Indianapolis 500 records

Race records

Victories

Quantity

Quality

• Defending champion finishing second: 8
• * Louis Meyer, 1929
• * Wilbur Shaw, 1938
• * Bill Holland, 1950
• * Rodger Ward, 1960
• * Jim Clark, 1966
• * Al Unser, 1972
• * Johnny Rutherford, 1975
• * Hélio Castroneves, 2003
• Defending second place-finisher winning: 14
• * Dario Resta, 1916
• * Fred Frame, 1932
• * Wilbur Shaw, 1939
• * Bill Holland*, 1949
• * Johnnie Parsons, 1950
• * Sam Hanks, 1957
• * Jim Rathmann, 1960
• * Bobby Unser, 1975
• * Johnny Rutherford, 1976
• * A. J. Foyt, 1977
• * Emerson Fittipaldi, 1989
• * Jacques Villeneuve, 1995
• * Scott Dixon, 2008
• * Dan Wheldon*, 2011
• Co-winners : 2
• * Lora L. Corum / Joe Boyer, 1924
• * Floyd Davis / Mauri Rose, 1941
• Victories by drivers who never led a race lap in career: 2
• Won Triple Crown of Motorsport :
• * Graham Hill
• Won Indianapolis 500, World Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans):
• * Graham Hill
• Won Indianapolis 500 and World Championship: 5
• * Jim Clark
• * Graham Hill
• * Mario Andretti
• * Emerson Fittipaldi
• * Jacques Villeneuve
• Won Indianapolis 500 and 24 Hours of Le Mans: 2
• * A. J. Foyt
• * Graham Hill
• Won Indianapolis 500 and 24 Hours of Daytona:
• * A. J. Foyt
• * Al Unser
• * Mark Donohue
• * Mario Andretti
• * Bobby Rahal
• * Arie Luyendyk
• * Al Unser, Jr.
• * Juan Pablo Montoya
• * Dan Wheldon
• * Scott Dixon
• * Buddy Rice
• * Dario Franchitti
• * Tony Kanaan
• Won Indianapolis 500 and Monaco Grand Prix:
• * Graham Hill
• * Juan Pablo Montoya
• Won Indianapolis 500 and 12 Hours of Sebring:
• * Mario Andretti
• * A. J. Foyt
• * Bobby Rahal
• * Arie Luyendyk
• Won Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500:
• * Mario Andretti
• * A. J. Foyt
• Won Indianapolis 500, World Championship, and Daytona 500:
• * Mario Andretti
• Won Indianapolis 500, 24 Hours of Le Mans, and Daytona 500:
• * A. J. Foyt

• Al Unser, Jr. over Scott Goodyear, 1992
• *Official margin: 0.043 second
• *Unofficial margin: 0.033 second

• Preceding 1966 :
• *13 minutes, 8 seconds, Jules Goux over Spencer Wishart, 1913
• Succeeding 1966 :''
• *2 laps +0:00.021, Rick Mears over Roberto Guerrero, 1984
• *2 laps, A. J. Foyt over Al Unser, 1967
• *2 laps, Emerson Fittipaldi over Al Unser, Jr., 1989

  Speed and Qualification Records

Lap Speed Records

Pole positions

Average Race Speeds

Lap Leader Records

• Jimmy Murphy, 1922
• Joe Boyer, 1924
• Peter DePaolo, 1925
• Lee Wallard, 1951
• Bill Vukovich, 1953
• Jimmy Bryan, 1958
• Jim Clark, 1965
• Mario Andretti, 1969
• Al Unser, 1970
• Johnny Rutherford, 1976
• Johnny Rutherford, 1980
• Bobby Unser, 1981
• Rick Mears, 1984
• Emerson Fittipaldi, 1989
• Rick Mears, 1991
• Al Unser, Jr., 1994
• Buddy Rice, 2004
• Scott Dixon, 2008
• Hélio Castroneves, 2009
• Dario Franchitti, 2010
• Simon Pagenaud, 2019

  Age records

• A.J. Foyt, Jr., 57 years, 128 days old, 1992

• A. J. Foyt IV, 19 years, 0 days old, 2003

  Miscellaneous competitive records

• 10 – 1992

• 19 – 1919, 1930

• 1 – 1939, 1979

• 26 – 1911, 2013, 2019

• 7 – 1966

• 2: 18, A. J. Foyt and Al Unser

• 32 positions, 38th to 6th, Zeke Meyer, 1932, 33rd to 2nd Tom Sneva, 1980, Scott Goodyear, 1992

• 2,310 laps, Hélio Castroneves, 2007-2018

• 117, 1984

  Race conditions

Distance records

Most years completing the full 500 miles

• 13 Hélio Castroneves

  Most consecutive years completing the full 500 miles

• 6 Wilbur Shaw
• 6 Rodger Ward
• 6 Scott Dixon
• 6 Hélio Castroneves

  Most consecutive laps completed

• 1,367 Scott Dixon

  Indianapolis 500 Race Interval Average Speed Records

Related lists

Drivers who crashed while leading during final one hundred miles of race (Lap 160+)

• 1931: Billy Arnold - Arnold charged from 18th starting position to lead the race by lap 7. Arnold, who had dominated the 1930 race, proceeded to lead the next 155 laps, and built up a five-lap lead over second place. His rear axle broke on lap 162. He spun in turn four, was hit by another car, and went over the outside wall. One of his errant wheels bounced across Georgetown Road, and struck and killed a 12-year-old boy, Wilbur C. Brink. Arnold suffered a broken pelvis, and his riding mechanic Spider Matlock broke his shoulder.
• 1952: Bill Vukovich - Vukovich led 150 laps, and was leading on lap 192 when a steering linkage failed. Vukovich nursed his car to a stop by driving up against the outside wall at the end of the back straightaway at the beginning of turn three, preventing other drivers from getting involved in the incident.
• 1989: Al Unser, Jr. - On the 199th lap, Al Unser, Jr. was leading Fittipaldi down the backstretch. The two cars weaving through lap traffic, and Fittipaldi dove underneath Unser exiting turn two. Racing side-With Unser drawing back ahead by a nose entering turn three, the two cars touched wheels, and Unser spun out, crashing into the outside wall. Fittipaldi coasted around the final lap under caution to score his first race victory.
• 1994: Emerson Fittipaldi - while leading the race on lap 184, Fittipaldi was attempting to lap his teammate Al Unser, Jr., who was running second. Coming out of turn four, Fittipaldi's left wheels touched the rumble strips on the inside, causing the left side tires to lose adhesion, and the rear of the car to swing wide at the turn exit, resulting in the rear tagging the outside wall and knocking Fittipaldi out of the race. Unser, Jr. went on to win.
• 2002: Tomas Scheckter - After leading 85 laps during the race, the rookie was leading on lap 173. Coming out of turn 4, he slid high and smacked the outside wall down the frontstretch.
• 2011: J. R. Hildebrand - During the final ten laps, a sequence of green flag pit stops shuffled the field. Rookie J. R. Hildebrand was attempting to stretch his fuel to the finish, and took over the lead with just over two laps to go. On the final lap, he was leading going into the final turn, when he came up on the lapped car of Charlie Kimball, who was slowing to the inside. Hildebrand went high, got into the "marbles," and smacked the outside wall. Without steering, and only on three wheels, his car slid down the frontstretch towards the finish line and the checkered flag. However, Hildebrand was passed by Dan Wheldon on the final 1,000 feet and Hildebrand finished second.