1995 Indianapolis 500
Results of the 1995 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Sunday, May 28, 1995.
| Finish | Start | No | Name | Qual | Rank | Laps | Led | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 5 | 27 |  Jacques Villeneuve
|
228.397 | 5 | 200 | 15 | Running |
| 2 | 27 | 15 |  Christian Fittipaldi
|
226.375 | 18 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 3 | 21 | 9 |  Bobby Rahal
|
227.081 | 12 | 200 | 1 | Running |
| 4 | 24 | 7 |  Eliseo Salazar
|
225.023 | 33 | 200 | 0 | Running |
| 5 | 7 | 5 | Robby Gordon
|
227.531 | 9 | 200 | 1 | Running |
| 6 | 6 | 18 | Mauricio Gugelmin
|
227.923 | 6 | 200 | 59 | Running |
| 7 | 2 | 40 |  Arie Luyendyk
|
231.031 | 2 | 200 | 7 | Running |
| 8 | 15 | 33 |  Teo Fabi
|
225.911 | 22 | 199 | 0 | Running |
| 9 | 18 | 17 | Danny Sullivan
|
225.496 | 29 | 199 | 0 | Running |
| 10 | 10 | 25 |  Hiro Matsushita
|
226.867 | 14 | 199 | 0 | Running |
| 11 | 17 | 34 | Alessandro Zampedri
|
225.753 | 25 | 198 | 0 | Running |
| 12 | 13 | 21 |  Roberto Guerrero
|
226.402 | 17 | 198 | 0 | Running |
| 13 | 33 | 4 | Bryan Herta
|
225.551 | 27 | 198 | 0 | Running |
| 14 | 3 | 24 | Scott Goodyear
|
230.759 | 3 | 195 | 42 | Running |
| 15 | 20 | 54 | Hideshi Matsuda
|
227.818 | 7 | 194 | 0 | Running |
| 16 | 31 | 16 |  Stefan Johansson
|
225.547 | 28 | 192 | 0 | Running |
| 17 | 1 | 60 | Scott Brayton
|
231.604 | 1 | 190 | 0 | Running |
| 18 | 12 | 31 | André Ribeiro
|
226.495 | 16 | 187 | 0 | Running |
| 19 | 8 | 20 | Scott Pruett
|
227.403 | 10 | 184 | 8 | Accident T2 |
| 20 | 22 | 11 | Raul Boesel
|
226.028 | 20 | 184 | 2 | Oil Line |
| 21 | 25 | 10 |  Adrian Fernández
|
227.803 | 8 | 176 | 0 | Engine |
| 22 | 9 | 12 | Jimmy Vasser
|
227.350 | 11 | 170 | 20 | Accident T3 |
| 23 | 32 | 77 | Davy Jones
|
225.135 | 32 | 161 | 0 | Accident T2 |
| 24 | 16 | 3 | Paul Tracy
|
225.795 | 24 | 136 | 0 | Electrical |
| 25 | 4 | 6 | Michael Andretti
|
229.294 | 4 | 77 | 45 | Suspension |
| 26 | 30 | 41 | Scott Sharp
|
225.711 | 26 | 74 | 0 | Accident T4 |
| 27 | 23 | 80 | Buddy Lazier
|
226.017 | 21 | 45 | 0 | Fuel System |
| 28 | 26 | 19 |  Eric Bachelart
|
226.875 | 13 | 6 | 0 | Mechanical |
| 29 | 19 | 8 | Gil de Ferran
|
225.437 | 30 | 1 | 0 | Accident T1 |
| 30 | 11 | 91 | Stan Fox
|
226.588 | 15 | 0 | 0 | Accident T1 |
| 31 | 14 | 14 | Eddie Cheever
|
226.314 | 19 | 0 | 0 | Accident T1 |
| 32 | 28 | 90 | Lyn St. James
|
225.346 | 31 | 0 | 0 | Accident T1 |
| 33 | 29 | 22 | Carlos Guerrero
|
225.831 | 23 | 0 | 0 | Accident T1 |
Notes
- Jacques Villeneuve incurred a two-lap penalty for passing the pacecar while in the lead. At the time, he did not realize he was in the lead, so passed the pacecar as a matter of course to allow the pacecar to catch the leader. Thanks to fortuitous timing of yellows and pit strategy, Villeneuve was able to recover both lost laps, and eventually win the race.
- Villeneuve was issued the 2-lap penalty on lap 50 but was back on the lead lap on lap 116 in spite of a green-flag pit stop on lap 79. He was running 3rd when penalized. Michael Andretti kissed the wall on Lap 77 and Scott Goodyear stalled his car in the pits during an unscheduled stop on Lap 80, giving Villeneuve one of his laps back. From there Villeneuve was able to carve his way through the field by stretching his fuel mileage on full tanks then turning in the fastest race laps of the middle portions of the race as he was nearing his pit window. His one stroke of good luck was the caution flag that came out on lap 120, just as Villeneuve was about to pit under green again.
- On lap 190 Scott Goodyear (who was leading the field) mistimed the last restart and passed the pace car before it entered pit-road. He was given a black flag penalty, but he did not agree with it and so did not enter the pits to serve the penalty. Officials stopped scoring him after lap 195, which handed the race lead to fellow Canadian Jacques Villeneuve.
- Goodyear blew past the pace car while it was still in the North Chute and the lights were still yellow. Goodyear stayed out on the track in spite of the black flag because his team mistakenly believed that Villeneuve's two-lap penalty had been revoked and there was a chance that USAC would do the same for Goodyear's infractions.
- On the first lap, Stan Fox had a large crash.
- Both Emerson Fittipaldi and Al Unser, Jr., driving for Marlboro Penske, failed to qualify for the race despite being top competitors.
Trivia
- This is the last year the Indy 500 was run with a full set of top-tier North American open-wheel open-cockpit racers. In 1996, the competitive circuit split between CART CHAMPcar and IRL, with the 1996 race virtually exclusively IRL. In 1996, most top tier drivers remained with the CART circuit, and went to the competing US 500.