List of Indianapolis 500 lap leaders
All-time lap leaders
[edit]- Two hundred thirty-nine drivers have led the Indianapolis 500-Mile Race, in 107 races.
- Career lap leader percentage rounded to hundredths of a percent.
- Green indicates drivers active as of most recent race.
Rank | Driver | Laps Led |
Career Laps Run |
Career Lap Leader Percentage |
Race Wins |
Years Won | ||||||
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1 | Scott Dixon | 677 | Active driver | 1 | 2008 | |||||||
2 | Al Unser | 644 | 4,356 | 14.78% | 4 | 1970 | 1971 | 1978 | 1987 | |||
3 | Ralph DePalma | 612 | 1,594 | 38.39% | 1 | 1915 | ||||||
4 | Mario Andretti | 556 | 3,040 | 18.29% | 1 | 1969 | ||||||
5 | A. J. Foyt | 555 | 4,909 | 11.31% | 4 | 1961 | 1964 | 1967 | 1977 | |||
6 | Wilbur Shaw | 508 | 2,019 | 25.16% | 3 | 1937 | 1939 | 1940 | ||||
7 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 505 | 1,785 | 28.29% | 2 | 1989 | 1993 | |||||
8 | Parnelli Jones | 492 | 1,130 | 43.54% | 1 | 1963 | ||||||
9 | Bill Vukovich | 485 | 676 | 71.75% | 2 | 1953 | 1954 | |||||
10 | Bobby Unser | 440 | 2,611 | 16.85% | 3 | 1968 | 1975 | 1981 | ||||
11 | Michael Andretti | 431 | 2,653 | 16.25% | ||||||||
12 | Rick Mears | 429 | 2,342 | 18.32% | 4 | 1979 | 1984 | 1988 | 1991 | |||
13 | Billy Arnold | 410 | 821 | 49.94% | 1 | 1930 | ||||||
14 | Tony Kanaan | 352 | 3,951 | 8.91% | 1 | 2013 | ||||||
15 | Gordon Johncock | 339 | 3,158 | 10.73% | 2 | 1973 | 1982 | |||||
16 | Louis Meyer | 332 | 1,916 | 17.33% | 3 | 1928 | 1933 | 1936 | ||||
17 | Dario Franchitti | 329 | 1,940 | 16.96% | 3 | 2007 | 2010 | 2012 | ||||
18 | Hélio Castroneves | 326 | Active driver | 4 | 2001 | 2002 | 2009 | 2021 | ||||
19 | Jim Clark | 298 | 682 | 43.69% | 1 | 1965 | ||||||
20 | Bill Holland | 297 | 914 | 32.49% | 1 | 1949 | ||||||
21 | Johnny Rutherford | 296 | 2,792 | 10.60% | 3 | 1974 | 1976 | 1980 | ||||
22 | Rex Mays | 266 | 1,385 | 19.21% | ||||||||
23 | Rodger Ward | 261 | 2,160 | 12.08% | 2 | 1959 | 1962 | |||||
24 | Mauri Rose | 256 | 2,326 | 11.01% | 3 | 1941 | 1947 | 1948 | ||||
25 | Dan Wheldon | 235 | 1,729 | 13.59% | 2 | 2005 | 2011 | |||||
26 | Jimmy Murphy | 220 | 907 | 24.26% | 1 | 1922 | ||||||
27 | Tommy Milton | 218 | 1,204 | 18.11% | 2 | 1921 | 1923 | |||||
28 | Jimmy Bryan | 216 | 1,411 | 15.31% | 1 | 1958 | ||||||
29 | Tom Sneva | 208 | 2,180 | 9.54% | 1 | 1983 | ||||||
30 | Frank Lockhart | 205 | 280 | 73.21% | 1 | 1926 | ||||||
31 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 193 | 1,263 | 15.28% | 2 | 2000 | 2015 | |||||
32 | Arie Luyendyk | 186 | 2,957 | 6.29% | 2 | 1990 | 1997 | |||||
33 | Jimmy Snyder | 181 | 495 | 36.57% | ||||||||
34 | Lee Wallard | 178 | 591 | 30.12% | 1 | 1951 | ||||||
35 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 171 | Active driver | 1 | 2014 | |||||||
36 | Simon Pagenaud | 169 | 2,389 | 7.07% | 1 | 2019 | ||||||
37 | Danny Sullivan | 162 | 1,523 | 10.64% | 1 | 1985 | ||||||
38 | Howdy Wilcox | 155 | 1,335 | 11.61% | 1 | 1919 | ||||||
39 | Tomas Scheckter | 153 | 1,691 | 9.05% | ||||||||
40 | Jim Rathmann | 150 | 2,320 | 6.47% | 1 | 1960 | ||||||
41 | Ed Carpenter | 149 | Active driver | |||||||||
42 | Peter DePaolo | 148 | 738 | 20.05% | 1 | 1925 | ||||||
43 | Will Power | 145 | Active driver | 1 | 2018 | |||||||
44 | Marco Andretti | 144 | Active driver | |||||||||
45 | Dario Resta | 140 | 408 | 34.31% | 1 | 1916 | ||||||
46 | Sam Hanks | 140 | 1,566 | 8.94% | 1 | 1957 | ||||||
47 | Jules Goux | 139 | 773 | 17.98% | 1 | 1913 | ||||||
48 | George Robson | 138 | 333 | 41.44% | 1 | 1946 | ||||||
49 | Pat Flaherty | 138 | 812 | 17.00% | 1 | 1956 | ||||||
50 | Gary Bettenhausen | 138 | 2,372 | 5.82% | ||||||||
51 | Johnnie Parsons | 131 | 1,504 | 8.71% | 1 | 1950 | ||||||
52 | Lloyd Ruby | 126 | 2,357 | 5.35% | ||||||||
53 | Bobby Rahal | 126 | 2,007 | 6.28% | 1 | 1986 | ||||||
54 | Earl Cooper | 123 | 939 | 13.10% | ||||||||
55 | Tony Stewart | 122 | 700 | 17.43% | ||||||||
56 | Joe Boyer | 119 | 555 | 21.44% | 1 | 1924 | ||||||
57 | Álex Palou | 119 | Active driver | |||||||||
58 | Greg Ray | 116 | 920 | 12.61% | ||||||||
59 | René Thomas | 114 | 744 | 15.32% | 1 | 1914 | ||||||
60 | Al Unser Jr. | 110 | 3,173 | 3.47% | 2 | 1992 | 1994 | |||||
61 | Kelly Petillo | 108 | 1,283 | 8.42% | 1 | 1935 | ||||||
62 | Wally Dallenbach Sr. | 108 | 1,448 | 7.46% | ||||||||
63 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 107 | 1,346 | 7.95% | 1 | 2006 | ||||||
64 | Babe Stapp | 106 | 960 | 11.04% | ||||||||
65 | Fred Frame | 106 | 1,281 | 8.27% | 1 | 1932 | ||||||
66 | Buddy Rice | 99 | 1,047 | 9.46% | 1 | 2004 | ||||||
67 | Ted Horn | 94 | 1,944 | 4.84% | ||||||||
68 | Pato O'Ward | 93 | Active driver | |||||||||
69 | Dave Lewis | 93 | 383 | 24.28% | ||||||||
70 | Bill Cummings | 93 | 1,229 | 7.57% | 1 | 1934 | ||||||
71 | Alexander Rossi | 93 | Active driver | 1 | 2016 | |||||||
72 | Floyd Roberts | 92 | 883 | 10.42% | 1 | 1938 | ||||||
73 | Kenny Bräck | 89 | 885 | 10.06% | 1 | 1999 | ||||||
74 | Eddie Cheever Jr. | 89 | 2,122 | 4.19% | 1 | 1998 | ||||||
75 | Ray Harroun | 88 | 200 | 44.00% | 1 | 1911 | ||||||
76 | Takuma Sato | 87 | Active driver | 2 | 2017 | 2020 | ||||||
77 | Bob Sweikert | 86 | 825 | 10.42% | 1 | 1955 | ||||||
78 | David Bruce-Brown | 81 | 225 | 36.00% | ||||||||
79 | Danny Ongais | 79 | 1,527 | 5.17% | ||||||||
80 | Arthur Duray | 77 | 200 | 38.50% | ||||||||
81 | Troy Ruttman | 72 | 1,472 | 4.89% | 1 | 1952 | ||||||
82 | Gil de Ferran | 71 | 601 | 11.81% | 1 | 2003 | ||||||
83 | Jack McGrath | 70 | 1,094 | 6.40% | ||||||||
84 | Mark Donohue | 70 | 748 | 9.36% | 1 | 1972 | ||||||
85 | Buddy Lazier | 70 | 3,015 | 2.32% | 1 | 1996 | ||||||
86 | Josef Newgarden | 69 | Active driver | 1 | 2023 | 2024 | ||||||
87 | Frank Brisko | 69 | 1,330 | 5.19% | ||||||||
88 | Conor Daly | 69 | Active driver | |||||||||
89 | Leon Duray | 68 | 693 | 9.81% | ||||||||
90 | Ralph Hepburn | 68 | 1,864 | 3.65% | ||||||||
91 | George Souders | 67 | 400 | 16.75% | 1 | 1927 | ||||||
92 | Eddie Sachs | 66 | 1,069 | 6.17% | ||||||||
93 | Scott McLaughlin | 66 | Active driver | |||||||||
94 | Rinus VeeKay | 65 | Active driver | |||||||||
95 | Felix Rosenqvist | 61 | Active driver | |||||||||
96 | Maurício Gugelmin | 59 | 396 | 14.90% | ||||||||
97 | Harry Hartz | 57 | 996 | 5.72% | ||||||||
98 | Roberto Guerrero | 56 | 1,735 | 3.23% | ||||||||
99 | Johnny Thomson | 55 | 1,044 | 5.27% | ||||||||
100 | James Hinchcliffe | 54 | 1,656 | 3.26% | ||||||||
101 | Robby Gordon | 53 | 1,564 | 3.39% | ||||||||
102 | Joe Leonard | 52 | 1,265 | 4.11% | ||||||||
103 | Jeff Ward | 52 | 1,254 | 4.15% | ||||||||
104 | Bruno Junqueira | 52 | 734 | 7.08% | ||||||||
105 | Max Chilton | 50 | 997 | 5.02% | ||||||||
106 | Deacon Litz | 49 | 1,560 | 3.14% | ||||||||
107 | Scott Goodyear | 49 | 1,460 | 3.35% | ||||||||
108 | Ray Keech | 46 | 400 | 11.50% | 1 | 1929 | ||||||
109 | Pat O'Connor | 46 | 768 | 5.98% | ||||||||
110 | Davy Jones | 46 | 784 | 5.86% | ||||||||
111 | Gil Anderson | 44 | 784 | 5.61% | ||||||||
112 | Jimmy Gleason | 43 | 617 | 6.97% | ||||||||
113 | Marcus Ericsson | 43 | Active driver | 1 | 2022 | |||||||
114 | Bob Burman | 41 | 718 | 5.71% | ||||||||
115 | Jackie Stewart | 40 | 358 | 11.17% | ||||||||
116 | Louis Schneider | 39 | 863 | 4.51% | 1 | 1931 | ||||||
117 | John Paul Jr. | 39 | 883 | 4.42% | ||||||||
118 | Alex Tagliani | 39 | 1,543 | 2.52% | ||||||||
119 | Teo Fabi | 37 | 963 | 3.84% | ||||||||
120 | Bob Carey | 36 | 200 | 18% | ||||||||
121 | Jim Hurtubise | 36 | 894 | 4.03% | ||||||||
122 | Cliff Bergere | 35 | 2,425 | 1.44% | ||||||||
123 | Paul Russo | 35 | 1,482 | 2.36% | ||||||||
124 | Bob Swanson | 34 | 267 | 12.73% | ||||||||
125 | Nigel Mansell | 34 | 292 | 11.64% | ||||||||
126 | Oriol Servià | 34 | 1,992 | 1.70% | ||||||||
127 | Bobby Marshman | 33 | 635 | 5.20% | ||||||||
128 | Tony Gulotta | 33 | 1,989 | 1.66% | ||||||||
129 | Art Cross | 32 | 768 | 4.17% | ||||||||
130 | Duke Nalon | 32 | 1,284 | 2.49% | ||||||||
131 | Ryan Briscoe | 31 | 1,840 | 1.68% | ||||||||
132 | Phil Shafer | 29 | 1,223 | 2.37% | ||||||||
133 | Mark Dismore | 29 | 820 | 3.54% | ||||||||
134 | Danica Patrick | 29 | 1,404 | 2.07% | ||||||||
135 | Carlos Muñoz | 29 | 1,200 | 2.41% | ||||||||
136 | Graham Rahal | 28 | Active driver | |||||||||
137 | Fernando Alonso | 27 | 378 | 7.14% | ||||||||
138 | Jimmy Vasser | 26 | 1,249 | 2.08% | ||||||||
139 | Jimmy Davies | 25 | 631 | 3.96% | ||||||||
140 | Tony Bettenhausen | 24 | 1,975 | 1.22% | ||||||||
141 | Lou Moore | 23 | 1,304 | 1.76% | ||||||||
142 | A. J. Allmendinger | 23 | 200 | 11.50% | ||||||||
143 | Sting Ray Robb | 23 | Active driver | |||||||||
144 | Jacques Villeneuve | 22 | 600 | 3.67% | 1 | 1995 | ||||||
145 | Raul Boesel | 21 | 2,213 | 0.95% | ||||||||
146 | Alessandro Zampedri | 20 | 199 | 10.05% | ||||||||
147 | George Amick | 18 | 200 | 9.00% | ||||||||
148 | Johnny Boyd | 18 | 1,427 | 1.26% | ||||||||
149 | Charlie Kimball | 18 | 1,910 | 0.94% | ||||||||
150 | Kevin Cogan | 17 | 1,556 | 1.09% | ||||||||
151 | Johnny Aitken | 16 | 194 | 8.25% | ||||||||
152 | Jerry Grant | 16 | 1,275 | 1.25% | ||||||||
153 | Robbie Buhl | 16 | 1,279 | 1.25% | ||||||||
154 | Santino Ferrucci | 16 | Active driver | |||||||||
155 | Vítor Meira | 15 | 1,622 | 0.92% | ||||||||
156 | Mike Conway | 15 | 476 | 3.15% | ||||||||
157 | Zach Veach | 15 | 729 | 1.92% | ||||||||
158 | Colton Herta | 15 | Active driver | |||||||||
159 | Gaston Chevrolet | 14 | 400 | 3.50% | 1 | 1920 | ||||||
160 | Ernie Triplett | 14 | 559 | 2.50% | ||||||||
161 | Russ Snowberger | 13 | 1,633 | 0.80% | ||||||||
162 | Josele Garza | 13 | 707 | 1.84% | ||||||||
163 | Billy Boat | 13 | 1,112 | 1.17% | ||||||||
164 | Justin Wilson | 13 | 1,488 | 0.87% | ||||||||
165 | Townsend Bell | 13 | 1,898 | 0.68% | ||||||||
166 | J. R. Hildebrand | 13 | 2,202 | 0.59% | ||||||||
167 | Swede Savage | 12 | 62 | 19.35% | ||||||||
168 | Felipe Giaffone | 12 | 955 | 1.26% | ||||||||
169 | Bertrand Baguette | 11 | 383 | 2.87% | ||||||||
170 | Ralph Mulford | 10 | 1,619 | 0.62% | ||||||||
171 | Graham Hill | 10 | 333 | 3.00% | 1 | 1966 | ||||||
172 | Alex Barron | 10 | 942 | 1.06% | ||||||||
173 | Eddie Rickenbacker | 9 | 355 | 2.53% | ||||||||
174 | Albert Guyot | 9 | 808 | 1.11% | ||||||||
175 | Josef Christiaens | 9 | 320 | 2.81% | ||||||||
176 | Louis Chevrolet | 9 | 452 | 1.99% | ||||||||
177 | Dutch Baumann | 9 | 90 | 10.00% | ||||||||
178 | Len Sutton | 9 | 708 | 1.27% | ||||||||
179 | Jimmy Daywalt | 8 | 999 | 0.80% | ||||||||
180 | Pancho Carter | 8 | 2,141 | 0.37% | ||||||||
181 | Jim Crawford | 8 | 1,043 | 0.77% | ||||||||
182 | Scott Pruett | 8 | 592 | 1.35% | ||||||||
183 | Don Freeland | 7 | 1,311 | 0.53% | ||||||||
184 | Roger McCluskey | 7 | 2,155 | 0.32% | ||||||||
185 | Zachary Claman DeMelo | 7 | 199 | 3.52% | ||||||||
186 | Spencer Pigot | 7 | 981 | 0.71% | ||||||||
187 | Ira Hall | 6 | 485 | 1.24% | ||||||||
188 | Callum Ilott | 6 | Active driver | |||||||||
189 | Cecil Green | 5 | 217 | 2.30% | ||||||||
190 | Jimmy Jackson | 5 | 845 | 0.59% | ||||||||
191 | Spencer Wishart | 5 | 604 | 0.83% | ||||||||
192 | Steve Krisiloff | 5 | 1,387 | 0.36% | ||||||||
193 | E. J. Viso | 5 | 843 | 0.59% | ||||||||
194 | James Jakes | 5 | 599 | 0.83% | ||||||||
195 | Christian Lundgaard | 5 | Active driver | |||||||||
196 | Fred Belcher | 4 | 200 | 2.00% | ||||||||
197 | Cliff Durant | 4 | 888 | 0.45% | ||||||||
198 | Mike Mosley | 4 | 1,615 | 0.25% | ||||||||
199 | Buzz Calkins | 4 | 1,056 | 0.38% | ||||||||
200 | Sam Schmidt | 4 | 110 | 3.64% | ||||||||
201 | Sébastien Bourdais | 4 | 1,687 | 0.24% | ||||||||
202 | Oliver Askew | 4 | 91 | 4.40% | ||||||||
203 | Sage Karam | 4 | 1,368 | 0.29% | ||||||||
204 | Kyle Larson | 4 | Active driver | |||||||||
205 | George Snider | 3 | 1,832 | 0.16% | ||||||||
206 | Davey Hamilton | 3 | 1,783 | 0.17% | ||||||||
207 | Scott Sharp | 3 | 2,180 | 0.14% | ||||||||
208 | Bryan Herta | 3 | 965 | 0.31% | ||||||||
209 | Adrian Fernández | 3 | 583 | 0.51% | ||||||||
210 | Mario Moraes | 3 | 211 | 1.42% | ||||||||
211 | Bryan Clauson | 3 | 305 | 0.98% | ||||||||
212 | Stefan Wilson | 3 | 549 | 0.55% | ||||||||
213 | Kyffin Simpson | 3 | Active driver | |||||||||
214 | Caleb Bragg | 2 | 269 | 0.74% | ||||||||
215 | Teddy Tetzlaff | 2 | 371 | 0.54% | ||||||||
216 | Joe Dawson | 2 | 445 | 0.45% | 1 | 1912 | ||||||
217 | Robert Evans | 2 | 158 | 1.27% | ||||||||
218 | Paul Bost | 2 | 66 | 3.03% | ||||||||
219 | Herb Ardinger | 2 | 884 | 0.23% | ||||||||
220 | Dan Gurney | 2 | 1,204 | 0.17% | ||||||||
221 | Roger Rager | 2 | 55 | 3.64% | ||||||||
222 | Don Whittington | 2 | 547 | 0.37% | ||||||||
223 | John Andretti | 2 | 1,852 | 0.11% | ||||||||
224 | Robby McGehee | 2 | 887 | 0.23% | ||||||||
225 | Tora Takagi | 2 | 379 | 0.53% | ||||||||
226 | Jaques Lazier | 2 | 979 | 0.20% | ||||||||
227 | Rubens Barrichello | 2 | 200 | 1.00% | ||||||||
228 | James Davison | 2 | 748 | 0.27% | ||||||||
229 | Robert Wickens | 2 | 200 | 1.00% | ||||||||
230 | Jimmie Johnson | 2 | 193 | 1.04% | ||||||||
231 | Kyle Kirkwood | 2 | Active driver | |||||||||
232 | Jean Chassagne | 1 | 285 | 0.35% | ||||||||
233 | Art Klein | 1 | 413 | 0.24% | ||||||||
234 | Roscoe Sarles | 1 | 354 | 0.28% | ||||||||
235 | Howdy Wilcox II | 1 | 200 | 0.50% | ||||||||
236 | Fred Agabashian | 1 | 1,273 | 0.08% | ||||||||
237 | Jack Brabham | 1 | 510 | 0.20% | ||||||||
238 | Bobby Allison | 1 | 113 | 0.88% | ||||||||
239 | Bill Vukovich II | 1 | 1,527 | 0.07% | ||||||||
240 | Tim Richmond | 1 | 388 | 0.26% | ||||||||
241 | Gordon Smiley | 1 | 188 | 0.53% | ||||||||
242 | Scott Brayton | 1 | 1,905 | 0.05% | ||||||||
243 | Stéphan Grégoire | 1 | 760 | 0.13% | ||||||||
244 | Jeff Simmons | 1 | 609 | 0.16% | ||||||||
245 | Mikhail Aleshin | 1 | 524 | 0.19% | ||||||||
Note | Lora L. Corum* | 0 | 1 | 1924 | ||||||||
Floyd Davis* | 0 | 1 | 1941 |
- Lora L. Corum and Floyd Davis are credited as being co-winners of the Indianapolis 500 in 1924 and 1941, respectively. However, as the winning entries in either race led only after their secondary drivers drove (and to the conclusion), Corum and Davis are not credited with leading any of those laps, nor did they lead throughout the remainder of their careers.
Lap Leaders, Individual Races
[edit]Most Laps Led
[edit]Fifty-seven of one hundred seven Indianapolis 500-Mile Races have been won by the driver leading the most laps, 53.27%.
More than 50% of race laps led, non-winning entries
[edit]Twenty separate entries in equal years, driven by sixteen drivers, have failed to win despite leading over half a given race's completed laps.[1]
Rank | Year | Driver | Laps Led |
Race Percentage |
Final Pos |
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1 | 1912 | Ralph DePalma | 196 | 98.0% | 11 |
2 | 1967 | Parnelli Jones | 171 | 85.5% | 6 |
3 | 1987 | Mario Andretti | 170 | 85.0% | 9 |
4 | 1992 | Michael Andretti | 160 | 80.0% | 13 |
5 | 1931 | Billy Arnold | 155 | 77.5% | 19 |
6 | 1952 | Bill Vukovich | 150 | 75.0% | 17 |
7 | 2006 | Dan Wheldon | 148 | 74.0% | 4 |
8 | 1994 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 145 | 72.5% | 17 |
9 | 1947 | Bill Holland | 143 | 71.5% | 2 |
10 | 1972 | Gary Bettenhausen | 138 | 69.0% | 14 |
11 | 1977 | Gordon Johncock | 129 | 64.5% | 11 |
12 | 1990 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 128 | 64.0% | 3 |
13 | 1962 | Parnelli Jones | 120 | 60.0% | 7 |
14 | 1924 | Earl Cooper | 119 | 59.5% | 2 |
15 | 2020 | Scott Dixon | 111 | 55.5% | 2 |
16 | 1927 | Frank Lockhart | 110 | 55.0% | 10 |
17 | 1921 | Ralph DePalma | 108 | 54.0% | 12 |
18 | 1941 | Wilbur Shaw | 107 | 53.5% | 18 |
1985 | Mario Andretti | 2 | |||
20 | 1975 | Wally Dallenbach | 96 | 55.2% | 9 |
Lap leader records
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Most laps led by rookie Nine drivers have led one quarter (50 laps / 125 miles) or further race distance in their first year of competition. | ||||||
Laps | Percent Race Led |
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167 | 83.5% | 2000 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 2 | 1 | |
143 | 71.5% | 1947 | Bill Holland | 8 | 2 | |
138 | 69.0% | 1913 | Jules Goux | 7 | 1 | |
102 | 51.0% | 1914 | René Thomas | 15 | 1 | |
95 | 59.4% | 1926 | Frank Lockhart | 20 | 1 | |
85 | 42.5% | 2002 | Tomas Scheckter | 10 | 26 | |
77 | 38.5% | 1914 | Arthur Duray | 10 | 2 | |
52 | 26.0% | 2001 | Hélio Castroneves | 11 | 1 | |
51 | 25.5% | 1927 | George Souders | 22 | 1 |
Latest lead change Races with final lead change taking place at or within five laps of finish | |||
Lap | Year | Winner | Passed |
200 | 2006 | Sam Hornish Jr. | Marco Andretti |
2011 | Dan Wheldon | J. R. Hildebrand | |
2023 | Josef Newgarden | Marcus Ericsson | |
2024 | Josef Newgarden | Pato O'Ward | |
199 | 1912 | Joe Dawson | Ralph DePalma |
1989 | Emerson Fittipaldi | Al Unser Jr. | |
1999 | Kenny Bräck | Robby Gordon | |
2012 | Dario Franchitti | Scott Dixon | |
2019 | Simon Pagenaud | Alexander Rossi | |
2021 | Hélio Castroneves | Álex Palou | |
198 | 1961 | A. J. Foyt | Eddie Sachs |
1986 | Bobby Rahal | Kevin Cogan | |
2013 | Tony Kanaan | Ryan Hunter-Reay | |
197 | 1960 | Jim Rathmann | Rodger Ward |
1967 | A.J. Foyt | Parnelli Jones | |
2014 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | Hélio Castroneves | |
2015 | Juan Pablo Montoya | Will Power | |
2016 | Alexander Rossi | Carlos Muñoz | |
196 | 1995 | Jacques Villeneuve [a] | Scott Goodyear |
2018 | Will Power | Stefan Wilson |
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Leaders Circle Club
[edit]In 1964, Autolite created the "Pacemakers Club," which recognized drivers who had led at least one lap during the Indianapolis 500. It quickly rose in stature and popularity, and became a highly sought-after honor associated with the Indianapolis 500. After changes in sponsorship, the organization was renamed the "Leaders Circle Club".
The qualifications were simple: any driver who had led at least one lap during the history of the race, whether living or already deceased, were recognized as members. At its inception, 102 drivers were listed as members. A total of 56 were deceased at the time, and 46 were living.
Honorees receive a jacket, and are honored at a banquet in their honor. The number of new members inducted at the banquet varies annually, as it is solely based on the previous year's first-time lap leaders. Some years can have as few as one or zero new members inducted, while other years have had as many as 4-5. The "club" is still active as of 2012.
Notes
[edit]- ^ Goodyear was assessed a penalty for passing the safety car on a Lap 191 restart, and did not serve penalty within the five laps allotted. By rule, his lap card as pulled and Villeneuve took the lead automatically after the fifth lap.
References
[edit]- ^ Zucker, Joseph. "Indy 500 Results 2019: Simon Pagenaud Earns 1st Career Win at Iconic Race". Bleacher Report. Retrieved 2019-05-26.
See also
[edit]- IMS Official Statistics: List of Lap Leaders
- Compilations of Indianapolis Star and Indianapolis News breakdowns of individual 500-mile (800 km) races
- Indianapolis 500 Chronicle, Rick Popely, June 1998