Indianapolis 500 Starting Grid - 1952
| Position | Car Num. | Driver | Car Name/Entrant* | Make/Model | Qual Speed |
| 1 | 28 | Fred Agabashian | Cummins Diesel | Kurtis/Cummins | 138.010 |
| 2 | 9 | Andy Linden | Miracle Power | KK4000/Offy | 137.000 |
| 3 | 4 | Jack McGrath | Hinkle | KK3000/Offy | 136.660 |
| 4 | 36 | Duke Nalon | Novi Pure Oil | Kurtis/Novi | 136.180 |
| 5 | 18 | Sam Hanks | Bardahl | KK3000/Offy | 135.730 |
| 6 | 1 | Duane Carter | Belanger Motors | Lesovsky/Offy | 135.520 |
| 7 | 98 | Troy Ruttman | Agajanian | Kuzma/Offy | 135.360 |
| 8 | 26 | Bill Vukovich | Fuel Injection | KK500A/Offy | 138.210 |
| 9 | 22 | Cliff Griffith | Tom Sarafoff | KK2000/Offy | 136.610 |
| 10 | 59 | Jim Rathmann | Grancor-Wynn's Oil | KK3000/Offy | 136.340 |
| 11 | 16 | Chuck Stevenson | Springfield Welding/Clay Smith | KK4000/Offy | 136.140 |
| 12 | 2 | Henry Banks | Blue Crown Spark Plug | Lesovsky/Offy | 135.960 |
| 13 | 65 | George Fonder | Leitenberger | Silnes-Sherman/Offy | 135.940 |
| 14 | 54 | George Connor | Federal Engineering | KK3000/Offy | 135.600 |
| 15 | 7 | Bill Schindler | Chapman | Stevens/Offy | 134.980 |
| 16 | 14 | Joe James | Bardahl | KK4000/Offy | 134.950 |
| 17 | 55 | Bobby Ball | Ansted Rotary | Stevens/Offy | 134.720 |
| 18 | 67 | Gene Hartley | Mel-Rae | KK4000/Offy | 134.340 |
| 19 | 12 | Alberto Ascari (R) | Ferrari | Ferrari/Ferrari | 134.300 |
| 20 | 33 | Art Cross (R) | Bowes Seal Fast | KK4000/Offy | 134.280 |
| 21 | 77 | Jimmy Bryan (R) | Schmidt | KK3000/Offy | 134.140 |
| 22 | 34 | Rodger Ward | Federal Engineering | KK4000/Offy | 134.130 |
| 23 | 37 | Jimmy Reece (R) | John Zink | KK4000/Offy | 133.990 |
| 24 | 81 | Eddie Johnson (R) | Central Excavating | Trevis/Offy | 133.970 |
| 25 | 93 | Bob Scott (R) | Morris | KK2000/Offy | 133.950 |
| 26 | 29 | Jim Rigsby (R) | Bob Estes | Watson/Offy | 133.900 |
| 27 | 21 | Chet Miller | Novi Pure Oil | Kurtis/Novi | 139.030 |
| 28 | 8 | Manuel Ayulo | Coast Grain Co. | Lesovsky/Offy | 135.980 |
| 29 | 48 | Spider Webb | Granatelli Racing Enterprises | Bromme/Offy | 135.960 |
| 30 | 27 | Tony Bettenhausen | Blue Crown Spark Plug | Deidt/Offy | 135.380 |
| 31 | 5 | Johnnie Parsons (W) | Jim Robbins | Kurtis/Offy | 135.320 |
| 32 | 73 | Bob Sweikert (R) | McNamara | KK2000/Offy | 134.980 |
| 33 | 31 | Johnny McDowell | McDowell | Kurtis/Offy | 133.930 |
