May 28, 2006 Indy 500 margins of victory CBS SportsLine.com wire reports 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, 1992 0.064Sam Hornish Jr. over Marco Andretti, 2006 0.160Gordon Johncock over Rick Mears, 1982 0.299Gil de Ferran over Helio Castroneves, 2003 0.570Arie Luyendyk Sr. over Scott Goodyear, 1997 0.695Buddy Lazier over Davy Jones, 1996 1.440Bobby Rahal over Kevin Cogan, 1986 1.737Helio Castroneves over Gil de Ferran, 2001 1.750Scott Dixon over Vitor Meira, 2008 2.160Wilbur Shaw over Ralph Hepburn, 1937 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
