2016 Indianapolis 500 Starting Grid

Starting grid for the 100th Indy 500 to be run on May 29, 2016.

Here are the 33 drivers and cars that will compete in the historic 100th running of the Indianapolis 500 on May 29, 2016 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The defending champion is two-time winner Juan Pablo Montoya of Team Penske. James Hinchcliffe of Schmidt Peterson Motorsports will try to become the 21st polesitter to take the checkers at the Brickyard. These are the others:

1922	Jimmy Murphy	1980	Johnny Rutherford
1923	Tommy Milton	1981	Bobby Unser
1930	Billy Arnold	1988	Rick Mears
1938	Floyd Roberts	1991	Rick Mears
1953	Bill Vukovich	1994	Al Unser Jr.
1956	Pat Flaherty	1997	Arie Luyendyk
1963	Parnelli Jones	2004	Buddy Rice
1970	Al Unser	2006	Sam Hornish Jr.
1976	Johnny Rutherford	2008	Scott Dixon
1979	Rick Mears	2009	Helio Castroneves