Indianapolis 500 Historical Stats

Indianapolis 500 Qualifying Records
Open
One Lap Qualification Records
Year Date Driver Entrant Car/Engine Speed
1912 May 26 Teddy Tetzlaff E. Hewlett Fiat/Fiat 84.25
May 27 David Bruce-Brown Nat’l Motor Vehicle Co. National/National 88.45
1914 May 26 Rene Thomas L. Delage Co. Delage/Delage 94.53
May 26 Teddy Tetzlaff United States Motor Co. Maxwell/Maxwell 96.25
May 26 Jules Goux Jules Goux Peugeot/Peugeot 98.13
May 27 Georges Boillot Georges Boillot Peugeot/Peugeot 99.86
1919 May 27 Rene Thomas Ernest Ballot Ballot/Ballot 104.78
1923 May 26 Tommy Milton H.C.S. Motor Co. Miller/Miller 109.45
1925 May 26 Earl Cooper Cliff Durant Miller/Miller 110.728
May 26 Harry Hartz Harry Hartz Miller/Miller 112.994
May 26 Peter DePaolo Duesenberg Bros. Duesenberg/Duesenberg 114.285
1926 May 27 Frank Lockhart Peter Kreis Miller/Miller 115.488
1927 May 26 Harry Hartz Harry Hartz Miller/Miller 117.294
May 26 Peter DePaolo Peter DePaolo Miller/Miller 120.546
May 26 Frank Lockhart Frank S. Lockhart Miller/Miller 120.918
1928 May 26 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve Co. Miller/Miller 121.082
May 26 Leon Duray Leon Duray Miller/Miller 124.018
1937 May 15 Bill Cummings H.C. Henning Miller/Offy 125.139
May 23 Jimmy Snyder Joel Thorne Inc. Adams/Sparks 130.492
1939 May 20 Jimmy Snyder Joel Thorne Inc. Adams/Sparks 130.757
1946 May 26 Ralph Hepburn W.C. Winfield Kurtis/Novi 134.449
1950 May 13 Walt Faulkner J.C. Agajanian KK2000/Offy 136.013
1951 May 12 Duke Nalon Jean Marcenac Kurtis/Novi 137.049
May 19 Walt Faulkner J.C. Agajanian Kuzma/Offy 138.122
1952 May 17 Fred Agabashian Cummins Engine Co. Kurtis/Cummins 139.104
May 24 Bill Vukovich Howard Keck Co. KK500A/Offy 139.427
May 24 Chet Miller Lewis W. Welch Kurtis/Novi 139.6
1954 May 15 Johnny Thomson H.A. Chapman Nichels/Offy 139.686
May 15 Jack McGrath Jack B. Hinkle KK500C/Offy 141.287
1955 May 15 Bill Vukovich Lindsey Hopkins KK500C/Offy 141.309
May 15 Jack McGrath Jack B. Hinkle KK500C/Offy 143.793
1956 May 9 Jim Rathmann Lindsey Hopkins KK500C/Offy 146.033
May 9 Pat Flaherty John Zink Co. Watson/Offy 146.056
1958 May 17 Ed Elisian Ellen McKinney Zink Watson/Offy 146.508
1959 May 16 Johnny Thomson Racing Associates Lesovsky/Offy 146.532
1960 May 14 Jim Rathmann Ken-Paul Inc. Watson/Offy 146.915
May 14 Eddie Sachs Dean Van Lines Racing Ewing/Offy 147.251
May 22 Jim Hurtubise Ernest L. Ruiz Christensen/Offy 149.601
1962 May 12 Len Sutton Leader Cards Inc. Watson/Offy 149.9
May 12 Parnelli Jones J.C. Agajanian Watson/Offy 150.729
1963 May 18 Parnelli Jones J.C. Agajanian Watson/Offy 151.847
1964 May 16 Rodger Ward Leader Cards Inc. Watson/Ford 157.563
May 16 Bobby Marshman Lindsey Hopkins Lotus/Ford 158.562
May 16 Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus/Ford 159.377
1965 May 15 Mario Andretti Auto Techs Inc. Brawner/Ford 159.405
May 15 Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus/Ford 160.973
May 15 A.J. Foyt Ansted-Thompson Racing Lotus/Ford 161.958
1966 May 14 George Snider Ansted-Thompson Racing Coyote/Ford 163.014
May 14 Mario Andretti Dean Racing Enterprises Brawner/Ford 166.328
1967 May 13 Dan Gurney All American Racers Eagle/Ford 167.942
May 13 Mario Andretti Dean Racing Enterprises Hawk/Ford 169.779
1968 May 18 Graham Hill STP Corporation Lotus/Pratt & Whitney 171.887
May 18 Joe Leonard STP Corporation Lotus/Pratt & Whitney 171.953
1971 May 15 A.J. Foyt Thompson Industries Coyote/Ford 174.656
May 15 Mark Donohue Penske Racing McLaren/Offy 178.607
May 15 Peter Revson McLaren Cars McLaren/Offy 179.354
1972 May 14 Billy Vukovich Jerry O'Connell Eagle/Offy 185.797
May 14 Joe Leonard Vel's Parnelli Jones Parnelli/Offy 185.95
May 14 Mario Andretti Vel's Parnelli Jones Parnelli/Offy 188.758
May 14 Gary Bettenhausen Penske Racing McLaren/Offy 189.474
May 14 Bobby Unser Olsonite Division Eagle/Offy 196.678
1973 May 12 Swede Savage Patrick Racing Eagle/Offy 197.152
May 12 Johnny Rutherford McLaren Cars McLaren/Offy 199.071
1977 May 14 Tom Sneva Penske Racing McLaren/Cosworth 200.535
1978 May 20 Tom Sneva Penske Racing Penske/Cosworth 203.62
1982 May 15 Kevin Cogan Penske Racing Penske/Cosworth 204.638
May 15 Rick Mears Penske Racing Penske/Cosworth 207.612
1983 May 21 Teo Fabi Forsythe Racing March/Cosworth 208.049
1984 May 12 Rick Mears Penske Racing March/Cosworth 208.502
May 12 Mario Andretti Newman-Haas Racing Lola/Cosworth 209.687
May 12 Tom Sneva Mayer Motor Racing March/Cosworth 210.689
1985 May 11 Scott Brayton Brayton Engineering March/Buick 214.199
1986 May 10 Danny Sullivan Penske Racing March/Cosworth 215.755
May 10 Rick Mears Penske Racing March/Cosworth 217.581
1988 May 14 Danny Sullivan Penske Racing Penske/Chevy Indy 217.749
May 14 Rick Mears Penske Racing Penske/Chevy Indy 220.453
1989 May 14 Al Unser Penske Racing Penske/Chevy Indy 223.803
May 14 Rick Mears Penske Racing Penske/Chevy Indy 224.254
1990 May 13 Emerson Fittipaldi Penske Racing Penske/Chevy Indy 225.575
1992 May 9 Arie Luyendyk Chip Ganassi Racing Lola/Ford Cosworth 229.305
May 9 Gary Bettenhausen Team Menard Lola/Buick 229.317
May 9 Roberto Guerrero Kenny Bernstein Lola/Buick 232.618
1996 May 11 Davy Jones Galles Racing Lola/Mercedes Ilmor 233.064
May 11 Tony Stewart Team Menard Lola/Menard 233.179
May 11 Scott Brayton Team Menard Lola/Menard 233.851
May 12 Arie Luyendyk Byrd-Treadway Racing Reynard/Ford Cosworth 237.498

Most times setting one-lap track record: 5 – Mario Andretti (1965-67, 72, 84), Rick Mears (1982, 84, 86, 88-89)

Back to Top
Buy Tickets Media & News! Get the Gear!
Reserve one of our hospitality suites for your next event!
To start planning your event at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway please fill out our Information Request Form or contact IMS Sales Department at (317) 492-8739 or email at hospitalitysales@brickyard.com.
Latest Tweets
It's Pole day on @CrownRoyal Armed Forces Weekend & we can't wait to see you! Check out details on the day: https://t.co/yKQ6Db3YRK
May 21
Indy 500 Merchandise