Buddy Rice akava mutyairi wokutanga wokuAmerica kubvira muna 1998 kukunda mujaho weIndianapolis 500 muna 2004 wakaderedzwa nemvura. Panguva iyoyo, Rice akanga achityaira chikwata chaivawo muridzi weIndianapolis 500 ya1986
vakundi Bobby Rahal uye mutambi wenhepfenyuro yemutauro wokuIndiana uye mutambi wemitambo David Letterman. Muna 2005, Danica Patrick akava mutyairi wechikadzi wokutanga kutungamirira nhangemutange kuIndianapolis, mushure mokunge awana iyo yegore pedyo ne125-mile (200 km) chiratidzo paanenge achifamba nemabhazi. Dan Wheldon aizopfuurira kukunda Indianapolis 500 ya2005.