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The winner of the Indianapolis 500 is awarded a small replica of the Borg-Warner Trophy. The Indianapolis 500 (also called the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race) [a] [2] is an annual American open-wheel car race held on American Memorial Day weekend at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway (IMS), in Speedway, Indiana. [3]
Co-winners (one driver starting a race but another driver finishing in the same winning entry): 2 Lora L. Corum / Joe Boyer, 1924; Floyd Davis / Mauri Rose, 1941; Victories by drivers who never led a race lap in career: 2 (Corum and Davis, in those same years) Won Triple Crown of Motorsport (Indianapolis 500, Monaco Grand Prix, and 24 Hours of ...
Indianapolis 500 winner Johnny Rutherford once won one of the Daytona 500 qualifying races. In 2010, Chip Ganassi became the first car owner to win the Daytona and Indianapolis 500s in the same year, with Jamie McMurray winning the Daytona 500 and Dario Franchitti winning the Indianapolis 500.
The first Indianapolis 500 was in 1911 and has continued since, interrupted only by world wars. ... Indy 500 winners in the 2020s. Year. Driver. mph. 2023. Josef Newgarden. 168.193. 2022. Marcus ...
The discipline of Championship Car racing became a national sport, with the Indianapolis 500 as its marquee event. A maximum 33-car field was established, based on a 1919 mandate by AAA officials that of 400 feet of track per car. After World War I and during the Roaring Twenties, the formula quickly evolved into purpose-built racing machines.
The 49th International 500-Mile Sweepstakes was held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana on Monday, May 31, 1965.. The five-year-old "British Invasion" of Indy racing by rear engine cars (actually mid engine), which preceded the 1964 British Invasion by the Beatles, finally broke through as Team Lotus, Jim Clark and Colin Chapman triumphed in dominating fashion with the ...
Unser, one of only four drivers to win the Indianapolis 500 a record four times, died Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, following years of health issues. He was 82. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler, File)
With a nearly full-lap lead, Unser cruised over the final nine laps to win his first Indianapolis 500. Cars using Goodyear tires swept the top four positions, and Goodyear won their second 500 in row. Officials allowed the top five cars to finish the full 500 miles, then flagged the rest of the field off the track.