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Indianapolis 500 Winners

The Indianapolis 500 is traditionally held the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend in May at the Indianapolis Speedway in Indiana.

Year
Winner
Starting
Position
1911
Ray Harroun
28
1912
Joe Dawson
7
1913
Jules Goux
7
1914
Rene Thomas
15
1915
Ralph DePalma
2
1916
Dario Resta
4
1917
No race held
 
1918
No race held
 
1919
Howard Wilcox
2
1920
Gaston Chevrolet
6
1921
Tommy Milton
20
1922
Jimmy Murphy
1
1923
Tommy Milton
1
1924
L.L. Corum, Joe Boyer
21
1925
Peter DePaolo
2
1926
Frank Lockhart
20r
1927
George Souders
22
1928
Louis Meyer
13
1929
Ray Keech
6
1930
Billy Arnold
1
1931
Louis Schneider
13
1932
Fred Frame
27
1933
Louis Meyer
6r
1934
Bill Cummings
10
1935
Kelly Petillo
22
1936
Louis Meyer
28
1937
Wilbur Shaw
2
1938
Floyd Roberts
1
1939
Wilbur Shaw
3
1940
Wilbur Shaw
2
1941
Floyd Davis, Mauri Rose
17
1942
No race held
 
1943
No race held
 
1944
No race held
 
1945
No race held
 
1946
George Robson
15
1947
Mauri Rose
3
1948
Mauri Rose
3
1949
Bill Holland
4
1950
Johnnie Parsons
5
1951
Lee Wallard
2
1952
Troy Ruttman
7
1953
Bill Vukovich
1
1954
Bill Vukovich
19
1955
Bob Sweikert
14
1956
Pat Flaherty
1
1957
Sam Hanks
13
1958
Jim Bryan
7
1959
Rodger Ward
6
1960
Jim Rathmann
2
1961
A.J. Foyt
7
1962
Rodger Ward
2
1963
Parnelli Jones
1
1964
A.J. Foyt
5
1965
Jim Clark
2
1966
Graham Hill
15
1967
A.J. Foyt
4
1968
Bobby Unser
3
1969
Mario Andretti
2
1970
Al Unser
1
1971
Al Unser
5
1972
Mark Donohue
3
1973
Gordon Johncock
11
1974
Johnny Rutherford
25
1975
Bobby Unser
3
1976
Johnny Rutherford
1
1977
A.J. Foyt
4
1978
Al Unser
5
1979
Rick Mears
1
1980
Johnny Rutherford
1
1981
Bobby Unser
1
1982
Gordon Johncock
5
1983
Tom Sneva
4
1984
Rick Mears
3
1985
Danny Sullivan
8
1986
Bobby Rahal
4
1987
Al Unser
20
1988
Rick Mears
1
1989
Emerson Fittipaldi
3
1990
Arie Luyendyk
3
1991
Rick Mears
1
1992
Al Unser, Jr.
12
1993
Emerson Fittipaldi
9
1994
Al Unser, Jr.
1
1995
Jacques Villeneuve
5
1996
Buddy Lazier
5
1997
Arie Luyendyk
1
1998
Eddie Cheever Jr.
17
1999
Kenny Brack
8
2000
Juan Montoya
2
2001
Helio Castroneves
2
2002
Helio Castroneves
3
2003 Gil De Ferran
10
2004
Buddy Rice
1
2005
Dan Wheldon
26
2006
Sam Hornish Jr.
1
2007 Dario Franchitti
3
2008 Scott Dixon
1
2009 Hélio Castroneves
1
2010 Dario Franchitti
3
2011 Dan Wheldon
6
2012 Dario Franchitti
16
2013 Tony Kanaan
12
2014 Ryan Hunter-Reay
19
2015 Juan Pablo Montoya
15
2016 Alexander Rossi
11
2017 Takuma Sato
4
2018 Will Power
3
2019 Simon Pagenaud
1
2020 Takuma Sato
3