The latest edition of the all-encompassing Motor Racing Statistics “By The Numbers” blog, which looks at numbers throughout many forms of motorsports. This blog runs on Tuesdays through the year.
3 – Three Canadians have been named Rookie of the Year at the Indianapolis 500, including this year’s recipient, Robert Wickens. Others were Jacques Villeneuve (1994) and Alex Tagliani (2009).
4 – Brandon Jones became the fourth driver this season to win an ARCA Racing Series event, leading 32 laps of the 100-lap event at Charlotte Motor Speedway in Concord, North Carolina.
5 – This year marked the fifth time in history that the winners of the Indianapolis 500 and Monaco Grand Prix came from the same country. Will Power (Indy) and Daniel Ricciardo (Monaco) both hail from Australia. Drivers from the United Kingdom earned victories in both races in 1965 and 1966, while Emerson Fittipaldi (Indy) and Ayrton Senna (Monaco) gave Brazil wins in both 1989 and 1993.
9 – With two IndyCar victories at Indianapolis Motor Speedway this month, Will Power jumped nine positions in the points standings, from 10th to first, and now leads teammate Josef Newgarden by two points heading into the doubleheader in Detroit, Michigan.
9 – Donny Schatz scored his season-leading ninth World of Outlaws Craftsman Sprint Car Series A-Main feature victory Friday at The Dirt Track at Charlotte Motor Speedway, leading the final seven laps after starting on the pole position.
12 – Will Power, in car No. 12, became the 12th different driver to win an Indianapolis 500 for Team Penske and the 12th driver to win an Indianapolis 500 from the third starting position.
17 – Will Power’s first victory in the Indianapolis 500 marked the 17th for Team Penske.
22 – Kody Swanson earned his 22nd career USAC Silver Crown Series victory Friday at Lucas Oil Raceway in Brownsburg, Indiana, one short of Jack Hewitt’s record of 23. Swanson also won the 63rd annual Hoosier Hundred at the Indiana State Fairgrounds on Thursday.
23 – Kyle Busch won the Coca Cola 600 at Charlotte Motor Speedway, giving him victories at all 23 tracks on the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series schedule. He is the first driver in NASCAR Cup Series history to win at every track at which he’s competed.
30 – There were 30 lead changes in this year’s Indianapolis 500.
37 – Will Power became the fifth driver to win the Indianapolis 500 at the age of 37. Overall, four of the top-five drivers in Sunday’s Indianapolis 500 were 37 years old: Will Power (winner); Ed Carpenter (second); Scott Dixon (third); and Ryan Hunter-Reay (fifth). Alexander Rossi was the only driver in the top five not age 37; he is 26 years old. It marked the first time in the race’s history that the top three drivers in the race were the same age, and sixth time the winner and second place were the same age (1915, 1928, 1971, 1995, 2016 and 2018).
42 – Will Power became the 42nd driver to win both the Indianapolis 500 and an IndyCar championship.
45 – Daniel Ricciardo became the 45th different winner of the Monaco Grand Prix after he led all 78 laps of the 76th edition of the race.
54 – Davy Jones, the last driver born in the United States to earn an overall victory in the 24 Hours of Le Mans (1996), turns 54 years old Friday, June 1.
70 – Kody Swanson earned his second victory in the Little 500, the 70th anniversary of the race held at Anderson Speedway in Indiana.
79 – Al Unser Sr., one of three four-time winners of the Indianapolis 500, celebrates his 79th birthday today.
81 – This weekend’s Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series race at Pocono Raceway, the Pocono 400, will be the 81st for the series at the two-and-a-half mile track.
116 – Danica Patrick ended her racing career in Sunday’s Indianapolis 500, having competed in 116 IndyCar races, and her first IndyCar race in six-and-a-half years, with a 30th-place finish after completing 67 laps before an accident in Turn 2. She won one race and led 124 laps in her IndyCar career.
166.935 – Will Power averaged 166.935 mph in this year’s Indianapolis 500, good enough for the 10th fastest Indy 500 on record.
227 – A total of 227 drivers have now led the Indianapolis 500. Stefan Wilson became the 227th driver, when he led three laps between Laps 193 and 195.
250 – Daniel Ricciardo gave Red Bull Racing a victory in its 250th Formula 1 World Championship grand prix. Red Bull also won its 100th and 150th grand prix.
769 – A total of 769 drivers have now started the Indianapolis 500, with the four newest drivers Matheus Leist, Zachary Claman DeMelo, Kyle Kaiser and Robert Wickens each making their first start in the 2018 race (Claman DeMelo and Wickens each led the race).
875 – With his 377 laps led in the Coca-Cola 600, Kyle Busch has now led 875 laps this season in the Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series, the most of any driver in 2018.
19,973 – A total of 19,973 laps have been completed in the 102 runnings of the Indianapolis 500.
13,063,073 – Total purse (including all prize monies), in United States dollars, given out to competitors in this year’s Indianapolis 500. Winner Will Power took home a total of $2,525,454. The purse was down $115,286 from the 2017 race, though Power’s take-home was $67,325 more than 2017 winner Takuma Sato.
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