Helio Castroneves won the 2009 Indianapolis 500.
Since the Indy Racing League (IRL) began in 1996, that is Tony Kanaan with 13 IRL wins (through the 2009 season) but no Indy 500 win.
He was a race car driver who won the Indy 500 three times
The Indy 500 was won by Johnny Rutherford. Due to the rain, the race was halted after 102 laps.
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No women has won the Indy 500. There has been 101 races and 69 different race winners.
In 1952, Troy Ruttman won the Indy 500 :)
AJ Foyt made his career in an Indy car, winning the Indy 500 4 times. He also won the 1972 Daytona 500 for the Wood Brothers Mario Andretti also has won both races. He won the Indy 500 in 1969 and the Daytona 500 in 1967.
The 1939 Indy 500 was won by Wilbur Shaw. Jimmy Snyder finished second. He drove an Adams chassis with a Sparks six cylinder engine. His car was owned and entered by Joel Thorne. Snyder died less than a month later, on 29 June 1939, in a midget car race at Cahokia, Illinois.
Both 1939 and 1940 500's were won by Wilbur Shaw in a Maserati.
Helio Castroneves won the 2009 Indianapolis 500.
Helio Castroneves won the 2001 Indianapolis 500.