Starting Grid
| Row | Inside | Middle | Outside | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Hélio Castroneves (W) | 6 | Ryan Briscoe | 10 | Dario Franchitti (W) |
| 2 | 02 | Graham Rahal | 9 | Scott Dixon (W) | 11 | Tony Kanaan |
| 3 | 5 | Mario Moraes | 26 | Marco Andretti | 12 | Will Power |
| 4 | 7 | Danica Patrick | 99 | Alex Lloyd | 2 | Raphael Matos (R) |
| 5 | 15 | Paul Tracy | 14 | Vitor Meira | 18 | Justin Wilson |
| 6 | 27 | Hideki Mutoh | 20 | Ed Carpenter | 4 | Dan Wheldon (W) |
| 7 | 41 | A. J. Foyt IV | 16 | Scott Sharp | 67 | Sarah Fisher |
| 8 | 44 | Davey Hamilton | 06 | Robert Doornbos (R) | 8 | Townsend Bell |
| 9 | 17 | Oriol Servià | 19 | Tomas Scheckter | 24 | Mike Conway (R) |
| 10 | 43 | John Andretti | 13 | E. J. Viso | 23 | Milka Duno |
| 11 | 00 | Nelson Philippe (R) | 21 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 36 | Alex Tagliani (R)1 |
- Alex Tagliani failed to qualify the #34 Conquest Racing entry, but replaced Bruno Junqueira in the team's #36 entry. Tagliani started from the 33rd position as a result of the driver change.
- (W) = Former Indianapolis 500 winner
- (R) = Indianapolis 500 rookie
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