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Indianapolis 500 margins of victory

    Sam Hornish Jr. edges Marco Andretti across the yard of bricks in 2006. (AP)

The closest and largest margins between first and second place in Indianapolis 500 history:

Closest margins of victory
0.043Al Unser Jr. over Scott Goodyear, 1992Watch the highlights
0.064Sam Hornish Jr. over Marco Andretti, 2006Watch the highlights
0.160Gordon Johncock over Rick Mears, 1982Watch the highlights
0.299Gil de Ferran over Helio Castroneves, 2003Watch the highlights
0.570Arie Luyendyk Sr. over Scott Goodyear, 1997Watch the highlights
0.695Buddy Lazier over Davy Jones, 1996Watch the highlights
1.440Bobby Rahal over Kevin Cogan, 1986Watch the highlights
1.737Helio Castroneves over Gil de Ferran, 2001Watch the highlights
1.750Scott Dixon over Vitor Meira, 2008Watch the highlights
1.981Helio Castroneves over Dan Wheldon, 2009Watch the highlights

Largest margins of victory
13:08.40Jules Goux over Spencer Wishart, 1913
12:02.87George Souders over Earl DeVore, 1927
10:23.00Joe Dawson over Teddy Tetzlaff, 1912
7:17.46Billy Arnold over Shorty Cantlon, 1930
6:41.89Louis Meyer over Wilbur Shaw, 1933
6:39.00Rene Thomas over Arthur Duray, 1914
6:23.79Ray Keech over Louis Meyer, 1929
6:19.60Gaston Chevrolet over Rene Thomas, 1920
4:02.30Troy Ruttman over Jim Rathmann, 1952
3:49.38Tommy Milton over Roscoe Sarles, 1921
 

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