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DANICA LEAVING AGR!
Started this discussion. Last reply by Wilsonfan Jun 19, 2009. 4 Replies 0 Likes
Danica says she wont discuss her future until after the IndyCar season........meaning she's leaving the AGR team and to talk of it before the end of the season would only be a distraction to the…Continue
Tracy & Foyt Match....
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Paul Tracy is w/o a doubt one of the most talented open-wheel drivers out there. Like him or hate him, it's a fact......now here's the deal, with that said, if Paul Tracy can't make a Foyt car run up…Continue
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THE INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY and INDY 500 MILE RACE
More History / More Drama / More Tragedy / More Success than any other track on earth!
2010 IRL IZOD IndyCar Series Drivers
# 2 RAPHAEL MATOS - US Air Force/Marines - Luzco-Dragon/de Ferran Motorsports
#02 Graham Rahal ? - sponsorship ? - Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
# 3 HELIO CASTRONEVES*** - Team Penske/Mobil 1/Verizon - Team Penske
# 4 DAN WHELDON* - National Guard/Fischer House - Panther Racing
# 5 TAKUMO SATO-F1 - Formula Dream ? Azul Tequila ? - KV Racing Technology
# 6 RYAN BRISCOE - Team Penske/Mobil 1/Verizon - Team Penske
#06 HIDEKI MUTOH - Formula Dream ? /Panasonic - Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
# 7 DANICA PATRICK - GoDaddy.com/AirTran - Andretti Autosport
# 8 EJ VISO - PDVSA/HerbaLife/canTV/SBA Airlines - KV Racing Technology
# 9 SCOTT DIXON* - Target/Energizer/Polaroid - Chip Ganassi Racing
#10 DARIO FRANCHITTI* - Target/Energizer/Polaroid - Chip Ganassi Racing
#11 TONY KANAAN - 7-Eleven Slurpee/Kraft - Andretti Autosport
#12 WILL POWER - Verizon Wireless/Mobil 1 - Team Penske
#14 VITOR MEIRA - ABC Supply Co/GAP-ELK - AJ Foyt Racing
#15 PAUL TRACY - GEICO/ Honda Canada ? - KV Racing Technology
#16 Giorgio Patano-R ? Scott Sharp ? - Patron ? MuscleMilk ? - Panther Racing ?
#17 Oriol Servia ? - sponsorship ? - Rahal-Letterman Racing ?
#18 Graham Rahal ? - Z-Line Designs ? - Dale Coyne Racing
#19 J.R. Hildebrand-R ? - Sonny's Bar-B-Q ? - Dale Coyne Racing
#20 ED CARPENTER - sponsorship ? - Vision Racing
#21 ? Frank Montagny-R ? w/ De Ferran Motorsports and Vision Racing ?
#22 JUSTIN WILSON - Z-Line Designs - Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#23 Bia Figueiredo-R ? - sponsorship ? - Dreyer & Reinbold Racing ?
#24 MIKE CONWAY - Dad's Root Beer/Roll Coater - Dreyer & Reinbold
#26 MARCO ANDRETTI - Venom/Comfort Resolution - Andretti Autosport
#32 JAMES ROSSITER-R - Mariscos' - Conquest Racing ?
#33 ROBERT DOORNBOS - sponsorship ? - HVM Racing
#34 MARIO ROMANCINI-R - sponsorship tba - Conquest Racing
#37 RYAN HUNTER-REAY - IZOD/Go.Daddy.com - Andretti Autosport
#41 AJ Foyt IV ? - ABC Supply Co ? - AJ Foyt Racing Enterprises
#66 JAY HOWARD - Dollar General/Direct Supply - Sarah Fisher Racing
#67 SARAH FISHER - Dollar General/Direct Supply/AAA - Sarah Fisher Racing
#77 ALEX TAGLIANI - Bowers & Wilkens Speakers - FAZZT Race Team
#78 SIMON DE SILVESTRO-R - Stargate Resistance ? - HVM Racing
#98 Richard Antinucci ? Jaques Lazier ? - Curb Records - Team 3G
#99 TOWNSEND BELL - sponsorship TBA - Sam Schmidt Motorsports w/ Gassing
#TBA DAVEY HAMILTON - HP Computers - Luzco- Dragon/de Ferran Motorsports
#tba? Robby Gordon ? - sponsorship ? - Team ? (for Indy and maybe more)
Indy ? driver tba ? - Team Lotus USA ? - already existing IRL team ?
Indy ? Alex Gurney-R ? sponsorship ? - Rahal-Letterman Racing ?
* = Indy500 Winners
p/t = part-time
s/c = street courses
r/c = road courses
s/r = street/road courses
R = rookie driver
INDY 500 COMPETITION NOTES:
The 1st Indy 500 was held in 1911 and has run every year since, except during both World War I & II.
Only 3 drivers have won the Indy 500 4 times: AJ Foyt Jr., Al Unser Sr., & Rick Mears.
Last repeat winner was Helio Castroneves: 2001 & 2002 for Team Penske. (but Paul Tracy thinks he won the 02' race, after an official complaint, Helio was awarded the victory)
Helio Castroneves is the last rookie to win the race (2001).
Team Penske has won the Indy 500 a record 14 times,...UPDATE: now a record 15 Indy 500 wins with Helio's 09' victory!...however, in 1995, his two cars failed to qualify for the race w/ former winners Al Unser Jr & Emmerson Fittipaldi.
Only 5 women have ever qualified for the Indy 500: Milka Duno, Danica Patrick, Sarah Fisher, Lyn St. James & Janet Gutherie.
Only 6 women have ever attempted to qualify: the 5 above and Desire Wilson (she failed in her attempt).
Danica Patrick is the only woman to ever lead the Indy 500, (19 laps) and coming within 6 laps of winning the race (in 05'), finishing 4th. The highest finish for any woman in the 500...UPDATE: Danica Patrick broke her own record for a female by finishing 3rd in the 09' race!
Sarah Fisher is the fastest woman at Indy. Qualifing at a speed of 229+mph (4-lap average).
Sarah Fisher has been voted "Fan Favorite Driver" of the Indy 500 3 times since her rookie season in 2000.
In the last 13 races, only 3 American born drivers have won the Indy 500: Sam Hornish Jr in 2006; Buddy Rice in 2004; Buddy Lazier in 1996.
Most career Indy 500 starts: AJ Foyt Jr with 35.
Nobody with the last name of "Smith" has ever qualified for the Indy 500. (Smith is the most common last name in the United States).
No Car # beginning with "0" has ever won the 500. (example: #02 or #06)
Car Numbers that have NEVER won the Indy 500: 10, 11, 13, 18, 19, 21, 22, 29, 33, 37-47, 49, 50, 52-65, 67, 69-81, 83-90, 92-97, and no three digit numbers are used.
At 220 mph and IndyCar travels the lenght of a football field in approximately 1 second.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Track Record is held by Arie Luyendyk Sr. at 237.498 mph (37.895 seconds to travel 2.5 miles around the track in one lap). Arie set this record in 1996 driving for Byrd-Treadway Racing.
Only 7 of 93 Indy 500 mile races have been rain shortened and 5 others have had postponements due to rain and only one was schedule for less than 500 miles.
Lowest starting spot to win was 28th, in 1911 and again in 1936.
Closest finish: .043 of a second; Al Unser Jr over Scott Goodyear in 1992.
Approximately 70 people have died participating in the Indy 500 some capacity: drivers, crew members, firefighters and spectators.
The last death at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway came in 2003, when driver Tony Renna of Chip Ganassi Racing lost control in turn 3 during a tire testing session in October.
THE INDY LIGHTS DRIVERS for 2009
# 2 ANDREW PRENDEVILLE - Team Moore Racing - Xtreme Coil Drilling
# 3 SERGEY MOBSHANTZEV(R) - Brian Stewart Racing
# 4 SEAN GUTHRIE - Guthrie-Meyer Racing - Car Crafter Special
# 5 MARIO ROMANCINI(R) - Rahal-Letter/Anderson Racing - Allied Bldgs/Win Brazil
# 7 JAMES HINCHCLIFFE(R) - Sam Schmidt Motorsports - Lucas Oil Products
#11 WADE CUNNINGHAM - Sam Schmidt Motorsports - Lucas Oil Products
#15 MARTIN PLOWMAN(R) - Panther Racing - IUPUI
#16 PIPPA MANN(R) - Panther Racing - IUPUI
#18 JUNIOR STROUS(R) - ASR/Nelan Mtrspts/PDM Racing - Shell V-Power
#19 STEFAN WILSON(R) - FIRST Motorsports/Walker Racing/ASR Motorsports Group
#20 ANA BEATRIZ - Sam Schmidt Motorsports - Healthy Choice
#21 JAMES DAVISON - Vision Racing/Bryan Herta Autosport
#24 LOGAN GOMEZ - Alliance Motorsports - Oval Vodka
#25 Rahal-Letterman/Anderson Racing
#26 JR HILDEBRAND - Andretti-Green/AFS Racing - ARPRO/Mockett
#27 SEBASTIAN SAVEDRA(R) - AFS Racing/Andretti-Green - Automatic Fire Sprinklers
#28 DANIEL HERRINGTON(R) - Bryan Herta Autosport/Vision Racing - La Bleu/King Taco
#32 BRANDON WAGNER(R) - Davey Hamilton/Kingdom Racing
#34? GUSTAVO YACAMAN - Sam Schmidt Motorsports
#35 CHARLIE KIMBALL(R) - PBIR Motorsports (Palm Beach Int'l Raceway)
#36 RICHARD PHILIPPE(R) - Genoe Indy Lights
#37 JAY HOWARD - PBIR Motorsports (Palm Beach Int'l Raceway)
#49 JESSE MASON - Guthrie-Meyer Racing
#55 RODRIGO BARBOSA(R) - ELFF Racing
#59 ALI JACKSON(R) - Guthrie-Meyer Racing
#63 DUNCAN TAPPY(R) - Genoe Indy Lights - Celeb.fims.co.uk
#63 JONATHAN BOMARITO(R) - Genoe Indy Lights
#TBA Michele Bumgarner(R) - Walker Racing - NexGen MTD
# ?? HVM Racing ?
PAST INDY 500 WINNERS
2009: HELIO CASTRONEVES - #3 Team Penske/Mobil 1/Verizon/PhillipMorrisUSA
..........(Danica Patrick breaks her own record for highest finishing female, finshing 3rd)
2008: SCOTT DIXON - #9 Target/Chip Ganassi Racing
2007: DARIO FRANCHITTI - #27 Canadian Club/Andretti-Green Racing
..........(rain shortened: completed 415 miles)
..........(first time ever three women start Indy: Sarah Fisher, Danica Patrick & Milka Duno)
2006: SAM HORNISH JR - #6 Team Penske/Mobil 1/PhillipMorrisUSA
2005: DAN WHELDON - #26 Klien Tools/Jim Beam/Andretti-Green Racing
..........(Danica Patrick sets record for best start/finish by at woman at 4th)
..........(Danica Patrick becomes the only woman to lead at Indy/IMS with 19 laps led)
2004: BUDDY RICE - #15 Argent/Pioneer/Rahal-Letterman Racing
..........(rain shortened: completed 450 miles)
2003: GIL DE FERRAN - #6 Marlboro/Mobil 1/Team Penske/PhillipMorrisUSA
2002: HELIO CASTRONEVES - #3 Mobil 1/Team Penske/PhillipMorrisUSA
.........(Sarah Fisher becomes the fastest woman qualifier at 229.675mph)
2001: HELIO CASTRONEVES(R) - #68 United Auto/Mobil 1/Team Penske/PhillipMorrisUSA
2000: JUAN PABLO MONTOYA(R) - #9 Target/Chip Ganassi Racing
1999: KENNY BRACK - #14 Power Team/AJ Foyt Racing Enterprises
1998: EDDIE CHEEVER JR - #51 Rachel's Potato Chips/Team Cheever
1997: ARIE LUYENDYK SR - #5 Miller Lite/Sprint/Provimi/Treadway Motorsports
1996: BUDDY LAZIER - #91 Delta Faucets/Hemelgarn Racing
.........(This is the first 500 raced under the IRL Indy Racing League sanction)
.........(Tony Stewart (qualified 2nd) started from the pole after polesitter & teammate
...........Scott Brayton was killed in a practice crash on Carb Day)
1995: JACQUES VILLENEUVE - #27 Player's LTD/Forsythe-Green Racing
1994: AL UNSER JR - #31 Marlboro/Team Penske
1993: EMERSON FITTIPALDI - #4 Marlboro/Team Penske
.........(most different leaders: 12)
1992: AL UNSER JR - #3 Valvoline/Gallas Racing
..........(closest victory: .043 of a second over Scott Goodyear)
1991: RICK MEARS - # 3 Marlboro/Team Penske
1990: ARIE LUYENDYK SR - #30 Domino's Pizza/Shierson racing
.........(fastest average winning speed: 185.981mph)
.........(Tony George, grandson of Tony Hulman, becomes President & CEO of IMS)
1989: EMERSON FITTIPALDI - #20 Marlboro/Team Penske
1988: RICK MEARS - #4 Pennzoil Z-7/Team Penske
1987: AL UNSER SR - #25 Cummins/Holset/Team Penske
..........(oldest winner at 47yrs)
1986: BOBBY RAHAL - # 3 Budweiser/TrueSports Motorsports
1985: DANNY SULLIVAN - #5 Miller American Brewery/Team Penske
1984: RICK MEARS - #6 Pennzoil Z-7/Team Penske
..........(most cars entered: 117)
1983: TOM SNEVA - #5 Texaco Star/Bignotti-Cotter Racing
1982: GORDON JOHNCOCK - #20 STP Oil Treatment/Patrick Racing
..........(Gordon Smiley was killed in a turn 3 crash attempting to qualify)
1981: BOBBY UNSER - #3 The Norton Spirit/Team Penske
1980: JOHNNY RUTHERFORD - #4 Pennzoil/Chaparral Racing
1979: RICK MEARS - #9 Gould Pumps/Team Penske
1978: AL UNSER SR - #2 Firt National City Bank/Chaparral Racing
1977: AJ FOYT JR - #14 Gilmore Speedway/AJ Foyt Racing Enterprises
..........(becomes the 1st 4-time winner)
1976: JOHNNY RUTHERFORD - #2 Hy-Gain/McLaren Team
..........(rain shortened: completed 255 miles)
1975: BOBBY UNSER - #48 Jorgensen/All American Racing
..........(rain shortened: completed 435 miles)
1974: JOHNNY RUTHERFORD - #4 McLaren Cars/McLaren Team
1973: GORDON JOHNCOCK - #20 STP Oil Treatment/Patrick Racing
..........(rain shortened: 332.5 miles)
1972: MARK DONOHUE - #66 Sunoco/McLaren/Team Penske
1971: AL UNSER SR - #1 Johnny Lightning/Parnelli Jones & PJ Colt
1970: AL UNSER SR - #2 Johnny Lightning/Parnelli Jones & PJ Colt
1969: MARIO ANDRETTI - #2 STP Oil Treatment/Patrick Racing
1968: BOBBY UNSER - #3 Leader Cards/Risione Racing
1967: AJ FOYT JR - #14 Sheraton-Thompson/Anstead-Coyote Racing
1966: GRAHAM HILL - #24 American Red Ball/Mecom Motorsports
.........(fewest cars running at finish: 7)
1965: JIM CLARK - #82 Lotus/Jim Clark
1964: AJ FOYT JR - #1 Sheraton-Thompson/Anstead Racing
1963: PARNELLI JONES - #98 Agajanian/Willard Battery/JC Agajanian Racing
1962: RODGER WARD - #3 Leader Card 500/Rodger Ward
1961: AJ FOYT JR - #1 Bowes Seal Fast/Bignotti Racing
1960: JIM RATHMANN - #4 Offy Engines/Ken & Paul
.........(most lead changes: 29)
1959: RODGER WARD - #5 Leader Card 500/Rodger Ward
1958: JIMMY BYRAN - #1 Belond AP/George Salih
1957: SAM HANKS - #9 Belond Exhaust/George Salih
1956: PAT FLAHERT - #8 Offy Engines/John Zink
1955: BOB SWEIKART - #6 Offy Engines/John Zink
1954: BILL VUKOVICH SR - #14 Fuel Injections/Howard Keck
1953: BILL VUKOVICH SR - #14 Fuel Injections/Howard Keck
1952: TROY RUTTMAN - #98 Agajanian/JC Agajanian Racing
..........(younest winner at 22yrs)
1951: LEE WALLARD - #99 Offy Engines/Murrell Belanger
1950: JOHNNIE PARSONS - #1 Wynns Friction/Kurtis & Kraft
..........(rain shortened: completed 345 miles)
1949: BILL HOLLAND - #7 Blue Crown Sparkplugs/Lou Moore
1948: MAURI ROSE - #3 Blue Crown Sparkplugs/Lou Moore
1947: MAURI ROSE - #27 Blue Crown Sparkplugs/Lou Moore
1946: GEORGE ROBSON - #16 Thorne Engineering/Thorne Engineering Racing
1942 - 1945: No Races - World War II
1941: FLOYED DAVIS & MAURI ROSE - #16 Noc-Out Hose Clamps/Lou Moore
1940: WILBUR SHAW - #1 Maserati Motors/Boyle Racing
1939: WILBUR SHAW - #2 Maserati Motors/Boyle Racing
1938: FLOYD ROBERTS - #23 Burd Piston Rings/Lou Moore
1937: WILBUR SHAW - #6 Offy Engines/Gilmore Speedway Racing
1936: LOUIS MEYER - #8 Ring Free/Louis Meyer
..........(becomes the 1st 3-time winner)
1935: KELLY PITILLO - #5 Gilmore Speedway/Gilmore Speedway Racing
1934: BILL CUMMINGS - #7 Boyle Products/Henning & Cummings
1933: LOUIS MEYER - #36 Tydol/Louis Meyer
..........(most starters: 42)
1932: FRED FRAME - #34 Miller Motors/Harry Hartz
1931: LOUIS SCHIENDER - #23 Bowes Seal Fast/Louis Schiender
1930: BILLY ARNOLD - #4 Miller Motors/Harry Hartz
.........(most laps led: 198 of 200; includes consecutive laps laps led 3-200)
1929: RAY KEECH - #2 Simplex Piston Rings/Miller-Yagle & Keech
1928: LOUIS MEYER(R) - #14 Miller Motors/Alden Sampson II
1927: GEORGE SOUDERS(R) - #32 Duesenberg Motors/William White
1926: FRANK LOCKHART(R) - #15 Miller Motors/Peter Kries
..........(rain shortened: completed 400 miles)
1925: PETE DEPAOLO - #12 Duesenberg Motors/Duesenberg Auto Racing
1924: LL CORUM & JOE BOYER - #15 Duesenberg Motors/Duesenberg Auto Racing
1923: TOMMY MILTON - #1 HCS/HCS Motor Racing
1922: JIMMY MURPHY - #35 Deusenberg Motors/Duesengerg Auto Racing
1921: TOMMY MILTON - #2 Frontenac Motors/Louis Chevrolet
.........(becomes the 1st 2-time winner)
1920: GASTON CHEVROLET - #4 Monroe/William Small
1919: HOWDY WILCOX - #3 Peugeot Motors/Indianapolis Speedway Team
1917 - 1918: No Races - World War I
1916: DARIO RESTA - #17 Peugeot Motors/Peugeot Auto Racing
..........(only 21 starters / scheduled 300 miles)
1915: RALPH DEPALMA - #2 Mercedes Motors/E.C. Patterson
1914: RENE THOMAS(R) - #16 Delage Motors/L. Delage
1913: JULES GOUX(R) - #16 Peugeot Motors/Peugeot Auto Racing
..........(largest victory: 13 minutes/8.4 seconds over Spencer Wishart
1912: JOE DAWSON - #8 National Motors/National Motors Racing
..........(fewest laps led by winner: 2 / most laps led w/o winning: 196 Ralph DePalma)
1911: RAY HARROUN(R) - #32 Mordyke/Marmon Wasp/Marmon Racing
..........(40 entrants / slowest average winning speed: 74.602mph)
..........(most cars running at finish: 26)
THE PHOTO SLIDE SHOW IS ALL ABOUT INDYCARS, INDY & INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY (includes: CarbDay, Brickyard400, MotoGP & F1 USGP)
More History / More Drama / More Tragedy / More Success than any other track on earth!
2010 IRL IZOD IndyCar Series Drivers
# 2 RAPHAEL MATOS - US Air Force/Marines - Luzco-Dragon/de Ferran Motorsports
#02 Graham Rahal ? - sponsorship ? - Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
# 3 HELIO CASTRONEVES*** - Team Penske/Mobil 1/Verizon - Team Penske
# 4 DAN WHELDON* - National Guard/Fischer House - Panther Racing
# 5 TAKUMO SATO-F1 - Formula Dream ? Azul Tequila ? - KV Racing Technology
# 6 RYAN BRISCOE - Team Penske/Mobil 1/Verizon - Team Penske
#06 HIDEKI MUTOH - Formula Dream ? /Panasonic - Newman/Haas/Lanigan Racing
# 7 DANICA PATRICK - GoDaddy.com/AirTran - Andretti Autosport
# 8 EJ VISO - PDVSA/HerbaLife/canTV/SBA Airlines - KV Racing Technology
# 9 SCOTT DIXON* - Target/Energizer/Polaroid - Chip Ganassi Racing
#10 DARIO FRANCHITTI* - Target/Energizer/Polaroid - Chip Ganassi Racing
#11 TONY KANAAN - 7-Eleven Slurpee/Kraft - Andretti Autosport
#12 WILL POWER - Verizon Wireless/Mobil 1 - Team Penske
#14 VITOR MEIRA - ABC Supply Co/GAP-ELK - AJ Foyt Racing
#15 PAUL TRACY - GEICO/ Honda Canada ? - KV Racing Technology
#16 Giorgio Patano-R ? Scott Sharp ? - Patron ? MuscleMilk ? - Panther Racing ?
#17 Oriol Servia ? - sponsorship ? - Rahal-Letterman Racing ?
#18 Graham Rahal ? - Z-Line Designs ? - Dale Coyne Racing
#19 J.R. Hildebrand-R ? - Sonny's Bar-B-Q ? - Dale Coyne Racing
#20 ED CARPENTER - sponsorship ? - Vision Racing
#21 ? Frank Montagny-R ? w/ De Ferran Motorsports and Vision Racing ?
#22 JUSTIN WILSON - Z-Line Designs - Dreyer & Reinbold Racing
#23 Bia Figueiredo-R ? - sponsorship ? - Dreyer & Reinbold Racing ?
#24 MIKE CONWAY - Dad's Root Beer/Roll Coater - Dreyer & Reinbold
#26 MARCO ANDRETTI - Venom/Comfort Resolution - Andretti Autosport
#32 JAMES ROSSITER-R - Mariscos' - Conquest Racing ?
#33 ROBERT DOORNBOS - sponsorship ? - HVM Racing
#34 MARIO ROMANCINI-R - sponsorship tba - Conquest Racing
#37 RYAN HUNTER-REAY - IZOD/Go.Daddy.com - Andretti Autosport
#41 AJ Foyt IV ? - ABC Supply Co ? - AJ Foyt Racing Enterprises
#66 JAY HOWARD - Dollar General/Direct Supply - Sarah Fisher Racing
#67 SARAH FISHER - Dollar General/Direct Supply/AAA - Sarah Fisher Racing
#77 ALEX TAGLIANI - Bowers & Wilkens Speakers - FAZZT Race Team
#78 SIMON DE SILVESTRO-R - Stargate Resistance ? - HVM Racing
#98 Richard Antinucci ? Jaques Lazier ? - Curb Records - Team 3G
#99 TOWNSEND BELL - sponsorship TBA - Sam Schmidt Motorsports w/ Gassing
#TBA DAVEY HAMILTON - HP Computers - Luzco- Dragon/de Ferran Motorsports
#tba? Robby Gordon ? - sponsorship ? - Team ? (for Indy and maybe more)
Indy ? driver tba ? - Team Lotus USA ? - already existing IRL team ?
Indy ? Alex Gurney-R ? sponsorship ? - Rahal-Letterman Racing ?
* = Indy500 Winners
p/t = part-time
s/c = street courses
r/c = road courses
s/r = street/road courses
R = rookie driver
INDY 500 COMPETITION NOTES:
The 1st Indy 500 was held in 1911 and has run every year since, except during both World War I & II.
Only 3 drivers have won the Indy 500 4 times: AJ Foyt Jr., Al Unser Sr., & Rick Mears.
Last repeat winner was Helio Castroneves: 2001 & 2002 for Team Penske. (but Paul Tracy thinks he won the 02' race, after an official complaint, Helio was awarded the victory)
Helio Castroneves is the last rookie to win the race (2001).
Team Penske has won the Indy 500 a record 14 times,...UPDATE: now a record 15 Indy 500 wins with Helio's 09' victory!...however, in 1995, his two cars failed to qualify for the race w/ former winners Al Unser Jr & Emmerson Fittipaldi.
Only 5 women have ever qualified for the Indy 500: Milka Duno, Danica Patrick, Sarah Fisher, Lyn St. James & Janet Gutherie.
Only 6 women have ever attempted to qualify: the 5 above and Desire Wilson (she failed in her attempt).
Danica Patrick is the only woman to ever lead the Indy 500, (19 laps) and coming within 6 laps of winning the race (in 05'), finishing 4th. The highest finish for any woman in the 500...UPDATE: Danica Patrick broke her own record for a female by finishing 3rd in the 09' race!
Sarah Fisher is the fastest woman at Indy. Qualifing at a speed of 229+mph (4-lap average).
Sarah Fisher has been voted "Fan Favorite Driver" of the Indy 500 3 times since her rookie season in 2000.
In the last 13 races, only 3 American born drivers have won the Indy 500: Sam Hornish Jr in 2006; Buddy Rice in 2004; Buddy Lazier in 1996.
Most career Indy 500 starts: AJ Foyt Jr with 35.
Nobody with the last name of "Smith" has ever qualified for the Indy 500. (Smith is the most common last name in the United States).
No Car # beginning with "0" has ever won the 500. (example: #02 or #06)
Car Numbers that have NEVER won the Indy 500: 10, 11, 13, 18, 19, 21, 22, 29, 33, 37-47, 49, 50, 52-65, 67, 69-81, 83-90, 92-97, and no three digit numbers are used.
At 220 mph and IndyCar travels the lenght of a football field in approximately 1 second.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway Track Record is held by Arie Luyendyk Sr. at 237.498 mph (37.895 seconds to travel 2.5 miles around the track in one lap). Arie set this record in 1996 driving for Byrd-Treadway Racing.
Only 7 of 93 Indy 500 mile races have been rain shortened and 5 others have had postponements due to rain and only one was schedule for less than 500 miles.
Lowest starting spot to win was 28th, in 1911 and again in 1936.
Closest finish: .043 of a second; Al Unser Jr over Scott Goodyear in 1992.
Approximately 70 people have died participating in the Indy 500 some capacity: drivers, crew members, firefighters and spectators.
The last death at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway came in 2003, when driver Tony Renna of Chip Ganassi Racing lost control in turn 3 during a tire testing session in October.
THE INDY LIGHTS DRIVERS for 2009
# 2 ANDREW PRENDEVILLE - Team Moore Racing - Xtreme Coil Drilling
# 3 SERGEY MOBSHANTZEV(R) - Brian Stewart Racing
# 4 SEAN GUTHRIE - Guthrie-Meyer Racing - Car Crafter Special
# 5 MARIO ROMANCINI(R) - Rahal-Letter/Anderson Racing - Allied Bldgs/Win Brazil
# 7 JAMES HINCHCLIFFE(R) - Sam Schmidt Motorsports - Lucas Oil Products
#11 WADE CUNNINGHAM - Sam Schmidt Motorsports - Lucas Oil Products
#15 MARTIN PLOWMAN(R) - Panther Racing - IUPUI
#16 PIPPA MANN(R) - Panther Racing - IUPUI
#18 JUNIOR STROUS(R) - ASR/Nelan Mtrspts/PDM Racing - Shell V-Power
#19 STEFAN WILSON(R) - FIRST Motorsports/Walker Racing/ASR Motorsports Group
#20 ANA BEATRIZ - Sam Schmidt Motorsports - Healthy Choice
#21 JAMES DAVISON - Vision Racing/Bryan Herta Autosport
#24 LOGAN GOMEZ - Alliance Motorsports - Oval Vodka
#25 Rahal-Letterman/Anderson Racing
#26 JR HILDEBRAND - Andretti-Green/AFS Racing - ARPRO/Mockett
#27 SEBASTIAN SAVEDRA(R) - AFS Racing/Andretti-Green - Automatic Fire Sprinklers
#28 DANIEL HERRINGTON(R) - Bryan Herta Autosport/Vision Racing - La Bleu/King Taco
#32 BRANDON WAGNER(R) - Davey Hamilton/Kingdom Racing
#34? GUSTAVO YACAMAN - Sam Schmidt Motorsports
#35 CHARLIE KIMBALL(R) - PBIR Motorsports (Palm Beach Int'l Raceway)
#36 RICHARD PHILIPPE(R) - Genoe Indy Lights
#37 JAY HOWARD - PBIR Motorsports (Palm Beach Int'l Raceway)
#49 JESSE MASON - Guthrie-Meyer Racing
#55 RODRIGO BARBOSA(R) - ELFF Racing
#59 ALI JACKSON(R) - Guthrie-Meyer Racing
#63 DUNCAN TAPPY(R) - Genoe Indy Lights - Celeb.fims.co.uk
#63 JONATHAN BOMARITO(R) - Genoe Indy Lights
#TBA Michele Bumgarner(R) - Walker Racing - NexGen MTD
# ?? HVM Racing ?
PAST INDY 500 WINNERS
2009: HELIO CASTRONEVES - #3 Team Penske/Mobil 1/Verizon/PhillipMorrisUSA
..........(Danica Patrick breaks her own record for highest finishing female, finshing 3rd)
2008: SCOTT DIXON - #9 Target/Chip Ganassi Racing
2007: DARIO FRANCHITTI - #27 Canadian Club/Andretti-Green Racing
..........(rain shortened: completed 415 miles)
..........(first time ever three women start Indy: Sarah Fisher, Danica Patrick & Milka Duno)
2006: SAM HORNISH JR - #6 Team Penske/Mobil 1/PhillipMorrisUSA
2005: DAN WHELDON - #26 Klien Tools/Jim Beam/Andretti-Green Racing
..........(Danica Patrick sets record for best start/finish by at woman at 4th)
..........(Danica Patrick becomes the only woman to lead at Indy/IMS with 19 laps led)
2004: BUDDY RICE - #15 Argent/Pioneer/Rahal-Letterman Racing
..........(rain shortened: completed 450 miles)
2003: GIL DE FERRAN - #6 Marlboro/Mobil 1/Team Penske/PhillipMorrisUSA
2002: HELIO CASTRONEVES - #3 Mobil 1/Team Penske/PhillipMorrisUSA
.........(Sarah Fisher becomes the fastest woman qualifier at 229.675mph)
2001: HELIO CASTRONEVES(R) - #68 United Auto/Mobil 1/Team Penske/PhillipMorrisUSA
2000: JUAN PABLO MONTOYA(R) - #9 Target/Chip Ganassi Racing
1999: KENNY BRACK - #14 Power Team/AJ Foyt Racing Enterprises
1998: EDDIE CHEEVER JR - #51 Rachel's Potato Chips/Team Cheever
1997: ARIE LUYENDYK SR - #5 Miller Lite/Sprint/Provimi/Treadway Motorsports
1996: BUDDY LAZIER - #91 Delta Faucets/Hemelgarn Racing
.........(This is the first 500 raced under the IRL Indy Racing League sanction)
.........(Tony Stewart (qualified 2nd) started from the pole after polesitter & teammate
...........Scott Brayton was killed in a practice crash on Carb Day)
1995: JACQUES VILLENEUVE - #27 Player's LTD/Forsythe-Green Racing
1994: AL UNSER JR - #31 Marlboro/Team Penske
1993: EMERSON FITTIPALDI - #4 Marlboro/Team Penske
.........(most different leaders: 12)
1992: AL UNSER JR - #3 Valvoline/Gallas Racing
..........(closest victory: .043 of a second over Scott Goodyear)
1991: RICK MEARS - # 3 Marlboro/Team Penske
1990: ARIE LUYENDYK SR - #30 Domino's Pizza/Shierson racing
.........(fastest average winning speed: 185.981mph)
.........(Tony George, grandson of Tony Hulman, becomes President & CEO of IMS)
1989: EMERSON FITTIPALDI - #20 Marlboro/Team Penske
1988: RICK MEARS - #4 Pennzoil Z-7/Team Penske
1987: AL UNSER SR - #25 Cummins/Holset/Team Penske
..........(oldest winner at 47yrs)
1986: BOBBY RAHAL - # 3 Budweiser/TrueSports Motorsports
1985: DANNY SULLIVAN - #5 Miller American Brewery/Team Penske
1984: RICK MEARS - #6 Pennzoil Z-7/Team Penske
..........(most cars entered: 117)
1983: TOM SNEVA - #5 Texaco Star/Bignotti-Cotter Racing
1982: GORDON JOHNCOCK - #20 STP Oil Treatment/Patrick Racing
..........(Gordon Smiley was killed in a turn 3 crash attempting to qualify)
1981: BOBBY UNSER - #3 The Norton Spirit/Team Penske
1980: JOHNNY RUTHERFORD - #4 Pennzoil/Chaparral Racing
1979: RICK MEARS - #9 Gould Pumps/Team Penske
1978: AL UNSER SR - #2 Firt National City Bank/Chaparral Racing
1977: AJ FOYT JR - #14 Gilmore Speedway/AJ Foyt Racing Enterprises
..........(becomes the 1st 4-time winner)
1976: JOHNNY RUTHERFORD - #2 Hy-Gain/McLaren Team
..........(rain shortened: completed 255 miles)
1975: BOBBY UNSER - #48 Jorgensen/All American Racing
..........(rain shortened: completed 435 miles)
1974: JOHNNY RUTHERFORD - #4 McLaren Cars/McLaren Team
1973: GORDON JOHNCOCK - #20 STP Oil Treatment/Patrick Racing
..........(rain shortened: 332.5 miles)
1972: MARK DONOHUE - #66 Sunoco/McLaren/Team Penske
1971: AL UNSER SR - #1 Johnny Lightning/Parnelli Jones & PJ Colt
1970: AL UNSER SR - #2 Johnny Lightning/Parnelli Jones & PJ Colt
1969: MARIO ANDRETTI - #2 STP Oil Treatment/Patrick Racing
1968: BOBBY UNSER - #3 Leader Cards/Risione Racing
1967: AJ FOYT JR - #14 Sheraton-Thompson/Anstead-Coyote Racing
1966: GRAHAM HILL - #24 American Red Ball/Mecom Motorsports
.........(fewest cars running at finish: 7)
1965: JIM CLARK - #82 Lotus/Jim Clark
1964: AJ FOYT JR - #1 Sheraton-Thompson/Anstead Racing
1963: PARNELLI JONES - #98 Agajanian/Willard Battery/JC Agajanian Racing
1962: RODGER WARD - #3 Leader Card 500/Rodger Ward
1961: AJ FOYT JR - #1 Bowes Seal Fast/Bignotti Racing
1960: JIM RATHMANN - #4 Offy Engines/Ken & Paul
.........(most lead changes: 29)
1959: RODGER WARD - #5 Leader Card 500/Rodger Ward
1958: JIMMY BYRAN - #1 Belond AP/George Salih
1957: SAM HANKS - #9 Belond Exhaust/George Salih
1956: PAT FLAHERT - #8 Offy Engines/John Zink
1955: BOB SWEIKART - #6 Offy Engines/John Zink
1954: BILL VUKOVICH SR - #14 Fuel Injections/Howard Keck
1953: BILL VUKOVICH SR - #14 Fuel Injections/Howard Keck
1952: TROY RUTTMAN - #98 Agajanian/JC Agajanian Racing
..........(younest winner at 22yrs)
1951: LEE WALLARD - #99 Offy Engines/Murrell Belanger
1950: JOHNNIE PARSONS - #1 Wynns Friction/Kurtis & Kraft
..........(rain shortened: completed 345 miles)
1949: BILL HOLLAND - #7 Blue Crown Sparkplugs/Lou Moore
1948: MAURI ROSE - #3 Blue Crown Sparkplugs/Lou Moore
1947: MAURI ROSE - #27 Blue Crown Sparkplugs/Lou Moore
1946: GEORGE ROBSON - #16 Thorne Engineering/Thorne Engineering Racing
1942 - 1945: No Races - World War II
1941: FLOYED DAVIS & MAURI ROSE - #16 Noc-Out Hose Clamps/Lou Moore
1940: WILBUR SHAW - #1 Maserati Motors/Boyle Racing
1939: WILBUR SHAW - #2 Maserati Motors/Boyle Racing
1938: FLOYD ROBERTS - #23 Burd Piston Rings/Lou Moore
1937: WILBUR SHAW - #6 Offy Engines/Gilmore Speedway Racing
1936: LOUIS MEYER - #8 Ring Free/Louis Meyer
..........(becomes the 1st 3-time winner)
1935: KELLY PITILLO - #5 Gilmore Speedway/Gilmore Speedway Racing
1934: BILL CUMMINGS - #7 Boyle Products/Henning & Cummings
1933: LOUIS MEYER - #36 Tydol/Louis Meyer
..........(most starters: 42)
1932: FRED FRAME - #34 Miller Motors/Harry Hartz
1931: LOUIS SCHIENDER - #23 Bowes Seal Fast/Louis Schiender
1930: BILLY ARNOLD - #4 Miller Motors/Harry Hartz
.........(most laps led: 198 of 200; includes consecutive laps laps led 3-200)
1929: RAY KEECH - #2 Simplex Piston Rings/Miller-Yagle & Keech
1928: LOUIS MEYER(R) - #14 Miller Motors/Alden Sampson II
1927: GEORGE SOUDERS(R) - #32 Duesenberg Motors/William White
1926: FRANK LOCKHART(R) - #15 Miller Motors/Peter Kries
..........(rain shortened: completed 400 miles)
1925: PETE DEPAOLO - #12 Duesenberg Motors/Duesenberg Auto Racing
1924: LL CORUM & JOE BOYER - #15 Duesenberg Motors/Duesenberg Auto Racing
1923: TOMMY MILTON - #1 HCS/HCS Motor Racing
1922: JIMMY MURPHY - #35 Deusenberg Motors/Duesengerg Auto Racing
1921: TOMMY MILTON - #2 Frontenac Motors/Louis Chevrolet
.........(becomes the 1st 2-time winner)
1920: GASTON CHEVROLET - #4 Monroe/William Small
1919: HOWDY WILCOX - #3 Peugeot Motors/Indianapolis Speedway Team
1917 - 1918: No Races - World War I
1916: DARIO RESTA - #17 Peugeot Motors/Peugeot Auto Racing
..........(only 21 starters / scheduled 300 miles)
1915: RALPH DEPALMA - #2 Mercedes Motors/E.C. Patterson
1914: RENE THOMAS(R) - #16 Delage Motors/L. Delage
1913: JULES GOUX(R) - #16 Peugeot Motors/Peugeot Auto Racing
..........(largest victory: 13 minutes/8.4 seconds over Spencer Wishart
1912: JOE DAWSON - #8 National Motors/National Motors Racing
..........(fewest laps led by winner: 2 / most laps led w/o winning: 196 Ralph DePalma)
1911: RAY HARROUN(R) - #32 Mordyke/Marmon Wasp/Marmon Racing
..........(40 entrants / slowest average winning speed: 74.602mph)
..........(most cars running at finish: 26)
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