winners starting race: 10 – 1992 Fewest former winners starting race: 0 – 1912 Most rookies starting race: 19 – 1919, 1930 (excluding first race's 40 starters) Fewest rookies starting race: 1 – 1939, 1979 Most cars running at finish: 30 – 2021 Fewest cars running at finish: 7 – 1966 Most occasions running at finish: 2: 18, A. J. Foyt and Al Unser Greatest improvement from starting position to finishing position (all-time): 32 positions, 38th to 6th, Zeke Meyer, 1932 Greatest improvement from starting position to finishing position (33-car field): 31 positions, 33rd to 2nd Tom Sneva, 1980 31 positions, 33rd to 2nd Scott Goodyear, 1992 Most consecutive laps completed without falling out of competition: 2,310 laps, Hélio Castroneves, 2007-2018 (from the start of the 2007 race through lap 145 of 2018 race) Most cars and teams entered 117, 1984 Race conditions Distance records Most years completing the full 500 miles 16 Hélio Castroneves (2001, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021, 2022) Most consecutive years completing the full 500 miles 6 Wilbur Shaw (1935-1940) 6 Rodger Ward (1959-1964) 6 Scott Dixon (2008-2013) 6 Hélio Castroneves (2012-2017) Most consecutive laps completed 1,367 Scott Dixon (from the start of the 2008 race through lap 167 of 2014 race) Interval average speed records Related lists Drivers who crashed while leading during final one hundred miles of race (Lap 160+) 1931: Billy Arnold - Arnold charged from 18th starting position to lead the race by lap 7. Arnold, who had dominated the 1930 race (led 198 laps), proceeded to lead the next 155 laps, and built up a five-lap lead over second place. His rear axle broke on lap 162. He spun in turn four, was hit by another car, and went over the outside wall. One of his errant wheels bounced across Georgetown Road, and struck and killed a 12-year-old boy, Wilbur C. Brink. Arnold suffered a broken pelvis, and his riding mechanic, Spider Matlock, broke his shoulder. 1952: Bill Vukovich - Vukovich led 150 laps, and was leading on lap 192 when a steering linkage failed. Vukovich nursed his car to a stop by driving up against the outside wall at the end of the back straightaway at the beginning of turn three, preventing other drivers from getting involved in the incident. 1989: Al Unser Jr. - On the 199th lap, Al Unser