• If we're not racing hard, we're not racing.

    Tony Kanaan, St Pete's 2007

  • It felt way better than I ever thought it was going to feel!

    Ed Carpenter on finally winning his first race, Kansas, October 2011

  • Cheever had a problem with my dad, he had a problem with me, and now he's taking it out on Marco.

    Michael Andretti, Watkins Glen 2006

  • It's going to be a close finish. I have the bigger nose, I guess I have a good chance.

    Tony Kanaan, Kansas 2005

  • Any time I get to come to Indianapolis, any time I get to participate in the greatest spectacle in motor racing, it's a great day.

    Paul Diatlovitch, Indy Bump Day 2007

  • Off to heat yoga with @PitFitTraining. Gonna be sweating like a rapist.

    Tomas Scheckter showing his class on Twitter, April 6th 2011

  • If he wins this race with what he has to work with, they ought to name this place after him.

    John Barnes on Sam Hornish Jr, indy 2003

  • I remember the first year I raced here, I took pictures of the entrance. I was taking pictures. I hoped one day to race here in May.

    Fernando Alonso on Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 3rd 2017

  • I WILL win at Kentucky.

    Will Power, Chicago 2010

  • When you've driven it for a day, you're going to feel naked without it.

    Will Power on testing the Aeroscreen, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, October 2nd 2019

  • I really wish I'd gone to college and got a proper job!

    Katherine Legge on the stress of last chance qualifying, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 19th 2024

  • There comes a time in a race where money doesn't matter, living doesn't matter. Winning is the only thing that matters, and so when you go into those corners, it's winning that tells all.

    Al Unser Jr.

  • Whatever you heard, somebody made it up. For the first two days, he talked nonsense because he had a concussion. It doesn't matter what he was saying. He doesn't even remember it.

    Tony Kanaan on the rumours of Dario Franchitti's retirement after Houston, 2013

  • I think the IRL has been poised for a long time to be discovered by a lot of people.

    Chip Ganassi

  • All up it was one of the toughest weekends of my career in ANY form of motorsport, and you can sometimes learn more from your roughest days out there.

    Scott McLaughlin on his Detroit weekend, June15th 2021, Speedcafe.com

  • Now it's obvious we were too conservative, we should have just gone for it

    Eric Bachelart, Indy 500 Bump Day 2009

  • That's the kind of incident that leaves skidmarks *inside* the cockpit!

    Tom Sneva

  • When Will was going off on Versus, I was cracking up. I was like, man, I didn't know you could talk like that! And I never knew you could say 'wanker' on TV, but that's my new word for now on... so I guess something good did come out of Toronto!

    Tony Kanaan on Will Power, Toronto, July 2011

  • Rick Mears is a great race car driver. Hopefully I have plenty of years to try to earn his respect again.

    Tony Kanaan, Detroit 2007

  • No way. That's the best part about our cars, no power steering, high aero, get it done.

    Scott McLaughlin on adding power steering, via Twitter, April 26th 2021

  • You need to learn how to f***ing count.

    Arie Luyendyk, Texas '97

  • My mom hasn't played much of a role in my racing career. In fact, I think she still wants me to join the Coast Guard. But I still love her.

    PJ Chesson on Mothers Day

  • It's just great, pure racing.

    Sebastien Bourdais on IndyCar, June 2015

  • With photos, sometimes people get old. Not me, but some people do.

    Helio Castroneves, June 2009

  • Since last fall I've been wondering what in the hell it's going to feel like, and now I know.

    Danica Patrick on driving an IndyCar after 7 years away, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 1st 2018

  • Hope you're all snug in your beds, while Indycars dance in your head...

    Simon Pagenaud on insomnia, Twitter, 4:31 AM, July 23rd 2019

  • You don't pay me to run second.

    Dan Wheldon to Chip Ganassi, Nashville 2006

  • Essentially; the same lap time for the top ten!

    Townsend Bell on the tight field after P2 at the GP of Portland, August 24th 2024

  • This is and always will be the greatest spectacle in racing. This is the Indianapolis 500.

    Leigh Diffey, as the green flag waved at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 29th 2022

  • I'd have finished my career very disappointed had I not won the Indy 500. It's an amazing feeling and an amazing event.

    Will Power on winning the 102nd Indy 500, racer.com, August 7th 2018

  • I don't know him at all. Is he in his own little world?

    Kevin Lee on Jacques Villeneuve, Trackside, August 2012

  • Less than a mile an hour and I'm on pole. It's tough. It's IndyCar. It's why we love it.

    Scott McLaughlan on qualifying at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 22nd 2023, via Speed Street

  • That was the hairiest day I've ever had.

    Ryan Hunter Reay, Indy 500 Bump Day 2009

  • I have learned more in one week here than I did in my entire Formula One career.

    Jean Alesi, Bump Day, Indy 2012

  • The wall came too close and too quickly.

    Fernando Alonso after crashing in practice, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 15th 2019

  • I get one more opportunity to head into the defining racing venue of my career with a single, achievable goal: Win.

    Danica Patrick on her final Indy 500, The Players' Tribune, May 15th 2018

  • It was a very good test in terms of outright speed, but I did destroy a car the first day.

    Dan Wheldon, Homestead test 2007

  • I've never been so happy to be in last place.

    Ryan Hunter Reay, Indy 500 Bump Day 2009

  • Everyone thinks that running in dirty air causes the front end to wash out, but actually it affects the whole car and you just can't follow someone close in fast or medium-speed corners since the aerokits came in.

    Will Power on aerokits, Motorsport.com, May 4th 2016

  • The last I looked, I earned the label of Indy 500 champion; those lobbing unfounded accusations at me have not.

    Eddie Cheever Jr. after Watkins Glen 06

  • We'd love to see Buddy Rice in a car and in the Indy 500, but as best we can tell, no driver has ever qualified for the Indy 500 from their couch.

    TrackSideOnline, May 2009

  • I just kept focused, focused, focused, all day long, getting every corner perfect.

    Helio Castroneves, St Pete's 2007

  • Pounding down toward the yard of bricks...

    Tom Carnegie

  • I just can't wait to get back in the car. I wonder if I'm still any good.

    Will Power on the long off season, St Petersburg, March 21st 2013

  • I came in not knowing what to expect. I basically fell in love with IndyCar.

    Romain Grosjean on his rookie season, Laguna Seca, September 19th 2021

  • Finishing in the Top-10 here was because of nutrition.

    A Sarah Fisher malapropism, Texas 2007

  • I lifted a little, but I didn't touch the brake.

    Will Power on the art of restarting, St Pete's, March 30th 2014

  • Everyone remembers the pole winner for two weeks. Everyone remembers the race winner for life.

    Dan Wheldon on the Indy 500

  • James Hinchcliffe on bumping at Indy, May 19th 2018

  • F1 is for sissies, this is proper racing, you can quote me on that!

    Dan Wheldon

Driver Statistics

These statistics are calculated from data compiled by IndyCarFanZone since the first race of the 2010 IndyCar season.

Currently Active Drivers
Driver Total
Events
Points Value
Min Avg Max Min Avg Max
Alexander Rossi 140 0 28.7 124 $250000 $315643 $335000
Josef Newgarden 203 0 31.3 111 $250000 $315567 $335000
Marcus Ericsson 90 0 25.2 109 $270000 $314833 $325000
Will Power 237 0 33.2 108 $250000 $331329 $390000
Graham Rahal 233 0 24.1 107 $250000 $311652 $340000
Scott Dixon 237 0 35.2 105 $250000 $332361 $390000
Colton Herta 91 0 27.9 104 $275000 $315000 $330000
Patricio O'Ward 81 0 30.2 91 $275000 $316605 $330000
Scott McLaughlin 65 0 27.1 90 $300000 $318231 $330000
Alex Palou 73 0 34.6 85 $290000 $322397 $335000
Conor Daly 107 0 18.1 69 $250000 $301729 $320000
Felix Rosenqvist 89 0 22.2 69 $270000 $312921 $320000
Santino Ferrucci 70 0 20.4 65 $280000 $305000 $315000
Rinus VeeKay 72 5 21.1 60 $290000 $308611 $330000
Kyle Kirkwood 49 0 18.7 54 $295000 $310408 $320000
Christian Lundgaard 49 0 20.7 54 $295000 $308367 $315000
Jack Harvey 90 0 16.9 52 $250000 $300611 $315000
Romain Grosjean 61 0 18.9 48 $300000 $311320 $320500
David Malukas 41 0 16.8 42 $295000 $306098 $320000
Linus Lundqvist 19 5 15.4 36 $300000 $305789 $310000
Marcus Armstrong 26 5 19.2 35 $295000 $306346 $315000
Nolan Siegel 8 9 16.7 34 $305000 $305000 $305000
Pietro Fittipaldi 24 0 12.8 28 $280000 $294167 $305000
Kyffin Simpson 15 5 11.7 28 $305000 $307333 $310000
Sting Ray Robb 32 0 10.1 24 $295000 $299375 $305000
Katherine Legge 17 0 11.0 22 $260000 $276471 $305000
Christian Rasmussen 13 5 10.5 22 $295000 $296154 $300000
Currently Inactive Drivers
Driver Total
Races
Points Value
Min Avg Max Min Avg Max
Takuma Sato 212 0 20.8 137 $230000 $299646 $325000
Ryan Hunter-Reay 200 0 26.9 126 $250000 $317500 $355000
Helio Castroneves 182 0 26.8 118 $250000 $323791 $385000
Carlos Munoz 71 0 26.2 115 $250000 $301620 $320000
Simon Pagenaud 183 0 30.1 112 $250000 $316585 $335000
Marco Andretti 180 0 22.9 103 $250000 $309958 $335000
Juan Pablo Montoya 57 0 32.1 102 $250000 $319649 $350000
Tony Kanaan 176 0 25.1 101 $250000 $317955 $360000
James Hinchcliffe 155 0 24.5 95 $250000 $308065 $330000
Ed Jones 62 0 19.1 93 $250000 $302661 $315000
Ed Carpenter 106 0 22.0 92 $250000 $298396 $340000
Mike Conway 48 5 21.6 92 $260000 $294167 $325000
Max Chilton 83 0 16.7 86 $250000 $300361 $315000
Kurt Busch 2 0 40.0 80 $300000 $300000 $300000
Charlie Kimball 151 0 21.1 78 $250000 $296060 $325000
J.R. Hildebrand 77 0 20.4 76 $240000 $294156 $320000
Sebastien Bourdais 150 0 23.3 76 $250000 $303467 $325000
Dario Franchitti 64 5 30.9 70 $310000 $346352 $395000
Justin Wilson 83 0 22.3 67 $250000 $303494 $335000
Oliver Askew 12 5 20.9 64 $290000 $296667 $305000
Ryan Briscoe 78 0 25.4 64 $290000 $330449 $385000
Jack Hawksworth 48 0 18.1 63 $250000 $294896 $310000
James Jakes 64 5 15.9 62 $250000 $279922 $320000
Simona De Silvestro 75 0 15.6 60 $230000 $279020 $320000
Oriol Servia 61 0 21.9 60 $250000 $299918 $330000
Carlos Huertas 21 0 17.8 58 $250000 $290238 $310000
Sage Karam 30 0 15.6 57 $250000 $293667 $300000
Townsend Bell 12 0 18.8 55 $250000 $295000 $320000
Mikhail Aleshin 44 0 22.7 55 $285000 $301023 $315000
Robert Wickens 15 8 29.4 54 $250000 $303667 $315000
Gabby Chavez 39 0 18.7 53 $250000 $290769 $310000
Jimmie Johnson 28 0 11.5 50 $290000 $299643 $315000
Dan Wheldon 19 10 23.9 50 $300000 $303684 $320000
Zach Veach 44 0 18.4 48 $250000 $295682 $310000
Fernando Alonso 4 0 21.7 47 $300000 $303750 $315000
EJ Viso 65 7 16.9 46 $260000 $278385 $320000
Tristan Vautier 28 9 17.0 45 $260000 $288750 $320000
Rodolfo Gonzalez 5 10 18.8 44 $265000 $277000 $290000
Luca Filippi 19 0 17.5 41 $270000 $292368 $310000
Danica Patrick 35 12 20.4 40 $250000 $298286 $340000
Spencer Pigot 58 0 18.9 40 $250000 $299655 $335000
Sebastian Saavedra 65 0 15.5 38 $230000 $282462 $320000
Callum Ilott 39 0 14.3 37 $295000 $304359 $310000
A.J. Allmendinger 7 0 13.2 37 $280000 $292143 $320000
James Davison 12 0 14.8 36 $250000 $282500 $300000
Alex Lloyd 22 10 15.0 35 $250000 $261591 $280000
Jordan King 14 0 14.4 34 $250000 $281786 $300000
Matheus Leist 34 0 15.6 34 $250000 $287500 $300000
Alex Tagliani 67 0 17.9 34 $250000 $297164 $350000
Pippa Mann 24 0 13.1 33 $250000 $284583 $320000
Rubens Barrichello 15 10 19.4 32 $300000 $302000 $310000
Raphael Matos 21 10 16.3 32 $260000 $276429 $310000
Stefan Wilson 10 0 9.9 31 $250000 $286000 $300000
Mario Moraes 17 10 17.2 30 $270000 $274706 $290000
Vitor Meira 33 10 17.4 30 $240000 $272424 $285000
Jacques Villeneuve 2 0 14.5 29 $285000 $292500 $300000
Stefano Coletti 16 6 13.5 29 $250000 $282188 $295000
Paul Tracy 11 10 15.6 28 $270000 $290000 $310000
Devlin DeFrancesco 34 0 11.3 28 $290000 $301765 $310000
Esteban Gutierrez 6 8 15.2 27 $280000 $290833 $295000
Wade Cunningham 4 10 15.5 26 $250000 $261250 $270000
Bertrand Baguette 17 10 14.9 26 $230000 $242353 $280000
Zachary Claman De Melo 11 7 14.8 26 $250000 $277727 $290000
Tomas Scheckter 9 10 15.2 24 $260000 $273333 $285000
Jay Howard 10 10 12.9 24 $230000 $260000 $300000
Matt Brabham 3 0 12.3 23 $280000 $288333 $300000
Buddy Rice 2 12 17.0 22 $300000 $300000 $300000
RC Enerson 7 0 11.1 22 $285000 $294286 $300000
John Andretti 3 12 15.7 22 $240000 $253333 $270000
Bryan Clauson 5 0 10.3 21 $250000 $277000 $300000
Kyle Larson 1 21 21.0 21 $315000 $315000 $315000
Dalton Kellett 37 0 9.4 20 $290000 $297297 $305000
Theo Pourchaire 5 8 15.0 20 $305000 $309000 $310000
Mario Romancini 10 12 13.6 20 $220000 $242000 $260000
Christian Lundgaard 2 19 19.0 19 $290000 $297500 $305000
Agustin Canapino 30 0 10.7 19 $300000 $303167 $305000
Ana Beatriz 28 5 12.8 19 $240000 $256071 $320000
Martin Plowman 5 0 11.0 19 $250000 $270000 $300000
Hideki Mutoh 18 12 14.6 18 $250000 $267222 $320000
Rene Binder 5 8 12.2 17 $280000 $285000 $290000
Toby Sowery 3 13 15.0 17 $295000 $295000 $295000
Tetiana Calderon 7 5 8.3 16 $290000 $290714 $295000
Giorgio Pantano 4 10 13.3 16 $250000 $253750 $265000
Benjamin Pedersen 17 0 7.6 15 $295000 $300882 $305000
Tom Blomqvist 9 5 7.8 15 $295000 $297222 $300000
Sarah Fisher 7 12 13.1 15 $240000 $244286 $250000
Adam Carroll 2 12 13.0 14 $240000 $240000 $240000
Buddy Lazier 9 0 7.5 14 $250000 $291667 $320000
Ben Hanley 6 0 7.5 14 $270000 $290833 $300000
Davey Hamilton 4 10 12.0 14 $250000 $267500 $280000
Kyle Kaiser 8 0 9.6 14 $250000 $280000 $300000
Car #98 Barracuda Racing 1 14 14.0 14 $285000 $285000 $285000
Bruno Junqueira 2 12 12.5 13 $275000 $275000 $275000
Alfonso Celis Jr. 2 10 11.5 13 $275000 $280000 $285000
Francesco Dracone 7 7 8.9 12 $240000 $257143 $265000
Roger Yasukawa 2 12 12.0 12 $250000 $250000 $250000
Milka Duno 16 10 11.4 12 $220000 $231250 $240000
Car #18 Dale Coyne Racing 2 11 11.5 12 $285000 $292500 $300000
Juri Vips 3 6 9.7 12 $295000 $295000 $295000
Cody Ware 3 5 8.7 11 $290000 $291667 $295000
Colin Braun 2 10 10.0 10 $295000 $295000 $295000
Michel Jourdain 2 10 10.0 10 $260000 $290000 $320000
Ho-Pin Tung 1 10 10.0 10 $250000 $250000 $250000
Jean Alesi 1 10 10.0 10 $260000 $260000 $260000
Joao Paulo de Oliveira 1 10 10.0 10 $240000 $240000 $240000
Dillon Battistini 1 10 10.0 10 $250000 $250000 $250000
Ryan Norman 1 10 10.0 10 $295000 $295000 $295000
Luca Ghiotto 4 5 6.8 9 $295000 $295000 $295000
Franck Montagny 1 8 8.0 8 $270000 $270000 $270000
Lucas Luhr 2 8 8.0 8 $270000 $270000 $270000
Kevin Magnussen 1 7 7.0 7 $300000 $300000 $300000
Hunter McElrea 1 6 6.0 6 $295000 $295000 $295000
RC Enerson 1 0 0.0 0 $300000 $300000 $300000
Felipe Nasr 1 0 0.0 0 $290000 $290000 $290000
Car #40 Ed Carpenter Racing 1 $320000 $320000 $320000
Car #99 Schmidt Peterson 1 $320000 $320000 $320000
Robert Doornbos 1 $270000 $270000 $270000