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Fastest Race Lap

Indianapolis 500

A list, beginning in 1951, of the fastest recorded laps during each Indianapolis 500 Mile Race with driver information and the corresponding lap number.

Fastest Race Laps
Year Car Number Driver Lap Number Lap Time Speed (MPH)
1951 99 Lee Wallard 23 1:07.00 133.809
1952 26 Bill Vukovich 8 1:06.00 135.135
1953 14 Bill Vukovich 27 1:06.24 135.87
1954 2 Jack McGrath 29 1:04.00 140.537
1955 4 Bill Vukovich 27 1:03.67 141.354
1956 29 Paul Russo 19 1:02.32 141.416
1957 26 Jim Rathmann 127 1:02.75 143.426
1958 33 Tony Bettenhausen 55 1:02.37 144.300
1959 3 Johnny Thomson 64 1:01.89 145.419
1960 4 Jim Rathmann 4 1:01.59 146.128
1961 52 Troy Ruttman 91 1:00.98 147.589
1962 98 Parnelli Jones 56 1:00.69 148.295
1963 98 Parnelli Jones 114 59.39 151.541
1964 51 Bobby Marshman 15 57.09 157.646
1965 1 A.J. Foyt 2 57.14 157.508
1966 19 Jimmy Clark 18 56.54 159.179
1967 40 Parnelli Jones 6 54.57 164.926
1968 25 Lloyd Ruby 94 53.36 168.666
1969 82 Roger McCluskey 20 54.05 166.512
1970 15 Joe Leonard 50 53.64 167.785
1971 66 Mark Donohue 66 51.44 174.961
1972 66 Mark Donohue 150 47.99 187.539
1973 3 Roger McCluskey 55 48.15 186.916
1974 40 Wally Dallenbach 2 47.02 191.408
1975 20 Gordon Johncock 2 48.10 187.110
1976 14 A.J. Foyt 2 48.38 186.027
1977 25 Danny Ongais 42 46.71 192.678
1978 7 Mario Andretti 75 46.41 193.924
1979 36 Mike Mosley 184 46.58 193.216
1980 4 Johnny Rutherford 149 47.35 190.074
1981 20 Gordon Johncock 159 45.70 196.937
1982 1 Rick Mears 122 44.88 200.535
1983 3 Teo Fabi 3 45.568 197.507
1984 20 Gordon Johncock 52 43.942 204.815
1985 1 Rick Mears 14 43.916 204.937
1986 3 Bobby Rahal 200 43.031 209.152
1987 4 Roberto Guerrero 57 43.900 205.011
1988 5 Rick Mears 166 42.956 209.517
1989 20 Emerson Fittipaldi 85 40.455 222.469
1990 1
30 		Emerson Fittipaldi
Arie Luyendyk 		91
162 		40.436
40.436 		222.574
222.574
1991 1 Arie Luyendyk 109 40.508 222.178
1992 1 Michael Andretti 166 39.281 229.118
1993 4 Emerson Fittipaldi 198 41.898 214.867
1994 2 Emerson Fittipaldi 121 40.783 220.680
1995 24 Scott Goodyear 179 40.177 224.009
1996 3 Eddie Cheever Jr. 78 38.119 236.103
1997 2 Tony Stewart 105 41.739 215.626
1998 1 Tony Stewart 19 41.910 214.746
1999 2 Greg Ray 101 41.118 218.882
2000 91 Buddy Lazier 198 41.191 218.494
2001 4 Sam Hornish Jr. 130 40.9407 219.830
2002 52 Tomas Scheckter 20 39.7353 226.499
2003 11 Tony Kanaan 100 39.2692 229.188
2004 17 Vitor Meira 173 41.2086 218.401
2005 11 Tony Kanaan 167 39.4560 228.102
2006 9 Scott Dixon 41 40.6777 221.251
2007 11 Tony Kanaan 18 40.2829 223.420
2008 26 Marco Andretti 161 40.1720 224.037
2009 10 Dario Franchitti 187 40.5325 222.044
2010 12 Will Power 15 39.9840 225.090
2011 10 Dario Franchitti 169 40.0693 224.667
2012 26 Marco Andretti 59 40.8771 220.172
2013 19 Justin Wilson 185 39.658 226.940
2014 2 Juan Pablo Montoya 182 39.9661 225.191
2015 83 Charlie Kimball 102 39.6979 226.712
2016 98 Alexander Rossi 106 39.9488 225.288
2017 26 Takuma Sato 150 39.7896 226.190
2018 3 Helio Castroneves 131 40.1538 224.138
2019 9 Scott Dixon 40 39.8220 226.006
2020 29 James Hinchcliffe 66 40.3290 223.164
2021 45 Santino Ferrucci 116 39.5874 227.345
2022 8 Marcus Ericsson 179 40.0263 224.852