INDIANAPOLIS 500 – FOUR-LAP QUALIFICATION RECORDS Year Date Driver Entrant Car/Engine Speed 1920 5/26 Art Klein Frontenac Motor Co. Frontenac/Frontenac 92.700 5/26 Louis Chevrolet William Small Co. Frontenac/Frontenac 96.360 5/26 Joe Boyer Frontenac Motor Co. Frontenac/Frontenac 96.900 5/26 Ralph DePalma Ralph DePalma Ballot/Ballot 99.150 1921 5/25 Ralph DePalma Ralph DePalma Ballot/Ballot 100.750 1923 5/26 Tommy Milton H.C.S. Motor Co. Miller/Miller 108.170 1925 5/26 Earl Cooper Cliff Durant Miller/Miller 110.487 5/26 Harry Hartz Harry Hartz Miller/Miller 112.433 5/26 Peter DePaolo Duesenberg Bros. Duesenberg/Duesenberg 113.083 5/26 Leon Duray Harry Hartz Miller/Miller 113.196 1927 5/26 Ralph Hepburn Cliff Woodbury Miller/Miller 114.209 5/26 Harry Hartz Harry Hartz Miller/Miller 116.731 5/26 Peter DePaolo Peter DePaolo Miller/Miller 119.510 5/26 Frank Lockhart Frank S. Lockhart Miller/Miller 120.100 1928 5/26 Cliff Woodbury Boyle Valve Co. Miller/Miller 120.417 5/26 Leon Duray Leon Duray Miller/Miller 122.391 (Qualifications between 1933-38 were 10 laps rather than four) 1939 5/20 Cliff Bergere Lewis W. Welch Miller/Offy 123.835 5/20 Louis Meyer Bowes Racing Inc Stevens/Winfield 130.067 5/20 Jimmy Snyder Joel Thorne Inc. Adams/Sparks 130.138 1946 5/26 Ralph Hepburn W.C. Winfield Kurtis/Novi 133.944 1950 5/13 Walt Faulkner J. C. Agajanian KK2000/Offy 134.343 1951 5/12 Duke Nalon Jean Marcenac Kurtis/Novi 136.498 5/19 Walt Faulkner J.C. Agajanian Kuzma/Offy 136.872 1952 5/17 Andy Linden Hart Fullerton KK4000/Offy 137.002 5/17 Fred Agabashian Cummins Engine Co. Kurtis/Cummins 138.010 5/24 Bill Vukovich Howard Keck Co. KK500A/Offy 138.212 5/26 Chet Miller Lewis W. Welch Kurtis/Novi 139.034 1954 5/15 Jack McGrath Jack B. Hinkle KK500C/Offy 141.033 1955 5/15 Bill Vukovich Lindsey Hopkins KK500C/Offy 141.071 5/15 Jack McGrath Jack B. Hinkle KK500C/Offy 142.580 1956 5/19 Jim Rathmann Lindsey Hopkins KK500C/Offy 145.120 5/19 Pat Flaherty John Zink Co. Watson/Offy 145.596 1958 5/17 Ed Elisian Ellen McKinney Zink Watson/Offy 145.926 5/17 Dick Rathmann Kalamazoo Sports Inc. Watson/Offy 145.974 1960 5/14 Jim Rathmann Ken-Paul Inc. Watson/Offy 146.371 5/14 Eddie Sachs Dean Van Lines Racing Ewing/Offy 146.592 5/22 Jim Hurtubise Ernest L Ruiz Christensen/Offy 149.056 1962 5/12 Len Sutton Leader Cards Inc Watson/Offy 149.328 5/12 Parnelli Jones J. C. Agajanian Watson/Offy 150.370 1963 5/18 Parnelli Jones J. C. Agajanian Watson/Offy 151.153 1964 5/16 Rodger Ward Leader Cards Inc Watson/Ford 156.406 5/16 Bobby Marshman Lindsey Hopkins Lotus/Ford 157.867 5/16 Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus/Ford 158.828 1965 5/15 Mario Andretti Auto Techs Inc. Brawner/Ford 158.849 5/15 Jim Clark Team Lotus Lotus/Ford 160.729 5/15 A.J. Foyt Ansted-Thompson Racing Lotus/Ford 161.233 1966 5/14 George Snider Ansted-Thompson Racing Coyote/Ford 162.521 5/14 Mario Andretti Dean Racing Enterprises Brawner/Ford 165.899 1967 5/13 Joe Leonard A. J. Foyt Coyote/Ford 166.098 5/13 Dan Gurney All American Racers Eagle/Ford 167.224 5/13 Mario Andretti Dean Racing Enterprises Hawk/Ford 168.982 1968 5/18 Graham Hill STP Corporation Lotus/Pratt & Whitney 171.208 5/18 Joe Leonard STP Corporation Lotus/Pratt & Whitney 171.559 1971 5/15 A.J. Foyt Thompson Industries Coyote/Ford 174.317 5/15 Mark Donohue Penske Racing McLaren/Offy 177.087 5/15 Peter Revson McLaren Cars McLaren/Offy 178.696 1972 5/14 Joe Leonard Vel's Parnelli Jones Parnelli/Offy 185.223 5/14 Mario Andretti Vel's Parnelli Jones Parnelli/Offy 187.617 5/14 Gary Bettenhausen Penske Racing McLaren/Offy 188.877 5/14 Bobby Unser Olsonite Division Eagle/Offy 195.940 1973 5/12 Swede Savage Patrick Racing Eagle/Offy 196.582 5/12 Johnny Rutherford McLaren Cars McLaren/Offy 198.413 1977 5/14 Tom Sneva Penske Racing McLaren/Cosworth 198.884 1978 5/20 Tom Sneva Penske Racing Penske/Cosworth 202.156 1982 5/15 Kevin Cogan Penske Racing Penske/Cosworth 204.082 5/15 Rick Mears Penske Racing Penske/Cosworth 207.004 1983 5/21 Teo Fabi Forsythe Racing March/Cosworth 207.395 1984 5/12 Rick Mears Penske Racing March/Cosworth 207.847 5/12 Tom Sneva Mayer Motor Racing March/Cosworth 210.029 1985 5/11 Scott Brayton Brayton Engineering March/Buick 212.354 5/11 Pancho Carter Galles Racing March/Buick 212.583 1986 5/10 Danny Sullivan Penske Racing March/Cosworth 215.382 5/10 Rick Mears Penske Racing March/Cosworth 216.828 1988 5/14 Rick Mears Penske Racing Penske/Chevy Indy 219.198 1989 5/14 Al Unser Penske Racing Penske/Chevy Indy 223.471 5/14 Rick Mears Penske Racing Penske/Chevy Indy 223.885 1990 5/13 Emerson Fittipaldi Penske Racing Penske/Chevy Indy 225.301 1992 5/9 Arie Luyendyk Chip Ganassi Racing Lola/Ford Cosworth 229.127 5/9 Roberto Guerrero Kenny Bernstein Lola/Buick 232.482 1996 5/11 Davy Jones Galles Racing Lola/Mercedes Ilmor 232.882 5/11 Tony Stewart Team Menard Lola/Menard 233.100 5/11 Scott Brayton Team Menard Lola/Menard 233.718 5/12 Arie Luyendyk Byrd-Treadway Racing Reynard/Ford Cosworth 236.986 •Most times setting four-lap track record: 5 – Rick Mears (1982, 84, 86, 88-89) .