The 1992 Indianapolis 500 saw 10 former winners start the race – but none of them won it. The highest-placed former winner that day was four-time Indy victor Al Unser Sr of Team Menard, who managed to coax the notoriously fast-but-fickle Buick engine past the chequered flag. He was 10 seconds behind the winner, his son Al Unser Jr, who won for Team Galles by holding off Scott Goodyear’s Walker Racing entry by just 0.043 seconds – the race’s closest ever finish.
Recent news that Ryan Hunter-Reay and Dreyer & Reinbold Racing will unite for this year’s 500 brings the tally of former winners entered for the Memorial Day Weekend classic to nine. And perhaps more so than in 1992, all previous victors participating in 2023 have the potential to star. But of those who have already sipped, slurped and splashed the milk at the Speedway, who is most likely to repeat on 28 May this year? Let's take them in reverse order.
