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A list of Daytona 500 winners is provided in the table.

Daytona 500
year winner average speed (mph)
1959 Lee Petty 135.521
1960 Junior Johnson 124.74
1961 Marvin Panch 149.601
1962 Glenn ("Fireball") Roberts 152.529
1963 DeWayne ("Tiny") Lund 151.566
1964 Richard Petty 154.334
1965 Fred Lorenzen 141.539
1966 Richard Petty 160.627
1967 Mario Andretti 149.926
1968 Cale Yarborough 143.251
1969 LeeRoy Yarbrough 157.95
1970 Pete Hamilton 149.601
1971 Richard Petty 144.462
1972 A.J. Foyt 161.55
1973 Richard Petty 157.205
1974 Richard Petty 140.894
1975 Benny Parsons 153.649
1976 David Pearson 152.181
1977 Cale Yarborough 153.218
1978 Bobby Allison 159.73
1979 Richard Petty 143.977
1980 Buddy Baker 177.602
1981 Richard Petty 169.651
1982 Bobby Allison 153.991
1983 Cale Yarborough 155.979
1984 Cale Yarborough 150.994
1985 Bill Elliot 176.263
1986 Geoff Bodine 148.124
1987 Bill Elliot 176.263
1988 Bobby Allison 137.531
1989 Darrell Waltrip 148.466
1990 Derrike Cope 165.761
1991 Ernie Irvan 148.148
1992 Davey Allison 160.256
1993 Dale Jarrett 154.972
1994 Sterling Marlin 156.931
1995 Sterling Marlin 141.71
1996 Dale Jarrett 154.308
1997 Jeff Gordon 148.295
1998 Dale Earnhardt, Sr. 172.712
1999 Jeff Gordon 162.551
2000 Dale Jarrett 155.669
2001 Michael Waltrip 161.783
2002 Ward Burton 142.971
2003 Michael Waltrip 133.870
2004 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 156.345
2005 Jeff Gordon 135.173
2006 Jimmie Johnson 142.667
2007 Kevin Harvick 149.335
2008 Ryan Newman 152.672
2009 Matt Kenseth 132.816
2010 Jamie McMurray 137.284
2011 Trevor Bayne 130.326
2012 Matt Kenseth 140.256
2013 Jimmie Johnson 159.250
2014 Dale Earnhardt, Jr. 145.290
2015 Joey Logano 161.939
2016 Denny Hamlin 157.549
2017 Kurt Busch 142.891
2018 Austin Dillon 150.545
2019 Denny Hamlin 137.44
2020 Denny Hamlin 141.11
2021 Michael McDowell 144.416
2022 Austin Cindric 142.295
2023 Ricky Stenhouse, Jr. 145.283
2024 William Byron 157.178

Winners of the Indianapolis 500

A list of Indianapolis 500 winners is provided in the table.

Indianapolis 500
year winner1 average speed (mph)
1Won by U.S. racer except as indicated.
2Scheduled 300-mile race.
3No competition 1917–18 and 1942–45.
4Race stopped because of rain—in 1926 after 400 miles, in 1950 after 345 miles, in 1973 after 332.5 miles, in 1975 after 435 miles, in 1976 after 255 miles, in 2004 after 450 miles, and in 2007 after 415 miles.
1911 Ray Harroun 74.602
1912 Joe Dawson 78.719
1913 Jules Goux (France) 75.933
1914 René Thomas (France) 82.474
1915 Ralph DePalma 89.840
19162 Dario Resta (France) 84.001
19193 Howdy Wilcox 88.050
1920 Gaston Chevrolet 88.618
1921 Tommy Milton 89.621
1922 Jimmy Murphy 94.484
1923 Tommy Milton 90.954
1924 L.L. Corum, Joe Boyer 98.234
1925 Peter DePaolo 101.127
19264 Frank Lockhart 95.904
1927 George Souders 97.545
1928 Louis Meyer 99.482
1929 Ray Keech 97.585
1930 Billy Arnold 100.448
1931 Louis Schneider 96.629
1932 Fred Frame 104.144
1933 Louis Meyer 104.162
1934 Bill Cummings 104.863
1935 Kelly Petillo 106.240
1936 Louis Meyer 109.069
1937 Wilbur Shaw 113.580
1938 Floyd Roberts 117.200
1939 Wilbur Shaw 115.035
1940 Wilbur Shaw 114.277
1941 Floyd Davis, Mauri Rose 115.117
19463 George Robson 114.820
1947 Mauri Rose 116.338
1948 Mauri Rose 119.814
1949 Bill Holland 121.327
19504 Johnnie Parsons 124.002
1951 Lee Wallard 126.244
1952 Troy Ruttman 128.922
1953 Bill Vukovich 128.740
1954 Bill Vukovich 130.840
1955 Bob Sweikert 128.209
1956 Pat Flaherty 128.490
1957 Sam Hanks 135.601
1958 Jimmy Bryan 133.791
1959 Rodger Ward 135.857
1960 Jim Rathmann 138.767
1961 A.J. Foyt 139.131
1962 Rodger Ward 140.293
1963 Parnelli Jones 143.137
1964 A.J. Foyt 147.350
1965 Jim Clark (Scot.) 150.686
1966 Graham Hill (Eng.) 144.317
1967 A.J. Foyt 151.207
1968 Bobby Unser 152.882
1969 Mario Andretti 156.867
1970 Al Unser 155.749
1971 Al Unser 157.735
1972 Mark Donohue 162.962
19734 Gordon Johncock 159.036
1974 Johnny Rutherford 158.589
19754 Bobby Unser 149.213
19764 Johnny Rutherford 148.725
1977 A.J. Foyt 161.331
1978 Al Unser 161.363
1979 Rick Mears 158.899
1980 Johnny Rutherford 142.862
1981 Bobby Unser 139.084
1982 Gordon Johncock 162.029
1983 Tom Sneva 162.117
1984 Rick Mears 163.612
1985 Danny Sullivan 152.982
1986 Bobby Rahal 170.722
1987 Al Unser 162.175
1988 Rick Mears 144.809
1989 Emerson Fittipaldi (Braz.) 167.581
1990 Arie Luyendyk (Neth.) 185.984
1991 Rick Mears 176.457
1992 Al Unser, Jr. 134.479
1993 Emerson Fittipaldi (Braz.) 157.207
1994 Al Unser, Jr. 160.872
1995 Jacques Villeneuve (Can.) 153.616
1996 Buddy Lazier 147.956
1997 Arie Luyendyk (Neth.) 145.827
1998 Eddie Cheever, Jr. 145.155
1999 Kenny Brack (Swed.) 153.176
2000 Juan Pablo Montoya (Colom.) 167.607
2001 Helio Castroneves (Braz.) 153.601
2002 Helio Castroneves (Braz.) 166.499
2003 Gil de Ferran (Braz.) 156.291
20044 Buddy Rice 138.518
2005 Dan Wheldon (Eng.) 157.603
2006 Sam Hornish, Jr. 157.085
20074 Dario Franchitti (Scot.) 151.744
2008 Scott Dixon (N.Z.) 143.567
2009 Helio Castroneves (Braz.) 150.318
2010 Dario Franchitti (Scot.) 161.623
2011 Dan Wheldon (Eng.) 170.265
2012 Dario Franchitti (Scot.) 167.734
2013 Tony Kanaan (Braz.) 187.433
2014 Ryan Hunter-Reay 186.563
2015 Juan Pablo Montoya (Colom.) 161.341
2016 Alexander Rossi 166.634
2017 Sato Takuma (Japan) 155.395
2018 Will Power (Austl.) 166.935
2019 Simon Pagenaud (France) 175.794
2020 Sato Takuma (Japan) 157.824
2021 Helio Castroneves (Braz.) 190.690
2022 Marcus Ericsson (Swed.) 175.428
2023 Josef Newgarden 168.193
2024 Josef Newgarden 167.763