| Year | Champion | Car # | Sponsor | Owner | Chassis | Engine | Tire | Indy 500 winner | Rookie of the Year | 1996 | Buzz Calkins | 12 | Bradley Food Marts | Bradley | Reynard | Ford | Firestone | Buddy Lazier |
| Scott Sharp | 11 | Conseco | Foyt | Lola | Ford | Goodyear | |||
| 1997 | Tony Stewart | 2 | Glidden | Menard | G-Force | Oldsmobile | Firestone | Arie Luyendyk | Jim Guthrie |
| 1998 | Kenny Bräck | 14 | Power Team | Foyt | Dallara | Oldsmobile | Goodyear | Eddie Cheever | Robby Unser |
| 1999 | Greg Ray | 2 | Glidden | Menard | Dallara | Oldsmobile | Firestone | Kenny Bräck | Scott Harrington |
| 2000 | Buddy Lazier | 91 | Delta Faucet/Coors Light/Tae-Bo | Hemelgarn | Dallara | Oldsmobile | Firestone | Juan Pablo Montoya | Airton Daré |
| 2001 | Sam Hornish, Jr. | 4 | Pennzoil | Panther | Dallara | Oldsmobile | Firestone | Hélio Castroneves | Felipe Giaffone |
| 2002 | Sam Hornish, Jr. | 4 | Pennzoil | Panther | Dallara | Chevrolet | Firestone | Hélio Castroneves | Laurent Redon |
| 2003 | Scott Dixon | 9 | Target | Ganassi | G-Force | Toyota | Firestone | Gil de Ferran | Dan Wheldon |
| 2004 | Tony Kanaan | 11 | 7-Eleven | Andretti Green | Dallara | Honda | Firestone | Buddy Rice | Kosuke Matsuura |
| 2005 | Dan Wheldon | 26 | Klein Tools/Jim Beam | Andretti Green | Dallara | Honda | Firestone | Dan Wheldon | Danica Patrick |
| 2006 | Sam Hornish, Jr. | 6 | Marlboro | Penske | Dallara | Honda | Firestone | Sam Hornish, Jr. | Marco Andretti |
| 2007 | Dario Franchitti | 27 | Canadian Club | Andretti Green | Dallara | Honda | Firestone | Dario Franchitti | Ryan Hunter-Reay |
| 2008 | Scott Dixon | 9 | Target | Ganassi | Dallara | Honda | Firestone | Scott Dixon | Hideki Mutoh |
| 2009 | Dario Franchitti | 10 | Target | Ganassi | Dallara | Honda | Firestone | Hélio Castroneves | Raphael Matos |
