Today in Indianapolis 500 History
Motor Races Topics: Le Mans
Events in Sport
Results 1 - 29 of 29
1909-08-19 - Indianapolis 500 race track opens
1911-05-26 - 1st Indianapolis 500 auto race is run
1911-05-29 - 1st running of Indianapolis 500
1911-05-30 - 1st Indianapolis 500 car race, Ray Harroun wins at 74.59 MPH (120 KPH)
1930-05-30 - Bill Arnold wins Indianapolis 500 car race (161.6 kph)
1950-05-31 - Due to rain, Indy 500 shortened to 345 miles, Johnny Parson wins
1955-05-28 - Bob Sweikert wins Indianapolis 500
1966-05-30 - Graham Hill wins Indianapolis 500 car race (232.2 kph)
1968-04-07 - Jim Clark, two-time F1 World Champion and winner of the Indianapolis 500, dies in a racing accident during a Formula 2 race at Hockenheim, Germany.
1977-05-29 - A J Foyt wins Indianapolis 500 for a record 4th time
1977-05-29 - Janet Guthrie becomes 1st woman to drive in Indy 500
1978-05-28 - Al Unser became 5th to win Indianapolis 500, 3 times
1981-05-24 - Bobby Unser wins, loses, & wins a controversial Indy 500
1981-05-25 - Bobby Unser becomes 1st Indy 500 winner to be disqualified
1981-10-08 - USAC appeals panel restores disputed Indy 500 victory to Bobby Unser
1982-05-30 - Closest Indy 500, Gordon Johncock beats Rick Mears by 0.16 seconds
1985-05-26 - Danny Sullivan wins Indy 500 by 24 seconds following a spin
1986-05-30 - Bobby Rahal is 1st to avg over 170 mph in Indianapolis 500
1987-05-24 - Al Unser Sr, 47, wins his 4th Indy 500
Racing Car Driver Mario Andretti
1988-05-11 - Mario Andretti records fastest Indianapolis 500 lap (221.565 mph)
1989-05-28 - Emerson Fittipaldi wins Indianapolis 500
1990-05-27 - 74th Indianapolis 500 runs
1991-05-19 - Willy T Ribbs becomes 1st black driver to make Indianapolis 500
1992-05-24 - Al Unser Jr wins Indy 500
1994-05-29 - Al Unser Jr wins 78th Indianapolis 500 in 3:06:29.006 (255.89 kph)
1996-05-26 - Indianapolis 500 race
1997-05-25 - Indianapolis 500 race
1997-05-27 - Arie Luyendyk wins his 2nd Indianapolis 500
1998-05-24 - Indianapolis 500 race
Birthdays in Sport
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1902-10-31 - Willie Shaw, race car driver (Indy 500-1937, 39, 40)
1909-10-14 - Bernd Rosemeyer, German auto racer (Indy 500)
1934-02-20 - Bobby Unser, auto racer (1968, 75, 81 Indianapolis 500)
1935-01-16 - A J Foyt, Houston, auto race driver (Indy 500 1961, 64, 67, 77)
1936-03-04 - Jim Clark, race car driver (Indianapolis 500)
1937-03-18 - Mark Donohue, auto racer (1972 Indianapolis 500)
1939-05-29 - Al Unser, auto racer (Indianapolis 500-1970, 71)
1940-02-28 - Mario Andretti, Italian American race-car driver (1969 Indianapolis 500, 1978 Formula One World Champion)
1948-06-01 - Tom Sneva, US auto racer (Indianapolis 500-1983)
1953-12-21 - Arie Luyendyk, Netherlands, Indy-car racer (1990 Indianapolis 500)
Deaths in Sport
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1939-05-30 - Floyd Roberts, Auto racer, killed during 1939 Indianapolis 500 (b. 1904)
1954-10-20 - Willie Shaw, race car driver (Indy 500-1937, 39, 40), dies at 51
1955-05-31 - "Wild Bill" Vukovich, killed in Indy 500
1973-07-02 - Swede Savage, dies of injuries at Indianapolis 500
1974-03-22 - Peter Revson, US race car driver (Indianapolis 500), dies at 35
