Birthplaces of Indianapolis 500 Winners

Birthplaces of Drivers

United States of America

74 victories among 50 different drivers from 21 states.

State # Drivers # Wins Drivers
Arizona 3 3 Phoenix: Jimmy Bryan (1958), Eddie Cheever Jr. (1998), Buddy Rice (2004)
Arkansas 1 1 Texarkana: Parnelli Jones (1963)
California 7 8 San Francisco: Jimmy Murphy (1922)
Los Angeles: Johnnie Parsons (1950), Bob Sweikert (1955), Jim Rathmann (1960)
Fresno: Bill Vukovich Sr. (1953-1954)
Glendale: Pat Flaherty (1956)
Auburn: Alexander Rossi (2016)
Colorado 2 4 Colorado Springs: Bobby Unser (1968, 1975, 1981)
Vail: Buddy Lazier (1996)
Illinois 2 2 Chicago: Billy Arnold (1930)
Springfield: Floyd Davis (1941 co-winner)
Indiana 7 9 Odon: Joe Dawson (1912)
Crawfordsville: Howdy Wilcox (1919)
Jonesville: L.L. Corum (1924 co-winner)
Lafayette: George Souders (1927)
Indianapolis: Louis Schneider (1931), Bill Cummings (1934)
Shelbyville: Wilbur Shaw (1937, 1939, 1940)
Kansas 3 9 Beloit: Rodger Ward (1959, 1962)
Coffeyville: Johnny Rutherford (1974, 1976, 1980)
Wichita: Rick Mears (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991)
Kentucky 1 1 Louisville: Danny Sullivan (1985)
Michigan 1 2 Hastings: Gordon Johncock (1973, 1982)
Minnesota 1 2 St. Paul: Tommy Milton (1921, 1923)
Missouri 1 1 St. Louis: Joe Boyer (1924 co-winner)
New Hampshire 1 1 Exeter: Fred Frame (1932)
New Jersey 1 1 Summit: Mark Donohue (1972)
New Mexico 2 6 Albuquerque: Al Unser (1970-1971, 1978, 1987), Al Unser Jr. (1992, 1994)
New York 2 4 Yonkers: Louis Meyer (1928, 1933, 1936)
Schenectady: Lee Wallard (1951)
North Dakota 1 1 Jamestown: Floyd Roberts (1938)
Ohio 5 7 Columbus: Mauri Rose (1941 co-winner, 47-48), Sam Hanks (1957)
Dayton: Frank Lockhart (1926)
Defiance: Sam Hornish Jr. (2006)
Medina: Bobby Rahal (1986)
Oklahoma 1 1 Mooreland: Troy Ruttman (1952)
Pennsylvania 5 5 Spartansburg: Ray Harroun (1911)
Philadelphia: Peter DePaolo (1925), Bill Holland (1949)
Pittsburgh: Kelly Petillo (1935)
Coatesville: Ray Keech (1929)
Texas 2 5 Houston: A.J. Foyt (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977)
Dallas: Ryan Hunter-Reay (2014)
Washington 1 1 Spokane: Tom Sneva (1983)

 

International

34 victories among 24 drivers from 12 countries.

Country # Drivers # Wins Drivers
Australia 1 1 Toowoomba: Will Power (2018)
Brazil 3 7 Salvador de Bahia: Tony Kanaan (2013)
Sao Paulo: Emerson Fittipaldi (1989, 1993), Helio Castroneves (2001, 2002, 2009, 2021)
Canada 1 1 St. Jean de D’lberville, Quebec: Jacques Villeneuve (1995)
Colombia 1 2 Bogota: Juan Pablo Montoya (2000, 2015)
England 3 4 Newcastle-On-Tyne: George Robson (1946)
London: Graham Hill (1966)
Emberton: Dan Wheldon (2005, 2011)
France 5 5 Paris: Jules Goux (1913), Rene Thomas (1914), Gil de Ferran (2003)
Beaune: Gaston Chevrolet (1920)
Montmorillon: Simon Pagenaud (2019)
Italy 3 3 Trois: Ralph DePalma (1915)
Milan: Dario Resta (1916)
Montona: Mario Andretti (1969)
Japan 1 2 Shinjuku: Takuma Sato (2017, 2020)
Netherlands 1 2 Sommelsdyk: Arie Luyendyk (1990, 1997)
New Zealand 1 1 Auckland: Scott Dixon (2008)
Scotland 2 4 Kilmany: Jim Clark (1965)
Edinburgh: Dario Franchitti (2007, 2010, 2012)
Sweden 2 2 Karlstad: Kenny Brack (1999)
Kumla: Marcus Ericsson (2022)
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