Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: Ko Buddy Rice te kaihauturu Amerikana tuatahi mai i te 1998 ki te wikitoria i te whakataetae i te 2004 Indianapolis 500 i whakaitihia e te ua. I taua wā, i eke a Rice mo te kapa e noho tahi ana ki
Ko Bobby Rahal te toa o te 1986 Indianapolis 500 me te kaiwhakaari pouaka whakaata a Indiana me te kaiwhakaari a David Letterman. I te tau 2005, ko Danica Patrick te kaihauturu wahine tuatahi ki te arahi i te whakataetae i Indianapolis, i muri i tana whiwhinga mo te porowhita tata ki te tohu 125-maero (200 km) i a ia e eke paihikara ana i roto i nga pit stop. Ka wikitoria a Dan Wheldon i te 2005 Indianapolis 500.