Indianapolis 500 firsts

Wins, Leaders and Race Competition

Year First Achiever(s) Notes
1911 Winning driver United States Ray Harroun Retired from racing competition upon victory
Winning owner United States Nordyke & Marmon Company Withdrew from racing competition upon victory
Rear-view mirror mounted,
and winning, car
United States Marmon Wasp First entry with rear-view mirror, all international motorsports competition
1913 Rookie winner (excluding first race) France Jules Goux First to win in first career start, excluding first race
Non-American winner  
European winner  
France French winner  
1915 Italy Italian winner Italy Ralph DePalma De Palma obtained his American citizenship in 1920
1916 Multiple-winning owner(s) France Peugeot Winning owners, 1913, 1916
1922 Winner from pole position United States Jimmy Murphy  
Winner leading first lap  
Driver-Owner winner  
Race and Grand Prix winning car United States Duesenberg 1921 GP Won 1921 French Grand Prix
1923 Two-time winner United States Tommy Milton Winner, 1921, 1923
1924 Co-winners United States Lora L. Corum
United States Joe Boyer
Corum starting, Boyer finishing
1924 Repeat-winning owner(s) United States Duesenberg  
1925  
1926 Rain-shortened race winner United States Frank Lockhart Race concluded by rain at 160 laps, 400 miles (640 km), with Lockhart holding a two lap lead
1936 Three-time winner United States Louis Meyer Winner, 1928, 1933, 1936
1939 Repeat-winning driver
Repeat-winning car
United States Wilbur Shaw
Italy Maserati 8CTF
 
1940
1947 First-and-second place finish by teammates United States Mauri Rose Rose victorious
United States Bill Holland Holland second
Three consecutive-winning owner United States Lou Moore  
1948  
1949  
1952 Rookie of the Year award winner United States Art Cross First awarded in 36th running of the race
1965 Race and World Championship winner, and in same year United Kingdom Jim Clark  
United Kingdom British winner United Kingdom Dario Resta, 1916 winning driver, was Italian-born; United States George Robson, 1946 winning driver, was a British-born American national
Scotland Scottish winner Drivers originating from countries within the United Kingdom traditionally operate under British classification
Rear-engined winning car United Kingdom Lotus 38 United Kingdom Team Lotus, entrant
1966 Race and Monaco Grand Prix winner United Kingdom 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 United States A.J. Foyt United States Dan Gurney, Le Mans teammate and co-driver
1969 Race and Daytona 500 winner United States 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 United States Mario Andretti Winner, 1969;
First year competed after winning 1972 24 Hours of Daytona
Wing-mounted winning car United Kingdom McLaren M16 Entered by United States Roger Penske, driven by United States Mark Donohue
1977 Four-time winner United States A.J. Foyt Winner, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1977
Female qualifier United States Janet Guthrie Qualified 26th
1989 South American winner Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi  
Brazil Brazilian winner  
1990 Netherlands Dutch winner Netherlands Arie Luyendyk  
1992 Female Rookie of the Year United States Lyn St. James Finished 13th
1993 Two-time Race and two-time World Championship winner Brazil Emerson Fittipaldi Winner, 1989;
Winner, 1972 and 1974 World Championships
1995 Canada Canadian winner Canada Jacques Villeneuve  
1999 Sweden Swedish winner Sweden Kenny Bräck  
2000 Colombia Colombian winner Colombia Juan Pablo Montoya  
2001 Rookie and sophomore winner Brazil Hélio Castroneves First to win in first two career starts
2002
2005 Female leader United States Danica Patrick Led 19 laps; Lap 192, latest
2008 New Zealand New Zealand winner New Zealand Scott Dixon
2009 Three females both starting and finishing Race United States Danica Patrick
United States Sarah Fisher
Venezuela Milka Duno
Danica Patrick finished 3rd, becoming the highest finishing female in race history.
2011 Winner leading only final lap United Kingdom Dan Wheldon Took lead from United States J.R. Hildebrand on the final lap.

Race Average Finishing Speeds

Year Speed
Barrier
Race Winner Time Average Speed Notes
(mph) (km/h)
1911 70 mph United States Ray Harroun 6:42:08.92 74.602 129.060 First race
1914 80 mph France René Thomas 6:03:46.12 82.47 132.72  
1922 90 mph United States Jimmy Murphy 5:17:30.79 94.48 152.05 Victory in 1921 French Grand Prix winning car
1925 100 mph United States Peter DePaolo 4:56:39.45 101.127 162.748 First race completed in under 5 hours
1937 110 mph United States Wilbur Shaw 4:24:07.08 113.580 182.789 Last two-seat winning car
1949 120 mph United States Bill Holland 4:07:14.97 121.327 195.257  
1954 130 mph United States Bill Vukovich 3:49:17.27 130.840 210.567  
1962 140 mph United States Rodger Ward 3:33:50.33 140.293 225.780  
1965 150 mph United Kingdom Jim Clark 3:19:05.34 150.686 242.506  
1972 160 mph United States Mark Donohue 3:04:05.54 162.962 262.262  
1986 170 mph United States Bobby Rahal 2:55:43.470 170.722 274.750 First race completed in under 3 hours
1990 180 mph Netherlands Arie Luyendyk 2:41:18.404 185.981 299.307 Currently third-fastest time for 500 miles

Qualifications

Pole Position

Year Speed
Barrier
Driver Speed Notes
(mph) (km/h)
1911 N/A United States Lewis Strang No full lap First race; grid determined by entry date
1915 90 mph United States Howdy Wilcox 98.90 159.16 First year, grid position determined by qualification speed
1919 100 mph France René Thomas 104.780 168.627  
1925 110 mph United States Leon Duray 113.196 182.171  
1927 120 mph United States Frank Lockhart 120.100 193.282  
1939 130 mph United States Jimmy Snyder 130.138 209.437  
1954 140 mph United States Jack McGrath 141.033 226.971 Engine augmented with nitromethane additive, then legal
1962 150 mph United States Parnelli Jones 150.370 241.997  
1965 160 mph United States A.J. Foyt 161.233 259.479  
1968 170 mph United States Joe Leonard 171.559 276.097 Turbine-engined car
1972 180 mph United States 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 United States Tom Sneva 202.156 325.339 Broke one-lap 200 mph qualifying barrier in 1977
1984 210 mph 210.029 338.009  
1989 220 mph United States Rick Mears 223.885 360.308  
1992 230 mph Colombia 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.

Miscellenia

References

Indianapolis 500 Chronicle, John Pope, copyright 1999
2005 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Program
2006 Indianapolis 500-Mile Race Program

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