102 Stats in 102 Days Until 102nd Indy 500 – Day 38, Winning Drivers By State (March 23, 2018)

The 102nd Indianapolis 500 is 65 days away! This is the 38th day of the 102 Stats in 102 Days Until the 102nd Indy 500.

Each day from now until the Saturday before the Indianapolis 500, we’ll post a list of stats related to the race. Some are well-known statistics, while others are a little more in-depth.

Here is a look at the states in which the winning drivers were born. A total of 20 states have been represented, with 50 drivers representing 74 victories in 101 races.

Winning Drivers (Wins) By State

- Arizona: 3 (3) – Jimmy Bryan, Eddie Cheever, Buddy Rice

- Arkansas: 1 (1) – Parnelli Jones

- California: 7 (8) – Jimmy Murphy, Johnnie Parsons, Bob Sweikert, Jim Rathmann, Bill Vukovich, Pat Flaherty, Alexander Rossi

- Colorado: 2 (4) – Bobby Unser, Buddy Lazier

- Illinois: 2 (2) – Billy Arnold, Floyd Davis

- Indiana: 7 (9) – Joe Dawson, Howdy Wilcox, L.L. Corum, George Souders, Louis Schneider, Bill Cummings, Wilbur Shaw

- Kansas: 3 (9) – Rodger Ward, Johnny Rutherford, Rick Mears

- Kentucky: 1 (1) – Danny Sullivan

- Michigan: 2 (3) – Joe Boyer, Gordon Johncock

- Minnesota: 1 (2) – Tommy Milton

- New Hampshire: 1 (1) – Fred Frame

- New Jersey: 1 (1) – Mark Donohue

- New Mexico: 2 (6) – Al Unser, Al Unser Jr.

- New York: 2 (4) – Louis Meyer, Lee Wallard

- North Dakota: 1 (1) – Floyd Roberts

- Ohio: 5 (7) – Mauri Rose, Sam Hanks, Frank Lockhart, Sam Hornish Jr., Bobby Rahal

- Oklahoma: 1 (1) – Troy Ruttman

- Pennsylvania: 5 (5) – Ray Harroun, Peter DePaolo, Kelly Petillo, Bill Holland, Ray Keech

- Texas: 2 (5) – A.J. Foyt, Ryan Hunter-Reay

- Washington: 1 (1) – Tom Sneva

Notes of Interest

- Indiana and California lead all states with seven different drivers to win the race; Alexander Rossi gave California its seventh different winning Indianapolis 500 winner in 2016, becoming the first California winner since Jim Rathmann in 1960.

- Indiana’s last victory came in 1940, when Wilbur Shaw of Shelbyville won his third Indianapolis 500. That also marked Indiana’s ninth Indianapolis 500 win.

- Kansas is tied with Indiana for nine victories, with Rick Mears (4), Johnny Rutherford (3) and Rodger Ward (2) giving The Sunflower State its wins. Mears and Ward were raised in California after their families moved there, while Rutherford has spent the majority of his life in Texas.