102 Stats in 102 Days Until 102nd Indy 500 – Day 40, Fastest Race Lap By Driver (March 25, 2018)

The 102nd Indianapolis 500 is 63 days away! This is the 40th 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 fastest race laps. Fast laps have been counted as a statistic since the 1951 Indianapolis 500.

Fastest Race Lap of Indianapolis 500

- Emerson Fittipaldi: 4 (1989, 1990, 1993, 1994)

- Bill Vukovich: 3 (1952, 1953, 1955)

- Parnelli Jones: 3 (1962, 1963, 1967)

- Gordon Johncock: 3 (1975, 1981, 1984)

- Tony Kanaan: 3 (2003, 2005, 2007)

- Rick Mears: 3 (1982, 1985, 1988)

- Jim Rathmann: 2 (1957, 1960)

- A.J. Foyt: 2 (1965, 1976)

- Roger McCluskey: 2 (1969, 1973)

- Mark Donohue: 2 (1971, 1972)

- Arie Luyendyk: 2 (1990, 1991)

- Tony Stewart: 2 (1997, 1998)

- Marco Andretti: 2 (2008, 2012)

- Dario Franchitti: 2 (2009, 2011)

- Lee Wallard: 1 (1951)

- Jack McGrath: 1 (1954)

- Paul Russo: 1 (1956)

- Tony Bettenhausen: 1 (1958)

- Johnny Thomson: 1 (1959)

- Troy Ruttman: 1 (1961)

- Bobby Marshman: 1 (1964)

- Jim Clark: 1 (1966)

- Lloyd Ruby: 1 (1968)

- Joe Leonard: 1 (1970)

- Wally Dallenbach: 1 (1974)

- Danny Ongais: 1 (1977)

- Mario Andretti: 1 (1978)

- Mike Mosley: 1 (1979)

- Johnny Rutherford: 1 (1980)

- Teo Fabi: 1 (1983)

- Bobby Rahal: 1 (1986)

- Roberto Guerrero: 1 (1987)

- Scott Goodyear: 1 (1995)

- Eddie Cheever: 1 (1996)

- Greg Ray: 1 (1999)

- Buddy Lazier: 1 (2000)

- Sam Hornish Jr.: 1 (2001)

- Tomas Scheckter: 1 (2002)

- Vitor Meira: 1 (2004)

- Scott Dixon: 1 (2006)

- Will Power: 1 (2010)

- Justin Wilson: 1 (2013)

- Juan Pablo Montoya: 1 (2014)

- Charlie Kimball: 1 (2015)

- Alexander Rossi: 1 (2016)

- Takuma Sato: 1 (2017)

BOLD designates won that race.

Notes of Interest

- The driver that has set the race’s fastest lap has gone on to win that year’s race 12 times since 1951.

- Emerson Fittipaldi leads all drivers with four fastest race laps (1989, 1990, 1993 and 1994). Fittipaldi is also the only driver to win the race twice after setting that race’s fastest lap.

- Gordon Johncock and Tony Kanaan have each set the race’s fastest lap three times, but none of those resulted in a victory that year. Both drivers did win the race in different years, however.

- Bobby Rahal set the race’s fastest lap on the final lap in 1986, en route to winning the race. The speed was 209.152 mph.

- Emerson Fittipaldi and Arie Luyendyk both set the fastest lap in the 1990 race. Fittipaldi set a speed of 222.574 mph on Lap 91, while Luyendyk matched that on Lap 162. Fittipaldi led the most laps of that race while Luyendyk won the race.

- Tomas Scheckter was the only rookie to set the fastest lap, in 2002. He set the fastest lap on Lap 20, at 226.499 mph.

- Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Al Unser Sr. never set the fastest race lap, the only four-time winner without doing so.

- Roger McCluskey, Tony Stewart and Marco Andretti have set the fastest laps the most times without winning the race. Each of the three has set the race’s fastest lap twice.

- Each of the last two race winners have set the race’s fastest lap: Alexander Rossi (2016) and Takuma Sato (2017).