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Top–15 All-Time Pole Winners (1930–2014) 1st – Mario Andretti: 67 Poles (Ovals – 40, Street/Road Course – 27); Wins From Pole – 24 Pole No. Date Track Track Type Finishing Position 2nd Place Starter Laps Led 1 6/20/1965 Langhorne Dirt Oval 2 Jim McElreath 33 of 100 2 7/25/1965 Indianapolis Road Course 1 A.J. Foyt 43 of 80 3 11/21/1965 Phoenix Paved Oval 2 Gordon Johncock 183 of 200 4 3/20/1966 Phoenix Paved Oval 15 Don Branson 46 of 150 5 4/24/1966 Trenton Paved Oval 4 Lloyd Ruby 64 of 102 6 5/30/1966 Indianapolis Paved Oval 18 Jim Clark 16 of 200 7 6/5/1966 Milwaukee Paved Oval 1 Joe Leonard 100 of 100 8 6/12/1966 Langhorne Paved Oval 1 Don Branson 100 of 100 9 6/26/1966 Atlanta Paved Oval 1 Gordon Johncock 200 of 200 10 8/7/1966 Langhorne Paved Oval 21 Don Branson 0 of 150 11 8/27/1966 Milwaukee Paved Oval 1 Gordon Johncock 159 of 200 12 9/25/1966 Trenton Paved Oval 1 Al Unser 199 of 200 13 11/20/1966 Phoenix Paved Oval 1 Lloyd Ruby 153 of 200 14 4/23/1967 Trenton Paved Oval 1 Lloyd Ruby 150 of 150 15 5/30/1967 Indianapolis Paved Oval 30 Dan Gurney 0 of 200 16 8/6/1967 St. Jovite Road Course 1 A.J. Foyt 36 of 36 17 9/24/1967 Trenton Paved Oval 25 A.J. Foyt 4 of 200 18 4/21/1968 Trenton Paved Oval 2 Roger McCluskey 8 of 150 19 7/21/1968 Indianapolis Road Course 2 Joe Leonard 16 of 40 20 8/4/1968 St. Jovite Road Course 1 Al Unser 26 of 38 21 8/4/1968 St. Jovite Road Course 1 Bobby Unser 38 of 38 22 9/7/1968 Indianapolis Dirt Oval 2 Al Unser 0 of 100 23 9/29/1968 Sacramento Dirt Oval 4 A.J. Foyt 0 of 100 24 10/13/1968 Michigan Paved Oval 2 Bobby Unser 1 of 125 25 11/17/1968 Phoenix Paved Oval 24 Art Pollard 0 of 200 26 4/13/1969 Hanford Paved Oval 1 Al Unser 134 of 134 27 6/8/1969 Milwaukee Paved Oval 7 Jim Malloy 89 of 150 28 6/15/1969 Langhorne Paved Oval 5 Bobby Unser 41 of 150 29 7/19/1969 Trenton Paved Oval 1 Al Unser 58 of 134 30 10/19/1969 Kent Road Course 2 Al Unser 0 of 45 31 3/28/1970 Phoenix Paved Oval 13 Al Unser 14 of 150 32 6/7/1970 Milwaukee Paved Oval 5 A.J. Foyt 0 of 150 33 7/26/1970 Indianapolis Road Course 18 Al Unser 0 of 60 34 10/4/1970 Sacramento Dirt Oval 14 Bobby Unser 1 of 100 35 8/13/1972 Milwaukee Paved Oval 11 Joe Leonard 107 of 200 36 10/6/1973 Texas Paved Oval 17 Lee Kunzman 19 of 100 37 4/7/1974 Trenton Paved Oval 9 Tom Sneva 33 of 134 38 9/20/1980 Michigan Paved Oval 1 Bobby Unser 53 of 75 39 11/8/1980 Phoenix Paved Oval 2 Johnny Rutherford 1 of 150 40 10/4/1981 Watkins Glen Road Course 16 Al Unser 23 of 60 41 7/18/1982 Michigan Paved Oval 2 Rick Mears 35 of 250 42 7/3/1983 Cleveland Road Course 14 Al Unser Jr. 34 of 125 43 7/31/1983 Road America Road Course 1 Teo Fabi 6 of 50 44 4/1/1984 Long Beach Road Course 1 Derek Daly 112 of 112 45 6/17/1984 Portland Road Course 26 Danny Sullivan 4 of 104 46 7/1/1984 Meadowlands Road Course 1 Bobby Rahal 100 of 100 47 7/8/1984 Cleveland Road Course 21 Bobby Rahal 28 of 88 48 7/22/1984 Michigan Paved Oval 1 Tom Sneva 51 of 250 49 8/5/1984 Road America Road Course 1 Roberto Guerrero 34 of 50 Pole No. Date Track Track Type Finishing Position 2nd Place Starter Laps Led 50 9/2/1984 Mid-Ohio Road Course 1 Rick Mears 78 of 84 51 10/21/1984 Laguna Seca Road Course 2 Bobby Rahal 24 of 98 52 4/14/1985 Long Beach Road Course 1 Bobby Rahal 70 of 90 53 6/2/1985 Milwaukee Paved Oval 1 Danny Sullivan 196 of 200 54 6/30/1985 Meadowlands Road Course 26 Danny Sullivan 19 of 100 55 4/6/1986 Phoenix Paved Oval 7 Michael Andretti 17 of 200 56 8/31/1986 Mid-Ohio Road Course 24 Danny Sullivan 12 of 84 57 10/12/1986 Laguna Seca Road Course 4 Bobby Rahal 8 of 98 58 4/5/1987 Long Beach Road Course 1 Roberto Guerrero 95 of 95 59 4/12/1987 Phoenix Paved Oval 5 Michael Andretti 30 of 200 60 5/24/1987 Indianapolis Paved Oval 9 Gordon Johncock 170 of 200 61 6/28/1987 Meadowlands Road Course 2 Bobby Rahal 15 of 100 62 8/16/1987 Pocono Paved Oval 19 Rick Mears 22 of 200 63 8/30/1987 Road America Road Course 1 Roberto Guerrero 50 of 50 64 10/11/1987 Lagina Seca Road Course 17 Michael Andretti 61 of 98 65 11/1/1987 Miami Road Course 4 Michael Andretti 3 of 103 66 8/2/1992 Michigan Paved Oval 15 Michael Andretti 38 of 250 67 8/1/1993 Michigan Paved Oval 2 Nigel Mansell 27 of 250 2nd – A. J. Foyt: 53 Poles (Ovals – 53); Wins From Pole – 23 Pole No. Date Track Track Type Finishing Position 2nd Place Starter Laps Led 1 9/16/1961 Indianapolis Dirt Oval 1 Bobby Marshman 84 of 100 2 6/10/1962 Milwaukee Paved Oval 1 Don Branson 61 of 100 3 7/22/1962 Trenton Paved Oval 7 Rodger Ward 34 of 142 4 8/26/1962 Langhorne Dirt Oval 4 Don Branson 0 of 100 5 9/23/1962 Trenton Paved Oval 4 Troy Ruttman 18 of 200 6 10/28/1962 Sacramento Dirt Oval 1 Jim Hurtubise 95 of 100 7 7/28/1963 Trenton Paved Oval 1 Bobby Grim 150 of 150 8 8/17/1963 Springfield Dirt Oval 2 Johnny Rutherford 4 of 100 9 4/19/1964 Trenton Paved Oval 1 Rodger Ward 100 of 100 10 9/26/1964 Indianapolis Dirt Oval 1 Bobby Marshman 94 of 100 11 3/28/1965 Phoenix Paved Oval 19 Rodger Ward 11 of 150 12 4/25/1965 Trenton Paved Oval 17 Jim McElreath 25 of 87 13 5/31/1965 Indianapolis Paved Oval 15 Jim Clark 11 of 200 14 6/6/1965 Milwaukee Paved Oval 16 Lloyd Ruby 28 of 100 15 7/18/1965 Trenton Paved Oval 1 Jim McElreath 150 of 150 16 8/1/1965 Atlanta Paved Oval 19 Billy Foster 98 of 167 17 8/22/1965 Milwaukee Paved Oval 2 Dan Gurney 18 of 200 18 9/6/1965 DuQuoin Dirt Oval 3 Don Branson 3 of 100 19 9/18/1965 Indianapolis Dirt Oval 1 George Snider 86 of 100 20 9/26/1965 Trenton Paved Oval 1 Lloyd Ruby 200 of 200 21 9/10/1966 Indianapolis Dirt Oval 2 Mario Andretti 97 of 100 22 5/30/1969 Indianapolis Paved Oval 8 Mario Andretti 66 of 200 23 4/15/1973 Trenton Paved Oval 11 Gordon Johncock 0 of 100 24 3/3/1974 Ontario Paved Oval 1 Bobby Unser 40 of 40 25 3/10/1974 Ontario Paved Oval 30 Johnny Rutherford 21 of 200 26 5/26/1974 Indianapolis Paved Oval 15 Wally Dallenbach 70 of 200 27 6/9/1974 Milwaukee Paved Oval 6 Johnny Rutherford 11 of 150 28 8/11/1974 Milwaukee Paved Oval 2 Steve Krisiloff 18 of 200 29 9/15/1974 Michigan Paved Oval 24 Johnny Rutherford 3 of 125 30 9/22/1974 Trenton Paved Oval 1 Gordon Johncock 51 of 100 31 9/22/1974 Trenton Paved Oval 4 Bobby Unser 64 of 100 32 3/2/1975 Ontario Paved Oval 1 Al Unser 40 of 40 33 3/9/1975 Ontario Paved Oval 1 Bobby Unser 187 of 200 34 5/25/1975 Indianapolis Paved Oval 3 Gordon Johncock 53 of 174 35 6/8/1975 Milwaukee Paved Oval 1 Gordon Johncock 36 of 150 36 7/20/1975 Michigan Paved Oval 1 Gordon Johncock 52 of 100 37 9/13/1975 Michigan Paved Oval 7 Gordon Johncock 35 of 75 38 9/21/1975 Trenton Paved Oval 2 Johnny Rutherford 33 of 100 39 5/2/1976 Trenton Paved Oval 18 Johnny Rutherford 1 of 134 40 7/18/1976 Michigan Paved Oval 3 Gordon Johncock 32 of 100 41 8/1/1976 Texas Paved Oval 1 Al Unser 74 of 75 42 8/15/1976 Trenton Paved Oval 19 Gordon Johncock 53 of 117 43 9/5/1976 Ontario Paved Oval 23 Roger McCluskey 14 of 200 44 9/18/1976 Michigan Paved Oval 1 Roger McCluskey 24 of 75 45 10/31/1976 Texas Paved Oval 11 Lloyd Ruby 56 of 100 46 6/26/1977 Pocono Paved Oval 15 Johnny Rutherford 25 of 200 47 9/23/1978 Trenton Paved Oval 19 Danny Ongais 13 of 100 48 3/25/1979 Ontario Paved Oval 1 Roger McCluskey 59 of 80 49 4/8/1979 Texas Paved Oval 1 Johnny Parsons 83 of 100 50 6/10/1979 Milwaukee Paved Oval 1 Sheldon Kinser 123 of 150 51 6/24/1979 Pocono Paved Oval 1 Danny Ongais 128 of 200 52 7/29/1979 Texas Paved Oval 1 Tom Bigelow 68 of 100 53 6/21/1981 Pocono Paved Oval 1 Jim McElreath 35 of 122 3rd – Bobby Unser: 49 Poles (Ovals – 44, Street/Road Course – 5); Wins From Pole – 17 Pole No.
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