2009 Indianapolis 500 Telecast pres. by GoDaddy.com Grid
Race Links: Qualifying Speeds | Starting Grid | Race Results
| Pole Winner | |
| Name: Helio Castroneves |
| Season Wins: 2 | |
| Season Poles: 1 | |
| Pole Speed: 224.864 mph | |
| Sponsor: Team Penske | |
| Starting Grid | ||||
| POS | DRIVER | CAR | MANUFACTURER | SPEED |
| 1 | Helio Castroneves | 3 | Honda | 224.864 mph |
| 2 | Ryan Briscoe | 6 | Honda | 224.083 mph |
| 3 | Dario Franchitti | 10 | Honda | 224.010 mph |
| 4 | Graham Rahal | 02 | Honda | 223.954 mph |
| 5 | Scott Dixon | 9 | Honda | 223.867 mph |
| 6 | Tony Kanaan | 11 | Honda | 223.612 mph |
| 7 | Mario Moraes | 5 | Honda | 223.331 mph |
| 8 | Marco Andretti | 26 | Honda | 223.114 mph |
| 9 | Will Power | 12 | Honda | 223.028 mph |
| 10 | Danica Patrick | 7 | Honda | 222.882 mph |
| 11 | Alex Lloyd | 99 | Honda | 222.622 mph |
| 12 | Raphael Matos | 2 | Honda | 223.429 mph |
| 13 | Paul Tracy | 15 | Honda | 223.111 mph |
| 14 | Vitor Meira | 14 | Honda | 223.054 mph |
| 15 | Justin Wilson | 18 | Honda | 222.903 mph |
| 16 | Hideki Mutoh | 27 | Honda | 222.805 mph |
| 17 | Ed Carpenter | 20 | Honda | 222.780 mph |
| 18 | Dan Wheldon | 4 | Honda | 222.777 mph |
| 19 | A.J. Foyt IV | 41 | Honda | 222.586 mph |
| 20 | Scott Sharp | 16 | Honda | 222.162 mph |
| 21 | Sarah Fisher | 67 | Honda | 222.082 mph |
| 22 | Davey Hamilton | 44 | Honda | 221.956 mph |
| 23 | Robert Doornbos | 06 | Honda | 221.692 mph |
| 24 | Townsend Bell | 8 | Honda | 221.195 mph |
| 25 | Oriol Servia | 17 | Honda | 200.984 mph |
| 26 | Tomas Scheckter | 19 | Honda | 221.496 mph |
| 27 | Mike Conway | 24 | Honda | 221.417 mph |
| 28 | John Andretti | 43 | Honda | 221.316 mph |
| 29 | E.J. Viso | 13 | Honda | 221.164 mph |
| 30 | Milka Duno | 23 | Honda | 211.106 mph |
| 31 | Nelson Philippe | 00 | Honda | 220.754 mph |
| 32 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 21 | Honda | 220.597 mph |
| 33 | Alex Tagliani | 36 | Honda | 221.115 mph |