Ray Harroun became the 1st winner of the Indy 500 car race in 1911. He averaged a speed of 74.6 mph and finished in 6 hours and 42 min.
Won the 1986 Indy 500, co-owns Rahal-Letterman which won in 2004 with Buddy Rice driving. His son, Graham Rahal is now driving and won the Honda Grand Prix of St. Petersburg (his series debut). He is currently the youngest person to win a major American open wheel race
1961, 1964, 1967 and 1977.
In 1965 the Indianapolis 500 was won by British driver Jim Clark, but Clark was not the first British driver to win this prestigious race, Dario Resta won the race in 1916.
Jeff Saturday of the Indianapolis Colts scored a touchdown on an offensive fumble recovery. The touchdown was scored in a 38-34 Indy win over New England in the 2007 AFC Championship Game.
In his 6 years (as of end of 08) he has had 16 wins, 14 poles, 1 Indy 500 win and 2 championships.
The 92nd Indianapolis 500-Mile Race was run on Sunday, May 25, 2008 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway, Indiana, USA. Scott Dixon of New Zealand won the race from the pole position.* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2008_Indianapolis_500
In 1952, Troy Ruttman won the Indy 500 :)
Not yet.
Helio Castroneves
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.
Mario had 3 poles in his career.
No, Wendell Scott never won the Daytona 500.
No one. A.J. Foyt has competed in an amazing 50 consecutive Indy 500 races, 35 as a driver. Behind the wheel, Foyt was the first person to win four Indy 500 races, in 1961, '64, '67 and '77. As a team owner, he'd win once more in 1999. Of the 16 Indy 500 races he completed without incident, he finished in the top three an incredible nine times.
The only driver who has done this was Mario AndrettiHe won the Indy 500 in 1969 He won the Daytona 500 in 1967 He become the WDC in Formula 1 in 1978
On May 30, 1911, Ray Harroun won the first running of the Indianapolis 500.
Danica Patrick was the first woman to win an Indy car race in Japan.