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In the United States, there have been 74 victories among 50 different drivers from 21 states. Internationally, we have had 33 victories among 23 drivers from 12 countries. This section presents winning drivers and where they were born.

Winning Drivers - Birthplaces

United States of America

74 victories among 50 different drivers from 21 states.

State Number of Drivers Number of Wins Drivers
Arizona 3 3 Phoenix: Jimmy Bryan (1958), Eddie Cheever Jr. (1998), Buddy Rice (2004)
Arkansas 1 1 Texarkana: Parnelli Jones (1963)
California 7 8 San Francisco: Jimmy Murphy (1922)
Los Angeles: Johnnie Parsons (1950), Bob Sweikert (1955), Jim Rathmann (1960)
Fresno: Bill Vukovich Sr. (1953-1954)
Glendale: Pat Flaherty (1956)
Auburn: Alexander Rossi (2016)
Colorado 2 4 Colorado Springs: Bobby Unser (1968, 1975, 1981)
Vail: Buddy Lazier (1996)
Illinois 2 2 Chicago: Billy Arnold (1930)
Springfield: Floyd Davis (1941 co-winner)
Indiana 7 9 Odon: Joe Dawson (1912)
Crawfordsville: Howdy Wilcox (1919)
Jonesville: L.L. Corum (1924 co-winner)
Lafayette: George Souders (1927)
Indianapolis: Louis Schneider (1931), Bill Cummings (1934)
Shelbyville: Wilbur Shaw (1937, 1939, 1940)
Kansas 3 9 Beloit: Rodger Ward (1959, 1962)
Coffeyville: Johnny Rutherford (1974, 1976, 1980)
Wichita: Rick Mears (1979, 1984, 1988, 1991)
Kentucky 1 1 Louisville: Danny Sullivan (1985)
Michigan 1 2 Hastings: Gordon Johncock (1973, 1982)
Minnesota 1 2 St. Paul: Tommy Milton (1921, 1923)
Missouri 1 1 St. Louis: Joe Boyer (1924 co-winner)
New Hampshire 1 1 Exeter: Fred Frame (1932)
New Jersey 1 1 Summit: Mark Donohue (1972)
New Mexico 2 6 Albuquerque: Al Unser (1970-1971, 1978, 1987), Al Unser Jr. (1992, 1994)
New York 2 4 Yonkers: Louis Meyer (1928, 1933, 1936)
Schenectady: Lee Wallard (1951)
North Dakota 1 1 Jamestown: Floyd Roberts (1938)
Ohio 5 7 Columbus: Mauri Rose (1941 co-winner, 47-48), Sam Hanks (1957)
Dayton: Frank Lockhart (1926)
Defiance: Sam Hornish Jr. (2006)
Medina: Bobby Rahal (1986)
Oklahoma 1 1 Mooreland: Troy Ruttman (1952)
Pennsylvania 5 5 Spartansburg: Ray Harroun (1911)
Philadelphia: Peter DePaolo (1925), Bill Holland (1949)
Pittsburgh: Kelly Petillo (1935)
Coatesville: Ray Keech (1929)
Texas 2 5 Houston: A.J. Foyt (1961, 1964, 1967, 1977)
Dallas: Ryan Hunter-Reay (2014)
Washington 1 1 Spokane: Tom Sneva (1983)

International

33 victories among 23 drivers from 12 countries.

Country Number of Drivers Number of Wins Drivers
Australia 1 1 Toowoomba: Will Power (2018)
Brazil 3 7 Salvador de Bahia: Tony Kanaan (2013)
Sao Paulo: Emerson Fittipaldi (1989, 1993), Helio Castroneves (2001, 2002, 2009, 2021)
Canada 1 1 St. Jean de D’lberville, Quebec: Jacques Villeneuve (1995)
Colombia 1 2 Bogota: Juan Pablo Montoya (2000, 2015)
England 3 4 Newcastle-On-Tyne: George Robson (1946)
London: Graham Hill (1966)
Emberton: Dan Wheldon (2005, 2011)
France 5 5 Paris: Jules Goux (1913), Rene Thomas (1914), Gil de Ferran (2003)
Beaune: Gaston Chevrolet (1920)
Montmorillon: Simon Pagenaud (2019)
Italy 3 3 Trois: Ralph DePalma (1915)
Milan: Dario Resta (1916)
Montona: Mario Andretti (1969)
Japan 1 2 Shinjuku: Takuma Sato (2017, 2020)
Netherlands 1 2 Sommelsdyk: Arie Luyendyk (1990, 1997)
New Zealand 1 1 Auckland: Scott Dixon (2008)
Scotland 2 4 Kilmany: Jim Clark (1965)
Edinburgh: Dario Franchitti (2007, 2010, 2012)
Sweden 1 1

Karlstad: Kenny Brack (1999)

Kumla: Marcus Ericsson (2022)