How Indianapolis 500 pole starters fared
Tuesday, May 22, 2001 | 9:58 a.m.
The pole position starters in the Indianapolis 500, with average qualifying speed in mph and finish in the race (Fast qualifier, if different from pole--starter, listed in parentheses):
1911--Lewis Strang, awarded pole, finished 29th
1912--Gil Anderson, 80.93, drew pole, finished 16th (David Bruce--Brown, 88.45, started 23rd, finished 22nd)
1913--Caleb Bragg, 87.34, drew pole, finished 15th (Jack Tower, 88.23, started 25th, finished 19th)
1914--Jean Chassagne, 88.31, drew pole, finished 29th (George Boillot, 99.86, started 29th, finished 14th)
1915--Howdy Wilcox, 98.90, finished 7th
1916--Johnny Aitken, 96.69, finished 15th
1917-18--No races, World War I
1919--Rene Thomas, 104.78, finished 11th
1920--Ralph DePalma, 99.15, finished 5th
1921--Ralph DePalma, 100.75, finished 12th
1922--Jimmy Murphy, 100.50, finished 1st
1923--Tommy Milton, 108.17, finished 1st
1924--Jimmy Murphy, 108.037, finished 3rd
1925--Leon Duray, 113.196, finished 6th
1926--Earl Cooper, 111.735, finished 16th
1927--Frank Lockhart, 120.100, finished 18th
1928--Leon Duray, 122.391, finished 19th
1929--Cliff Woodbury, 120.599, finished 33rd
1930--Billy Arnold, 113.268, finished 1st
1931--Russ Snowberger, 112.796, finished 5th (Billy Arnold, 116.080, started 18th, finished 19th)
1932--Lou Moore, 117.363, finished 25th
1933--Bill Cummings, 118.524, finished 25th
1934--Kelly Petillo, 119.329, finished 11th
1935--Rex Mays, 120.736, finished 17th
1936--Rex Mays, 119.644, finished 15th
1937--Bill Cummings, 123.343, finished 6th (Jimmy Snyder, 125.287, started 19th, finished 32nd)
1938--Floyd Roberts, 125.681, finished 1st (Ronnie Householder, 125.769, started 10th, finished 14th)
1939--Jimmy Snyder, 130.138, finished 2nd
1940--Rex Mays, 127.850, finished 2nd
1941--Mauri Rose, 128.691, finished 26th
1942-45--No races, World War II
1946--Cliff Bergere, 126.471, finished 16th (Ralph Hepburn, 133.944, started 19th, finished 14th)
1947--Ted Horn, 126.564, finished 3rd (Bill Holland, 128.755, started 8th, finished 2nd)
1948--Rex Mays, 130.577, finished 19th (Duke Nalon, 131.603, started 11th, finished 3rd)
1949--Duke Nalon, 132.939, finished 29th
1950--Walt Faulkner, 134.343, finished 7th
1951--Duke Nalon, 136.498, finished 10th (Walt Faulkner, 136.872, started 14th, finished 15th)
1952--Freddie Agabashian, 138.010, finished 27th (Chet Miller, 139.034, started 27th, finished 30th)
1953--Bill Vukovich, 138.392, finished 1st
1954--Jack McGrath, 141.033, finished 3rd
1955--Jerry Hoyt, 140.045, finished 31st (Jack McGrath, 142.580, started 3rd, finished 26th)
1956--Pat Flaherty, 145.596, finished 1st
1957--Pat O'Connor, 143.948, finished 8th (Paul Russo, 144.817, started 10th, finished 4th)
1958--Dick Rathmann, 145.974, finished 27th
1959--Johnny Thomson, 145.908, finished 3rd
1960--Eddie Sachs, 146.592, finished 21st (Jim Hurtubise, 149.056, started 23rd, finished 18th)
1961--Eddie Sachs, 147.481, finished 2nd
1962--Parnelli Jones, 150.370, finished 7th
1963--Parnelli Jones, 151.153, finished 1st
1964--Jim Clark, 158.828, finished 24th
1965--A.J. Foyt, 161.233, finished 15th
1966--Mario Andretti, 165.889, finished 18th
1967--Mario Andretti, 168.982, finished 30th
1968--Joe Leonard, 171.559, finished 12th
1969--A.J. Foyt, 170.568, finished 8th
1970--Al Unser, 170.221, finished 1st
1971--Peter Revson, 178.696, finished 2nd
1972--Bobby Unser, 195.940, finished 30th
1973--Johnny Rutherford, 198.413, finished 9th
1974--A.J. Foyt, 191.632, finished 15th
1975--A.J. Foyt, 193.976, finished 3rd
1976--Johnny Rutherford, 188.957, finished 1st (Mario Andretti, 189.404, started 19th, finished 8th)
1977--Tom Sneva, 198.884, finished 2nd
1978--Tom Sneva, 202.156, finished 2nd
1979--Rick Mears, 193.736, finished 1st
1980--Johnny Rutherford, 192.256, finished 1st
1981--Bobby Unser, 200.546, finished 1st (Tom Sneva, 200.691, started 20th, finished 25th)
1982--Rick Mears, 207.004, finished 2nd
1983--Teo Fabi, 207.395, finished 26th
1984--Tom Sneva, 210.029, finished 16th
1985--Pancho Carter, 212.583, finished 33rd
1986--Rick Mears, 216.828, finished 3rd
1987--Mario Andretti, 215.390, finished 9th
1988--Rick Mears, 219.198 finished 1st
1989--Rick Mears, 223.885, finished 23rd
1990--Emerson Fittipaldi, 225.301, finished 3rd
1991--Rick Mears, 224.113, finished 1st (Gary Bettenhausen, 224.468, started 13th, finished 22nd)
1992--Roberto Guerrero, 232.482, finished 33rd
1993--Arie Luyendyk, 223.967, finished 2nd
1994--Al Unser Jr., 228.011, finished 1st
1995--Scott Brayton, 231.604, finished 17th
1996--a-Tony Stewart, 233.100, finished 24th (Arie Luyendyk, 236.986, started 20th, finished 16th)
1997--Arie Luyendyk, 218.263, finished 1st
1998--Billy Boat, 223.503, finished 23rd
1999--Arie Luyendyk, 225.179, finished 22nd
2000--Greg Ray, 223.471, finished 33rd
2001--Scott Sharp, 226.037
a-Scott Brayton qualified for the pole at 233.718 but was killed in practice
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