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The winner of the Indianapolis 500 is awarded the Borg-Warner Trophy .
The Indianapolis 500 is an automobile race , held annually on the last weekend in May to coincide with Memorial Day . The race is held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway , located in Speedway, Indiana . The Indianapolis 500 is an open-wheel car race and is currently sanctioned by Indy Racing League LLC, and has been run as an IndyCar Series event since 1996 . The Indianapolis 500 is considered one of the most traditional and historical races in the world, and is also considered one of the three most significant motorsport races in the world.
The first Indianapolis 500 was held in 1911 , where Ray Harroun was declared the first winner, driving the Marmon Wasp . The race has been run annually since 1911 (with exceptions during World War I and World War II ) and 73 drivers have been crowned champions of the 500-mile race over the course of 103 races. The most race victories held by a single driver is four, which has been accomplished only by A. J. Foyt , Al Unser and Rick Mears . The Indianapolis 500 has also drawn many international drivers to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway over the years, with 26 of the winners coming from outside of the United States, representing nine separate countries. The most recent champion of the Indianapolis 500 is Simon Pagenaud , winner of the 2019 race .
The winner of the Indianapolis 500 receives many prizes, many based on past tradition. One of the most iconic traditions is for the winner of the Indianapolis 500 to drink a bottle of milk, a tradition started by Louis Meyer when he won the race in 1936 .[ 1] The winner is also presented with a wreath in victory lane, and has the opportunity to kiss the yard of brick (the start/finish line), an Indianapolis Motor Speedway tradition started by NASCAR driver Dale Jarrett in 1996 at the Brickyard 400 and adopted by 500 winners since 2003. The winner of the race also receives the pace car used during that race, and will have on the Borg-Warner Trophy a bas-relief sculpture of their face added to the base. The Borg-Warner Trophy has been used since 1936 and along with the sculpture on the original trophy, the winning driver and car owner receive a small replica.[ 2] The Indianapolis 500 winner also receives a large purse, most recently at $ 2.49 million, given to Ryan Hunter-Reay in 2014.[ 3] Other prizes have been given to the race winner over the years, including a quilt, made by Jeanetta Holder, which is presented to the driver annually at the winner's photo shoot.[ 4]
List of winners
Fisher Era – AAA sanctioning (1911–1927)
(R) Indicates driver was a rookie
Penske Era – INDYCAR sanctioning (2020–Present)
Year
Date
Driver
Team / Owner
Chassis
Engine
Tire
Race Distance
Time
Average Speed
Car Name
Laps
Miles
2020
August 23
To be determined
To be determined
Dallara UAK18
To be determined
F
200
500
To be determined
To be determined
To be determined
* Race rain-shortened
Driver statistics
Active driver victories
Multiple victories
Consecutive victories
Rookie winners (inaugural race inclusive)
* Louis Meyer won in his first start in 1928 , but had served as a relief driver, and thus running laps in competition, the year before.
Nationalities of non-American winners
[a] American national
[b] French national
[c] British national
Race and National Championship victories in same year
* From 1979–1995, the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race and the American Open Wheel National Championship were sanctioned by separate organizations, USAC and CART, respectively. From 1980–1995, winners of a USAC Gold Crown Championship were officially declared. From 1985 onwards, the Indianapolis 500 was the only race on the Gold Crown calendar. The winner of the Indianapolis 500 would be the Gold Crown champion; as such championship consisted solely of Indianapolis, Gold Crown winners from 1985 to 1995 are indistinguishable from Indianapolis winners in those same years.
Winning drivers who did not start next race
Year Won
Driver
Reason For Not Starting
1911
Ray Harroun
Retired for second and final time in victory lane
1912
Joe Dawson
Unknown; returned, 1914
1914
René Thomas
World War I service in France; returned, 1919
1915
Ralph DePalma
Inadmissible (late) entry application, 1916, after facility management's rejection of appearance-fee requirement; returned, 1919
1916
Dario Resta
Business interests; returned, 1923
1920
Gaston Chevrolet
Fatal motorsports accident, Beverly Hills Speedway , 25 November 1920
1924
Lora L. Corum
Unknown; returned, 1926
Joe Boyer
Fatal motorsports accident, Altoona Speedway , 2 September 1924
1929
Ray Keech
Fatal motorsports accident, Altoona Speedway, 15 June 1929
1935
Kelly Petillo
Unknown; returned, 1937
1941
Floyd Davis 1
Unknown
1946
George Robson
Fatal motorsports accident, Lakewood Speedway , 2 September 1946
1951
Lee Wallard
Career-ending motorsports accident, shortly after victory
1952
Troy Ruttman
Sprint car crash injury, August 1952; returned, 1954
1956
Pat Flaherty
Severe injury, motorsports accident, Illinois State Fairgrounds, 18 August 1956; returned, 1959
1957
Sam Hanks
Retired in victory lane
1981
Bobby Unser
Semi-retired; served as team manager for Josele Garza ; retired permanently in 1983
1994
Al Unser Jr.
Did not qualify ; returned, 2000 (CART-IRL split)
1995
Jacques Villeneuve
Drove in Formula One ; returned, 2014
1999
Kenny Bräck
Drove in CART ; returned, 2002
2000
Juan Pablo Montoya
Drove in Formula One ; raced at IMS in the United States Grand Prix , 2001–06 and Brickyard 400 , 2007–2014; returned, 2014
2003
Gil de Ferran
Retired at the conclusion of 2003 IRL season; returned as a car owner for 2010 season.
2004
Buddy Rice
Practice session crash injury, back injury ; replaced by Kenny Bräck ; returned, 2006
2007
Dario Franchitti
Drove in NASCAR 2 ; returned, 2009
2011
Dan Wheldon
Fatal motorsports accident , Las Vegas Motor Speedway , 16 October 2011
1 Davis was relieved by Mauri Rose on Lap 72. Rose competed in the next 500 in 1946.
2 Franchitti had signed with Chip Ganassi Racing to run a NASCAR Sprint Cup Series season for Ganassi in 2008, but was injured April 25 at the Aaron's 312 Nationwide Series race. That team shut down in July 2008 because of sponsorship issues, and Franchitti returned to the IRL with Ganassi in time for the exhibition race in Surfers Paradise, racing the full season in 2009.
Owners
Consecutive owner victories
Wins
Owner
Years
3
Lou Moore
1947 , 1948 , 1949
Team Penske
2001 , 2002 , 2003
2
Duesenberg
1924 , 1925
Boyle Racing Headquarters
1939 , 1940
Howard Keck
1953 , 1954
John Zink
1955 , 1956
George Salih
1957 , 1958
Vel's Parnelli Jones Racing
1970 , 1971
Team Penske
1984 , 1985 1987 , 1988 1993 , 1994 2018 , 2019
Driver/Owners
Constructors and suppliers
Chassis
Engines
* 1995 and 1996 races won by engines developed by Cosworth but badged as "Ford-Cosworth" and nominally considered Ford Motor Company products; thus counted as Ford entries, in accordance with a 1992 arrangement mirroring that of "Ford-Cosworth" Formula One engines.
^ 1994 race won by engine developed by Illmor but badged as "Mercedes Benz" and nominally considered Mercedes-Benz product; thus counted as Mercedes Benz entries, in accordance with a 1994 arrangement mirroring that of "Chevrolet" IndyCar engines that were developed by Illmour from 1986-1993 but badged as Chevrolets.
Tires
Miscellanea
Winning starting positions
Entries starting from the first row have won 43 of the 102 races held so far, 42.157 percent.
Chronological
By starting position
Pos.
Wins
Years:
1 (Pole)
21
1922
1923
1930
1938
1953
1956
1963
1970
1976
1979
1980
1981
1988
1991
1994
1997
2004
2006
2008
2009
2019
2
11
1915
1919
1925
1937
1940
1951
1960
1962
1965
1969
2000
3
12
1939
1947
1948
1968
1972
1975
1984
1989
1990
2007
2010
2018
4
7
1916
1949
1967
1977
1983
1986
2017
5
7
1950
1964
1971
1978
1982
1995
1996
6
5
1920
1929
1933
1959
2011
7
5
1912
1913
1952
1958
1961
8
2
1985
1999
9
1
1993
10
2
1934
2003
11
3
1973
2001
2016
12
2
1992
2013
13
4
1928
1931
1957
2002
14
1
1955
15
4
1914
1946
1966
2015
16
2
2005
2012
17
2
1941
1998
18
0
(Best finish, second: 1920, 2009, 2010)
19
2
1954
2014
20
3
1921
1926
1987
21
1
1924
22
2
1927
1935
23
0
(Best finish, second: 1933)
24
0
(Best finish, fourth: 1967, 1969, 1972, 1995, 2009)
25
1
1974
26
0
(Best finish, third: 1956, 1960)
27
1
1932
28
2
1911
1936
29
0
(Best finish, second: 1911, 2002)
30
0
(Best finish, fourth: 1936)
31
0
(Best finish, fourth: 1951)
32
0
(Best finish, second: 1957, 1981)
33
0
(Best finish, second: 1980, 1992)
34-42
0
Winning car numbers
Chronological
By Number
No.
Wins
Years:
51
1
1998
52
0
53
0
54
0
55
0
56
0
57
0
58
0
59
0
60
0
61
0
62
0
63
0
64
0
65
0
66
1
1972
67
0
68
1
2001
69
0
70
0
71
0
72
0
73
0
74
0
75
0
76
0
77
0
78
0
79
0
80
0
81
0
82
1
1965
83
0
84
0
85
0
86
0
87
0
88
0
89
0
90
0
91
1
1996
92
0
93
0
94
0
95
0
96
0
97
0
98
4
1952
1963
2011
2016
99
1
1951
No.
Wins
Years:
0
0
00
0
01
0
02
0
03
0
04
0
05
0
06
0
07
0
08
0
09
0
The race winners in 1975 (AAR signature 48), 1999 (Foyt team signature 14), 2010 (Ganassi does not use 1 after titles) and 2012 (Ganassi used 50 because of the sponsor's 50th anniversary) were defending national champions, entitled to have car number 1 as defending series champions, but chose not to use it.
Notes
a De Palma is usually shown as American, but his application for a United States passport (available at [1] ) reveals that he did not become a US citizen until 1920.
b Resta was an Italian-born naturalized Briton .
c The 1916 race was scheduled for 300 miles.
d Chevrolet was French-born and held Swiss citizenship. It is uncertain if he became a United States citizen before his death.
e Corum started the 1924 race in the car. During the race, Boyer took over in relief and drove the car to victory. As a result, the two drivers were declared co-winners.
f Davis started the 1941 race in the car. During the race, Rose took over in relief and drove the car to victory. As a result, the two drivers were declared co-winners.
g Robson was born in the United Kingdom, emigrated first to Canada and then to the United States. He became a United States citizen in 1937.
h Andretti was an Italian-born naturalized American.
i The 2013 race holds the record for the fastest average speed.
j Gil de Ferran was French born.
k Mauri Rose was co-winner with Floyd Davis in 1941.
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