| Race leader that never wins | 27 |
| Pre-race leader | 15 |
| Leader of some parades | 22 |
| Lance Armstrong drove it at the 2006 Indianapolis 500 | 53 |
| Jay Leno drove it at the 1999 Indy 500 | 38 |
| Colin Powell drove it at the 2005 Indy 500 | 42 |
| Indy leaders | 12 |
| Track warm-up leaders | 21 |
| Speed-setters at Indy | 21 |
| Some Indy 500 vehicles | 22 |
| Pre-race leaders | 16 |
| Indy sights since 1911 | 22 |
| Walked | 6 |
| Walked nervously | 16 |
| Walked back and forth | 21 |
| Walked the floor | 16 |
| Went back and forth | 19 |
| Showed nervousness | 18 |
| Wore a hole in the carpet | 25 |
| Took measured steps | 19 |
| Was visibly nervous | 19 |
| Showed anxiety | 14 |
| Led the way | 11 |
| Betrayed nervousness | 20 |
| Wore the carpet thin | 20 |
| Wore out the carpet | 19 |
| Wore a hole in the rug | 22 |
| Walked to and fro | 17 |
| Walked like an expectant father | 31 |
| Measured roughly | 16 |
| Measured by walking | 19 |
| Emulated an expectant father | 28 |
| Worry-walked | 12 |
| Worked off nervous energy | 25 |
| Wore out a maternity-room carpet | 32 |
| What the awaiting father did | 28 |
| Walked worriedly | 16 |
| Walked with measured steps | 26 |
| Walked with a certain gait | 26 |
| Walked around the waiting room | 30 |
| Waited restlessly | 17 |
| Waited for baby? | 16 |
| Waited for a special delivery? | 30 |
| Waited for a birth announcement | 31 |
| Took measured strides | 21 |
| Strode back and forth | 21 |
| Stepped like an expectant father | 32 |
| Set the tempo for a race | 24 |
| Set the standard for | 20 |
| Set an example for | 18 |
| Roughly measured (off) | 22 |
| Measured on foot | 16 |
| Fretted in the waiting room, say | 32 |
| Fast- -- (quick) | 16 |
| Expended some nervous energy | 28 |
| Exhibited anxiety | 17 |
| Emulated some expectant fathers | 31 |
| Didn't wait patiently, say | 30 |
| Counted steps | 13 |
| Betrayed anxiety, say | 21 |
| Acted like an expectant father | 30 |
| Acted antsy, in a way | 21 |
| Warmup circuit | 14 |
| Starting circuit followed by the green flag | 43 |
| Race car's warmup | 21 |
| Driver's warm-up | 20 |
| Daytona warmup circuit (h) | 26 |
| Daytona warmup circuit | 22 |
| Auto racer's warmup | 23 |
| Track horse | 11 |
| Indiana hoopster | 16 |
| Indiana basketballer | 20 |
| Harness-race horse | 18 |
| Harness race horse | 18 |
| Sulky puller | 12 |
| Racehorse | 9 |
| Harness racer | 13 |
| Rabbit, to greyhounds | 21 |
| One walking back and forth | 26 |
| Indiana pro | 11 |
| Indiana basketball player | 25 |
| Horse in a harness race | 23 |
| Hoosier hoopster | 16 |
| AMC model of the 1970s | 22 |
| Reggie Miller, for one | 22 |
| Indiana cager | 13 |
| Indiana athlete | 15 |
| Conseco Fieldhouse player | 25 |
| Yonkers entry | 13 |
| Worrying sort | 13 |
| Standardbred | 12 |
| Specialized racehorse | 21 |
| Roosevelt entry | 15 |
| One in the lead | 15 |
| Lead car, sometimes | 19 |
| Indy 500 feature | 16 |
| Indiana pro athlete | 19 |
| Indiana basketball pro | 22 |
| Harness-racing horse | 20 |
| Expectant dad, perhaps | 22 |