List of previous Indy 500 winners
Looking back at the list of previous Indy 500 winners
The Sunday of the Indy 500 is a big day for racing fans every year. However, it’s an even bigger deal this year as the 2016 Indy 500 is the 100th running of the historic dash. As such, even more eyes will be on Indianapolis Motor Speedway than otherwise would be.
On Sunday, one man will become the 100th driver to kiss the bricks and drink the milk as the winner of the Indy 500, joining the historic list of the winners of the other 99 runnings of the race that include essentially all the greats in the sport.
Here’s a look at all of the previous winners in the previous 99 runnings of the Indy 500:
Year | Winner |
| 2015 | Juan Pablo Montoya |
| 2014 | Ryan Hunter-Reay |
| 2013 | Tony Kanaan |
| 2012 | Dario Franchitti |
| 2011 | Dan Wheldon |
| 2010 | Dario Franchitti |
| 2009 | Helio Castroneves |
| 2008 | Scott Dixon |
| 2007 | Dario Franchitti |
| 2006 | Sam Hornish Jr. |
| 2005 | Dan Wheldon |
| 2004 | Buddy Rice |
| 2003 | Gil de Ferran |
| 2002 | Helio Castroneves |
| 2001 | Helio Castroneves |
| 2000 | Juan Pablo Montoya |
| 1999 | Kenny Brack |
| 1998 | Eddie Cheever Jr. |
| 1997 | Arie Luyendyk |
| 1996 | Buddy Lazier |
| 1995 | Jacques Villeneuve |
| 1994 | Al Unser Jr. |
| 1993 | Emerson Fittipaldi |
| 1992 | Al Unser Jr. |
| 1991 | Rick Mears |
| 1990 | Arie Luyendyk |
| 1989 | Emerson Fittipaldi |
| 1988 | Rick Mears |
| 1987 | Al Unser |
| 1986 | Bobby Rahal |
| 1985 | Danny Sullivan |
| 1984 | Rick Mears |
| 1983 | Tom Sneva |
| 1982 | Gordon Johncock |
| 1981 | Bobby Unser |
| 1980 | Johnny Rutherford |
| 1979 | Rick Mears |
| 1978 | Al Unser |
| 1977 | A.J. Foyt |
| 1976 | Johnny Rutherford |
| 1975 | Bobby Unser |
| 1974 | Johnny Rutherford |
| 1973 | Gordon Johncock |
| 1972 | Mark Donohue |
| 1971 | Al Unser |
| 1970 | Al Unser |
| 1969 | Mario Andretti |
| 1968 | Bobby Unser |
| 1967 | A.J. Foyt |
| 1966 | Graham Hill |
| 1965 | Jim Clark |
| 1964 | A.J. Foyt |
| 1963 | Parnelli Jones |
| 1962 | Rodger Ward |
| 1961 | A.J. Foyt |
| 1960 | Jim Rathmann |
| 1959 | Roger Ward |
| 1958 | Jimmy Bryan |
| 1957 | Sam Hanks |
| 1956 | Pat Flaherty |
| 1955 | Bob Sweikert |
| 1954 | Bill Vukovich |
| 1953 | Bill Vukovich |
| 1952 | Troy Ruttman |
| 1951 | Lee Wallard |
| 1950 | Johnnie Parsons |
| 1949 | Bill Holland |
| 1948 | Mauri Rose |
| 1947 | Mauri Rose |
| 1946 | George Robson |
| 1941 | Floyd Davis/Mauri Rose |
| 1940 | Wilbur Shaw |
| 1939 | Wilbur Shaw |
| 1938 | Floyd Roberts |
| 1937 | Wilbur Shaw |
| 1936 | Louis Meyer |
| 1935 | Kelly Petillo |
| 1934 | Bill Cummings |
| 1933 | Louis Meyer |
| 1932 | Fred Frame |
| 1931 | Louis Schneider |
| 1930 | Billy Arnold |
| 1929 | Ray Keech |
| 1928 | Louis Meyer |
| 1927 | George Souders |
| 1926 | Frank Lockhart |
| 1925 | Peter DePaolo |
| 1924 | Lora L. Corum/Joe Boyer |
| 1923 | Tommy Milton |
| 1922 | Jimmy Murphy |
| 1921 | Tommy Milton |
| 1920 | Gaston Chevrolet |
| 1919 | Howdy Wilcox |
| 1916 | Dario Resta |
| 1915 | Ralph DePalma |
| 1914 | Rene Thomas |
| 1913 | Jules Goux |
| 1912 | Joe Dawson |
| 1911 | Ray Harroun |
Those are the previous 99 winners of the Indy 500. Now the only question is who will be joining that list on Sunday, May 29 at the 100th running of the race.
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