Indianapolis 500
Starting Grid for the 2009 Indianapolis 500
| Position | Car Num. | Driver | Car Name/Entrant* | Make/Model | Qual Speed |
| 1 | 3 | Helio Castroneves (W) | Team Penske | Dallara/Honda | 224.864 |
| 2 | 6 | Ryan Briscoe | Team Penske | Dallara/Honda | 224.083 |
| 3 | 10 | Dario Franchitti (W) | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara/Honda | 224.010 |
| 4 | 02 | Graham Rahal | McDonald's Racing Team | Dallara/Honda | 223.954 |
| 5 | 9 | Scott Dixon (W) | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Dallara/Honda | 223.867 |
| 6 | 11 | Tony Kanaan | Team 7-Eleven | Dallara/Honda | 223.612 |
| 7 | 5 | Mario Moraes | Azul Tequila-Votorantim-KV Racing | Dallara/Honda | 223.331 |
| 8 | 26 | Marco Andretti | Team Venom Energy | Dallara/Honda | 223.114 |
| 9 | 12 | Will Power | Team Verizon Wireless | Dallara/Honda | 223.028 |
| 10 | 7 | Danica Patrick | Boost Mobile/Motorola | Dallara/Honda | 222.882 |
| 11 | 99 | Alex Lloyd | HER CGR/SSM Racing | Dallara/Honda | 222.622 |
| 12 | 2 | Raphael Matos (R) | US Air Force Luczo Dragon | Dallara/Honda | 223.429 |
| 13 | 15 | Paul Tracy | GEICO/KV Racing Technology | Dallara/Honda | 223.111 |
| 14 | 14 | Vitor Meira | ABC Supply Co. AJ Foyt Racing | Dallara/Honda | 223.054 |
| 15 | 18 | Justin Wilson | Z-Line Designs | Dallara/Honda | 222.903 |
| 16 | 27 | Hideki Mutoh | Formula Dream | Dallara/Honda | 222.805 |
| 17 | 20 | Ed Carpenter | Menards/Vision Racing | Dallara/Honda | 222.780 |
| 18 | 4 | Dan Wheldon (W) | National Guard Panther Racing | Dallara/Honda | 222.777 |
| 19 | 41 | A.J. Foyt IV | ABC Supply/Foyt-Greer Racing | Dallara/Honda | 222.586 |
| 20 | 16 | Scott Sharp | Tequila Patrón Panther Racing | Dallara/Honda | 222.162 |
| 21 | 67 | Sarah Fisher | Dollar General/Sarah Fisher Racing | Dallara/Honda | 222.082 |
| 22 | 44 | Davey Hamilton | Hewlett Packard | Dallara/Honda | 221.956 |
| 23 | 06 | Robert Doornbos (R) | Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing | Dallara/Honda | 221.692 |
| 24 | 8 | Townsend Bell | Herbalife-KV Racing Technology | Dallara/Honda | 221.195 |
| 25 | 17 | Oriol Servia | The Rahal Letterman DAFCA Special | Dallara/Honda | 220.984 |
| 26 | 19 | Tomas Scheckter | MONA-VIE | Dallara/Honda | 221.496 |
| 27 | 24 | Mike Conway (R) | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Dallara/Honda | 221.417 |
| 28 | 43 | John Andretti | Window World | Dallara/Honda | 221.316 |
| 29 | 13 | E.J. Viso | PDVSA HVM Racing | Dallara/Honda | 221.164 |
| 30 | 23 | Milka Duno | CITGO/Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Dallara/Honda | 221.106 |
| 31 | 00 | Nelson Philippe (R) | i drive green HVM Racing | Dallara/Honda | 220.754 |
| 32 | 21 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | IZOD/WilliamRast/Vision Racing | Dallara/Honda | 220.597 |
| 33 | 36 | Alex Tagliani (R) | All Sport Conquest Racing | Dallara/Honda | 221.115 |
- * complete car name/entrant data not available for all entries
- (R) - Indicates Rookie
- (W) - Indicates Past Winner