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The Indianapolis 500, formally known as the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, [1][2] and commonly shortened to Indy 500, is an annual automobile race held at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, United States, an enclave suburb of Indianapolis. The event is traditionally held over Memorial Day weekend, usually the last weekend of May.
A. J. Foyt, Al Unser, Rick Mears, and Hélio Castroneves share the record for the most victories with four each. [ 11 ] Troy Ruttman and Unser are the youngest and oldest Indianapolis 500 winners, winning at the ages of 22 years and 80 days in 1952 and 47 years and 360 days in 1987, respectively. [ 12 ] Juan Pablo Montoya holds the record for ...
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 ...
Mario Andretti. Michael Andretti. Keith Andrews (racing driver) Ernie Ansterburg. Herb Ardinger. Frank Armi. Marcus Armstrong. Billy Arnold (racing driver) Chuck Arnold.
For other uses, see Will Power (disambiguation). William Steven Power[ 1 ] (born 1 March 1981) is an Australian racing driver who competes in the IndyCar Series, driving the No. 12 Dallara-Chevrolet for Team Penske. He won the 2018 Indianapolis 500 and has won the IndyCar Championship twice, in 2014 and 2022.
2020 Indianapolis 500. The 2020 Indianapolis 500 (branded as the 104th Running of the Indianapolis 500 presented by Gainbridge for sponsorship reasons) was a 500-mile (800 km, 200-lap) automobile race held on Sunday, August 23, 2020, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana. It was the premier event of the 2020 IndyCar Series. [4]
Rick Ravon Mears[1] (born December 3, 1951) is a retired American race car driver. He is one of four men to win the Indianapolis 500 four times (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991) and is the current record-holder for pole positions in the race with six (1979, 1982, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991). Mears is also a three-time Indycar series/World Series champion ...
The Greatest 33 is a list of top drivers from the history of the Indianapolis 500. In 2011, in celebration of the 100th anniversary of the first Indianapolis 500, the Indianapolis Motor Speedway gathered a panel of media and historians to establish 100 nominees for the best drivers who have participated in the Indianapolis 500 from 1911 to 2010 ...