Year	Driver	Four-Lap Speed
2002	Bruno Junqueira	231.033
2001	Scott Sharp	226.037
2000	Greg Ray	223.471
1999	Arie Luyendyk	225.179
1998	Billy Boat	223.503
1997	Arie Luyendyk	218.263
1996	Scott Brayton (x)	233.718
	Arie Luyendyk	236.986 (fq)
1995	Scott Brayton	231.604
1994	Al Unser Jr.	228.011
1993	Arie Luyendyk	223.967
1992	Roberto Guerro	232.482
1991	Rick Mears	224.113
	Gary Bettenhausen	224.468
1990	Emerson Fittipaldi	225.301
1989	Rick Mears	223.885
1988	Rick Mears	219.198
1987	Mario Andretti	215.390
1986	Rick Mears	216.828
1985	Pancho Carter	212.583
1984	Tom Sneva	210.029
1983	Teo Fabi	207.395
1982	Rick Mears	207.004
1981	Bobby Unser	200.546
	Tom Sneva	200.691 (fq)
1980	Johnny Rutherford	192.256
1979	Rick Mears	193.736
1978	Tom Sneva	202.156
1977	Tom Sneva	198.884
1976	Johnny Rutherford	188.957
	Mario Andretti	189.404
1975	A.J. Foyt	193.976
1974	A.J. Foyt	191.632
1973	Johnny Rutherford	198.413
1972	Bobby Unser	195.940
1971	Peter Revson	178.696
1970	Al Unser	170.22
1969	A.J. Foyt	170.568
1968	Joe Leonard	171.559
1967	Mario Andretti	168.982
1966	Mario Andretti	165.899
1965	A.J. Foyt	161.233
1964	Jim Clark	158.828
1963	Parnelli Jones	151.153
1962	Parnelli Jones	150.370
1961	Eddie Sachs	147.481
1960	Eddie Sachs	146.592
	Jim Hurtubise	149.056 (fq)
1959	Johnny Thomson	145.908
1958	Dick Rathmann	145.974
1957	Pat O'Connor	143.948
	Paul Russo	144.817 (fq)
1956	Pat Flaherty	145.596
1955	Jerry Hoyt	140.045
	Jack McGrath	142.580 (fq)
1954	Jack McGrath	141.033
1953	Bill Vukovich	138.392
1952	Fred Agabashian	138.010
	Chet Miller	139.034 (fq)
1951	Duke Nalon	136.498
	Walt Faulkner	136.872
1950	Walt Faulkner	134.343
1949	Duke Nalon	132.939
1948	Rex Mays	130.577
1947	Ted Horn	126.564
	Bill Holland	128.755
1946	Cliff Bergere	126.755
1942-45	No race
1941	Mauri Rose	128.691
1940	Rex Mays	127.850
1939	Jimmy Snyder	130.138
1938	Floyd Roberts	125.681
	Ronney Householder	125.769 (fq)
1937	Bill Cummings	123.343
	Jimmy Snyder	125.287 (fq)
1936	Rex Mays	119.664
1935	Rex Mays	120.736
1934	Kelly Petillo	119.329
1933	Bill Cummings	118.524
1932	Lou Moore	117.363
1931	Ross Snowberger	112.796
	Billy Arnold
1930	Billy Arnold	113.268
1929	Cliff Woodbury	120.599
1928	Leon Duray	122.39
1927	Frank Lockhart	120.100
1926	Earl Cooper	111.735
1925	Leon Duray	113.196
1924	Jimmy Murphy	108.03
1923	Tommy Milton	108.17
1922	Jimmy Murphy	108.03
1921	Ralph DePalma	100.75
1920	Ralph DePalma	99.15
1919	Rene Thomas	104.78
1916	John Aitken	96.69
1915	Howard Wilcox	98.90
1914	Jean Chassagne	drew pole
	George Boillet	99.86 (fq)
1913	Caleb Bragg	drew pole
	Jack Tower	88.23 (fq)
1912	Gil Anderson	drew pole
	David Bruce-Brown	88.45 (fq)
1911	Lewis Strang	awarded pole

(x) -- earned pole position, but died as a result of injuries sustained in a crash during practice.
(fq) -- Fastest qualifier, but ineligible for pole position.