2005 Indianapolis 500 - Starting Grid

Starting Grid

Row Inside Middle Outside
1 11 - Tony Kanaan 6 - Sam Hornish, Jr. 8 - Scott Sharp
2 16 - Danica Patrick (R) 3 - Hélio Castroneves (W) 27 - Dario Franchitti
3 17 - Vitor Meira 55 - Kosuke Matsuura 95 - Buddy Lazier (W)
4 2 - Tomáš Enge (R) 4 - Tomas Scheckter 36 - Bruno Junqueira
5 9 - Scott Dixon 5 - Adrian Fernández 37 - Sébastien Bourdais (R)
6 26 - Dan Wheldon 24 - Roger Yasukawa 7 - Bryan Herta
7 10 - Darren Manning 70 - Richie Hearn 44 - Jeff Bucknum (R)
8 51 - Alex Barron 15 - Kenny Bräck (W) 33 - Ryan Briscoe (R)
9 83 - Patrick Carpentier (R) 20 - Ed Carpenter 21 - Jaques Lazier
10 14 - A. J. Foyt IV 25 - Marty Roth 41 - Larry Foyt
11 22 - Jeff Ward 91 - Jimmy Kite 48 - Felipe Giaffone
Official report

(W) = former Indianapolis 500 winner; (R) = Indianapolis 500 rookie

Failed to qualify:

  • 98 Arie Luyendyk, Jr. (bumped)
  • 91 Paul Dana (injured during a practice crash; replaced by Jimmy Kite)
  • 15 Buddy Rice (injured during a practice crash; replaced by Kenny Bräck)
  • 41 Scott Mayer (failed to complete rookie orientation; replaced by Larry Foyt)

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