IndyCar: Indy 500 winning combinations
Starting Positions of Winning Cars
| POSITION | # OF WINS |
|---|---|
| 1st | 21 |
| 2nd | 11 |
| 3rd | 13 |
| 4th | 7 |
| 5th | 7 |
| 6th | 5 |
| 7th | 5 |
| 8th | 3 |
| 9th | 1 |
| 10th | 2 |
| 11th | 3 |
| 12th | 2 |
| 13th | 4 |
| 14th | 1 |
| 15th | 4 |
| 16th | 2 |
| 17th | 2 |
| 18th | 0 |
| 19th | 2 |
| 20th | 3 |
| 21st | 1 |
| 22nd | 2 |
| 23rd | 0 |
| 24th | 0 |
| 25th | 1 |
| 26th | 0 |
| 27th | 1 |
| 28th | 2 |
| 29th | 0 |
| 30th | 0 |
| 31st | 0 |
| 32nd | 0 |
| 33rd | 0 |
Winners from Pole Positions – 21
| YEAR | DRIVER |
|---|---|
| 1922 | Jimmy Murphy |
| 1923 | Tommy Milton |
| 1930 | Billy Arnold |
| 1938 | Floyd Roberts |
| 1953 | Bill Vukovich |
| 1956 | Pat Flaherty |
| 1963 | Parnelli Jones |
| 1970 | Al Unser |
| 1976 | Johnny Rutherford |
| 1979 | Rick Mears |
| 1980 | Johnny Rutherford |
| 1981 | Bobby Unser |
| 1988 | Rick Mears |
| 1991 | Rick Mears |
| 1994 | Al Unser Jr. |
| 1997 | Arie Luyendyk |
| 2004 | Buddy Rice |
| 2006 | Sam Hornish Jr. |
| 2008 | Scott Dixon |
| 2009 | >Helio Castroneves |
| 2019 | Simon Pagenaud |
Rookie Winners – 10
| YEAR | DRIVER |
|---|---|
| 1911 | Ray Harroun |
| 1913 | Jules Goux |
| 1914 | Rene Thomas |
| 1926 | Frank Lockhart |
| 1927 | George Souders |
| 1928 | Louis Meyer* |
| 1966 | Graham Hill |
| 2000 | Juan Pablo Montoya |
| 2001 | Helio Castroneves |
| 2016 | Alexander Rossi |
*Meyer drove relief for Wilbur Shaw in 1927 before making first start in 1928