The winner of the Indy 500 car race, in 2012, was Dario Franchitti. This gave him the distinction of being a three time winner of the Indy 500. He was a member of the Chip Ganassi Racing Team.
2007 winner Dario Franchitti, now racing in NASCAR, did not race the 2008 Indy 500.
Dario Franchitti won the 2010 Indianapolis 500.
The first Indy 500 winner that drove in a Formula One race (other than the Indy 500 which was considered an F-1 race between 1950-1960) was Rodger Ward of the United States, the 1959 and 1962 Indy 500 winner, who drove in the 1959 United States Grand Prix. The first winner that drove full time in Formula One was Jim Clark of Scotland, the 1965 Indy 500 champion.
The first car to complete 200 laps is declared the winner of the Indianapolis 500.
Varies by race but the 2017 race winner Sato received $2.46 million
Bobby Allison
well there is about 100 dollars a ticket with the 70,000+seats and all the food and merchandice they sell,thats alot.
Arie Luyendyk is a Dutch auto racing driver and two time winner (1990 and 1997) of the Indianapolis 500. He retired from racing after the 1999 season, but returned to the 500 in 2001 and 2002.
Ray Harroun, winner of the Indy 500 in 1911, won $14,250. Click on the '1911 Indy 500 Box Score' link below to see who raced in the first ever Indianapolis 500, where they finished, and how much money they won.
The oldest driver in the 2014 race would been Buddy Lazier at age of 46 years, 6 months and 26 days.
According to race results the winner of the first Indy 500 averaged 74.60 mph. The average speed of the slowest car to actually finish the race was 67.73. Of the 12 cars that finished the average speed was 70.74 mph.