How many former Indianapolis 500 winners are in 2026 field?

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Helio Castroneves won his first Indianapolis 500 a quarter century ago. Now he's back after raising the Borg Warner Trophy (and a liter of milk) three more times over the years.

He's not the only driver to have tasted victory at America's most iconic race. Nearly a quarter of this year's field has had their face engraved on the Borg Warner. Castroneves is one of three drivers to win multiple crowns at the Brickyard, joining Josef Newgarden and Takuma Sato.

A fifth victory would set the 51-year-old legend above the rest of the racing world. While Castroneves is one of four drivers to win the race four times (along with Al Unser, A.J. Foyt and Rick Mears), no one has ever won the Indy 500 more than that.

Here are the drivers who've taken a swig of celebratory milk in years past.

Four Indy 500 wins​

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• Helio Castroneves (2001, 2002, 2009, 2021)

Two Indy 500 wins​

• Takuma Sato (2017, 2020)
• Josef Newgarden (2023, 2024)

One Indy 500 win​

• Ryan Hunter-Reay (2014)
• Alexander Rossi (2016)
• Will Power (2018)
• Marcus Ericsson (2022)
• Alex Palou (2025)

This article originally appeared on For The Win: Indianapolis 500: How many former winners are in 2026 field?

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