| Year | Champion | Car # | Sponsor | Owner | Chassis | Engine | Tire | Indy 500 winner | Rookie of the Year |
| 1979 | Rick Mears | 9 | Gould Charge | Penske | Penske | Ford Cosworth | Goodyear | Rick Mears | Bill Alsup |
| 1980 | Johnny Rutherford | 4 | Pennzoil | Chaparral | Chaparral | Ford Cosworth | Goodyear | Johnny Rutherford | Dennis Firestone |
| 1981 | Rick Mears | 6 | Gould Charge | Penske | Penske | Ford Cosworth | Goodyear | Bob Lazier | |
| 1982 | Rick Mears | 1 | Gould Charge | Penske | Penske | Ford Cosworth | Goodyear | Bobby Rahal | |
| 1983 | Al Unser | 7 | Hertz | Penske | Penske | Ford Cosworth | Goodyear | Tom Sneva | Teo Fabi |
| 1984 | Mario Andretti | 3 | Budweiser | Newman-Hass | Lola | Ford Cosworth | Goodyear | Rick Mears | Roberto Guerrero |
| 1985 | Al Unser | 5 | Pennzoil Z-7 | Penske | March | Ford Cosworth | Goodyear | Danny Sullivan | Arie Luyendyk |
| 1986 | Bobby Rahal | 3 | Budweiser | TrueSport | March | Ford Cosworth | Goodyear | Bobby Rahal | Dominic Dobson |
| 1987 | Bobby Rahal | 1 | Budweiser | TrueSport | Lola | Ford Cosworth | Goodyear | Al Unser | Fabrizio Barbazza |
| 1988 | Danny Sullivan | 9 | Miller High Life | Penske | Penske | Chevrolet | Goodyear | Rick Mears | John Jones |
| 1989 | Emerson Fittipaldi | 20 | Marlboro | Patrick | Penske | Chevrolet | Goodyear | Emerson Fittipaldi | Bernard Jourdain |
| 1990 | Al Unser. Jr. | 5 | Valvoline | Galles | Lola | Chevrolet | Goodyear | Arie Luyendyk | Eddie Cheever |
| 1991 | Michael Andretti | 2 | Kmart/Havoline | Newman-Haas | Lola | Chevrolet | Goodyear | Rick Mears | Jeff Andretti |
| 1992 | Bobby Rahal | 12 | Miller Genuine Draft | Rahal | Lola | Chevrolet | Goodyear | Al Unser. Jr. | Stefan Johansson |
| 1993 | Nigel Mansell | 5 | Kmart/Texaco-Havoline]] | Newman-Haas | Lola | Ford Cosworth | Goodyear | Emerson Fittipaldi | Nigel Mansell |
| 1994 | Al Unser. Jr. | 31 | Marlboro | Penske | Penske | Ilmor | Goodyear | Al Unser. Jr. | Jacques Villeneuve |
| 1995 | Jacques Villeneuve | 27 | Player's | Green | Reynard | Ford Cosworth | Goodyear | Jacques Villeneuve | Gil de Ferran |
| 1996 | Jimmy Vasser | 12 | Target | Ganassi | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Alex Zanardi | |
| 1997 | Alex Zanardi | 4 | Target | Ganassi | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Patrick Carpentier | |
| 1998 | Alex Zanardi | 1 | Target | Ganassi | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Tony Kanaan | |
| 1999 | Juan Pablo Montoya | 4 | Target | Ganassi | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Juan Pablo Montoya | |
| 2000 | Gil de Ferran | 2 | Marlboro | Penske | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Kenny Brack | |
| 2001 | Gil de Ferran | 1 | Marlboro | Penske | Reynard | Honda | Firestone | Scott Dixon | |
| 2002 | Cristiano da Matta | 6 | Havoline | Newman-Haas | Lola | Toyota | Bridgestone | Mario Dominguez | |
| 2003 | Paul Tracy | 3 | Indeck | Forsythe | Lola | Ford Cosworth | Bridgestone | Sebatien Bourdais | |
| 2004 | Sebastien Bourdais | 2 | McDonald's | Newman-Haas | Lola | Ford Cosworth | Bridgestone | A.J. Allmendinger | |
| 2005 | Sebastien Bourdais | 1 | McDonald's | Newman-Haas | Lola | Ford Cosworth | Bridgestone | Timo Glock | |
| 2006 | Sebastien Bourdais | 1 | McDonald's | Newman-Haas | Lola | Ford Cosworth | Bridgestone | Will Power | |
| 2007 | Sebastien Bourdais | 1 | McDonald's | Newman-Haas/Lanigan | Panoz | Cosworth | Bridgestone | Robert Doornbos |
