Indy 500 Winners List by Year
Indy 500 Winners List by Year
The 2024 Indianapolis 500 has been around since 1911, and there are a lot of familiar names on the list of winners. See who won the first 107 editions.
The Indianapolis 500 boasts more than a century of history and tradition. The annual race draws more than 300,000 spectators to the famed Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Indianapolis, while millions more follow the action from home.
The 2024 race on Sunday, May 26 will be the 108th in history, but who won the first 107 editions of the “greatest spectacle in racing?”
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Below, is a list of everyone who has won the prestigious race, some more than once.
Four drivers have won the Indianapolis 500 a record four times – AJ Foyt (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977), Al Unser Sr. (1970, 1971, 1978, 1987), Rick Mears (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991) and Helio Castroneves (2001, 2002, 2009, 2021).
Ray Harroun won the inaugural race in 1911. Alexander Rossi, a 24-year-old rookie, won the milestone 100th edition of the Indy 500 in 2016. Josef Newgarden is the defending champion.
Here are some other Indianapolis 500 fast facts:
- In the mid-1930s, the tradition of race winners celebrating with a bottle of milk (drinking and pouring over their heads) was born.
- Some races were decided by less than one second. The smallest margin of victory was 0.043 seconds in 1992. The largest was more than 13 minutes in 1913.
- The driver/car in the pole position has won 21 times.
- In 1912, Ralph DePalma led for 198 of the 200 laps and did not win. He had engine trouble and finished 11th.
- Three times (including 2023), the race winner emerged on the final lap.
- Janet Guthrie (1978) was the first woman to finish in the top 10 (ninth). Danica Patrick did it six times, with a best finish of third (2009).
Indianapolis 500 Winners By Year
Year | Driver (Team) | Avg Speed (mph) |
1911 | Ray Harroun (Nordyke & Marmon Company) | 74.602 |
1912 | Joe Dawson (National Motor Vehicle Company) | 78.719 |
1913 | Jules Goux (Peugeot) | 75.933 |
1914 | Rene Thomas (Louis Delâge Company) | 82.474 |
1915 | Ralph DePalma (E.C. Patterson) | 89.84 |
1916 | Dario Resta (Peugeot Auto Racing) | 84.001 |
1919 | Howdy Wilcox (I.M.S. Corporation) | 88.05 |
1920 | Gaston Chevrolet (William Small Company) | 88.618 |
1921 | Tommy Milton (Louis Chevrolet) | 89.621 |
1922 | Jimmy Murphy (Jimmy Murphy) | 94.484 |
1923 | Tommy Milton (H.C.S. Motor Company) | 90.954 |
1924 | L.L. Corum-J. Boyer (Duesenberg) | 98.234 |
1925 | Peter DePaolo (Duesenberg) | 101.127 |
1926 | Frank Lockhart (Peter Kreis) | 95.904 |
1927 | George Souders (William S. White) | 97.545 |
1928 | Louis Meyer (Alden Sampson, II) | 99.482 |
1929 | Ray Keech (M.A. Yagle) | 97.585 |
1930 | Billy Arnold (Harry Hartz) | 100.448 |
1931 | Louis Schneider (B.L. Schneider) | 96.629 |
1932 | Fred Frame (Harry Hartz) | 104.144 |
1933 | Louis Meyer (Louis Meyer) | 104.162 |
1934 | Bill Cummings (H.C. Henning) | 104.863 |
1935 | Kelly Petillo (Kelly Petillo) | 106.24 |
1936 | Louis Meyer (Louis Meyer) | 109.069 |
1937 | Wilbur Shaw (Wilbur Shaw) | 113.58 |
1938 | Floyd Roberts (Lou Moore) | 117.2 |
1939 | Wilbur Shaw (Boyle Racing Headquarters) | 115.035 |
1940 | Wilbur Shaw (Boyle Racing Headquarters) | 114.277 |
1941 | F. Davis/M. Rose (Lou Moore) | 115.117 |
1946 | George Robson (Thorne Engineering) | 114.82 |
1947 | Mauri Rose (Lou Moore) | 116.338 |
1948 | Mauri Rose (Lou Moore) | 119.814 |
1949 | Bill Holland (Lou Moore) | 121.327 |
1950 | Johnnie Parsons (Kurtis Kraft) | 124.002 |
1951 | Lee Wallard (Murrell Belanger) | 126.244 |
1952 | Troy Ruttman (J.C. Agajanian) | 128.922 |
1953 | Bill Vukovich (Howard B. Keck) | 128.74 |
1954 | Bill Vukovich (Howard B. Keck) | 130.84 |
1955 | Bob Sweikert (John Zink) | 128.213 |
1956 | Pat Flaherty (John Zink) | 128.49 |
1957 | Sam Hanks (Geoge Salih) | 135.601 |
1958 | Jimmy Bryan (Geoge Salih) | 133.791 |
1959 | Rodger Ward (Leader Cards) | 135.857 |
1960 | Jim Rathmann (Ken-Paul) | 138.767 |
1961 | A.J. Foyt (Bignotti-Bowes Racing) | 139.13 |
1962 | Rodger Ward (Leader Cards) | 140.293 |
1963 | Parnelli Jones (J.C. Agajanian) | 143.137 |
1964 | A.J. Foyt (Ansted-Thompson Racing) | 147.35 |
1965 | Jim Clark (Team Lotus) | 150.686 |
1966 | Graham Hill (Mecom Racing Team) | 144.317 |
1967 | A.J. Foyt (Ansted-Thompson Racing) | 151.207 |
1968 | Bobby Unser (Leader Cards) | 152.882 |
1969 | Mario Andretti (STP Corporation) | 156.867 |
1970 | Al Unser (Vel's Parnelli Jones Ford) | 155.749 |
1971 | Al Unser (Vel's Parnelli Jones Ford) | 157.735 |
1972 | Mark Donohue (Roger Penske Enterprises) | 162.962 |
1973 | Gordon Johncock (Patrick Racing Team) | 159.036 |
1974 | Johnny Rutherford (Bruce McLaren Motor Racing) | 158.589 |
1975 | Bobby Unser (All American Racers) | 149.213 |
1976 | Johnny Rutherford (Bruce McLaren Motor Racing) | 148.725 |
1977 | A.J. Foyt (A.J. Foyt Enterprises) | 161.331 |
1978 | Al Unser (Chaparral Racing) | 161.363 |
1979 | Rick Mears (Penske Racing) | 158.899 |
1980 | Johnny Rutherford (Chaparral Racing) | 142.862 |
1981 | Bobby Unser (Penske Racing) | 139.084 |
1982 | Gordon Johncock (STP Patrick Racing Team) | 162.029 |
1983 | Tom Sneva (Bignotti-Cotter) | 162.117 |
1984 | Rick Mears (Penske Cars) | 163.612 |
1985 | Danny Sullivan (Penske Cars) | 152.982 |
1986 | Bobby Rahal (Truesports) | 170.722 |
1987 | Al Unser (Penske Racing, Incorporated) | 162.175 |
1988 | Rick Mears (Penske Racing, Incorporated) | 144.809 |
1989 | Emerson Fittipaldi (Patrick Racing, Incorporated) | 167.581 |
1990 | Arie Luyendyk (Doug Shierson Racing) | 185.981 |
1991 | Rick Mears (Penske Racing, Incorporated) | 176.457 |
1992 | Al Unser Jr. (Galles-Kraco Racing) | 134.477 |
1993 | Emerson Fittipaldi (Penske Racing, Incorporated) | 157.207 |
1994 | Al Unser Jr. (Penske Racing, Incorporated) | 160.872 |
1995 | Jacques Villeneuve (Team Green) | 153.616 |
1996 | Buddy Lazier (Hemelgarn Racing) | 147.956 |
1997 | Arie Luyendyk (Treadway Racing) | 145.827 |
1998 | Eddie Cheever Jr. (Team Cheever) | 145.155 |
1999 | Kenny Brack (A.J. Foyt Enterprises) | 153.176 |
2000 | Juan Pablo Montoya (Target Chip Ganassi Racing) | 167.607 |
2001 | Helio Castroneves (Marlboro Team Penske) | 141.574 |
2002 | Helio Castroneves (Marlboro Team Penske) | 166.499 |
2003 | Gil de Ferran (Marlboro Team Penske) | 156.291 |
2004 | Buddy Rice (Rahal Letterman Racing) | 138.518 |
2005 | Dan Wheldon (Andretti Green Racing) | 157.603 |
2006 | Sam Hornish Jr. (Marlboro Team Penske) | 157.085 |
2007 | Dario Franchitti (Andretti Green Racing) | 151.774 |
2008 | Scott Dixon (Target Chip Ganassi Racing) | 143.567 |
2009 | Helio Castroneves (Team Penske) | 150.318 |
2010 | Dario Franchitti (Target Chip Ganassi Racing) | 161.623 |
2011 | Dan Wheldon (Bryan Herta Autosport with Curb) | 170.265 |
2012 | Dario Franchitti (Target Chip Ganassi Racing) | 167.734 |
2013 | Tony Kanaan (KV Racing Technology) | 187.433 |
2014 | Ryan Hunter-Reay (DHL Honda) | 186.563 |
2015 | Juan Pablo Montoya (Verizon Team Penske) | 161.341 |
2016 | Alexander Rossi (Andretti Herta Autosport) | 166.634 |
2017 | Takuma Sato (Andretti Autosport) | 155.395 |
2018 | Will Power (Verizon Team Penske) | 166.935 |
2019 | Simon Pagenaud (Verizon Team Penske) | 175.794 |
2020 | Takuma Sato (Rahal Letterman Racing) | 157.824 |
2021 | Helio Castroneves (Meyer Shank Racing) | 190.69 |
2022 | Marcus Ericsson (Chip Ganassi Racing Honda) | 175.428 |
2023 | Joseph Newgarden (Team Penske) | 168.193 |
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