Indy 500 Trivia @Indy500Trivia
Indy 500 trivia that I discovered in my database. Might be interesting, might not be. If you like IU basketball, check out my other account: @IUBBTrivia. 16th & Georgetown Joined April 2022-
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The 108th running of the #Indy500 is just 19 days away. JIM CLARK drove car #19 to its best finish ever in '66, placing 2nd (amid a lot of scoring confusion). No one has more than one top-5 finish in #19, so Clark is the most successful driver of #19.
The 108th running of the #Indy500 is just 20 days away. EMERSON FITTIPALDI won & ED CARPENTER won 3 poles in #20, but the top performer in #20 was GORDON JOHNCOCK. He had 2 wins, 2 3rds, & 2 4ths, but his most dominant race was '77: he led 129 laps before dropping out on Lap 185.
The 108th running of the #Indy500 is just 21 days away. Car #21 's best finish was in '99 (JEFF WARD finished 2nd), but IMO, JOSEF NEWGARDEN had the most success in #21. He drove it 3x, starting 2nd & finishing 3rd in 2016, when he was a late-race leader but had to pit to refuel.
The 108th running of the #Indy500 is just 22 days away. It's tough to say which driver had the 2nd best career in car #22. TED HORN, SPENCER WISHART, CLIFF BERGERE & SCOTT BRAYTON could make a claim. But SIMON PAGENAUD, w/ 1st, 3rd, 6th & 10th-place finishes in #22, is clearly #1
Drivers who win the #Indy500 after starting on the pole often dominate the race, but not always. Here are the drivers who won from the pole, sorted in decreasing order of laps led.
The 108th running of the #Indy500 is just 23 days away. LOUIS SCHNEIDER drove car #23 to 3rd place in '30 and the win in '31. But the win was inherited after BILLY ARNOLD's accident, so I'll go w/ FLOYD ROBERTS, who won in '38 after starting from the pole and leading 92 laps.
The 108th running of the #Indy500 is just 24 days away. GRAHAM HILL drove car #24 to its only top-4 finish when he won the 50th 500 in '66, leading just the last 10 laps. SCOTT GOODYEAR was in position to win in #24 in '95, but he was penalized for passing the pace car.
The 108th running of the #Indy500 is just 25 days away. DANNY ONGAIS drove car #25 10x, but his best finish was 4th. The best career in #25 belonged to the driver who pinch-hit for him in '87: AL UNSER. MARCO ANDRETTI comes close for the 2nd day in a row, w/ a 3rd & a 4th in #25.
The 108th running of the #Indy500 is just 26 days away. MARCO ANDRETTI drove car #26 7x, finishing 3rd 2x & nearly winning in '06. CARLOS MUNOZ finished 2nd 2x in #26. TAKUMA SATO won in #26 in '17. They're all edged out by DAN WHELDON, who finished 3rd in '04 & won in '05 in #26
Re-posting this from a couple of weeks ago.
Re-posting this from a couple of weeks ago.
The 108th running of the #Indy500 is just 27 days away. MAURI ROSE (in '47), JACQUES VILLENEUVE (in '95) & DARIO FRANCHITTI (in '07) each won while driving car #27, but none of those wins were dominant. Dario also finished 6th & 7th in #27 in '05 & '06, so he takes top honors.
The 108th running of the #Indy500 is just 29 days away. TED HORN drove 6 different car nos. while compiling 9 top-4 finishes in 10 starts. One of those, his 3rd-place finish in '46, was the best finish ever for car #29, making him the most successful driver of #29.
The 108th running of the #Indy500 is just 30 days away. In '90, ARIE LUYENDYK started on the outside of the front row and won in car #30, but TAKUMA SATO did the same thing in 2020 & also finished 3rd in #30 in 2019. That makes @TakumaSatoRacer the most successful driver of #30.
The 108th running of the #Indy500 is just 31 days away. AL UNSER JR. was the most successful driver of car #31, as that's the no. he drove in '94, when Emmo and Al (mostly Emmo) dominated the race w/ the Mercedes, but Emmo stuffed his into the wall with 16 laps to go.
The 108th running of the #Indy500 is just 32 days away. Both RAY HARROUN, in 1911, and GEORGE SOUDERS, in 1927, won the only time they drove car #32. Souders took the lead later, but won by a larger margin. I'll go with Harroun, narrowly, as the most successful driver of #32.
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41 days til 108th #Indianapolis500 Mile Race @IMS #IsItMayYet 1941 #42 Russ Snowberger in the Jim Hussey Sportman's Club Special. "Sip your drink under the spell of the Hammond Electric Organ". No wall to wall televisions in those days. Snowberger finished 21st. #Indy500 #IndyCar
@Indy500Trivia Well that’s a fun fact, gunna have to write that one down!
@MarkMontieth In fairness, Vuky was into high intensity cardio.
@Indy500Trivia Oh crap. Ha. Thanks! (Love your posts, btw)
Fórmula Indy: em 2 dias, o show vai começar! #2🇧🇷 de: Emerson Fittipaldi (Penske, 1995) Gil de Ferran (Penske, 2000) Bruno Junqueira (Newman Haas, 2005) Raphael Matos (De Ferran Dragon, 2010) #INDYCAR #IndyNaCultura
An open letter #Fastest33
Fórmula Indy: faltam 7 dias para o show! #7 (ou com 7)🇧🇷 de: #7 Marco Greco (Scandia, 1996) #77 Roberto Moreno (Chastain, 2007) #17 Vitor Meira (Rahal Letterman, 2005) #47 Emerson Fittipaldi (WIT, 1984) #INDYCAR #IndyNaCultura
90 days til 108th #Indianapolis500 Mile Race @IMS... 1990 The Greatest Spectacle in Billboards on 16th Street.... #1 Penske Chevrolet of defending champion @emmofittipaldi 🇧🇷🏁#IsItMayYet #Indy500 #IndyCar
@Indy500Trivia 1977 - The Frostie Root Beer Special .... one of the great car names ....
Another great question. The series seemed to decide, for some reason, to release a half-baked change regarding their biggest race & how it was won the last couple years, which has now left more questions than answers. When I get those, you all will know.
@By_NathanBrown Also what happens if the leader violates the rule on the finally and takes the checkered flag first?
@By_NathanBrown @IndyCar @sting_ray_robb @AJFoytRacing A very appropriate sponsor for Foyt's 2nd entry.
@Indy500Trivia Your stats are awesome. Thank you very much!
129 days til 108th #Indianapolis500 Mile Race @IMS .... The World's Greatest Race Course.... Here are a few more from the Winter Wonderland that is the Brickyard. ❄️☃️🌨️⛄️
@Indy500Trivia @indystar Good on you to remember them and make this post. I appreciate your posts very much and I appreciate this one as well.
The "Firecracker Kid!" Sadly, the California native was paralyzed in a midget car accident in 1949 and died in 1963.
@Indy500Trivia Two drivers with varied backgrounds! Saylor, a dirt track guy, was killed the following year at Cape Girardeau. Phillips was a Bugatti driver and competed in road course racing. He lived to be 90.
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