All Time Indy Car Records (1946-2014)
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ALL TIME INDY CAR RECORDS (1946-2014) Most Starts (1946-2014) Starts Driver Sanctioning Organizations Starts Driver Sanctioning Organizations 407 Mario Andretti USAC, CART 180 Wally Dallenbach USAC, CART 369 A.J. Foyt USAC, CART 180 Gary Bettenhausen USAC, CART 329 Al Unser Jr. CART, USAC, IRL 179 Bryan Herta CART, USAC, IRL 320 Al Unser USAC, CART 179 Adrian Fernandez CART, USAC, IRL 317 Michael Andretti CART, USAC, IRL 177 Jim McElreath USAC, CART 315 Johnny Rutherford USAC, CART 176 Lloyd Ruby USAC 295 Helio Castroneves CART, IRL, IC 170 Danny Sullivan CART, USAC 294 Tony Kanaan CART, IRL, IC 170 Arie Luyendyk CART, USAC, IRL 281 Paul Tracy CART, CC, IRL, IC 169 Ryan Hunter-Reay CART, CC, IRL, IC 265 Dario Franchitti CART, IRL, IC 168 Justin Wilson CC, IRL, IC 264 Bobby Rahal CART, USAC 165 Pancho Carter USAC, CART 261 Gordon Johncock USAC, CART 165 Scott Sharp CART, USAC, IRL 259 Bobby Unser AAA, USAC, CART 164 Mike Mosley USAC, CART 238 Jimmy Vasser CART, USAC, CC, IRL 160 Gil De Ferran CART, USAC, IRL 238 Scott Dixon CART, IRL, IC 159 Bill Vukovich Jr. USAC, CART 230 Roger McCluskey USAC 157 Patrick Carpentier CART, CC IRL 204 Tom Sneva USAC, CART 157 Buddy Lazier CART, USAC, IRL 202 Rick Mears USAC, CART 156 Eddie Cheever Jr. CART, USAC, IRL 202 Alex Tagliani CART, CC, IRL, IC 155 Michel Jourdain Jr. CART, USAC, IRL 199 Raul Boesel CART, USAC, IRL 153 Ed Carpenter IRL, IC 195 Emerson Fittipaldi CART, USAC 151 Marco Andretti IRL, IC 195 Oriol Servia CART, CC, IRL, IC 150 Rodger Ward AAA, USAC 194 Adrian Fernandez CART, USAC, IRL 150 Scott Brayton CART, USAC, IRL 183 Dick Simon USAC, CART Most Consecutive Starts (1946-2014) Starts Driver Span Sanctioning Organization Began Ended 233 Tony Kanaan 2001-2014 CART/IRL/IC Portland Fontana (ongoing) 211 Jimmy Vasser 1993-2006 CART/CC Laguna Seca Monterrey 192 Al Unser Jr. 1983-1995 CART Atlanta Nazareth 175 Scott Dixon 2004-2014 IRL/IC Michigan Fontana (ongoing) 168 Michael Andretti 1994-2003 CART/IRL Australia Mexico City 164 Emerson Fittipaldi 1984-1995 CART Las Vegas Nazareth 151 Marco Andretti 2006-2014 IRL/IC Homestead Fontana (ongoing) 149 Michel Jourdain Jr. 1996-2004 CART Vancouver Mexico City 145 Bobby Rahal 1984-1993 CART Long Beach Indianapolis 145 Michael Andretti 1983-1992 CART Las Vegas Laguna Seca 145 Gil de Ferran 1995-2002 CART/IRL Miami Chicagoland 138 Scott Sharp 1998-2007 IRL Disney World Chicagoland 136 Paul Tracy 1999-2006 CART/CC Motegi Mexico City 130 Mauricio Gugelmin 1993-2001 CART Mid-Ohio Nazareth 129 Dan Wheldon 2003-2010 IRL Motegi Homestead 126 Ryan Hunter-Reay 2007-2014 IRL/IC Mid-Ohio Fontana (ongoing) 112 Helio Castroneves 2002-2008 IRL Homestead Chicago 110 Sam Hornish Jr. 2000-2007 IRL Kentucky Chicago 109 Johnny Rutherford 1974-1982 USAC/CART Ontario Phoenix 107 Alex Tagliani 2000-2006 CART/CC Homestead Milwaukee Most Laps Led, CAREER (1946-2014) Laps Led Driver Sanctioning Organization 7,595 Mario Andretti USAC,CART 6,621 A.J. Foyt USAC,CART 6,607 Michael Andretti CART, IRL 5,802 Al Unser USAC, CART 5,254 Helio Castroneves CART, IRL, IC 4,863 Bobby Unser USAC, CART 4,579 Dario Franchitti CART, IRL, IC 4,324 Scott Dixon CART, IRL, IC 4,256 Paul Tracy CART, CC, IRL 3,746 Tony Kanaan CART, IRL, IC 3,435 Rick Mears USAC, CART 3,428 Sam Hornish Jr. IRL 3,360 Gordon Johncock USAC, CART 3,113 Al Unser Jr. CART, IRL 3,107 Bobby Rahal CART, USAC 2,971 Rodger Ward AAA, USAC 2,865 Dan Wheldon IRL, IC 2,856 Tony Bettenhausen AAA, USAC 2,703 Johnny Rutherford USAC, CART 2,632 Will Power CC, IRL, IC 2,624 Emerson Fittipaldi CART, USAC 2,288 Sebastien Bourdais CART, CC 2,108 Juan Pablo Montoya CART, IRL 1,695 Tom Sneva USAC, CART 1,596 Parnelli Jones USAC 1,515 Tony Stewart IRL 1,457 Danny Sullivan CART, USAC 1,447 Alex Zanardi CART 1,435 Ryan Briscoe IRL, IC 1,363 Tomas Scheckter IRL 1,319 Gil de Ferran CART, IRL 1,203 Jimmy Bryan AAA, USAC 1,193 Greg Ray IRL 1,084 Ryan Hunter-Reay CC, IRL, IC 1,067 Scott Sharp CART, IRL 1,040 Kenny Brack CART, IRL 1,028 Danny Ongais USAC, CART 1,027 Buddy Lazier IRL Most Laps Led, SINGLE SEASON (1946-2014) Laps Led Driver Year Sanctioning Organization 1,527 Al Unser 1970 USAC 1,142 Mario Andretti 1966 USAC 1,136 Michael Andretti 1992 CART 965 Michael Andretti 1991 CART 954 Juan Pablo Montoya 1999 CART 899 Scott Dixon 2008 IRL 889 Tony Kanaan 2004 IRL 884 Dario Franchitti 2011 IC 870 Danny Ongais 1978 USAC 861 A.J. Foyt 1964 USAC 851 Tony Bettenhausen 1951 AAA 820 Juan Pablo Montoya 2000 CART 815 Scott Dixon 2009 IRL 812 Tony Stewart 1996/97 IRL 806 Mario Andretti 1969 USAC 769 A.J. Foyt 1965 USAC 765 Sam Hornish Jr. 2001 IRL 761 Dan Wheldon 2006 IRL 756 Paul Tracy 1993 CART 752 Dan Wheldon 2005 IRL 746 Rick Mears 1982 CART Highest Percentage of Laps Led in a Season (1946-2014) Rank Driver Year Laps Led/Possible % Led Sanctioning Organization 1 Al Unser 1970 1527/2287 66.8 USAC 2 Mario Andretti 1966 1142/2083 54.8 USAC 3 Michael Andretti 1992 1136/2110 53.8 CART 4 Tony Bettenhausen 1951 851/1719 49.5 AAA 5 A.J. Foyt 1964 861/1750 49.2 USAC 6 Rick Mears 1982 746/1577 47.3 CART 7 Michael Andretti 1991 965/2107 45.8 CART 8 Sebastien Bourdais 2007 463/1087 42.6 CC 9 Sebastien Bourdais 2006 522/1251 41.7 CC 10 Tony Stewart 1996/97 812/1973 41.2 IRL 11 A.J. Foyt 1975 676/1683 40.2 USAC 12 Dario Franchitti 2011 844/2011 39.9 IC 13 Bobby Unser 1979 582/1461 39.8 CART 14 Paul Tracy 2005 512/1310 39.1 CC 15 Danny Ongais 1978 870/2253 38.6 USAC Highest Percentage of Laps Finished in a Season (1946-2014) Rank Driver Year Laps Completed/Possible % Led Sanctioning Organization 1 Tony Kanaan 2004 3305/3305 100.00 IRL 2 Tony Kanaan 2010 2413/2414 99.96 IRL Will Power 2014 2394/2395 99.96 IC 4 A. J. Foyt 1963 1549/1550 99.94 USAC 5 Helio Castroneves 2008 2857/2860 99.90 IRL 6 Helio Castroneves 2012 1965/1968 99.85 IC 7 Helio Castroneves 2004 3299/3305 99.81 IRL 8 Scott Dixon 2006 2504/2510 99.76 IRL 9 Sam Hornish Jr. 2001 2643/2650 99.74 IRL 10 Scott Dixon 2008 2851/2860 99.69 IRL 11 Simon Pagenaud 2012 1961/1968 99.64 IC 12 Oriol Servia 2011 2103/2111 99.62 IC 13 Rick Mears 1979 1455/1461 99.59 CART 14 Scott Dixon 2011 2100/2110 99.48 IC 15 Jimmy Vasser 1996 1990/2005 99.25 CART 16 Sebastien Bourdais 2005 1300/1310 99.24 CC YOUNGEST DRIVERS TO COMPETE IN A RACE (1946-2014) Driver Age Track Date Sanctioning Organization Nelson Philippe 17 years, 8 months, 25 days Long Beach 4/18/04 CC Graham Rahal 18 years, 3 months, 4 days Las Vegas 4/8/07 CC Andrew Ranger 18 years, 4 months, 20 days Long Beach 4/10/05 CC A.J.Foyt IV 18 years, 9 months, 23 days Homestead 3/02/03 IRL Josele Garza 19 years, 7 days Phoenix 3/22/81 CART Marco Andretti 19 years, 13 days Homestead 3/26/06 IRL Sarah Fisher 19 years, 26 days Texas 2 10/17/99 IRL Troy Ruttman 19 years, 1 month, 13 days Dallas 4/24/49 AAA Sage Karam 19 years, 2 months, 20 days Indianapolis 5/25/2014 IC Mario Moraes 19 years, 3 months, 9 days Homestead 3/29/08 IRL Jimmy Davies 19 years, 6 months, 16 days Dallas 4/24/49 AAA Michel Jourdain Jr 19 years, 6 months,a 12 days Long Beach 4/14/96 CART Jim Rathman 19 years, 8 months, 14 days Indianapolis 5/30/1949 AAA Sebastian Saavedra 19 years, 11 month, 28 days Indianapolis 5/30/10 IRL Al Unser Jr 20 years, 4 months, 10 days Riverside 8/29/82 CART Scott Dixon 20 years, 7 months, 17 days Monterrey 3/11/01 CART Michael McDowell 20 years, 10 months, 2 days Australia 10/23/05 CC Greg Moore 20 years, 10 months, 19 days Homestead 3/3/96 CART Andre Lotterer 20 years, 11 months, 28 days Mexico City 11/17/02 CART Michael Andretti 21 years, 3 days Las Vegas 10/8/83 CART Carlos Munoz 21 years, 3 months, 24 days Indianapolis 5/26/13 IC Chris Kneifel 21 years, 4 months, 6 days Riverside 8/29/82 CART YOUNGEST DRIVERS TO WIN A RACE (1946-2014) Driver Age Race Date Sanctioning Organization Graham Rahal 19 years, 3 months, 2 days St. Petersburg 4/6/08 IC Marco Andretti 19 years, 5 months, 14 days Infineon 8/27/06 IRL Jimmy Davies 20 years, 2 months, 29 days Del Mar 11/6/49 AAA Nelson Philippe 20 years, 2 months, 29 days Australia 10/22/06 CC Scott Dixon 20 years, 9 months, 14 days Nazareth 5/6/01 CART Sam Hornish Jr 21 years, 8 months, 16 days Phoenix 3/18/01 IRL Tomas Scheckter 21 years, 10 months, 7 days Michigan 7/28/02 IRL Greg Moore 22 years, 1 month, 10 days Milwaukee 6/1/97 CART Al Unser Jr 22 years, 1 month, 29 days Portland 6/17/84 CART Troy Ruttman 22 years, 2 months, 19 days Indianapolis 5/30/52 AAA Ryan Hunter-Reay 22 years, 10 months, 9 days Australia 10/26/03 CART OLDEST DRIVERS TO COMPETE IN A RACE (1946-2014) Driver Age Race Date Sanctioning Organization Louis Unser 69 years, 3 months, 19 days Pikes Peak 7/4/65 USAC A J Foyt 57 years, 4 months, 8 days Indianapolis 5/24/92 USAC Gordon Johncock 56 years, 8 months, 19 days Indianapolis 5/24/92 USAC Jim McElreath 55 years, 5 months, 27 days Pocono 8/14/83 CART Gary Bettenhausen 55 years, 5 months, 26 days US 500 5/26/96 CART Dick Simon 55 years, 4 days Nazareth 9/25/88 CART Danny Ongais 54 years 8 months 4 days Disney World 1/25/97 IRL Mario Andretti 54 years, 7 months, 11 days Laguna Seca 10/9/94 CART Al Unser 53 years, 4 months, 5 days Nazareth 10/4/92 CART Lyn St.