The 102nd Indianapolis 500 is 31 days away! This is the 72nd 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 list of the countries with drivers that led at least one lap, and the number of total laps led by drivers from those countries. Of the 19,773 laps completed in 101 Indianapolis 500s, 15,271 laps (or 77 percent) have been led by drivers from the United States.
- United States: 15,271
- Brazil: 1,372
- United Kingdom: 1,177
- New Zealand: 439
- France: 299
- Colombia: 274
- Netherlands: 188
- Canada: 163
- South Africa: 153
- Australia: 110
- Sweden: 89
- Italy: 57
- Japan: 50
- Spain: 45
- Norway: 44
- Belgium: 20
- Mexico: 16
- Venezuela: 5
- Russia: 1
Notes of Interest
- Ralph DePalma and Mario Andretti were born in Italy but later became United States citizens. Dario Resta was also born in Italy but became a citizen of the United Kingdom. Therefore, Teo Fabi and Alessandro Zampedri are the two drivers that comprise of the leaders from Italy.
- Arthur Duray was born in New York City of Belgian parents, but is listed as Belgian, and later became a French citizen. Bertrand Baguette and Josef Christiaens are the only Belgian-born drivers to lead the Indianapolis 500.
- Scott Dixon was born in Australia, but was born to New Zealand parents and raised in Auckland, New Zealand. He is the only driver from New Zealand to lead laps in the Indianapolis 500, therefore, a driver born in New Zealand has never led the Indianapolis 500.
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