Indianapolis 500 records

As of 100th race, May 29, 2016.

Race records

Victories

Quantity

Most driver victories
Wins	Driver	Years
4	A.J. Foyt	1961	1964	1967	1977
	Al Unser	1970	1971	1978	1987
	Rick Mears	1979	1984	1988	1991
See Multiple victories for full listing

Most owner victories Owners with at least four victories
Wins	Owner	Years
16	Roger Penske	1972	1979	1981	1984	1985
		1987	1988	1991	1993	1994
		2001	2002	2003	2006	2009
		2015
5	Lou Moore	1938	1941	1947	1948	1949
4	A.J. Foyt	1964	1967	1977	1999
	Chip Ganassi	2000	2008	2010	2012
	Andretti	2005	2007	2014	2016
See Owners for full listing

Most driver-owner victories Driver-owners with at least two victories
Wins	Driver-Owner	Years			Notes
3	A.J. Foyt	1964	1967	1977	Driver, 1961 winning entry; owner, 1999 winning entry
2	Louis Meyer	1933	1936		Driver, 1928 winning entry
See Driver/Owners for full listing

Most victorious chassis Chassis-makes with at least five victories
Wins	Chassis	Years
16*	Dallara	1998	1999	2001	2002	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010
		2011	2012	2013	2014	2015	2016
7	Penske	1979	1981	1988	1989	1991	1993	1994
6	Miller	1923	1926	1928	1929	1933	1934
	Watson	1956	1959	1960	1962	1963	1964
5	Kurtis Kraft	1950	1951	1953	1954	1955
	March	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987
* Independent, team-constructed chassis entries prohibited, 1997 — present.

Most victorious engines Engine-makes with at least five victories
Wins	Engine	Years
27	Offenhauser	1935	1937	1941	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953
		1954	1955	1956	1957	1958	1959	1960	1961	1962	1963
		1964	1968	1972	1973	1974	1975	1976
12	Miller	1922	1923	1926	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934
		1936	1938
11	Honda	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2014
		2016
10	Cosworth	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987
9	Chevrolet	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992	1993	2002	2013	2015
8	Ford*	1965	1966	1967	1969	1970	1971	1995	1996
5	Oldsmobile	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
* 1995 and 1996 races won by engines labelled as "Ford-Cosworth", but developed by Ford Motor Company, and thus considered Ford entries, after latter's acquisition of the rights to the Cosworth engine after the 1991 season.

Quality

Rookie winners Inaugural race inclusive, nine drivers have won the race in their first year of competition*, and one driver has won it in his first two years of competition. Rookie winners have occurred in nine out of one hundred races, 9.00%.
Years		Driver	Career Victories
1911		Ray Harroun	1911
1913		Jules Goux	1913
1914		René Thomas	1914
1926		Frank Lockhart	1926
1927		George Souders	1927
1966		Graham Hill	1966
2000		Juan Pablo Montoya	2000	2015
2001	2002	Hélio Castroneves	2001	2002	2009
2016		Alexander Rossi	2016
* Louis Meyer won in his first start in 1928, but had competed a year earlier as a relief driver for Wilbur Shaw.

Consecutive driver victories
Wins	Driver	Career Victories
2	Wilbur Shaw	1937	1939	1940
	Mauri Rose	1941	1947	1948
	Bill Vukovich	1953	1954
	Al Unser	1970	1971	1978	1987
	Hélio Castroneves	2001	2002	2009

Most races between victories Ten drivers have intervals between race victories extending five or more races*.
Years	Driver	Career Victories
15	Juan Pablo Montoya	2000	2015
10	A.J. Foyt	1961	1964	1967	1977
9	Gordon Johncock	1973	1982
	Al Unser	1970	1971	1978	1987
7	Bobby Unser	1968	1975	1981
	Arie Luyendyk	1990	1997
	Hélio Castroneves	2001	2002	2009
6	Bobby Unser	1968	1975	1981
	Dan Wheldon	2005	2011
5	Louis Meyer	1928	1933	1936
	Rick Mears	1979	1984	1988	1991
* Mauri Rose's 1947 victory occurred six years after his co-victory with Floyd Davis in 1941, but only two races later due to the cancellation of the race, 1942—1945, due to World War II.

Most races between first and last victories Five drivers have won multiple victories across a time period of at least ten races.
Years	Driver	Career Victories
17	Al Unser	1970	1971	1978	1987
16	A.J. Foyt	1961	1964	1967	1977
15	Juan Pablo Montoya	2000	2015
13	Bobby Unser	1968	1975	1981
12	Rick Mears	1979	1984	1988	1991

Most starts before first victory Six drivers have won the race for the first time after ten or more career starts.
Starts	Driver	Career Victories
13	Sam Hanks	1957
12	Tony Kanaan	2013
11	Jim Rathmann	1960
	Johnny Rutherford	1974	1976	1980
10	Tom Sneva	1983
	Al Unser, Jr.	1992	1994

• 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

* Won after two consecutive second-place finishes.

• Co-winners (one driver starting a race but another driver finishing in the same winning entry): 2
  • Lora L. Corum / Joe Boyer, 1924
  • Floyd Davis / 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):
  • Graham Hill (1966 / 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969 / 1972)
• Won Indianapolis 500, World Championship and 24 Hours of Le Mans):
  • Graham Hill (1966 / 1962, 1968 / 1972)
• Won Indianapolis 500 and World Championship: 5
  • Jim Clark (1965 / 1963, 1965)
  • Graham Hill (1966 / 1962, 1968)
  • Mario Andretti (1969 / 1978)
  • Emerson Fittipaldi (1989, 1993 / 1972, 1974)
  • Jacques Villeneuve (1995 / 1997)
• Won Indianapolis 500 and 24 Hours of Le Mans: 2
  • A.J. Foyt (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977 / 1967)
  • Graham Hill (1966 / 1972)
• Won Indianapolis 500 and 24 Hours of Daytona:
  • A.J. Foyt (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977 / 1983, 1985)
  • Al Unser (1970, 1971, 1978, 1987 / 1985)
  • Mark Donohue (1972 / 1969)
  • Mario Andretti (1969 / 1972* shortened due to gas shortage)
  • Bobby Rahal (1986 / 1981)
  • Arie Luyendyk (1990, 1997 / 1998)
  • Al Unser, Jr. (1992, 1994 / 1986, 1987)
  • Juan Pablo Montoya (2000, 2015 / 2007, 2008, 2013)
  • Dan Wheldon (2005, 2011 / 2006)
  • Scott Dixon (2008 / 2006, 2015)
  • Buddy Rice (2004 / 2009)
  • Dario Franchitti (2007, 2010, 2012 / 2008)
  • Tony Kanaan (2013 / 2015)
• Won Indianapolis 500 and Monaco Grand Prix:
  • Graham Hill (1966 / 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1969)
  • Juan Pablo Montoya (2000, 2015 / 2003)
• Won Indianapolis 500 and 12 Hours of Sebring:
  • Mario Andretti (1969 / 1967, 1970, 1972)
  • A.J. Foyt (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977 / 1985)
  • Bobby Rahal (1986 / 1987)
  • Arie Luyendyk (1990, 1997 / 1989)
• Won Indianapolis 500 and Daytona 500:
  • Mario Andretti (1969 / 1967)
  • A.J. Foyt (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977 / 1972)
• Won Indianapolis 500, World Championship, and Daytona 500:
  • Mario Andretti (1969 / 1978 / 1967)
• Won Indianapolis 500, 24 Hours of Le Mans, and Daytona 500:
  • A.J. Foyt (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977 / 1967 / 1972)

Narrowest Margin of Victory:

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

Widest Margin of Victory:

• Preceding 1966 (first year of top five finishing entry being flagged off before completing 500 miles):
  • 13 minutes, 8 seconds, Jules Goux over Spencer Wishart, 1913
• Succeeding 1966 (year inclusive):
  • 2 laps +0:00.021, Rick Mears over Roberto Guerrero, 1984
  • 2 laps, A.J. Foyt over Al Unser, 1967 (race red flagged, second place reverted to last completed lap)
  • 2 laps, Emerson Fittipaldi over Al Unser, Jr., 1989 (second place car did not finish 199th lap, third place 6 laps behind leader)

Speed and Qualification Records

Lap Speed Records

All-Time Lap Speed Records
Type	Distance			Gender	Driver	Time	Average Speed		Date
	Laps	Mi	Km				mph	km/h
Practice (unofficial)*	1	2.5	4.0	Male	Arie Luyendyk	00:37.616	239.260	385.052	10 May 1996
				Female	Pippa Mann	00:39.1443	229.918	370.017	20 May 2016
Qualifying	1	2.5	4.0	Male	Arie Luyendyk	00:37.895	237.498	382.216	12 May 1996
				Female	Sarah Fisher	00:39.1858	229.675	369.626	11 May 2002
	4	10.0	16.1	Male	Arie Luyendyk	02:31.908	236.986	381.392	12 May 1996
				Female	Sarah Fisher	02:36.9046	229.439	369.246	11 May 2002
Race	1	2.5	4.0	Male	Eddie Cheever	00:38.119	236.103	379.971	26 May 1996
				Female
* Official time and speed records recorded only in direct qualifying or race competition

Pole positions

Most pole positions Drivers qualifying for at least four pole positions
Poles	Driver	Years
6	Rick Mears	1979	1982	1986	1988	1989	1991
4	Rex Mays	1935	1936	1940	1948
	A.J. Foyt	1965	1969	1974	1975
	Hélio Castroneves	2003	2007	2009	2010
See Multiple pole positions for full list, multiple-pole-winning drivers

Consecutive pole position qualifications Eleven drivers have qualified for the pole position in consecutive years.
Poles	Driver	Career Pole Positions
2	† Ralph DePalma	1920	1921
	Rex Mays	1920	1921	1940	1948
	Eddie Sachs	1960	1961
	Parnelli Jones	1962	1963
	† Mario Andretti	1966	1967	1987
	A.J. Foyt	1965	1969	1974	1975
	Tom Sneva	1977	1978	1984
	Rick Mears	1979	1982	1986	1988	1989	1991
	Scott Brayton*	1995	1996*
	Hélio Castroneves	2003	2007	2009	2010
	Ed Carpenter	2013	2014
† Italian-born * Scott Brayton qualified for the pole position in 1996, but was killed in a practice session accident nine days before the race in a backup car. Tony Stewart, the second qualifier, moved onto the pole position Brayton's stead, while Danny Ongais, per regulations, started the pole-winning car from the final starting position.

Most races between pole position qualifications Four* drivers have intervals between pole positions extending five or more races.
Years	Driver	Career Pole Positions
20	Mario Andretti	1966	1967	1987
9	Bobby Unser	1972	1981
7	Scott Dixon	2008	2015
5	A.J. Foyt	1965	1969	1974	1975
* Rex Mays' 1948 pole position qualification occurred eight years after qualifying for it in 1940, but only four races later due to the cancellation of the race, from 1942—1945, due to World War II.

Average Race Speeds

Fastest Races Nine races have been run in under three hours.
Year	Driver	Team	Time	Average Speed (mph)
2013	Tony Kanaan	KV Racing Technology	2:40:03.4181	187.433
2014	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	2:40:48.2305	186.563
1990	Arie Luyendyk	Doug Shierson Racing	2:41:18.414	185.981
1991	Rick Mears	Penske Racing	2:50:00.785	176.460
1986	Bobby Rahal	Truesports	2:55:43.470	170.722
2011	Dan Wheldon	Bryan Herta Autosport	2:56:11.7267	170.265
2012	Dario Franchitti	Chip Ganassi Racing	2:58:51.2532	167.734
2000	Juan Pablo Montoya	Chip Ganassi Racing	2:58:59.431	167.607
1989	Emerson Fittipaldi	Patrick Racing	2:59:01.040	167.581

Decade Slowest Winning Average Speed
Year	Driver	Team	Time	Average Speed (mph)
1911	Ray Harroun	Marmon	6:42:08	74.602
1920	† Gaston Chevrolet	Frontenac	5:38:32	88.618
1931	Louis Schneider	Bowes Seal Fast	5:10:27.93	96.629
1940	Wilbur Shaw	Maserati	4:22:31.17	114.277
1950	Johnnie Parsons	Kurtis Kraft	2:46:55.97*	124.022
1960	Jim Rathmann	Ken-Paul	3:36:11.36	138.767
1976	Johnny Rutherford	Team McLaren	1:42:52.48*	148.725
1981	Bobby Unser	Penske Racing	3:35:41.78	139.184
1992	Al Unser, Jr.	Galles-Kraco	3:43:05.148	134.477
2004	Buddy Rice	Rahal Letterman	3:14:55.2395*	138.518
* Rain-shortened † Chevrolet was French-born

Slowest Finishing Average Speed
Year	Driver	Team	Time	Average Speed (mph)	Pos
1912	Ralph Mulford	Knox	8:53:00	56.29	10

Lap Leader Records

Most career laps led Six drivers have led five hundred or more race laps during their career.
Rank	Driver	Laps Led	Career Laps Run	Career Lap Leader Percentage	Race Wins	Years Won
1	Al Unser	644	4,356	14.78%	4	1970	1971	1978	1987
2	† Ralph DePalma	612	1,594	38.39%	1	1915
3	Mario Andretti	556	3,040	18.29%	1	1969
4	A. J. Foyt	555	4,909	11.31%	4	1961	1964	1967	1977
5	Wilbur Shaw	508	2,019	25.16%	3	1937	1939	1940
6	Emerson Fittipaldi	505	1,785	28.29%	2	1989	1993
See Lap Leaders for full listing † Italian-born

Most races led Six drivers have led at least ten races Background colors designate finishing position Races Led Driver Years 13 A.J. Foyt 1961 1962 1964 1965 1967 1969 1970 1974 1975 1976 1977 1979 1982   12 Tony Kanaan 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016   11 Al Unser 1970 1971 1973 1977 1978 1979 1983 1987 1988 1992 1993   Mario Andretti 1966 1969 1980 1981 1984 1985 1987 1989 1991 1992 1993   10 Bobby Unser 1968 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1977 1979 1980 1981 Scott Dixon 2003 2006 2007 2008 2009 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015

Most consecutive races led Seven drivers have led in five or more consecutive* races. Years Driver 7 2002—2008 Tony Kanaan 6 1979—1984 Rick Mears 2011—2016 Alex Tagliani 5 1938—1946 Rex Mays 1940—1948 Mauri Rose 1971—1975 Bobby Unser 1980—1984 Tom Sneva 2011—2015 Scott Dixon 2012—2016 Tony Kanaan * Rex Mays and Mauri Rose led the race in periods extending nine years each, but are counted as leading in five consecutive due to the cancellation of the race, from 1942—1945, due to World War II.

Most race laps led by winning entry Seven entries, all to date starting from the front row**, have won in dominant fashion, leading eighty percent or more of a given race's completed laps. Laps Led Distance Led Percent Race Led Year Winning Driver Start Pos mi km 198 495 796.6 99.0% 1930 Billy Arnold 1 195 487.5 784.6 97.5% 1953 Bill Vukovich 1 190 475 764.4 95.0% 1965 Jim Clark 2 1970 Al Unser 1 167 417.5 671.9 83.5% 1963 Parnelli Jones 1 2000 Juan Pablo Montoya 2 103* 257.5* 414.4* 85.8%* 1916 Dario Resta 4** * Race scheduled for 120 laps, 300 mi. (482.8 km) ** With four-wide starts occurring in years 1913—1920, Dario Resta started on the front row in 1916.

Fewest race laps led by winning entry Four entries have won despite leading only five percent or less of a given race's completed laps. Laps Led Distance Led Percent Race Led Year Driver Start Pos mi km 1 2.5 4.0 0.5% 2011 Dan Wheldon 6 2 5 8.1 1.0% 1912 Joe Dawson 3 9 22.5 36.2 4.5% 2015 Juan Pablo Montoya 15 10 25 40.2 5.0% 1966 Graham Hill 15

Most race laps led by non-winning entry Four entries have failed to win despite dominating to lead eighty percent or more of a given race's completed laps.
Laps Led	Distance Led		Percent Race Led	Year	Driver	Start Pos	Final Pos
	mi	km
196	490	788.6	98.0%	1912	Ralph DePalma	7	11
171	427.5	688.0	85.5%	1967	Parnelli Jones	6	6
170	425	684.0	85.0%	1987	Mario Andretti	1	9
160	400	643.7	80.0%	1992	Michael Andretti	6	13

Most laps led from start Two entries, both starting from the pole position, have led the opening forty percent or further of a given race's completed laps.
Laps	Year	Driver	Full Laps Led	Percent Race Led	Start Pos	Final Pos
92	1990	Emerson Fittipaldi	128	64.0%	1	3
81	1927	Frank Lockhart	110	55.0%	1	18

Latest lead change Races with final lead change taking place at or within three laps of finish
Lap	Year	Winner	Overtaken
200	2006	Sam Hornish, Jr.	Marco Andretti
	2011	Dan Wheldon	J. R. Hildebrand
199	1912	Joe Dawson	† Ralph DePalma
	1989	Emerson Fittipaldi	Al Unser, Jr.
	1999	Kenny Bräck	Robby Gordon
	2012	Dario Franchitti	Scott Dixon
198	1961	A.J. Foyt	Eddie Sachs
	1986	Bobby Rahal	Kevin Cogan
	2013	Tony Kanaan	Ryan Hunter-Reay
† DePalma became a U.S. citizen in 1920.

Led opening lap and final lap: 19 drivers

• Jimmy Murphy, 1922
• Joe Boyer, 1924 (only occasion of occurrence in separate entries)
• 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
• Hélio Castroneves, 2009
• Dario Franchitti, 2010

Led opening lap, consecutive races Eight drivers have led the opening race lap in consecutive races.
Years		Driver
2	1922—1923	Jimmy Murphy
	1928—1929	Leon Duray
	1935—1936	Rex Mays
	1940—1941
	1954—1955	Jack McGrath
	1964—1965	Jim Clark
	1972—1973	Bobby Unser
	1989—1990	Emerson Fittipaldi
	1996—1997	Tony Stewart

Most laps led by rookie Six drivers have led forty percent or further distance of a given race in their first year of competition.
Laps	Percent Race Led	Year	Driver	Start Pos	Final Pos
167	83.5%	2000	Juan Pablo Montoya	2	1
143	71.5%	1947	Bill Holland	8	2
138	69.0%	1913	Jules Goux	7	1
102	51.0%	1914	René Thomas	15	1
95	59.4%	1926	Frank Lockhart	20	1
85	42.5%	2002	Tomas Scheckter	10	26

Age records

Top ten oldest winners
Year	Driver	Age
		Descriptive		Exact Days
		Years	Days
1987	Al Unser	47	360	17,527
1981	Bobby Unser	47	93	17,260
1993	Emerson Fittipaldi	46	169	16,971
1982	Gordon Johncock	45	278	16,714
1997	Arie Luyendyk	43	248	15,954
1957	Sam Hanks	42	320	15,661
1989	Emerson Fittipaldi	42	167	15,508
1977	A.J. Foyt	42	133	15,474
1980	Johnny Rutherford	42	101	15,415
1948	Mauri Rose	42	5	15,346

Top ten youngest winners
Year	Driver	Age
		Descriptive		Exact Days
		Years	Days
1952	Troy Ruttman	22	80	8,116
1912	Joe Dawson	22	318	8,352
1926	Frank Lockhart	23	53	8,454
1928	Louis Meyer	23	314	8,714
1995	Jacques Villeneuve	24	49	8,815
1930	Billy Arnold	24	165	8,931
2016	Alexander Rossi	24	247	9,013
2000	Juan Pablo Montoya	24	251	9,017
1924	Lora L. Corum*	25	143	9,273
2001	Hélio Castroneves	26	17	9,514
* 1924 winning entry credited with two winning drivers, with Corum starting, but race lead assumed only after relief, and eventual drive to victory, by Joe Boyer.

Oldest Starter:

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

Youngest Starter:

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

Miscellaneous competitive records

Most race starts Six drivers have started at least twenty race races.
Starts	Driver	Career Victories				Notes
35	A.J. Foyt	1961	1964	1967	1977	1958—1992, consecutive
29	Mario Andretti	1969
27	Al Unser	1970	1971	1978	1987
24	Johnny Rutherford	1974	1976	1980
	Gordon Johncock	1973	1982
22	George Snider					Most starts without winning
21	Gary Bettenhausen

Best Female Driver Finishes Races with one or more female drivers finishing in the top ten
Year	Start Pos	Final Pos	Driver	Notes
2009	10	3	Danica Patrick
2005	4	4	Danica Patrick	Led 19 laps; first female driver leader
2010	23	6	Danica Patrick
2006	10	8	Danica Patrick
2007	8	8	Danica Patrick
1978	15	9	Janet Guthrie	First top ten, female driver
2011	25	10	Danica Patrick	Led 10 laps; most recent female driver leader

Most Leaders in Race Races with more than ten race leaders
Leaders	Year	Winner
14	2013	Tony Kanaan
13	2016	Alexander Rossi
12	1993	Emerson Fittipaldi
11	2014	Ryan Hunter-Reay

Fewest Leaders in Race Races with three or fewer race leaders
Leaders	Year	Winner
2	1930	Billy Arnold
	1965	Jim Clark
3	1912	Joe Dawson
	1916	Dario Resta
	1919	Howdy Wilcox
	1938	Floyd Roberts
	1940	Wilbur Shaw
	1947	Mauri Rose
	1950	Johnnie Parsons
	1952	Troy Ruttman
	1967	A.J. Foyt
	1968	Bobby Unser
	1990	Arie Luyendyk
	1994	Al Unser, Jr.

Most Starters in Race Races with more than 33 starting entries
Started	Year	Winner	Notes
42	1933	Louis Meyer	Full field
40	1911	Ray Harroun	Unlimited potential field size; 40 entries achieving required minimum speed
	1931	Louis Schneider	Full field
	1932	Fred Frame	Full field
38	1930	Billy Arnold	40 potential starting positions
35	1979	Rick Mears	2 further starting positions allotted from technical regulations ruling
	1997	Arie Luyendyk	2 further starting positions allotted from technical regulations ruling

Fewest Starters in Race Races with fewer than 33 starting entries
Started	Year	Winner	Notes
21	1916	Dario Resta	30 potential starting positions
22	1924	Lora L. Corum	33 potential starting positions Corum and Boyer, co-drivers of winning entry
		Joe Boyer
	1925	Peter DePaolo	33 potential starting positions
23	1920	Gaston Chevrolet	33 potential starting positions
	1921	Tommy Milton	33 potential starting positions
24	1912	Joe Dawson	30 potential starting positions
	1915	Ralph DePalma	33 potential starting positions
	1923	Tommy Milton	33 potential starting positions
27	1913	Jules Goux	30 potential starting positions
	1922	Jimmy Murphy	33 potential starting positions
28	1926	Frank Lockhart	33 potential starting positions
29	1928	Louis Meyer	33 potential starting positions
30	1914	René Thomas	Full field
	1947	Mauri Rose	33 potential starting positions

Most Lead Changes in Race Races with twenty-five or more lead changes
Lead Changes	Year	Winner
68	2013	Tony Kanaan
54	2016	Alexander Rossi
37	2015	Juan Pablo Montoya
34	2012	Dario Franchitti
	2014	Ryan Hunter-Reay
29	1960	Jim Rathmann
28	1923	Tommy Milton
27	2005	Dan Wheldon

Fewest Lead Changes in Race Races with three or fewer lead changes
Lead Changes	Year	Winner
1	1930	Billy Arnold
2	1912	Joe Dawson
	1916	Dario Resta
3	1919	Howdy Wilcox
	1931	Louis Schneider
	1949	Bill Holland

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:

• 2: 18, A.J. Foyt and Al Unser

Greatest improvement from starting position:

• 32 positions, 38th to 6th, Zeke Meyer, 1932

Most consecutive laps completed without falling out of competition:

• 1,733 laps, Scott Dixon, 2006-2014

Most cars and teams entered

• 117, 1984

Race conditions

Highest Race Temperatures[1] Races with air temperature equaling or exceeding 90°F (32°C)
Year	Degrees		Race Winner	Notes
	°F	°C
1937	92°	33°	Wilbur Shaw
1953	91°	33°	Bill Vukovich	With anecdotal, "unofficial" testimony placing air temperature at the track itself during the race near, at or exceeding 100 °F / 38 °C, potentially the hottest race in history, with at least one fatality, Carl Scarborough, due to heat illness
1919	91°	33°	Howdy Wilcox
2012	91°	33°	Dario Franchitti	Reports at the track claimed temperature of 93 °F / 34 °C
1978	90°	32°	Al Unser
1977	90°	32°	A.J. Foyt
Note	—			96 °F / 35 °C, claimed for the start of the 2010 race, but subsequent data reviews indicate an inaccurate reporting

Lowest Race Temperatures[1] Races with highest air temperature not exceeding 65°F (18°C)
Year	Degrees		Race Winner	Notes
	°F	°C
1992	58°	14°	Al Unser, Jr.	51 °F / 11 °C, lowest air temperature at start of race; 38 °F / 3 °C, coldest recorded wind chill during race
1997	60°	16°	Arie Luyendyk
1930	62°	17°	Billy Arnold
1947	63°	17°	Mauri Rose	37 °F / 3 °C, lowest air temperature on race morning; 50 °F / 10 °C, lowest average air temperature throughout race day
2003	65°	18°	Gil de Ferran
1924	65°	18°	Lora L. Corum
			Joe Boyer

Rain-shortened races
Year	Laps	Distance		Race Winner
		(miles)	(km)
1926	160	400.000	673.738	Frank Lockhart
1950	138	345.000	555.224	Johnnie Parsons
1973	133	332.500	535.107	Gordon Johncock
1975	174	435.000	700.065	Bobby Unser
1976	102	255.000	410.383	Johnny Rutherford
2004	180	450.000	724.205	Buddy Rice
2007	166	415.000	667.878	Dario Franchitti

Distance records

Career Furthest Distance Competed Five drivers have completed at least three thousand laps, or seven thousand five hundred miles, in race competition.
Rank	Driver	Laps	Miles	Starts	Race Victories
1	A. J. Foyt	4,909	12,272.5	35	1961	1964	1967	1977
2	Al Unser	4,356	10,890.0	27	1970	1971	1978	1987
3	Al Unser, Jr.	3,173	7,932.5	19	1992	1994
4	Gordon Johncock	3,158	7,895.0	24	1973	1982
5	Mario Andretti	3,050	7,625.0	29	1969

Most years completing the full 500 miles

• 12 Helio Castroneves (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016)

Most consecutive years completing the full 500 miles

• 6 Wilbur Shaw (1935-1940)
• 6 Rodger Ward (1959-1964)
• 6 Scott Dixon (2008-2013)

Most consecutive laps completed

• 1,733 Scott Dixon (from the start of the 2006 race through lap 167 of 2014 race)

Indianapolis 500 Race Interval Average Speed Records

Laps	Distance (miles)	Driver	Team	Time*	Average Speed (mph)	Year
1	2.5	Tony Kanaan	Andretti-Green Racing	0:00:41.3359	217.728	2007
2	5	Tony Stewart	Team Menard	0:01:21.0940	221.965	1996
4	10	Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing	0:02:43.7710	219.819	2003
10	25	Tony Kanaan	Andretti-Green Racing	0:06:45.7841	221.703	2005
20	50	Bruno Junqueira	Chip Ganassi Racing	0:13:36.0110	220.585	2002
30	75	Bruno Junqueira	Chip Ganassi Racing	0:20:43.0900	217.201	2002
40	100	Will Power	Penske Racing	0:28:15.6460	212.308	2014
50	125	Will Power	Penske Racing	0:35:14.1823	212.848	2014
60	150	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	0:42:12.2288	213.251	2014
70	175	Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing	0:49:41.5486	211.300	2014
80	200	Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing	0:56:32.6565	212.223	2014
90	225	Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing	1:03:21.4821	213.075	2014
100	250	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	1:10:47.8745	211.871	2014
110	275	Hélio Castroneves	Penske Racing	1:17:37.1795	212.575	2014
120	300	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	1:24:24.0448	213.268	2014
130	325	Juan Pablo Montoya	Penske Racing	1:31:17.6531	213.595	2014
140	350	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	1:38:42.8021	212.737	2014
150	375	Marco Andretti	Andretti Autosport	1:45:51.7817	212.539	2014
160	400	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	1:58:29.5150	202.543	2014
170	425	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	2:06:41.8255	201.267	2014
180	450	Carlos Muñoz	Andretti Autosport	2:20:41.0171	191.920	2013
190	475	Ryan Hunter-Reay	Andretti Autosport	2:28:09.0275	192.372	2013
200	500	Tony Kanaan	KV Racing Technology	2:40:03.4181	187.433	2013
* With official timing and scoring first recording ten-thousandth-second intervals in 2004, years previous assigned zero as decimal placeholder.

Related lists

Drivers who crashed while leading during final one hundred miles of race

• 1931: Billy Arnold - Arnold charged from 18th starting position to lead the race by lap 7. Arnold, who had dominated the 1930 race (led 198 laps), 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 lead 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.

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