Most Career Indy 500 Starts
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A.J. Foyt, Jr. - 35 Consecutive (1958-1992)


Most Pole Positions
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6 - Rick Mears (1979-82-86-88-89-91)


Most Consecutive Pole Positions
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2 - Ralph DePalma (1920-21)
    Rex Mays (1935-36)
    Eddie Sachs (1960-61) 
    Parnelli Jones (1962-63)
    Mario Andretti (1966-67) 
    A.J. Foyt, Jr. (1974-75)
    Tom Sneva (1977-78) 
    Rick Mears (1988-89)


Most Times Starting on Front Row
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11 - Rick Mears


Most Consecutive Times Starting on Front Row
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6 - Rick Mears (1986-87-88-89-90-91)


Most Indy 500 Victories
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4 - A.J.Foyt Jr. (1961-64-67-77)
    Al Unser (1970-71-78-87)
    Rick Mears(1979-84-88-91)


Most Consecutive Victories
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2 - Wilbur Shaw (1939-40)
    Mauri Rose (1947-48)
    Bill Vukovich (1953-54) 
    Al Unser (1970-71)


Longest Span Between First and Last Victory
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17 Years - Al Unser (1970-1987)


Most Times Setting One-Lap Track Record
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5 - Mario Andretti (1965-66-67-72-84)
    Rick Mears (1982-84-86-88-89)


Most Times Setting Four-Lap Track Record
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5 - Rick Mears (1982-84-86-88-89)


Most Times Running at Finish
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18 - Al Unser


Most Races Led
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13 - A.J. Foyt, Jr.


Most Times Led, Single Race
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13 - Tommy Milton (1923)


Most Laps Led, Single Race
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198 - Billy Arnold (1930) (Consecutive) 


Most Times Led, Career
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39 - A.J. Foyt, Jr.


Most Laps Led, Career
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644 - Al Unser


Greatest Improvement From Starting Position
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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
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27 -  Ray Harroun (1911) 
      Louis Meyer (1936)


Driver Leading Fewest Laps and Winning Race
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2 - Joe Dawson (1912)


Driver Leading Most Laps and Not Winning Race
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196 - Ralph DePalma (1912)


Most Times Leading Race and Not Winning
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10 - Rodger Ward (1960)


Most Consecutive Races Led
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6 - Rick Mears (1979-80-81-82-83-84)


Most Competitive Laps/Miles, Career
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A.J. Foyt, Jr. (4,909 Laps)-(12,272.5 Miles)


Most Consecutive Laps/Miles, Career
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Wilbur Shaw (1,351 Laps)-(3,377.5 Miles)


Most Indy 500 Prize Winnings, Single Race
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Eddie Cheever, 1998 ($1,433,000)


Most Indy 500 Prize Winnings, Career
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Rick Mears ($4,299,392)


Most Lead Changes, Single Race
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29 - 1960


Most Drivers to Lead in a Single Race
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12 - 1993


Fewest Lead Changes, Single Race
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1 - 1930


Fewest Leading Drivers, Single Race
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2 - 1930 (Louis Meyer and Billy Arnold)
    1965 (Jimmy Clark and A.J. Foyt, Jr.)


Fewest Starters in the Field
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21 - 1916


Most Starters in the Field
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42 - 1933


Most Former Rookies of the Year in Field
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8 - 1990


Most Former Winners in the Field
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10 - 1992


Most Rookies in the Field
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19 - 1919 (Not counting the 40 starters in 1911)


Fewest Rookies in the Field
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1 - 1939, 1979


Highest Qualifying Starting Position, Rookie
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Pole - Walt Faulkner (1950)
       Teo Fabi (1983)


Best Finish, First Two Race Starts
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Dario Resta (1915-16) 2-1 
Louis Meyer (1928-29) 1-2
Johnnie Parsons (1949-50) 2-1
Jacques Villeneuve (1994-95) 2-1


Best Finish, First Three Races
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Bill Holland (1947-48-49) (2-2-1)


Best Finish, First Four Races
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Bill Holland (1947-48-49-50) (2-2-1-2)


Best Finish First Five Races
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Harry Hartz (1922-23-24-25-26) (2-2-4-4-2)


Most Times Selected as Pace Car
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11 - Chevrolet (1948-55-67-69-78-82-86-90-93-95-99)
 8 - Oldsmobile (1949-60-70-72-74-77-85-88)


Most Races Served as Chief Steward
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22 - Tom Binford (1974-1995)


Most Races Served as Chief Starter
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18 - Pat Vidan (1962-1979)