TODAY'S FEATURED INDYCAR DRIVER: PAUL DANA

2005
INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualify

INDYCAR AT IOWA TRACK STATS:

Wins by Team
Andretti Autosport 7
Chip Ganassi 2
Ed Carpenter Racing 1

List of Former Winner at Iowa
Ryan Hunter-Reay 2012, 2014, 2015
Dario Franchitti 2007, 2009
Dan Wheldon 2008
Tony Kanaan 2010
Marco Andretti 2011
James Hinchcliffe 2013
Josef Newgarden 2016

Highest starting spot for a winner: 
2nd
James Hinchcliffe 2013
Josef Newgarden 2016

Worst starting spot for a winner:
17th Marco Andretti 2011

Record for most cautions:
7 in 2014

Record for fewest cautions:
3 in 2013 and 2016

Record for most caution laps: 
73 in 2015

Record for fewest caution laps:
29 in 2013

Record for most lead changes:
16 in 2010

Record for fewest lead changes:
6 in 2014

Race Record:
148.559 mph set by James Hinchcliffe in 2013

Slowest average speed: 
118.671 mph set by Marco Andretti in 2011

All Time Lap Led:

Driver	Led
Tony Kanaan	523
Helio Castroneves	427
Dario Franchitti	405
Josef Newgarden	393
James Hinchcliffe	245
Scott Dixon	126
Marco Andretti	87
Ryan Briscoe	87
Vitor Meira	71
Dan Wheldon	69
Ryan Hunter-Reay	54
Will Power	34
Danica Patrick	25
Graham Rahal	19
Ed Carpenter	18
Simon Pagenaud	11
Jack Hawksworth	7
Charlie Kimball	7
Takuma Sato	7
Sebastien Bourdais	6
Buddy Rice	5
Justin Wilson	5
J.R. Hildebrand	4
James Jakes	4
Alexander Rossi	4
Scott Sharp	4
Max Chilton	2
Rubens Barrichello	1

 

TODAY'S FEATURED INDY 500 DRIVER: DAN WHELDON

2003
INDY 500 Result: Started 5th Finished 19th crashed out with 14 laps to go
Top 5 Finishes:
4th 7/19 Nashville
5th 8/10 Gateway
4th 9/7 Chicagoland
4th 9/21 California
3rd 10/12 Texas

2004
INDY 500 Result: Started 2nd Finished 3rd
Top 5 Finishes:
3rd 2/29 Homestead
3rd 3/21 Phoenix
WON 4/17 Japan
WON 6/26 Richmond
3rd 8/1 Michigan
3rd 8/15 Kentucky
3rd 8/22 Pikes Peak
WON 8/29 Nazareth
4th 9/12 Chicagoland
3rd 10/3 California
3rd 10/17 Texas

2005
INDY 500 Result: Started 16th and was the WINNER
Top 5 Finishes:
WON 3/6 Homestead
WON 4/3 St. Petersburg
WON 4/30 Japan
5th 6/25 Richmond
2nd 7/3 Kansas
5th 7/24 Milwaukee
2nd 7/31 Michigan
3rd 8/14 Kentucky
WON 8/21 Pikes Peak
WON 9/11 Chicagoland
5th 9/25 Watkins Glen

2006
INDY 500 Result: Started 3rd Finished 4th
Top 5 Finishes:
WON 3/26 Homestead
2nd 4/22 Japan
3rd 6/10 Texas
2nd 7/2 Kansas
2nd 7/15 Nashville
3rd 7/30 Michigan
4th 8/13 Kentucky
WON 9/10 Chicagoland

2007
INDY 500 Result: Started 6th Finished 22nd crashed out with 3 laps to go
Top 5 Finishes:
WON 3/24 Homestead
2nd 4/21 Japan
WON 4/29 Kansas
3rd 6/3 Milwaukee
3rd 6/30 Richmond
3rd 9/2 Detroit

2008
INDY 500 Result: Started 2nd Finished 12th
Top 5 Finishes:
3rd 3/29 Homestead
4th 4/19 Japan
WON 4/27 Kansas
4th 6/1 Milwaukee
4th 6/7 Texas
WON 6/22 Iowa
4th 6/28 Richmond
2nd 7/12 Nashville
5th 8/9 Kentucky
4th 8/24 Sonoma

2009
INDY 500 Result: Started 18th Finished 2nd
Top 5 Finishes:
5th 4/19 Long Beach
4th 6/21 Iowa

2010
INDY 500 Result: Started 18th Finished 2nd
Top 5 Finishes:
5th 3/14 Brazil
2nd 8/28 Chicagoland
3rd 9/4 Kentucky

2011
INDY 500 Result: Started 6th and was the WINNER 

TODAY'S FEATURED INDY 500 DRIVER: EDDIE CHEEVER

1990
INDY 500 Result: Started 14th Finished 8th 7 laps down
Top 5 Finishes:
3rd 6/17 Detroit Street Circuit
3rd 7/22 Toronto
4th 8/5 Michigan 500
4th 9/16 Mid-Ohio

1991
INDY 500 Result: Started 10th Finished 31st dropped out after 17 laps
Top 5 Finishes:
3rd 4/14 Long Beach
5th 7/14 Meadowlands
4th 8/25 Denver Street Circuit

1992
INDY 500 Result: Started 2nd Finished 4th
Top 5 Finishes:
2nd 4/5 Phoenix
4th 6/21 Portland
5th 6/28 Milwaukee
4th 10/18 Laguna Seca

1993
INDY 500 Result: Started 33rd Finished 16th 3 laps down

1994
INDY 500 Result: Started 11th Finished 8th 3 laps down

1995
INDY 500 Result: Started 14th Finished 31st crashed out on the 1st lap
Top 5 Finishes:
4th 4/9 Long Beach
5th 4/23 Nazareth

1996 
INDY 500 Result: Started 4th Finished 11th 11 laps down

1997
INDY 500 Result: Started 11th Finished 23rd dropped out after 84 laps
Top 5 Finishes:
WON 1/25 Orlando
4th 6/29 Pikes Peak

1998
INDY 500 Result: Started 17th and was the WINNER
Top 5 Finishes:
3rd 8/29 Atlanta
5th 10/11 Las Vegas

1999
INDY 500 Result: Started 16th Finished 18th dropped out with 61 laps to go
Top 5 Finishes:
WON 1/24 Orlando
4th 6/27 Pikes Peak
4th 10/17 Texas

2000
INDY 500 Result: Started 10th Finished 5th
Top 5 Finishes:
3rd 1/24 Orlando
WON 6/18 Pikes Peak
4th 8/27 Kentucky
2nd 10/15 Texas

2001
INDY 500 Result: Started 25th Finished 26th dropped out with 92 laps to go
Top 5 Finishes:
WON 7/8 Kansas
4th 8/26 Gateway
3rd 9/2 Chicagoland

2002
INDY 500 Result: Started 6th Finished 5th
Top 5 Finishes:
5th 9/8 Chicagoland

2006
INDY 500 Result: Started 19th Finished 13th 2 laps down

TODAY'S FEATURE INDY 500 DRIVER: BUDDY LAZIER

1989
INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualify

1990
INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualify

1991
INDY 500 Result: Started 23rd Finished 33rd crashed out after 1 lap

1992
INDY 500 Result: Started 24th Finished 14th blew and engine with 61 laps to go

1993
INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualify

1994
INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualify

1995
INDY 500 Result: Started 23rd Finished 27th dropped out after 45 laps

1996
INDY 500 Result: Started 5th and was the WINNER

1997
INDY 500 Result: Started 10th Finished 4th
Top 5 Finishes:
5th 1/25 Orlando
WON 7/26 Charlotte

1998
INDY 500 Result: Started 11th Finished 2nd
Top 5 Finishes:
2nd 7/19 Dover
3rd 10/11 Las Vegas

1999
INDY 500 Result: Started 22nd Finished 7th 2 laps down
Top 5 Finishes:
5th 6/27 Pikes Peak
2nd 8/1 Dover
4th 8/29 Pikes Peak

2000
INDY 500 Result: Started 16th Finished 2nd
Top 5 Finishes:
2nd 1/24 Orlando
WON 3/19 Phoenix
2nd 7/15 Atlanta
WON 8/27 Kentucky
4th 10/15 Texas

2001
INDY 500 Result: Started 10th Finished 18th 8 laps down
Top 5 Finishes:
3rd 3/18 Phoenix
4th 6/9 Texas
WON 6/17 Pikes Peak
WON 6/30 Richmond
5th 7/8 Kansas
WON 7/21 Nashville
WON 8/12 Kentucky

2002
INDY 500 Result: Started 20th Finished 15th crashed out with 2 laps to go
Top 5 Finishes:
3rd 8/11 Kentucky
3rd 9/8 Chicagoland

2003
INDY 500 Result: Started 21st Finished 21st blew an engine with 29 laps to go

2004
INDY 500 Result: Started 28th Finished 23rd dropped out with 16 laps to go

2005
INDY 500 Result: Started 9th Finished 5th

2006
INDY 500 Result: Started 25th Finished 12th 1 lap down

2007
INDY 500 Result: Started 22nd Finished 19th 2 laps down

2008
INDY 500 Result: Started 32nd Finished 17th 5 laps down

2009
INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualify

2013
INDY 500 Result: Started 32nd Finished 31st dropped out after 44 laps

2014
INDY 500 Result: Started 33rd Finished 32nd dropped out after 87 laps

2015
INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualify

2016
INDY 500 Result: Started 32nd Finished 30th dropped out after 100 laps  

TODAY'S FEATURED INDY 500 DRIVER: HELIO CASTRONEVES

1998
Top 5 Finishes:
2nd 5/31 Milwaukee

1999
Top 5 Finishes:
2nd 5/29 Gateway
5th 8/22 Chicago

2000
Top 5 Finishes:
2nd 4/16 Long Beach
WON 6/18 Detroit
5th 7/23 Michigan 500
WON 8/13 Mid-Ohio
WON 9/10 Laguna Seca
5th 10/1 Houston Street Circuit

2001
INDY 500 Result: Started 11th and was the WINNER
Top 5 Finishes:
WON 4/8 Long Beach
2nd 5/19 Japan
WON 6/17 Detroit
WON 8/12 Mid-Ohio
4th 9/22 Rockingham England
5th 10/7 Houston Street Circuit

2002
INDY 500 Result: Started 13th and was the WINNER
Top 5 Finishes:
3rd 3/2 Homestead
WON 3/17 Phoenix
5th 3/24 California
5th 4/21 Nazareth
4th 6/8 Texas
2nd 6/16 Pikes Peak
3rd 7/7 Kansas
5th 8/11 Kentucky
2nd 8/25 Gateway
4th 9/8 Chicagoland
2nd 9/15 Texas

2003
INDY 500 Result: Started on the POLE and Finished 2nd
Top 5 Finishes:
3rd 3/2 Homestead
2nd 3/23 Phoenix
2nd 6/28 Richmond
2nd 7/6 Kansas
3rd 7/19 Nashville
WON 8/10 Gateway
5th 8/17 Kentucky
WON 8/24 Nazareth

2004
INDY 500 Result: Started 8th Finished 9th
Top 5 Finishes:
2nd 2/29 Homestead
3rd 4/17 Japan
3rd 6/26 Richmond
3rd 7/17 Nashville
5th 8/29 Nazareth
WON 10/17 Texas

2005
INDY 500 Result: Started 5th Finished 9th
Top 5 Finishes:
5th 3/6 Homestead
2nd 3/19 Phoenix
5th 6/11 Texas
WON 6/25 Richmond
5th 7/16 Nashville
5th 8/14 Kentucky
4th 8/21 Pikes Peak
2nd 9/11 Chicagoland

2006
INDY 500 Result: Started 2nd Finished 25th crashed out with 91 laps to go
Top 5 Finishes:
2nd 3/26 Homestead
WON 4/2 St. Petersburg
WON 4/22 Japan
WON 6/10 Texas
5th 7/15 Nashville
WON 7/30 Michigan
3rd 8/13 Kentucky
5th 8/27 Sonoma
4th 9/10 Chicagoland

2007
INDY 500 Result: Started on the POLE and finished 3rd
Top 5 Finishes:
WON 4/1 St. Petersburg
3rd 4/29 Kansas
3rd 7/22 Mid-Ohio
2nd 8/26 Sonoma
4th 9/9 Chicagoland

2008
INDY 500 Result: Started 4th Finished 4th
Top 5 Finishes:
4th 3/29 Homestead
2nd 4/6 St. Petersburg
2nd 4/19 Japan
4th 4/27 Kansas
5th 6/1 Milwaukee
2nd 6/7 Texas
2nd 6/28 Richmond
3rd 7/12 Nashville
2nd 7/20 Mid-Ohio
2nd 7/26 Edmonton
2nd 8/9 Kentucky
WON 8/24 Sonoma
2nd 8/31 Detroit
WON 9/7 Chicagoland

2009
INDY 500 Result: Started on the POLE and was the WINNER
Top 5 Finishes:
2nd 4/26 Kansas
WON 6/6 Texas
4th 7/5 Watkins Glen
2nd 7/26 Edmonton
4th 8/1 Kentucky
5th 10/10 Homestead

2010
INDY 500 Result: Started on the POLE and Finished 9th
Top 5 Finishes:
4th 3/29 St. Petersburg
WON 4/11 Barber
4th 5/1 Kansas
2nd 6/20 Iowa
3rd 8/8 Mid-Ohio
5th 8/22 Sonoma
WON 9/4 Kentucky
WON 9/19 Japan
5th 10/2 Homestead

2011
INDY 500 Result: Started 16th Finished 17th 1 lap down
Top 5 Finishes:
4th 6/11 Texas 2
2nd 7/24 Edmonton
2nd 8/28 Sonoma

2012
INDY 500 Result: Started 6th Finished 10th
Top 5 Finishes:
WON 3/25 St. Petersburg
3rd 4/1 Barber
4th 4/29 Brazil
WON 7/22 Edmonton
5th 9/15 California 500

2013
INDY 500 Result: Started 8th Finished 6th
Top 5 Finishes:
2nd 3/24 St. Petersburg
3rd 4/7 Barber
5th 6/1 Detroit 1
WON 6/8 Texas
2nd 6/15 Milwaukee
2nd 7/14 Toronto 2

2014
INDY 500 Result: Started 4th Finished 2nd
Top 5 Finishes:
3rd 3/30 St. Petersburg
3rd 5/10 Indianapolis GP
5th 5/31 Detroit 1
WON 6/1 Detroit 2
2nd 7/6 Pocono 500
2nd 7/20 Toronto 1

2015
INDY 500 Result: Started 5th Finished 7th
Top 5 Finishes:
4th 3/29 St. Petersburg
2nd 4/12 New Orleans
2nd 4/19 Long Beach
3rd 6/6 Texas
3rd 6/14 Toronto
2nd 7/12 Milwaukee

2016 
INDY 500 Result: Started 9th Finished 11th
Top 5 Finishes:
4th 3/13 St. Petersburg
3rd 4/17 Long Beach
2nd 5/14 Indianapolis GP
5th 6/4 Detroit 1
5th 6/26 Road America
2nd 7/17 Toronto
5th 8/27 Texas
3rd 9/4 Watkins Glen   
 

TODAY'S FEATURED INDY 500 DRIVER: BUDDY RICE

2002
Top 5 Finishes:
2nd 7/28 Michigan
4th 8/25 Gateway

2003
INDY 500 Result: Started 19th Finished 11th 1 lap down

2004
INDY 500 Result: Started on the POLE and he was the WINNER
Top 5 Finishes:
WON 7/4 Kansas
2nd 7/25 Milwaukee
WON 8/1 Michigan
2nd 8/15 Kentucky
4th 8/29 Nazareth
5th 10/3 California

2005
INDY 500 Result: Failed to Qualify
Top 5 Finishes:
3rd 4/30 Japan
2nd 8/28 Sonoma

2006
INDY 500 Result: Started 14th Finished 26th crashed out with 92 laps to go
Top 5 Finishes:
5th 4/22 Japan
4th 6/4 Watkins Glen

2007
INDY 500 Result: Started 16th Finished 25th crashed out with 4 laps to go
Top 5 Finishes:
4th 6/24 Iowa
5th 6/30 Richmond
5th 8/5 Michigan

2008
INDY 500 Result: Started 17th Finished 8th
Top 5 Finishes:
4th 7/6 Watkins Glen

2011
INDY 500 Result: Started 7th Finished 18th 2 laps down