100 years of the Indy 500: 1961-2011

1961 A.J. Foyt makes a pit stop enroute to winning the Indy.

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1962 A.J. Foyt leads the way but he lost a wheel and dropped out after 69 laps.

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1963 Indianapolis 500 winner American Parnelli Jones.

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1964 The Ford Mustang pace car.

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1965 The legendary A.J. Foyt started the day on the pole but gearbox problems ended his day on lap 115.

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1966 Indiana's own Bobby Grim's race was over before he completed a single lap.

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1967 The pace car.

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1968 Racer Art Pollard in the pits.

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1969 The victorious Mario Andretti is number seven on the 'Greatest 33' list.

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1970 Johnny Rutherford, number three on the 'Greatest 33' list, finished 18th on this day.

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1971 Al Unser makes a pit stop on his way to Indy 500 glory.

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1972 Al Unser captured a second-place finish, behind only Mark Donohue.

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1973 Mark Donohue is unable to repeat his 1972 Indy magic, finishing 15th.

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1974 Tom Sneva and his team. The Spokane, Wash., native finished 20th on this day.

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1975 The pace car.

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1976 Janet Guthrie failed to qualify for the race.

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1977 Tom Sneva collects 200 silver dollars from local businessman Phil Headback for becoming the first driver to officially run laps in excess of 200 mph during qualifying for the 1977 Indianapolis 500.

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1978 Iowa's Janet Guthrie, the first woman to qualify for the Indy 500 (in 1977), finished 15th in 1978.

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1979 Rick Mears (number 9 car) and Tom Sneva burn up the track. Mears won the race while Sneva was 15th.

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1980 Johnny Rutherford celebrates his victory.

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1981 Hawaii's Danny Ongais suffered a concussion and badly broken feet and legs when he crashed his car at Turn 3. Remarkably, Ongais made a complete recovery and raced again at Indianapolis a year later.

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1982 Gordon Johncock celebrates his second of two Indy 500 victories. He also won in 1973.

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1983 Mary Fendrich Hulman delivers the famous call of "Gentlemen, start your engines!"

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1984 Fifth-place finisher Michael Andretti.

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1985 Danny Sullivan beats Mario Andretti despite spinning 360 degrees between the first and second turn when battling with Andretti on lap 120.

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1986 Winner Bobby Rahal Bobby Rahal becomes the first driver in Indy history to complete it in less than three hours.

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1987 Al Unser celebrates his record-tying fourth Indy 500 win with a traditional drink of milk.

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1988 Rick Mears takes the checkered flag.

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1989 Brazilian Emerson Fittipaldi becomes the first non-American winner of the race since 1966.

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1990 Eighth-place finisher Eddie Cheever.

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1991 Rick Mears the day after his big win.

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1992 The legendary Andretti family, from left, Jeff, John, Michael and Mario.

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1993 Entertainer Jim Nabors sings "Back Home Again in Indiana" prior to the start of the race.

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1994 Canadian Jacques Villeneuve, who qualified fourth-fastest in his rookie appearance at the Indianapolis 500, speeds around the course enroute to second place finish. He finishes first the following year.

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