102 Stats in 102 Days Until 102nd Indy 500 – Day 65, Poles by Engine (April 19, 2018)

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

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 engines that have started the race from the pole.

Poles by Engine

- Offenhauser: 18 (1937, 1946, 1950, 1953, 1954, 1955, 1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1976)

- Miller: 14 (1922, 1923, 1924, 1925, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1938)

- Chevrolet: 10 (1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2002, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015)

- Honda: 10 (2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017)

- Cosworth: 9 (1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986)

- Ford: 7 (1964, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1993)

- Ballot: 3 (1919, 1920, 1921)

- Aurora: 3 (1997, 1998, 1999)

- Wisconsin: 2 (1911, 1912)

- Sparks: 2 (1936, 1939)

- Winfield: 2 (1940, 1948)

- Maserati: 2 (1941, 1947)

- Novi: 2 (1949, 1951)

- Buick: 2 (1985, 1992)

- Menard: 2 (1995, 1996)

- Oldsmobile: 2 (2000, 2001)

- Mercer: 1 (1913)

- Sunbeam: 1 (1914)

- Stutz: 1 (1915)

- Peugeot: 1 (1916)

- Studebaker: 1 (1931)

- Cummins: 1 (1952)

- Mercedes-Benz: 1 (1994)

- Toyota: 1 (2003)