Indianapolis 500 Fun Facts
Pit Stop Challenge Champions & Runners-Up
Indianapolis 500
The Pit Stop Challenge competition has been a staple of the Indianapolis 500 event since first occurring in 1977. This section breaks down the top two finishers in each competition with driver, team and chief mechanic information.
| Year | Position | Driver | Team | Chief Mechanic | Time (sec.) | Race Start/Finish | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 1st | Jim McElreath | Fred W. Carillo | Dave Klym | 15.09 | 20/23 | |
| 2nd | Wally Dallenbach | Patrick Racing | George Bignotti | 15.82 | 10/4 | ||
| 1978 | 1st | Johnny Rutherford | Team McLaren | Phil Sharp/Steve Roby | 13.8 | 4/13 | |
| 2nd | Larry Dickson | Polak Racing | Chuck Looper | 17.27 | 9/22 | ||
| 1979 | 1st | Johnny Rutherford | Team McLaren | Steve Roby | 13.51 | 8/18 | |
| 2nd | Tom Sneva | Jerry O’Connell | Jud Phillips | 13.94 | 2/15 | ||
| 1980 | 1st | Tom Bigelow | AMI Racing Division | Paul Leffler | 14.04 | 31/8 | |
| 2nd | Greg Leffler | AMI Racing Division | Paul Leffler | 14.5 | 23/10 | ||
| 1981 | 1st | Bobby Unser | Penske Cars Ltd. | Laurie Gerrish | 13 | 1/10 | |
| 2nd | Larry Cannon | Kraco Racing | Phil Thrasher | 23.2 | 14/33 | ||
| 1982 | 1st | Rick Mears | Penske Cars Ltd. | Peter Parrott | 13.93 | 1/2 | |
| 2nd | A.J. Foyt | A.J. Foyt Enterprises | Jack Starne | 18.05 | 3/19 | ||
| 1983 | 1st | Rick Mears | Penske Cars Ltd. | Peter Parrott | 13.86 | 3/3 | |
| 2nd | Pancho Carter | Alex Morales | Johnny Capels | 15.528 | 14/7 | ||
| 1984 | 1st | Michael Andretti | Kraco Enterprises | Brian Stewart | 18.52 | 4/5 | |
| 2nd | Howdy Holmes | Mayer Motor Racing | Steve Roby | 18.948 | 2/13 | ||
| 1985 | 1st | Danny Sullivan | Penske Cars Ltd. | Chuck Sprague | 11.742 | 8/1 | |
| 2nd | Howdy Holmes | Forsythe Racing | Barry Green | 11.75 | 19/10 | ||
| 1986 | 1st | Danny Sullivan | Penske Cars Ltd. | Chuck Sprague | 20.288 | 2/9 | |
| 2nd | Bobby Rahal | Budweiser/Truesports | Steve Horne | 22.734 | 4/1 | ||
| 1987 | 1st | Mario Andretti | Newman/Haas Racing | Colin Duff | 18.05 | 1/9 | |
| 2nd | Bobby Rahal | Budweiser/Truesports | Steve Horne | 23.27 | 2/26 | ||
| 1988 | 1st | Danny Sullivan | Penske Racing | Chuck Sprague | 14.782 | 2/23 | |
| 2nd | Mario Andretti | Newman/Haas Racing | Colin Duff | 15.006 | 4/20 | ||
| 1989 | 1st | Al Unser Jr. | Rick Galles Corp. | Owen Snyder | 14.716 | 8/2 | |
| 2nd | Mario Andretti | Newman/Haas Racing | Colin Duff | 26.582 | 5/4 | ||
| 1990 | 1st | Al Unser Jr. | Galles-Kraco Racing | Owen Snyder | 14.094 | 7/4 | |
| 2nd | Bobby Rahal | Galles-Kraco Racing | Jim Prescott | Aborted, NT | 4/2 | ||
| 1991 | 1st | Danny Sullivan | Patrick Racing Int’l | Mike Hull | 13.114 | 9/10 | |
| 2nd | Bobby Rahal | Galles-Kraco Racing | Jim Prescott | 13.382 | 4/19 | ||
| 1992 | 1st | Bobby Rahal | Rahal/Hogan Racing | Jim Prescott | 13.324 | 10/6 | |
| 2nd | Eddie Cheever Jr. | Chip Ganassi Racing | Chris Griffis | Stalled, NT | 2/4 | ||
| 1993 | 1st | Al Unser Jr. | Galles Racing Int’l | Owen Snyder | 13.118 | 5/8 | |
| 2nd | Mario Andretti | Newman/Haas Racing | John Simmonds | 16.104 | 2/5 | ||
| 1994 | 1st | Jacques Villeneuve | Forsythe/Green Racing | Kyle Moyer | 12.867 | 4/2 | |
| 2nd | John Paul Jr. | Team LOSI | Randy Bain | 13.59 | 30/25 | ||
| 1995 | 1st | Jacques Villeneuve | Team Green | Kyle Moyer | 13.982-14.556 | 5/1 | |
| 2nd | Michael Andretti | Newman/Haas Racing | Tim Bumps | 13.982-14.660 | 4/25 | ||
| 1996 | 1st | Davy Jones | Galles Racing Int’l | Mitch Davis | 14.176 | 2/2 | |
| 2nd | Roberto Guerrero | Pagan Racing | Doug Barnes | 16.368 | 5/5 | ||
| 1997 | 1st | Kenny Brack | Galles Racing Int’l | Gary Armentrout | 14.284 | 15/33 | |
| 2nd | Eddie Cheever Jr. | Team Cheever | Mitch Davis | 15.133 | 11/23 | ||
| 1998 | 1st | Scott Goodyear | Panther Racing, LLC | Kevin Blanch | 17.307 | 10/24 | |
| 2nd | Robbie Buhl | Team Menard, Inc. | John O’Gara | Aborted, NT | 5/31 | ||
| 1999 | 1st | Davey Hamilton | Galles Racing Int’l | Darren Russell | 12.68 | 11/11 | |
| 2nd | Kenny Brack | A.J. Foyt Racing | Bill Spencer | 14.56 | 8/1 | ||
| 2000 | 1st | Scott Goodyear | Panther Racing | Kevin Blanch | 11.19 | 13/9 | |
| 2nd | Robby McGehee | Treadway Racing | Rick Hurford | 12.72 | 12/21 | ||
| 2001 | 1st | Scott Sharp | Kelley Racing | Robert Perez | 9.2 | 1/33 | |
| 2nd | Al Unser Jr. | Galles Racing | Russ Marr | 12.67 | 19/30 | ||
| 2002 | 1st | Helio Castroneves | Marlboro Team Penske | Rick Rinaman | 8.555 | 13/1 | |
| 2nd | Jeff Ward | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Barry Wasner | 10.3433 | 15/9 | ||
| 2003 | 1st | Buddy Rice | Red Bull Cheever Racing | David Meehan | 8.8401 | 19/11 | |
| 2nd | Helio Castroneves | Marlboro Team Penske | Rick Rinaman | 9.1341 | 2-Jan | ||
| 2004 | 1st | Buddy Rice | Rahal Letterman Racing | Ricardo Nault | 12.3365 | 1-Jan | |
| 2nd | Helio Castroneves | Marlboro Team Penske | Rick Rinaman | 24.433 | 9-Aug | ||
| 2005 | 1st | Sam Hornish Jr. | Marlboro Team Penske | Matt Jonsson | 8.9704 | 23-Feb | |
| 2nd | Bryan Herta | Andretti Green Racing | Jeff Grahn | 9.917 | 3-Jul | ||
| 2006 | 1st | Helio Castroneves | Marlboro Team Penske | Rick Rinaman | 8.0852 | 25-Feb | |
| 2nd | Dario Franchitti | Andretti Green Racing | Dave Popielarz | 8.4428 | 17/7 | ||
| 2007 | 1st | Helio Castroneves | Team Penske | Rick Rinaman | 8.335 | 3-Jan | |
| 2nd | Sam Hornish Jr. | Team Penske | Matt Jonsson | 8.888 | 4-May | ||
| 2008 | Canceled due to rain | ||||||
| 2009 | 1st | Helio Castroneves | Team Penske | Rick Rinaman | 7.962 | 1/1 | |
| 2nd | Marco Andretti | Andretti Green Racing | Jeff Grahn | 9.456 | 8/30 | ||
| 2010 | 1st | Helio Castroneves | Team Penske | Sean Hanrahan | 8.001 | 1/3 | |
| 2nd | Hideki Mutoh | Newman/Haas Racing | Todd Phillips | 9.548 | 9/28 | ||
| 2011 | 1st | Ryan Briscoe | Team Penske | Matt Jonsson | 7.882 | 26/27 | |
| 2nd | Dario Franchitti | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Kevin O’Donnell | 8.481 | 9/12 | ||
| 2012 | 1st | Scott Dixon | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Kevin O’Donnell | 13.769 | 15/2 | |
| 2nd | Oriol Servia | Dreyer & Reinbold Racing | Chris Hogue | 17.194 | 27/4 | ||
| 2013 | 1st | Helio Castroneves | Team Penske | Sean Hanrahan | 14.475 | 8/6 | |
| 2nd | Dario Franchitti | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Kevin O’Donnell | 14.854 | 17/23 | ||
| 2014 | 1st | Scott Dixon | Target Chip Ganassi Racing | Blair Julian | 11.658 | 11/29 | |
| 2nd | Sage Karam | Dreyer & Reinbold Kingdom Racing | Mark Weida | 12.163 | 31/9 | ||
| 2015 | 1st | Helio Castroneves | Team Penske | Travis Law | 12.561 | 5/7 | |
| 2nd | Charlie Kimball |
Chip Ganassi Racing Teams |
Mark Sampson | 13.017 | 14/3 | ||
| 2016 | 1st | Helio Castroneves | Team Penske | Travis Law | 12.235 | 9/11 | |
| 2nd | Mikhail Aleshin |
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports |
Taylor Kiel | 19.381 | 7/27 | ||
| 2017 | 1st | Will Power | Team Penske | Matt Jonsson | 11.614 | 9/23 | |
| 2nd | James Hinchcliffe |
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports |
13.223 | 17/22 | |||
| 2018 | 1st | Scott Dixon | Chip Ganassi Racing | Blair Julian | 11.614 | 9/3 | |
| 2nd | James Hinchcliffe |
Schmidt Peterson Motorsports |
12.495 | DNQ | |||
| 2019 | 1st | Marcus Ericsson | Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports | Bob Jansen | 11.794 | 13/23 | |
| 2nd | Scott Dixon |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
Blair Julian | 13.132 | 17/18 | ||
| 2022 | 1st | Josef Newgarden | Team Penske | Travis Law | 10.949 | 14/13 | |
| 2nd | Scott Dixon |
Chip Ganassi Racing |
Blair Julian | 11.911 | 1/21 | ||