Year First Achiever (s) Notes 1911 Winning driver Ray Harroun Retired from racing competition upon victory Winning owner Nordyke & Marmon Company Withdrew from racing competition upon victory Rear - view mirror mounted, and winning, car Marmon Wasp First entry with rear - view mirror, all international motorsports competition 1913 Rookie winner (excluding first race) Jules Goux First to win in first career start, excluding first race Non-American winner European winner French winner 1915 Italian winner Ralph DePalma De Palma obtained his American citizenship in 1920 1916 Multiple - winning owner (s) Peugeot Winning owners, 1913, 1916 1922 Winner from pole position Jimmy Murphy Winner leading first lap Driver - Owner winner Race and Grand Prix winning car Duesenberg 1921 GP Won 1921 French Grand Prix 1923 Two - time winner Tommy Milton Winner, 1921, 1923 1924 Co-winners Lora L. Corum Joe Boyer Corum starting, Boyer finishing 1924 Repeat - winning owner (s) Duesenberg 1925 1926 Rain - shortened race winner Frank Lockhart Race concluded by rain at 160 laps, 400 miles (640 km), with Lockhart holding a two lap lead 1936 Three - time winner Louis Meyer Winner, 1928, 1933, 1936 1939 Repeat - winning driver Repeat - winning car Wilbur Shaw Maserati 8CTF 1940 1947 First - and - second - place finish by teammates Mauri Rose Rose victorious Bill Holland Holland second Three consecutive - winning owner Lou Moore 1948 1949 1952 Rookie of the Year award winner Art Cross First awarded in 36th running of the race Youngest winner Troy Ruttman Winner with 22 years and 80 days 1965 Race and World Championship winner, and in same year Jim Clark British winner Dario Resta, 1916 winning driver, was Italian - born; George Robson, 1946 winning driver, was a British - born American national Scottish winner Drivers originating from countries within the United Kingdom traditionally operate under British classification Rear - engined winning car Lotus 38 Team Lotus, entrant 1966 Race and Monaco Grand Prix winner Graham Hill Winner, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1968, and 1969 Monaco Grand Prix English winner 1967 Race and 24 Hours of Le Mans winner, and in same year A.J. Foyt Dan Gurney, Le Mans teammate and co-driver 1969 Race and Daytona 500 winner Mario Andretti Winner, 1967 Daytona 500 Race and 12 Hours of Sebring winner Winner, 1967, 1970, and 1972 12 Hours of Sebring 1972 Race and 24 Hours of Daytona winner Mario Andretti Winner, 1969 and 1978 World Championships First year competed after winning 1972 24 Hours of Daytona Wing - mounted winning car McLaren M16 Entered by Roger Penske, driven by Mark Donohue 1977 Four - time winner A.J. Foyt Winner, 1961, 1964, 1967, 1977 Female qualifier Janet Guthrie Qualified 26th Oldest winner Al Unser Winner with 47 years and 360 days, Winner, 1970, 1971, 1978, 1987 1989 South American winner Emerson Fittipaldi Brazilian winner 1990 Dutch winner Arie Luyendyk 1991 African - American qualifier Willy T. Ribbs Qualified 29th 1992 Female Rookie of the Year Lyn St. James Finished 13th 1993 Two - time Race and two - time World Championship winner Emerson Fittipaldi Winner, 1989; Winner, 1972 and 1974 World Championships 1995 Canadian winner Jacques Villeneuve Winner, 1997 World Championships 1999 Swedish winner Kenny Bräck 2000 Colombian winner Juan Pablo Montoya Winner, 2000, 2015, Won 2003 Monaco Grand Prix and Winning 24 Hours of Daytona in 2007, 2008 and 2013 2001 Rookie and sophomore winner Hélio Castroneves First to win in first two career starts 2002 2005 Female leader Danica Patrick Led 19 laps; Lap 192, latest 2008 New Zealand winner Scott Dixon 2009 Three females both starting and finishing Race Danica Patrick Sarah Fisher Milka Duno Danica Patrick finished 3rd, becoming the highest finishing female in race history. 2011 Winner leading only final lap Dan Wheldon Took lead from J.R. Hildebrand on the final lap. 2017 Japanese winner Takuma Sato 2018 Australian winner Will Power
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