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Simon Pagenaud has the distinction of winning the Indianapolis 500 from pole position, a feat last achieved before him in what year?

  • 2009

  • 1999

  • 2012

  • 2005

Answer

In 2009, Helio Castroneves secured his third Indianapolis 500 triumph by starting from the pole position. This victory marked the last time a driver achieved this feat until Simon Pagenaud replicated it in the 104th running of the race in 2020, thereby ending an 11-year gap.
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