Field
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Most Career "500" Starts: 35 - A.J. Foyt, Jr.(1958-1992, consecutive)
Starting Front Row: 11 - Rick Mears
Consecutive Front Row: 6 - Rick Mears (1986-87-88-89-90-91)
Fewest Starters: 21 - 1916
Most Starters: 42 - 1933
Most Former Rookies of the Year in Field: 8 - 1990
Most Former Winners in Field: 10 - 1992
Most Rookies in the Field: 19 - 1919
Fewest Rookies in the Field: 1 - 1939, 1979
Victories
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Most "500" Victories: 4 - Helio Castroneves (2001, 2002, 2009, 2021)
A.J.Foyt Jr. (1961-64-67-77)
Al Unser (1970-71-78-87)
Rick Mears(1979-84-88-91)
Most Consecutive Victories: 2 - Wilbur Shaw (1939-40)
Mauri Rose (1947-48)
Bill Vukovich (1953-54)
Al Unser (1970-71)
Helio Castroneves (2001-2002)
Longest Span Between First and Last Victory:
17 Years - Al Unser (1970-1987)
Time between first and most-recent victory:
20 years, Helio Castroneves (2001-2021)
Qualifications
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Most Poles: 6 - Rick Mears (1979-82-86-88-89-91)
Most Consecutive Poles: 2 - Ralph DePalma (1920-21); Rex Mays (1935-36)
Eddie Sachs (1960-61); Parnelli Jones (1962-63)
Mario Andretti (1966-67); A.J. Foyt (1974-75)
Tom Sneva (1977-78); Rick Mears (1988-89)
Scott Brayton (1995-96)
Most Times Setting One-Lap Track Record:
5 - Mario Andretti (1965-66-67-72-84)
Rick Mears (1982-84-86-88-89)
Most Times Setting Four-Lap Record: 5 - Rick Mears (1982-84-86-88-89)
Highest Qualifying Starting Positions, Rookie:
Pole: Walt Faulkner (1950); Teo Fabi (1983); Tony Stewart (1996)
Lap Leaders
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Most Laps Led, career: 644 - Al Unser
Most Laps Led, single race: 198 - Billy Arnold (1930)
Most Consecutive Laps Led, single race: 198 - Billy Arnold (1930)
Most Laps Led by Winner: 198 - Billy Arnold (1930)
Fewest Laps Led by Winner: 2 - Joe Dawson (1912)
Driver Leading Most Laps and Not Winning Race: 196 - Ralph DePalma (1912)
Most Times Leading Race and Not Winning: 10 - Rodger Ward (1960)
Most Races Led: 13 - A.J. Foyt Jr.
Most Races Led: 14, Scott Dixon. (Tied Tony Kanaan)
Most Times Led, single race: 13 - Tommy Milton (1923)
Most Times Led, career: 39 - A.J. Foyt Jr.
Most Consecutive Races Led: 6 - Rick Mears (1979-80-81-82-83-84)
Most Lead Changes, single race: 29 - 1930
Fewest Lead Changes, single race: 1 - 1930
Most Drivers to Lead in a Single Race: 12 - 1993
Starts leading at least one lap: 14, Scott Dixon, Tony Kanaan
Miscellaneous
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Most Times Running at Finish: 18 - Al Unser
Best Finish First Three Races: 1st, 1st, 2nd - Helio Castroneves (2001-03)
Best Finish First Four Races: 2nd, 2nd, 1st, 2nd - Bill Holland (1947-50)
Best Finish First Five Races: 2nd, 2nd, 4th, 4th, 2nd - Harry Hartz (1922-26)
Greatest Improvement From Starting Position:
32 - Zeke Meyer (38th to 6th-1932)
31 - Tom Sneva (33rd to 2nd - 1980)
Scott Goodyear (33rd to 2nd - 1992)
Greatest Improvement From Starting Position, Winner: 28 - Ray Harroun (1911)
Louis Meyer (1936)
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