There are 34 entries set to contest the 33 starting spots for this year’s edition of Indy 500. Among these drivers, there are nine former winners
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The four-time-winner Helio Castroneves (2001, 2002, 2009, 2021) will be dreaming on a new victory that would put him as the greatest Indy 500 winner of all time.
Marcus Ericsson will be running up for his second win. The Swedish driver won in 2022.
Takuma Sato will be fighting for a place on the grid too. The japonese driver won twice (2017 and 2020). The others former winners that will be on qualifying are: Scott Dixon (2008), Tony Kanaan (2013), Ryan Hunter-Reay (2014), Alexander Rossi (2016), Will Power (2018) and Simon Pagenaud (2019).
Despite having nine drivers in dispute, the record of former winners on the same grid is ten, set in 1992.
Here are all Indy 500 winners:
1911 – Ray Harroun
1912 – Joe Dawson
1913 – Jules Goux
1914 – Rene Thomas
1915 – Ralph DePalma
1916 – Dario Resta
1919 – Howdy Wilcox
1920 – Gaston Chevrolet
1921 – Tommy Milton
1922 – Jimmy Murphy
1923 – Tommy Milton
1924 – Lora Corum, Joe Boyer
1925 – Peter DaPaolo
1926 – Frank Lockhart
1927 – George Souders
1928 – Lou Meyer
1929 – Ray Keech
1930 – Billy Arnold
1931 – Louis Schneider
1932 – Fred Frame
1933 – Lou Meyer
1934 – Bill Cummings
1935 – Kelly Petillo
1936 – Lou Meyer
1937 – Wilbur Shaw
1938 – Floyd Roberts
1939 – Wilbur Shaw
1940 – Wilbur Shaw
1941 – Floyd Davis, Mauri Rose
1946 – George Robson
1947 – Mauri Rose
1948 – Mauri Rose
1949 – Bill Holland
1950 – Johnnie Parson
1951 – Lee Wallard
1952 – Troy Ruttman
1953 – Bill Vukovich
1954 – Bill Vukovich
1955 – Bob Sweikert
1956 – Pat Flaherty
1957 – Sam Hanks
1958 – Jimmy Bryan
1959 – Rodger Ward
1960 – Jim Rathmann
1961 – A.J. Foyt Jr.
1962 – Rodger Ward
1963 – Parnelli Jones
1964 – A.J. Foyt Jr.
1965 – Jim Clark
1966 – Graham Hill
1967 – A.J. Foyt Jr.
1968 – Bobby Unser
1969 – Mario Andretti
1970 – Al Unser
1971 – Al Unser
1972 – Mark Donohue
1973 – Gordon Johncock
1974 – Johnny Rutherford
1975 – Bobby Unser
1976 – Johnny Rutherford
1977 – A.J. Foyt Jr.
1978 – Al Unser
1979 – Rick Mears
1980 – Johnny Rutherford
1981 – Bobby Unser
1982 – Gordon Johncock
1983 – Tom Sneva
1984 – Rick Mears
1985 – Danny Sullivan
1986 – Bobby Rahal
1987 – Al Unser
1988 – Rick Mears
1989 – Emerson Fittipaldi
1990 – Arie Luyendyk
1991 – Rick Mears
1992 – Al Unser Jr.
1993 – Emerson Fittipaldi
1994 – Al Unser Jr.
1995 – Jacques Villeneuve
1996 – Buddy Lazier
1997 – Arie Luyendyk
1998 – Eddie Cheever Jr.
1999 – Kenny Brack
2000 – Juan Montoya
2001 – Helio Castroneves
2002 – Helio Castroneves
2003 – Gil de Ferran
2004 – Buddy Rice
2005 – Dan Wheldon
2006 – Sam Hornish Jr.
2007 – Dario Franchitti
2008 – Scott Dixon
2009 – Helio Castroneves
2010 – Dario Franchitti
2011 – Dan Wheldon
2012 – Dario Franchitti
2013 – Tony Kanaan
2014 – Ryan Hunter-Reay
2015 – Juan Pablo Montoya
2016 – Alexander Rossi
2017 – Takuma Sato
2018 – Will Power
2019 – Simon Pagenaud
2020 – Takuma Sato
2021 – Helio Castroneves
2022 – Marcus Ericsson