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Year | First | Achiever(s) | Notes | ||
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1911 | Winning driver | Ray Harroun | Retired from racing competition upon victory | ||
Winning owner | Nordyke & Marmon Company | Withdrew from racing competition upon victory | |||
1913 | Rookie winner (excluding first race) | Jules Goux | First to win in first career start, excluding first race | ||
Non-American winner | |||||
European winner | |||||
French winner | |||||
1916 | Multiple-winning owner(s) | Peugeot | Winning owners, 1913, 1916 | ||
1922 | Winner from pole position | Jimmy Murphy | |||
Owner/Driver winner | |||||
Race and Grand Prix winning car | Duesenberg 1921 GP | Won 1921 French Grand Prix | |||
1923 | Two-time winner | Tommy Milton | Winner, 1921, 1923 | ||
1924 | Co-winners | Lora L. Corum Joe Boyer |
Corum starting, Boyer finishing | ||
1924 | Repeat-winning owner(s) | Duesenberg | |||
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1926 | Rain-shortened race winner | Frank Lockhart | Race concluded by rain at 160 laps, 400 miles (640 km), with Lockhart holding a two lap lead | ||
1936 | Three-time winner | Louis Meyer | Winner, 1928, 1933, 1936 | ||
1939 | Repeat-winning driver Repeat-winning car |
Wilbur Shaw Maserati 8CTF |
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1947 | First-and-second place finish by teammates | Mauri Rose | Rose victorious | ||
Bill Holland | Holland second | ||||
Three consecutive-winning owner | Lou Moore | ||||
1948 | |||||
1949 | |||||
1952 | Rookie of the Year award winner | Art Cross | First awarded in 36th running of the race | ||
1965 | Race and World Championship winner, and in same year | Jim Clark | |||
British winner | |||||
Rear-engined winning car | Lotus 38 | Team Lotus, entrant | |||
1966 | Race and Monaco Grand Prix winner | Graham Hill | Winner, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, and 1969 Monaco Grand Prix | ||
1967 | Race and 24 Hours of Le Mans winner, and in same year | A.J. Foyt | Dan Gurney, Le Mans teammate and co-driver | ||
1969 | Race and Daytona 500 winner | Mario Andretti | Winner, 1967 Daytona 500 | ||
Race and 12 Hours of Sebring winner | Winner, 1967, 1970, and 1972 12 Hours of Sebring | ||||
1972 | Race and 24 Hours of Daytona winner | Mario Andretti | Winner, 1969; First year competed after winning 1972 24 Hours of Daytona |
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Wing-mounted winning car | McLaren M16 | Entered by Roger Penske, driven by Mark Donohue | |||
1977 | Four-time winner | A.J. Foyt | Winner, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1977 | ||
Female competitor | Janet Guthrie | Qualified 26th | |||
1989 | South American winner | Emerson Fittipaldi | |||
Brazilian winner | |||||
1990 | Dutch winner | Arie Luyendyk | |||
1992 | Female Rookie of the Year | Lyn St. James | Finished 13th | ||
1993 | Two-time Race and two-time World Championship winner | Emerson Fittipaldi | Winner, 1972 and 1974 World Championships; Winner, 1989 |
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1995 | Canadian winner | Jacques Villeneuve | |||
1999 | Swedish winner | Kenny Bräck | |||
2000 | Colombian winner | Juan Pablo Montoya | |||
2001 | Rookie and sophomore winner | Hélio Castroneves | First to win in first two career starts | ||
2002 | |||||
2005 | Female leader | Danica Patrick | Led 19 laps; Lap 192, latest | ||
2008 | New Zealand winner | Scott Dixon | |||
2009 | Three females both starting and finishing Race | Danica Patrick Sarah Fisher Milka Duno |
Danica Patrick finished 3rd, becoming the highest finishing female in race history. | ||
2011 | Winner only having led the last lap | Dan Wheldon | Took lead from J.R. Hildebrand on the final lap. | ||
Year | Speed Barrier |
Race Winner | Average Speed | Notes | |
(mph) | (km/h) | ||||
1911 | 70 mph | Ray Harroun | 74.602 | 129.060 | First race |
1914 | 80 mph | René Thomas | 82.47 | 132.72 | |
1922 | 90 mph | Jimmy Murphy | 94.48 | 152.05 | Victory in 1921 French Grand Prix winning car |
1925 | 100 mph | Peter DePaolo | 101.127 | 162.748 | First race completed in under 5 hours |
1937 | 110 mph | Wilbur Shaw | 113.580 | 182.789 | Last two-seat winning car |
1949 | 120 mph | Bill Holland | 121.327 | 195.257 | |
1954 | 130 mph | Bill Vukovich | 130.840 | 210.567 | |
1962 | 140 mph | Rodger Ward | 140.293 | 225.780 | |
1965 | 150 mph | Jim Clark | 150.686 | 242.506 | |
1972 | 160 mph | Mark Donohue | 162.962 | 262.262 | |
1986 | 170 mph | Bobby Rahal | 170.722 | 274.750 | First race completed in under 3 hours |
1990 | 180 mph | Arie Luyendyk | 185.981 | 299.307 | Current race record average speed |
Year | Speed Barrier |
Driver | Speed | Notes | |
(mph) | (km/h) | ||||
1911 | N/A | Lewis Strang | No full lap | First race; grid determined by entry date | |
1915 | 90 mph | Howdy Wilcox | 98.90 | 159.16 | First year, grid position determined by qualification speed |
1919 | 100 mph | René Thomas | 104.780 | 168.627 | |
1925 | 110 mph | Leon Duray | 113.196 | 182.171 | |
1927 | 120 mph | Frank Lockhart | 120.100 | 193.282 | |
1939 | 130 mph | Jimmy Snyder | 130.138 | 209.437 | |
1954 | 140 mph | Jack McGrath | 141.033 | 226.971 | Engine augmented with nitromethane additive, then legal |
1962 | 150 mph | Parnelli Jones | 150.370 | 241.997 | |
1965 | 160 mph | A.J. Foyt | 161.233 | 259.479 | |
1968 | 170 mph | Joe Leonard | 171.559 | 276.097 | Turbine-engined car |
1972 | 180 mph | Bobby Unser† | 195.940 | 315.335 | 17 mph (27 km/h) increase in pole record speed, largest margin to date |
190 mph | |||||
1978 | 200 mph | Tom Sneva | 202.156 | 325.339 | |
1984 | 210 mph | 210.029 | 338.009 | ||
1989 | 220 mph | Rick Mears | 223.885 | 360.308 | |
1992 | 230 mph | Roberto Guerrero | 232.482 | 374.144 |
†- During time trials, Bill Vukovich II turned his first lap at 185.797 mph (299.011 km/h), to set the one-lap track record, and was the first driver to officially break the 180 mph (290 km/h) barrier. He, however, crashed on his second lap, and did not complete the four-lap qualifying run. Later in the afternoon, Joe Leonard qualified a four-lap average of 185.223 mph (298.088 km/h) to break the four-lap 180 mph (290 km/h) barrier. Later in the day, however, Bobby Unser qualified even faster, over 190 mph (310 km/h), and became the first pole position winner to break 180 mph (290 km/h) and 190 mph (310 km/h) for his four-lap average.
Indianapolis 500 Chronicle, John Pope, copyright 1999
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