Photo Gallery: Every Indy 500 Winner from 1911-Present
If you're looking for Indy winner reference material, here's your sign.
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The Indianapolis 500 dates back to 1911 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, only taking breaks for World Wars. In 2020, it was delayed for a global pandemic before Takuma Sato won his second 500 in August. Here we have every 500 winner from start to finish, along with some fast facts from each win. Three drivers have won four 500s. Seven have won three and 10 have won the Borg-Warner Trophy twice.
Ray Harroun - 1911
Harroun was the first Indy 500 winner with an average speed of 74.59 mph in the Marmon Wasp Special.
Joe Dawson - 1912
American Joe Dawson took the checkered flag in 1912 for the National Motor Vehicle Company in the NVM Special.
Jules Goux - 1913
Frenchman Goux (left) won the race behind the wheel of the Peugeot Special averaging 75.93 mph.
Rene Thomas - 1914
Thomas (France) won Indy for the Louis Delage Company at the fourth running of the 500.
Ralph DePalma - 1915
DePalma took the Indy win for E.C. Patterson in a Mercedes E.C. Patterson Special.
Dario Resta - 1916
UK driver Resta, seen here at the wheel of a Sunbeam, won the 500 with an average speed of 84 mph.
Howdy Wilcox - 1919
The Indy 500 wasn't held in 1917 or 1918 due to the war, American Wilcox took the checkered flag upon its return.
Gaston Chevrolet - 1920
Portrait of French-born American race car driver Gaston Chevrolet (1892 -1920) (right) and his mechanic John Bresnahan. Chevrolet drove a Monroe William Small Special for the win.
Tommy Milton - 1921 & 1923
Milton took the crown in both '21 and '23, first in a Louis Chevrolet Special, then in a H.C.S Motor Company Special.
Jimmy Murphy - 1922
Californian Jimmy Murphy, seen here in a Durant Special, won Indy with an average speed of 90.545 mph.
Joe Boyer/Lora L. Corum - 1924
Corum started the race and Boyer (pictured) finished in the #15 Duesenberg Special with an average speed of 98.234 mph.
Peter DePaolo - 1925
DePaolo, riding shotgun here, won Indy for the Duesenberg team with an average speed of 101.127 mph. That was the first year the 100-mph average mark was cracked.
Frank Lockhart - 1926
Lockhart, pictured here chasing a 1959 Alta of M. Adams at the Woodcote corner in a Vintage Sports Car Club race, won the Indy 500 in 1926 for Peter Kreis.
George Souders - 1927
Souders raced for William S. White in a Duesenberg in 1927's Indy 500.
Louis Meyer - 1928, 1933, 1936
Meyer, pictured here in a Stutz, won the Indy 500 in '28 with an average speed of 99.482 mph. He went faster in '33 and even faster in '36.
Ray Keech - 1929
American Ray Keech drove for M.A. Yagle in 1929 in a Simplex Piston Ring Yagle Special.
Billy Arnold - 1930
Arnold, driving, won Indy in 1930 in a Miller Hartz Special.
Louis Schneider - 1931
Schneider drove a Bowes Seal Fast Schneider Special to victory with a 96.629 mph average.
Fred Frame - 1932
American Fred Frame drove for Harry Hartz in a Miller-Harry Hartz Special.
Bill Cummings - 1934
Cummings, middle of the first row, drove a Boyle Products Henning Special to victory in 1934.
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