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 | |||||
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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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