• Most importantly, for the Indy 500 we'll probably be all okay, and that's cause to be happy.

    Mikhail Aleshin on Honda's prospects for the 2017 season, Motorsport.com, February 2nd 2017

  • Without the IRL, a lot of guys would never have been able to show what they can do.

    Tony Stewart, May 2007

  • Good news is we've won every race we've finished!

    James Hinchcliffe on crashing out at Long Beach, April 22nd 2013

  • Brad Pitt got a super license before me. Tough.

    Colton Herta on Brad Pitt joining the F1 grid to film a movie, Twitter, May 4th 2023

  • Heeeeere's something that's amazing... i-dent-ical laps.

    Tom Carnegie

  • It's a living, breathing, organism.

    Eddie Cheever on Indianapolis Motor Speedway

  • I kind of have half an idea of what it means to win this race now. I couldn't be happier.

    Dario Franchitti on winning the 91st Indy 500

  • They're creating a much bigger problem than the one they're trying to solve. And it's mind-boggling, absolutely mind-boggling, that they don't see it and that these discussions have even made it this far.

    James Hinchcliffe on INDYCAR mandating domed skids, Motorsport.com, April 5th 2016

  • I'm 38. I'm a legit 38. I don't know how old you are, but I'm legit 38. March 3 1981.

    Ed Carpenter to Tony Kanaan on the suggestion that he was over 40, Gateway, August 24th 2019

  • Going into Texas with four wheels on the car is pretty exciting!

    Sarah Fisher after the 2009 Indianapolis 500

  • You don't pay me to run second.

    Dan Wheldon to Chip Ganassi, Nashville 2006

  • And here comes Max Crappis into the pits!

    Paul Page, Michigan '99

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

    Tony Kanaan, Motegi 2007

  • 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

  • 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 mean this guy can't even keep his lies straight. He's told so many in the last week, he's not sure what the truth is.

    Robin Miller on Kevin Kalkoven, February 2008

  • 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

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

    Marco Andretti, July 2006

  • This is just an excellent race and to be a part of the history, I'm really grateful for that.

    Roger Yasukawa, Indy 2007

  • 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

  • At 220mph friendship, risk and victory become extremely volatile.

    Dan Wheldon

  • Howard and me set the first and third fastest times of the day, and we both got beaten to grid slot 33 by a kid in Methodist Hospital with a smoking wreck of a car. The magic of Indy, huh?

    Paul Tracy, Indy Bump Day 2010

  • 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

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

    Tony Kanaan, May 2007

  • 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

  • Helio lives for this. This is his passion. He loves Indy.

    Simon Pagenaud, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, May 15th 2018

  • 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

  • I can't control what size I am and how I'm built. All I know is the NBA doesn't lower the hoop for short guys.

    Danica Patrick, June 2005

  • The things that play on your mind the most are the ones that just got away.

    Buddy Lazier on the Indy 500

  • I'm throwing this one out to Dan. This is his hometown, this is his car.

    James Hinchcliffe after his first career victory, St. Petersburg, March 24th 2013

  • I never would've had my opportunity to race at Indy if it weren't for Tony George and the IRL.

    Tony Stewart, May 2007

  • And in 7 hours off to NYC!! Can't believe. Don't want to sleep thinking I'm gonna wake up from a dream.

    Sebastian Saavedra, Indy Bump Day 2010, via Twitter

  • The toughest people out there passing me are my teammates, and I don't get that. I think three of the four of us get what the camaraderie of Andretti Green Racing is.

    Marco Andretti on an unidentified teammate after Milwaukee 2009

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

    Dan Wheldon on Danica Patrick, Milwaukee 2007

  • 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

  • My Father said if you are going to win one race, make sure it is the Indianapolis 500

    Eddie Cheever after winning the Indy 500

  • Then again my favorite films of all time are Fast and the Furious 1 through 8 or however many of them there are.

    Conor Daly on underglow. Via Twitter, July 16th 2020

  • I wish I could get my deadbeat family to participate.

    Kurt St. Angelo on the IndyCarFanZone fantasy league, Twitter, September 14th 2022

  • I need a nap now.

    Colton Herta on winning his first IndyCar race, COTA, 24th March 2019

  • You're not going to out-Dixon Dixon!

    James Hinchcliffe on trying to beat Scott Dixon on fuel mileage, during the Bommarito Automative 500, August 27th 2023

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

    Tony Kanaan, Kansas 2007

  • We are unified.

    Terry Angstadt, February 22nd 2008

  • Some people strap on their helmet and lose their brains.

    Graham Rahal on the carnage at Toronto, July 2011

  • Obviously we always see the good days, but Gil de Ferran told me if you can have a bad day and nobody notices, that's how you do a really good job - and that's how you win a championship.

    Simon Pagenaud on the 2016 season, ESPN.com, September 18th 2016

  • He said its the best team out there. If its the best team, he shouldn't have a problem.

    Chip Ganassi on whether he'd allow Jaun Pablo Montoya to test for Penske, Houston, October 2013

  • I told him I'd follow him anywhere he went, as long as it was on the racetrack.

    Sam Hornish Jr on Tomas Scheckter, Texas 2005

  • 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

  • I think this is something that will really change the complexion of the sport for a long time to come, so this is big

    Jay Frye on the Aeroscreen, Indianapolis Motor Speedway, October 2nd 2019

  • Heeeeeee's on it!

    Tom Carnegie

  • There's fathers out there. There's husbands. There's brothers, sisters. It's something that absolutely we think about. We hope for the best with it.

    Ryan Hunter-Reay on the dangers of racing an IndyCar, Pocono, August 23rd 2015

Standings after 17 events of the 2023 Season

PosPlayerTeamTotalGap
1 Andrew YU TeamPENSKErules 2557
2 Dale Gleitz Mallard 2493 -64
3 John Bernbrock Little Al Fan 2472 -85
4 John Blasko Speed Master II 2448 -109
5 Cousin Graham Ruttman Racers 2409 -148
6 Andy Bernbrock Lords of Dongtown 2404 -153
7 Gary Evans nrracing 2384 -173
8 L.A. Hewitt-Ruble ClutchXCoast 2378 -179
9 William Wilson G2 RACING CAR NO#306 2368 -189
10 Cruncher Block, III Return to the Milwaukee Mile 2346 -211
11 Slim Slim Pickins 2343 -214
12 FlatIntoOne The Mongooses 2340 -217
13 Scott Barton Indy500Fan 2332 -225
14 Sixty Years Novi Sounds 2305 -252
15 Jay Breslawski Monarch LT Racing 2296 -261
16 Rob Foxx Foxx Indy Racing Enterprises 🔥 2291 -266
17 Mike Williams Foytfanforever 2278 -279
18 John Racer X 2277 -280
Nathan Losure Who Dat Racing 2277 -280
20 dac Boiler Up 2256 -301
21 OpenWheelNut Johnny Lightning Racing 2253 -304
22 Alayna Blasko Pit Layn 2233 -324
23 Brian Wallace BWALL2700 2208 -349
24 Steve Mente Goggles_Paisano 2206 -351
25 Sheila Blasko Peppy Pistons 2201 -356
26 Alan Losure Rebel Racing 2196 -361
27 Melissa Barrameda Bignumber4 2193 -364
28 craig Stringfellow SquaredCircleracing 2192 -365
Jim Ferguson Team Kanaan 2192 -365
30 Jim Blasko Lightning Blackie 2190 -367
31 Manleighkow Feel the Power#12 2188 -369
32 Larry Keller Rahal's Racerz 2149 -408
33 Camknasty69 These Cars Could Be Lauda 2133 -424
Kurt St. Angelo The Yellow Shirts 2133 -424
35 Michael Misterka GoCanadaRacing #33 2122 -435
36 Darrell Cox Rum Runner 2093 -464
37 Trixie Dennit Racing 2089 -468
38 Andrew Wood Fast Woody 2074 -483
39 Ron Drewniak Black Flag 2071 -486
40 Andy Miller Squadra Speedgeek 2066 -491
J.Griffith Team13 2066 -491
42 Life Long Fan A C Racing 2063 -494
43 Andrew Miller A.J. Foyt's PopOff Valve 2042 -515
44 Adam Evarts Evarts Motorsports 2031 -526
45 Jonathan Close Lemming51 Enterprises 2020 -537
46 C. Block, III backup car -- 2017 -540
47 Andrew agn727 1983 -574
48 F-Type Team F-Type 1973 -584
49 Bill Battle Red Racing 1969 -588
Ryan Ellegood RAE Tennessee Racing 1969 -588
51 Gordon Martinez Sting My Benjamin Marcus, Augustin 1966 -591
52 Iowa Indy Fan Iowa Indy Fan 1952 -605
53 Joseph Gallagher Team Helio 1932 -625
54 Tom Earle IndyHP 1924 -633
55 Samantha Utley Racing Cyclone 1908 -649
56 Michael Rick Mears Head 1891 -666
57 Mike Cockrall Team Canada 1877 -680
58 BritishDude British Racing 1840 -717
59 Jahiegel Jahiegel 1809 -748
60 Leesadee You Got Smoked 1794 -763
61 Andrew Shields Shields419 1789 -768
62 Fits Team Mystery Machine 1779 -778
63 June's Boyfriend Gezzers 1775 -782
64 Matt Callahan OilCanCallahan 1663 -894
65 Jordan Rinaldi Wilman Jordan Rinaldi Wilman 1647 -910
66 jim stringfellow Race Riot 1640 -917
67 Leslie Go Helio! 1587 -970
68 Tom Spangler Reynard Honda Firestone 1586 -971
69 Race Arachnid Racing 1559 -998
70 Judy Lauby some beach 1502 -1055
71 liz walsh Scottie's girl #9 1435 -1122
72 Joey Newgarden Racer OT 1272 -1285
73 Rod Strayer Hoosier Racing Team 1269 -1288
74 Ben Smith Facta Nonverba Racing 1245 -1312
75 Dave Rammel Doodles Racing 1193 -1364
76 Mike Mosley tribute *** 1173 -1384
77 Angie A Wilbur Shaw’s Mustache 1049 -1508
78 MommaH Fast Times 1044 -1513
79 Ben Deneweth Geedis Motorsports 984 -1573
80 Staceyk80 Team Awesome 843 -1714
81 John Livengood Live 'N' Good Racing 736 -1821
82 JGC1965 The Sliders 710 -1847
83 Candi Jackman Jackman 709 -1848
84 Drew Storms BadStorms 643 -1914
85 Sh Sh Sh Shattered Shadoobie 622 -1935
86 Vincent C Genovese Slot 8 Racing 584 -1973
87 Kym Kymopolis 579 -1978
88 Mike Alley Cat 477 -2080
89 Rod Ramblin 451 -2106
90 Jim Stringfellow Race Riot 349 -2208
91 Nate Rodgers Tracy Chapman 327 -2230
92 ElektrykalAJ Hi Josef's Mom 285 -2272
93 Dixon2023!!! Dixon2023!!! 273 -2284
94 Stephanie Windy City Quackers 232 -2325
95 Matt Prothro ProKnowsIndycar 218 -2339
96 Daddy's girl Frank Weiss Racing 200 -2357
97 Nick K Pancho's Pit Crew 157 -2400
98 Ken Brill Flatlander Racing 127 -2430
99 Jose Not at the table Carlos Munoz 113 -2444
100 Nickm1024 Mans racing team 112 -2445
101 Mike Cline Rahal Rules 107 -2450
102 TSR TSR Racing 94 -2463
103 David Daniels Daniels Motorsports 93 -2464
104 The Apster Gallup Gunner 20 -2537
105 RickshawRocket RickshawRocket 0 -2557