• You don't pay me to run second.

    Dan Wheldon to Chip Ganassi, Nashville 2006

  • I hope all the fans out there were as excited about that race as I am. It was awesome doing so much passing. Racing can't get any better!

    Graham Rahal on the Kentucky 300, August 2009

  • My picture isn't everywhere, but people recognize me. I'm telling you, it's the nose.

    Tony Kanaan, May 2007

  • I was going good but then I slipped in my own drool.

    Helio Castroneves on the return to road courses

  • Everyone wants to pick a fight with me. Whatever.

    Sage Karam on everyone wanting to pick a fight with him, IndyStar.com, August 3rd 2015

  • I can't believe I'm here. It's so cool!

    Mike Conway in victory lane, Long Beach 2014

  • 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

  • It's a new... track... record!

    Tom Carnegie

  • Gentlemen, start your engines.

    Wilbur Shaw

  • I think Briscoe and I had a pretty good race going on, but we got what we got.

    Scott Dixon on losing the race and the championship, Homestead 2009

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

    Jean Alesi, Bump Day, Indy 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

  • I promise you this: it isn't the last you've seen of me at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. My last time there will not be a day when I'm walking out with my tail between my legs.

    Paul Tracy, Indy Bump Day 2010

  • I was a craft beer and a wallet chain away from being a hipster!

    James Hinchcliffe on beard growth, Tim and Sid's Plays of the Week, September 14th 2015

  • I drove it like I stole it!

    Helio Castroneves, St Pete's 2006

  • Time to go to the back row party!

    Ryan Hunter Reay, Indy 500 Bump Day 2009

  • This track, believe it or not, has done worse to me in the past, and we came back swinging.

    James Hinchcliffe on Indianapolis Motor Speedway, Bump Day, May 19th 2018

  • Winning is always a great feeling, but winning at your home track, a place that you grew up at and a place that helped you fall in love with the sport of IndyCar racing... this is priceless.

    Graham Rahal on winning at Mid-Ohio, Instagram, August 3rd 2015

  • I love this championship and everything it represents. I feel very fortunate to have the opportunity to be here. I wouldn't want to have it any other way.

    Alexander Rossi on IndyCar, The Indy Star, September 14th 2018

  • Someone asked me if I win the Indy 500 if I'd still retire? I'd still retire. What better way to go out?

    Danica Patrick on her final race, racing.ap.org, March 7th 2018

  • You've only seen me smile here.

    Romain Grosjean on being in IndyCar, after the GMR Grand Prix, IMS, May 15th 2021

  • 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

  • You don't gotta win by five seconds - you just gotta win.

    Tony Kanaan, Motegi 2007

  • You don't get too many times like that at the Indy 500 where you're out there and you have a chance to win the race right in front of everybody on the last lap.

    Sam Hornish Jr, Indy 2006

  • She's just feeling the pressure of not winning races.

    Dan Wheldon on Danica Patrick, Milwaukee 2007

  • That's a good way to lose a championship.

    Tony Kanaan, Kansas 2007

  • This has been the best season of my career in motorsport and I've learned so much. We'll be coming back to win this thing next year.

    Will Power on losing to Dario Franchitti, Homestead, 2010

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

  • It's like a reunion to come back here every May. I've never retired. I always say, "I'm not done yet."

    Parnelli Jones, Indy 2007

  • I still have the passion to drive the hell out of it!

    Juan Pablo Montoya on his motivation, NBCSports.com, July 12th 2016

  • Downforce is the enemy of racing.

    Rick Mears, Motorsport.com, September 15th 2016

  • As a past driver, I'd answer the phone if Roger or Chip called...

    Sarah Fisher on keeping Josef Newgarden in her team, Racer.com, August 3rd 2015

  • Let's wait and watch.

    Tom Carnegie

  • What makes IndyCar racing so good is there's not much you can do on your car to differentiate it from the others. It's only dampers, third springs. There's the aero with the aero kits – and hopefully those are going away.

    Bobby Rahal on the benefits of a spec series, Racer.com, May 18th 2016

  • I'm 19 years old, I drive Indy cars... I'm happy.

    Marco Andretti, July 2006

  • Fernando Alonso on the difference between an IndyCar and an F1 car, May 3rd 2017

  • 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

  • You know, if you're going to have an example of how not to go about things, this is 100 percent how you would do it.

    Scott Dixon on Alex Palou's contract dispute, Toronto, July 15th 2022

  • That was for the team.

    Tony Kanaan, Fontana 2005

  • You won't believe it!

    Tom Carnegie

  • Beautiful chaos!

    David Malukas on the racing at Texas Motor Speedway, April 2nd 2023

  • It's just great, pure racing.

    Sebastien Bourdais on IndyCar, June 2015

  • We're all back to square zero!

    James Hinchcliffe on the start of a new season, Trackside, March 18th 2014

  • I was going through there as hard as I could. It was for everything. It was for all the marbles.

    Sam Hornish Jr, Indy 2006

  • 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'm a moving chicane out here!

    Juan Pablo Montoya, lap 42 at St Pete's, March 30th 2014

  • It's amazing how different an Indycar is from anything else on a racetrack.

    Alexander Rossi, Autosport.com, April 26th 2017

  • The Indy 500 was the defining stage of my career.

    Mario Andretti

  • The day started when I walked into Gasoline Alley and saw the grandstands. It was my first time here on race day and it was quite unbelievable.

    Alex Tagliani on the 2009 Indianapolis 500

  • 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

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
Nolan Siegel 5 10 12.7 18 $305000 $305000 $305000
Kyffin Simpson 12 5 10.8 18 $305000 $307917 $310000
Agustin Canapino 29 0 10.8 19 $300000 $303276 $305000
Scott McLaughlin 62 0 26.0 71 $300000 $317903 $330000
Romain Grosjean 58 0 19.0 48 $300000 $311388 $320500
Linus Lundqvist 16 5 13.4 36 $300000 $305938 $310000
Hunter McElrea 1 $295000 $295000 $295000
Sting Ray Robb 29 0 9.2 18 $295000 $298793 $305000
Kyle Kirkwood 46 0 17.9 54 $295000 $309783 $320000
Christian Lundgaard 46 0 20.8 54 $295000 $308043 $315000
Toby Sowery 2 17 17.0 17 $295000 $295000 $295000
David Malukas 38 0 16.7 42 $295000 $305263 $310000
Marcus Armstrong 23 5 17.3 35 $295000 $305217 $315000
Christian Rasmussen 11 5 11.7 22 $295000 $295455 $300000
Alex Palou 70 0 34.4 85 $290000 $322071 $335000
Rinus VeeKay 69 5 20.6 60 $290000 $308406 $330000
Pietro Fittipaldi 21 0 12.7 28 $280000 $293571 $305000
Santino Ferrucci 67 0 20.2 65 $280000 $304552 $315000
Patricio O'Ward 78 0 30.5 91 $275000 $316218 $330000
Colton Herta 88 0 27.2 104 $275000 $314545 $325000
Marcus Ericsson 87 0 25.5 109 $270000 $314828 $325000
Felix Rosenqvist 86 0 22.4 69 $270000 $312674 $320000
Josef Newgarden 200 0 31.1 111 $250000 $315425 $335000
Graham Rahal 230 0 24.1 107 $250000 $311696 $340000
Alexander Rossi 137 0 28.9 124 $250000 $315547 $335000
Will Power 234 0 33.2 108 $250000 $331389 $390000
Scott Dixon 234 0 35.3 105 $250000 $332434 $390000
Currently Inactive Drivers
Driver Total
Races
Points Value
Min Avg Max Min Avg Max
Car #99 Schmidt Peterson 1 $320000 $320000 $320000
Car #40 Ed Carpenter Racing 1 $320000 $320000 $320000
Kyle Larson 1 21 21.0 21 $315000 $315000 $315000
Dario Franchitti 64 5 30.9 70 $310000 $346352 $395000
Theo Pourchaire 5 8 15.0 20 $305000 $309000 $310000
Buddy Rice 2 12 17.0 22 $300000 $300000 $300000
Rubens Barrichello 15 10 19.4 32 $300000 $302000 $310000
Fernando Alonso 4 0 21.7 47 $300000 $303750 $315000
Dan Wheldon 19 10 23.9 50 $300000 $303684 $320000
RC Enerson 1 0 0.0 0 $300000 $300000 $300000
Kevin Magnussen 1 7 7.0 7 $300000 $300000 $300000
Kurt Busch 2 0 40.0 80 $300000 $300000 $300000
Colin Braun 2 10 10.0 10 $295000 $295000 $295000
Callum Ilott 39 0 14.3 37 $295000 $304359 $310000
Benjamin Pedersen 17 0 7.6 15 $295000 $300882 $305000
Tom Blomqvist 9 5 7.8 15 $295000 $297222 $300000
Luca Ghiotto 4 5 6.8 9 $295000 $295000 $295000
Juri Vips 2 6 9.0 12 $295000 $295000 $295000
Ryan Norman 1 10 10.0 10 $295000 $295000 $295000
Dalton Kellett 37 0 9.4 20 $290000 $297297 $305000
Christian Lundgaard 1 19 19.0 19 $290000 $290000 $290000
Tetiana Calderon 7 5 8.3 16 $290000 $290714 $295000
Jimmie Johnson 28 0 11.5 50 $290000 $299643 $315000
Devlin DeFrancesco 34 0 11.3 28 $290000 $301765 $310000
Oliver Askew 12 5 20.9 64 $290000 $296667 $305000
Felipe Nasr 1 0 0.0 0 $290000 $290000 $290000
Ryan Briscoe 78 0 25.4 64 $290000 $330449 $385000
Cody Ware 3 5 8.7 11 $290000 $291667 $295000
Jacques Villeneuve 2 0 14.5 29 $285000 $292500 $300000
RC Enerson 7 0 11.1 22 $285000 $294286 $300000
Mikhail Aleshin 44 0 22.7 55 $285000 $301023 $315000
Car #18 Dale Coyne Racing 2 11 11.5 12 $285000 $292500 $300000
Car #98 Barracuda Racing 1 14 14.0 14 $285000 $285000 $285000
Rene Binder 5 8 12.2 17 $280000 $285000 $290000
Esteban Gutierrez 6 8 15.2 27 $280000 $290833 $295000
A.J. Allmendinger 7 0 13.2 37 $280000 $292143 $320000
Matt Brabham 3 0 12.3 23 $280000 $288333 $300000
Bruno Junqueira 2 12 12.5 13 $275000 $275000 $275000
Alfonso Celis Jr. 2 10 11.5 13 $275000 $280000 $285000
Luca Filippi 19 0 17.5 41 $270000 $292368 $310000
Paul Tracy 11 10 15.6 28 $270000 $290000 $310000
Ben Hanley 6 0 7.5 14 $270000 $290833 $300000
Mario Moraes 17 10 17.2 30 $270000 $274706 $290000
Franck Montagny 1 8 8.0 8 $270000 $270000 $270000
Lucas Luhr 2 8 8.0 8 $270000 $270000 $270000
Robert Doornbos 1 $270000 $270000 $270000
Rodolfo Gonzalez 5 10 18.8 44 $265000 $277000 $290000
Tomas Scheckter 9 10 15.2 24 $260000 $273333 $285000
Katherine Legge 15 0 10.9 22 $260000 $273667 $305000
Michel Jourdain 2 10 10.0 10 $260000 $290000 $320000
Jean Alesi 1 10 10.0 10 $260000 $260000 $260000
Raphael Matos 21 10 16.3 32 $260000 $276429 $310000
Tristan Vautier 28 9 17.0 45 $260000 $288750 $320000
EJ Viso 65 7 16.9 46 $260000 $278385 $320000
Mike Conway 48 5 21.6 92 $260000 $294167 $325000
Ryan Hunter-Reay 200 0 26.9 126 $250000 $317500 $355000
Townsend Bell 12 0 18.8 55 $250000 $295000 $320000
Carlos Munoz 71 0 26.2 115 $250000 $301620 $320000
Alex Lloyd 22 10 15.0 35 $250000 $261591 $280000
Marco Andretti 180 0 22.9 103 $250000 $309958 $335000
Roger Yasukawa 2 12 12.0 12 $250000 $250000 $250000
Pippa Mann 24 0 13.1 33 $250000 $284583 $320000
Conor Daly 104 0 18.2 69 $250000 $301635 $320000
Gabby Chavez 39 0 18.7 53 $250000 $290769 $310000
Ed Jones 62 0 19.1 93 $250000 $302661 $315000
Jordan King 14 0 14.4 34 $250000 $281786 $300000
Oriol Servia 61 0 21.9 60 $250000 $299918 $330000
Wade Cunningham 4 10 15.5 26 $250000 $261250 $270000
Buddy Lazier 9 0 7.5 14 $250000 $291667 $320000
Juan Pablo Montoya 57 0 32.1 102 $250000 $319649 $350000
Stefano Coletti 16 6 13.5 29 $250000 $282188 $295000
Zach Veach 44 0 18.4 48 $250000 $295682 $310000
Matheus Leist 34 0 15.6 34 $250000 $287500 $300000
Justin Wilson 83 0 22.3 67 $250000 $303494 $335000
Tony Kanaan 176 0 25.1 101 $250000 $317955 $360000
James Jakes 64 5 15.9 62 $250000 $279922 $320000
Martin Plowman 5 0 11.0 19 $250000 $270000 $300000
Bryan Clauson 5 0 10.3 21 $250000 $277000 $300000
Jack Hawksworth 48 0 18.1 63 $250000 $294896 $310000
Davey Hamilton 4 10 12.0 14 $250000 $267500 $280000
Charlie Kimball 151 0 21.1 78 $250000 $296060 $325000
Giorgio Pantano 4 10 13.3 16 $250000 $253750 $265000
James Davison 12 0 14.8 36 $250000 $282500 $300000
Carlos Huertas 21 0 17.8 58 $250000 $290238 $310000
Jack Harvey 87 0 17.2 52 $250000 $300460 $315000
Kyle Kaiser 8 0 9.6 14 $250000 $280000 $300000
Hideki Mutoh 18 12 14.6 18 $250000 $267222 $320000
Danica Patrick 35 12 20.4 40 $250000 $298286 $340000
Ed Carpenter 106 0 22.0 92 $250000 $298396 $340000
Sebastien Bourdais 150 0 23.3 76 $250000 $303467 $325000
Ho-Pin Tung 1 10 10.0 10 $250000 $250000 $250000
Spencer Pigot 58 0 18.9 40 $250000 $299655 $335000
Helio Castroneves 182 0 26.8 118 $250000 $323791 $385000
Simon Pagenaud 183 0 30.1 112 $250000 $316585 $335000
Max Chilton 83 0 16.7 86 $250000 $300361 $315000
Robert Wickens 15 8 29.4 54 $250000 $303667 $315000
Alex Tagliani 67 0 17.9 34 $250000 $297164 $350000
James Hinchcliffe 155 0 24.5 95 $250000 $308065 $330000
Dillon Battistini 1 10 10.0 10 $250000 $250000 $250000
Stefan Wilson 10 0 9.9 31 $250000 $286000 $300000
Sage Karam 30 0 15.6 57 $250000 $293667 $300000
Zachary Claman De Melo 11 7 14.8 26 $250000 $277727 $290000
J.R. Hildebrand 77 0 20.4 76 $240000 $294156 $320000
Ana Beatriz 28 5 12.8 19 $240000 $256071 $320000
Francesco Dracone 7 7 8.9 12 $240000 $257143 $265000
Adam Carroll 2 12 13.0 14 $240000 $240000 $240000
Sarah Fisher 7 12 13.1 15 $240000 $244286 $250000
John Andretti 3 12 15.7 22 $240000 $253333 $270000
Joao Paulo de Oliveira 1 10 10.0 10 $240000 $240000 $240000
Vitor Meira 33 10 17.4 30 $240000 $272424 $285000
Takuma Sato 212 0 20.8 137 $230000 $299646 $325000
Simona De Silvestro 75 0 15.6 60 $230000 $279020 $320000
Jay Howard 10 10 12.9 24 $230000 $260000 $300000
Bertrand Baguette 17 10 14.9 26 $230000 $242353 $280000
Sebastian Saavedra 65 0 15.5 38 $230000 $282462 $320000
Milka Duno 16 10 11.4 12 $220000 $231250 $240000
Mario Romancini 10 12 13.6 20 $220000 $242000 $260000