List of Indianapolis 500 Pole-sitters - Multiple Pole Positions

Multiple Pole Positions

Seventeen drivers have qualified for the pole position more than once, accounting for 48 pole positions out of 94 races, 51.06%.

Poles Driver Years Notes
6 Rick Mears 1979 1982 1986 1988 1989 1991 First five- and six-time pole-position qualifier; second-fastest qualifier, 1991
4 Rex Mays 1935 1936 1940 1948 First three- and four-time pole-position qualifier; second-fastest qualifier, 1948
A.J. Foyt 1965 1969 1974 1975
Hélio Castroneves 2003 2007 2009 2010
3 † Mario Andretti 1966 1967 1987 Fastest qualifier, 1976
Johnny Rutherford 1973 1976 1980 Second-fastest qualifier, 1976
Tom Sneva 1977 1978 1984 Fastest qualifier, 1981
Arie Luyendyk 1993 1997 1999 Fastest qualifier, 1996
2 † Ralph DePalma 1920 1921 First two-time pole position qualifier; first consecutive pole position qualifier
Jimmy Murphy 1922 1924
Leon Duray 1925 1928
Bill Cummings 1933 1937 Second-fastest qualifier, 1937
Duke Nalon 1949 1951 Second-fastest qualifier, 1951
Eddie Sachs 1960 1961 Second-fastest qualifier, 1960
Parnelli Jones 1962 1963
Bobby Unser 1972 1981 Second-fastest qualifier, 1981
Scott Brayton 1995 1996* Qualified for pole position, and second-fastest qualifier, 1996

Notes

* Scott Brayton qualified for the pole position in 1996, but was killed in a practice session accident with a back-up car six days later. Tony Stewart, the second-place qualifier, subsequently moved onto the pole position, while Brayton's car, thereafter assigned to Danny Ongais to drive, was, by rule in driver-replacement situations, moved to the last starting position.
† Italian-born

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