Indianapolis 500 records

Indianapolis 500 records

"As of 92nd race, 25 May 2008."

Victories by driver: 4
*flagicon|United States A.J. Foyt (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977)
*flagicon|United States Al Unser (1970, 1971, 1978, 1987)
*flagicon|United States Rick Mears (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991)

Victories by owner: 14
*flagicon|United States Roger Penske (1972, 1979, 1981, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1991, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006)

Victories by driver & owner: 7
*"In same year:"
**flagicon|United States Jimmy Murphy (1922)
**flagicon|United States Kelly Petillo (1935)
**flagicon|United States Wilbur Shaw (1937)
**flagicon|United States A.J. Foyt (1967, 1977)
**flagicon|United States Eddie Cheever (1998)
*"In separate years:"
**flagicon|United States Parnelli Jones (1963 / 1970, 1971)
**flagicon|United States A.J. Foyt (1961, 1964 [driver only] / 1999 [owner only] )
**flagicon|United States Bobby Rahal (1986 / 2004)

Victories by chassis make: 7
*flagicon|United States Watson (1956, 1959, 1960, 1961 [entered under Trevis chassis name] , 1962, 1963, 1964)
*flagicon|United States Penske (1979, 1981, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1993, 1994)

Victories by engine manufacturer: 27
*flagicon|United States Offenhauser

Victories by tire manufacturer: 61
*flagicon|Japan Firestone

Most victories by car number: 10 wins
*Cars #3 (1919, 1948, 1962, 1968, 1974, 1981, 1986, 1991, 1992, 2002).
*"Starting Position:" Cars starting from the pole-position have won the race 19 times (1922, 1923, 1930, 1938, 1953, 1956, 1963, 1970, 1976, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1997, 2004, 2006, 2008)
*"Consecutive wins:" 5
**flagicon|United States Wilbur Shaw, 1939-1940
**flagicon|United States Mauri Rose, 1947-1948
**flagicon|United States Bill Vukovich, 1953-1954
**flagicon|United States Al Unser, 1970-1971
**flagicon|Brazil Hélio Castroneves, 2001-2002
*"Defending champion finishing second:" 8
**flagicon|United States Louis Meyer, 1929
**flagicon|United States Wilbur Shaw, 1938
**flagicon|United States Bill Holland, 1950
**flagicon|United States Rodger Ward, 1960
**flagicon|Scotland Jim Clark, 1966
**flagicon|United States Al Unser, 1972
**flagicon|United States Johnny Rutherford, 1975
**flagicon|Brazil Hélio Castroneves, 2003
*"Defending second place-finisher winning:" 12
**flagicon|United Kingdom Dario Resta, 1916
**flagicon|United States Fred Frame, 1932
**flagicon|United States Bill Holland, 1949
**flagicon|United States Johnnie Parsons, 1950
**flagicon|United States Sam Hanks, 1957
**flagicon|United States Jim Rathmann, 1960
**flagicon|United States Bobby Unser, 1975
**flagicon|United States Johnny Rutherford, 1976
**flagicon|United States A.J. Foyt, 1977
**flagicon|Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi, 1989
**flagicon|Canada Jacques Villeneuve, 1995
**flagicon|New Zealand Scott Dixon, 2008
* "Rookie winner:" 8*
**flagicon|United States Ray Harroun, 1911
**flagicon|France Jules Goux, 1913
**flagicon|France René Thomas, 1914
**flagicon|United States Frank Lockhart, 1926
**flagicon|United States George Souders, 1927
**flagicon|England Graham Hill, 1966
**flagicon|Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya, 2000
**flagicon|Brazil Hélio Castroneves, 2001:: * flagicon|United States Louis Meyer won in his first start (1928), but had driven the previous year as relief driver for flagicon|United States Wilbur Shaw.
*"Rookie and sophomore winner:" 1
**flagicon|Brazil Hélio Castroneves, 2001, 2002
*"Co-winners "(one driver starting a race but another driver finishing in the same winning entry):" 2
**flagicon|United States Lora L. Corum / flagicon|United States Joe Boyer, 1924
**flagicon|United States Floyd Davis / flagicon|United States Mauri Rose, 1941
*"Victories by drivers who never led a race lap in career:" 2 (Corum and Davis, in those same years)

*"Won Triple Crown of Motorsport (Indianapolis 500, Monaco Grand Prix, and 24 Hours of Le Mans):"
**flagicon|England Graham Hill (1966 / 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969 / 1972)

*"Won Indianapolis 500, World Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans):"
**flagicon|England Graham Hill (1966 / 1962, 1968 / 1972)

*"Won Indianapolis 500 and World Championship:" 5
**flagicon|Scotland Jim Clark (1965 / 1963, 1965)
**flagicon|England Graham Hill (1966 / 1962, 1968)
**flagicon|United States Mario Andretti (1969 / 1978)
**flagicon|Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi (1989, 1993 / 1972, 1974)
**flagicon|Canada Jacques Villeneuve (1995 / 1997)

*"Won Indianapolis 500 and 24 Hours of Le Mans:" 2
**flagicon|United States A.J. Foyt (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977 / 1967)
**flagicon|England Graham Hill (1966 / 1972)

*"Won Indianapolis 500 and 24 Hours of Daytona:"
**flagicon|New Zealand Scott Dixon, (2006)
**flagicon|Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya, (2007, 2008)

*"Won Indianapolis 500 and Monaco Grand Prix:"
**flagicon|England Graham Hill (1966 / 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969)
**flagicon|Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya (2000 / 2003)

*"Won Indianapolis 500 and 12 Hours of Sebring:"
**flagicon|United States Mario Andretti (1969 / 1967, 1970, 1972)
**flagicon|United States A.J. Foyt (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977 / 1985)
**flagicon|United States Bobby Rahal (1986 / 1987)
**flagicon|Netherlands Arie Luyendyk (1990, 1997 / 1989)

*"Won Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500:"
**flagicon|United States Mario Andretti (1969 / 1967)
**flagicon|United States A.J. Foyt (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977 / 1972)

*"Won Indianapolis 500, World Championship, and Daytona 500:"
**flagicon|United States Mario Andretti (1969 / 1978 / 1967)

*"Won Indianapolis 500, 24 Hours of Le Mans, and Daytona 500:"
**flagicon|United States A.J. Foyt (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977 / 1967 / 1972)

Pole Position:
* 6, flagicon|United States Rick Mears (1979, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991)

Narrowest Margin of Victory:
*flagicon|United States Al Unser, Jr. over flagicon|Canada Scott Goodyear, 1992
**"Official margin:" 0.043 second
**"Unofficial margin:" 0.033 second [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E0CEFD6113DF930A35754C0A964958260]

Widest Margin of Victory:
*"Preceding 1966 (first year of top five finishing entry being flagged off before completing 500 miles):"
**13 minutes, 8 seconds, flagicon|France Jules Goux over flagicon|United States Spencer Wishart, 1913
*"Succeeding 1966 (year inclusive):"
**2 laps plus 0.021 seconds, flagicon|United States Rick Mears over flagicon|Colombia Roberto Guerrero, 1984
**2 laps, flagicon|United States A.J. Foyt over flagicon|United States Al Unser, 1967 (race red flagged, second place reverted to last completed lap)
**2 laps, flagicon|Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi over flagicon|United States Al Unser, Jr., 1989 (second place car did not finish)

Fastest Winning Average Speed:
* 185.981 mph / 299.307 km/h, flagicon|Netherlands Arie Luyendyk, 1990

Slowest Winning Average Speed:
* 74.602 mph / 120.060 km/h, flagicon|United States Ray Harroun, 1911

Slowest Finishing Average Speed:
* 56.29 mph / 90.59 km/h, flagicon|United States Ralph Mulford, 1912

Fastest Qualifying Speed:
* 237.498 mph / 382.216 km/h, one lap, flagicon|Netherlands Arie Luyendyk, 1996
* 236.986 mph / 381.392 km/h, four-lap average, flagicon|Netherlands Arie Luyendyk, 1996

Fastest Female Qualifying Speed:
* 229.439 mph / 369.246 km/h, one lap, flagicon|United States Sarah Fisher, 2002

Fastest Race L
* 236.103 mph / 379.971 km/h, flagicon|United States Eddie Cheever, 1996

Fastest Unofficial (Practice) L

* 239.260 mph / 385.052 km/h, flagicon|Netherlands Arie Luyendyk, May 10, 1996

Youngest Winner:
* Troy Ruttman, 22 years, 80 days old, 1952

Oldest Winner:
* Al Unser, 47 years, 360 days old, 1987

Starts:
* 35, flagicon|United States A.J. Foyt (1958-92, consecutive)
**Starts without winning: 22, flagicon|United States George Snider

Races led:
* 13, flagicon|United States A.J. Foyt

Career Laps Led:
* 644, flagicon|United States Al Unser

Laps Led in Race:
* 198 (3-200), flagicon|United States Bill Arnold, 1930

Fewest Laps Led in Race by Winning Driver:
* 2 (199-200), flagicon|United States Joe Dawson, 1912

Laps Led in a Race by Non-Winning Driver:
* 196 (3-198; broken connecting rod), flagicon|United States Ralph DePalma, 1912

Laps Led for Rookie:
* 167, flagicon|Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya, 2000

Laps Led from the Start:
* 92, flagicon|Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi, 1990

Last Lead Change: The latest the lead has changed hands is on the final lap (200 of 200). This has occurred once.
* 2006: flagicon|United States Sam Hornish, Jr. passed flagicon|United States Marco Andretti on the final run down the main straightaway to the chequered flag (winning the second closest finish in race history).

Led First Lap and Last L
 17
*flagicon|United States Jimmy Murphy, 1922)
*flagicon|United States Joe Boyer, 1924 (only occasion of occurrence in separate entries)
*flagicon|United States Peter DePaolo, 1925
*flagicon|United States Lee Wallard, 1951
*flagicon|United States Bill Vukovich, 1953
*flagicon|United States Jimmy Bryan, 1958
*flagicon|ScotlandJim Clark, 1965
*flagicon|United States Mario Andretti , 1969
*flagicon|United States Al Unser, 1970
*flagicon|United States Johnny Rutherford, 1976
*flagicon|United States Johnny Rutherford, 1980
*flagicon|United States Bobby Unser, 1981
*flagicon|United States Rick Mears, 1984
*flagicon|Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi, 1989
*flagicon|United States Rick Mears, 1991
*flagicon|United States Al Unser, Jr., 1994
*flagicon|United States Buddy Rice, 2004

Races with half or more of all laps led by non-winning entry:
"Nineteen separate entries in equal years, driven by fifteen drivers, have failed to win despite leading over half a given race's completed laps."

Most Leaders in Race:
* 12 - 1993

Fewest Leaders in Race:
* 2 - 1930

Lead Changes in Race:
* 29 - 1960

Fewest Starters in Race:
* 21 - 1916

Most Starters in Race:
* 42 - 1933

Most Former Winners Starting Race:
* 10 - 1992

Most Rookies Starting Race:
* 19 - 1919, 1930 (excluding first race's 40 starters)

Fewest Rookies Starting Race:
* 1 - 1939, 1979

Most Cars Running at Finish:
* 26 - 1911

Fewest Cars Running at Finish:
* 7 - 1966

Most Occasions Running At Finish:
* 18, flagicon|United States Al Unser

Greatest Improvement From Starting Position:
* 32 positions, 38th to 6th, flagicon|United States Zeke Meyer, 1932

Highest Finish by Female Driver:
* 4th Place, flagicon|United States Danica Patrick, 2005

Hottest Temperature at Start of Race:
* 92 °F (33 °C), 1935

Hottest Temperature During Race:
* 100+ °F (38+ °C), 1953

Coldest Temperature at Start of Race:
* 51 °F (11 °C), 1992

Most Cars and Teams Entered
* 117, 1984

Rain-Shortened Races
* 1926 (160 laps)
* 1950 (138 laps)
* 1973 (131 laps)
* 1975 (174 laps)
* 1976 (102 laps)
* 2004 (180 laps)
* 2007 (166 laps)

Indianapolis 500 Race Distance Records


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