Starting lineup for the Indy Japan 300 IndyCar Series event on the 1.5-mile Twin Ring Motegi, with starting position, car number in parentheses, driver and chassis-engine. Field set by entrant points after qualifications were rained out.

1. (3) Helio Castroneves, Dallara-Honda, entrant points

2. (9) Scott Dixon, Dallara-Honda, entrant points

3. (11) Tony Kanaan, Dallara-Honda, entrant points

4. (26) Marco Andretti, Dallara-Honda, entrant points

5. (10) Dan Wheldon, Dallara-Honda, entrant points

6.  (7) Danica Patrick, Dallara-Honda, entrant points

7.  (20) Ed Carpenter, Dallara-Honda, entrant points

8.  (2) A.J. Foyt IV, Dallara-Honda, entrant points

9.  (27) Hideki Mutoh, Dallara-Honda, entrant points

10. (17) Ryan Hunter-Reay, Dallara-Honda, entrant points

11. (15) Buddy Rice, Dallara-Honda, entrant points

12. (14) Darren Manning, Dallara-Honda, entrant points

13. (4) Vitor Meira, Dallara-Honda, entrant points

14. (24) Jay Howard, Dallara-Honda, entrant points

15. (6) Ryan Briscoe, Dallara-Honda, entrant points

16. (23) Townsend Bell, Dallara-Honda, entrant points

17. (25) Marty Roth, Dallara-Honda, entrant points

18. (77) Roger Yasukawa, Dallara-Honda, entrant points