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Indy 500 winner Josef Newgarden on winning back-to-back
Josef Newgarden is the first back-to-back Indy 500 champion since Helio Castroneves in 2001-02.
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The 109th Indianapolis 500 is scheduled for May 25, 2025, on the 2.5-mile Indianapolis Motor Speedway oval. Josef Newgarden won in 2023 and ’24, becoming the first to win consecutive races since Helio Castroneves in 2001-02.
No driver has won the race three years in a row. In other 3-peat attempts: Mauri Rose finished 13th in 1949; Bill Vukovich was killed in a crash during the 1955 race; Al Unser finished 2nd in 1972; and Helio Castroneves finished 2nd in 2003.
Who has won the most Indy 500s?
Helio Castroneves (2001, ’02, ’09, ’21), Rick Mears (1979, ’84, ’88, ’91), Al Unser (1970, ’71, ’78, ’87) and A.J. Foyt (1961, ’64, ’67, ’77) share the record with four Indy 500 wins each.
Who won the first Indy 500 race?
Ray Harroun won the first Indianapolis 500 in 1911, with an average speed of 74.602 miles per hour.
Who is the oldest Indy 500 winner?
In 1987, Al Unser won at 47 years, 360 days old.
Who is the youngest Indy 500 winner?
In 1952, Troy Ruttman won at 22 years, 80 days old.
Here is every Indy 500 winner, with year, driver and average speed
Indy 500 winners in the 2020s
| Year | Driver | mph |
| 2024 | Josef Newgarden | 167.763 |
| 2023 | Josef Newgarden | 168.193 |
| 2022 | Marcus Ericsson | 175.428 |
| 2021 | Helio Castroneves | 190.690 |
| 2020 | Takuma Sato | 157.824 |
Indy 500 winners in the 2010s
| Year | Driver | mph |
| 2019 | Simon Pagenaud | 175.794 |
| 2018 | Will Power | 166.935 |
| 2017 | Takuma Sato | 155.395 |
| 2016 | Alexander Rossi | 166.634 |
| 2015 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 161.341 |
| 2014 | Ryan Hunter-Reay | 186.563 |
| 2013 | Tony Kanaan | 187.433 |
| 2012 | Dario Franchitti | 167.734 |
| 2011 | Dan Wheldon | 170.265 |
| 2010 | Dario Franchitti | 161.623 |
Indy 500 winners in the 2000s
| Year | Driver | mph |
| 2009 | Helio Castroneves | 150.318 |
| 2008 | Scott Dixon | 143.567 |
| 2007 | Dario Franchitti | 151.774* |
| 2006 | Sam Hornish Jr. | 157.085 |
| 2005 | Dan Wheldon | 157.603 |
| 2004 | Buddy Rice | 138.518^ |
| 2003 | Gil de Ferran | 156.291 |
| 2002 | Helio Castroneves | 166.499 |
| 2001 | Helio Castroneves | 141.574 |
| 2000 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 167.607 |
Indy 500 winners in the 1990s
| Year | Driver | mph |
| 1999 | Kenny Brack | 153.176 |
| 1998 | Eddie Cheever | 145.155 |
| 1997 | Arie Luyendyk | 145.827* |
| 1996 | Buddy Lazier | 147.956 |
| 1995 | Jacques Villeneuve | 153.616 |
| 1994 | Al Unser Jr. | 160.872 |
| 1993 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 157.207 |
| 1992 | Al Unser Jr. | 134.477 |
| 1991 | Rick Mears | 176.457 |
| 1990 | Arie Luyendyk | 185.981 |
Indy 500 winners in the 1980s
| Year | Driver | mph |
| 1989 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 167.581 |
| 1988 | Rick Mears | 144.809 |
| 1987 | Al Unser | 162.175 |
| 1986 | Bobby Rahal | 170.722* |
| 1985 | Danny Sullivan | 152.982 |
| 1984 | Rick Mears | 163.612 |
| 1983 | Tom Sneva | 162.117 |
| 1982 | Gordon Johncock | 162.029 |
| 1981 | Bobby Unser | 139.084 |
| 1980 | Johnny Rutherford | 142.862 |
Indy 500 winners in the 1970s
| Year | Driver | mph |
| 1979 | Rick Mears | 158.899 |
| 1978 | Al Unser | 161.363 |
| 1977 | A.J. Foyt | 161.331 |
| 1976 | Johnny Rutherford | 148.725* |
| 1975 | Bobby Unser | 149.213^ |
| 1974 | Johnny Rutherford | 158.589 |
| 1973 | Gordon Johncock | 159.036+ |
| 1972 | Mark Donahue | 162.962 |
| 1971 | Al Unser | 157.735 |
| 1970 | Al Unser | 155.749 |
Indy 500 winners in the 1960s
| Year | Driver | mph |
| 1969 | Mario Andretti | 156.867 |
| 1968 | Bobby Unser | 152.882 |
| 1967 | A.J. Foyt | 151.207* |
| 1966 | Graham Hill | 144.317 |
| 1965 | Jim Clark | 150.686 |
| 1964 | A.J. Foyt | 147.350 |
| 1963 | Parnelli Jones | 143.137 |
| 1962 | Rodger Ward | 140.293 |
| 1961 | A.J. Foyt | 139.130 |
| 1960 | Jim Rathmann | 138.767 |
Indy 500 winners in the 1950s
| Year | Driver | mph |
| 1959 | Rodger Ward | 135.857 |
| 1958 | Jimmy Bryan | 133.791 |
| 1957 | Sam Hanks | 135.601 |
| 1956 | Pat Flaherty | 128.490 |
| 1955 | Bob Sweikert | 128.213 |
| 1954 | Bill Vukovich | 130.840 |
| 1953 | Bill Vukovich | 128.740 |
| 1952 | Troy Ruttman | 128.922 |
| 1951 | Lee Wallard | 126.244 |
| 1950 | Johnnie Parsons | 124.002* |
Indy 500 winners in the 1940s
| Year | Driver | mph |
| 1949 | Bill Holland | 121.327 |
| 1948 | Mauri Rose | 119.814 |
| 1947 | Mauri Rose | 116.338 |
| 1946 | George Robson | 114.820 |
| 1942-45 | No races, World War II | |
| 1941 | Floyd Davis/Mauri Rose | 115.117 |
| 1940 | Wilbur Shaw | 114.277* |
Indy 500 winners in the 1930s
| Year | Driver | mph |
| 1939 | Wilbur Shaw | 115.035 |
| 1938 | Floyd Roberts | 117.200 |
| 1937 | Wilbur Shaw | 113.580 |
| 1936 | Louis Meyer | 109.069 |
| 1935 | Kelly Petillo | 106.240 |
| 1934 | Bill Cummings | 104.863 |
| 1933 | Louis Meyer | 104.162 |
| 1932 | Fred Frame | 104.144 |
| 1931 | Louis Schneider | 96.629 |
| 1930 | Billy Arnold | 10.448 |
Indy 500 winners in the 1920s
| Year | Driver | mph |
| 1929 | Ray Keech | 97.585 |
| 1928 | Louis Meyer | 99.482 |
| 1927 | George Souders | 97.545 |
| 1926 | Frank Lockhart | 95.904* |
| 1925 | Peter DePaolo | 101.127 |
| 1924 | L.L. Corum/Joe Boyer | 98.234 |
| 1923 | Tommy Milton | 90.954 |
| 1922 | Jimmy Murphy | 94.484 |
| 1921 | Tommy Milton | 89.621 |
| 1920 | Gaston Chevrolet | 88.618 |
Indy 500 winners in the 1910s
| Year | Driver | mph |
| 1919 | Howdy Wilcox | 88.050 |
| 1917-18 | No races, World War I | |
| 1916 | Dario Resta | 84.001* |
| 1915 | Ralph DePalma | 89.840^ |
| 1914 | Rene Thomas | 82.474 |
| 1913 | Jules Goux | 75.933 |
| 1912 | Joe Dawson | 78.719 |
| 1911 | Ray Harroun | 74.602 |
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