Starting Grid for the 1957 Indianapolis 500

Position Car Num. Driver Car Name/Entrant* Make/Model Qual Speed
1 12 Pat O'Connor Sumar KK500G/Offy 143.940
2 88 Eddie Sachs (R) Schmidt Kuzma/Offy 143.870
3 52 Troy Ruttman (W) John Zink Watson/Offy 142.770
4 14 Fred Agabashian Bowes Seal Fast KK500G/Offy 142.550
5 6 Johnny Boyd Bowes Seal Fast KK500G/Offy 142.100
6 5 Jimmy Reece Hoyt Machine KK500C/Offy 142.000
7 83 Ed Elisian McNamara KK500C/Offy 141.770
8 16 Al Keller Bardahl KK500G/Offy 141.390
9 23 Elmer George (R) Travelon Trailer KK500B/Offy 140.720
10 54 Paul Russo Novi Auto Air Conditioner Kurtis/Novi 144.810
11 10 Johnny Thomson D-A Lubricant Kuzma/Offy 143.520
12 73 Andy Linden McNamara/Veedol KK500G/Offy 143.240
13 9 Sam Hanks Belond Exhaust Salih/Offy 142.810
14 22 Gene Hartley Massaglia Hotels Lesovsky/Offy 141.270
15 1 Jimmy Bryan Dean Van Lines Kuzma/Offy 141.180
16 7 Bob Veith Bob Estes Phillips/Offy 141.010
17 18 Johnnie Parsons (W) Sumar KK500G/Offy 140.780
18 77 Mike Magill (R) Dayton Steel Foundry KK500G/Offy 140.410
19 19 Jack Turner Bardahl KK500G/Offy 140.360
20 43 Eddie Johnson Chapman KK500G/Offy 140.170
21 3 Don Freeland Ansted Rotary KK500D/Offy 139.640
22 27 Tony Bettenhausen Novi Auto Air Conditioner Kurtis/Novi 142.430
23 31 Bill Cheesbourg (R) Schildmeier Seal Line KK500G/Offy 141.560
24 8 Rodger Ward Wolcott Fuel Injection Lesovsky/Offy 141.320
25 82 Chuck Weyant Central Excavating KK500C/Offy 141.100
26 55 Eddie Russo Sclavi & Amos KK500C/Offy 140.860
27 92 Don Edmunds (R) McKay KK500G/Offy 140.440
28 48 Marshall Teague Sumar KK500C/Offy 140.320
29 57 Jimmy Daywalt Helse KK500C/Offy 140.200
30 89 Al Herman Dunn Engineering Dunn/Offy 140.000
31 28 Johnnie Tolan Greenman-Casale Kuzma/Offy 139.840
32 26 Jim Rathmann Chiropractic Epperly/Offy 139.800
33 95 Bob Christie Jones & Maley KK500C/Offy 139.770