The Indy 500 was won by Johnny Rutherford. Due to the rain, the race was halted after 102 laps.
No women has won the Indy 500. There has been 101 races and 69 different race winners.
Billy Boat won the 1998 race at TMS.
On April 20, 2008, Danica Patrick became the first woman to win an Indy car race. She won the Indy Japan 300 in Motegi, Japan.
Helio Castroneves won the 2009 Indianapolis 500.
He was a race car driver who won the Indy 500 three times
Jeff has won four races at Indy including the first cup race there ever.
Both 1939 and 1940 500's were won by Wilbur Shaw in a Maserati.
Car race is the Indy 500. Horse race is the Kentucky Derby.
Indy cars race in the rain on street and road courses, however they do not on ovals.
As of 2008, the Indy race track is localed in Edmonton Alberta- this race is typically run tward the end of July.
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.