Rookie
- (W) - Indicates Past Winner