Everyone who starts the 2024 Indianapolis 500 wants to drink (and pour) the milk, wear the wreath and kiss the bricks. Eight drivers competing this year know that feeling, having won the race a total of 12 times.

Two of Team Penske's front-row starters have won the race: 2nd-place Will Power (2018) and defending race champ Josef Newgarden, who starts 3rd.

Alexander Rossi, who won as a rookie in 2016, holds the inside of Row 2. Two-time winner Takuma Sato (2017, 20) is on the inside of Row 4 and 2014 champ Ryan Hunter-Reay is on the outside.

Helio Castroneves, who is seeking a record-setting fifth race win (2001, '02, '09, '21) is the middle of Row 7, with 2008 winner Scott Dixon on the outside.

Marcus Ericsson, the 2022 winner, had a rough practice and qualifying week and starts in the middle of Row 11.

Here's more on the drivers who want that winning feeling again.

Helio Castroneves (2001, 2002, 2009, 2021)

Castroneves joined A.J. Foyt, Al Unser and Rick Mears in the exclusive four-time champions club in 2021 after trying for more than a decade. He also has three runner-up finishes (2003, '14, '17). He's 48 and eager to stand alone among Indy 500 winners.

What he said in 2021: “I still have that fire. I love what I do. This is my passion, and these guys I know are passionate about it too.

Takuma Sato (2017, 2020)

If Sato starts well, he finishes well. He has started from the front two rows twice: He won from 4th in 2017 ‒ beating Castroneves to the finish line by 0.2 seconds after completing a daring pass in the race's late stages ‒ and from 3rd in '20.

What he said in 2017: "This is, like, the best win in my life in this moment. I still just cannot believe it.”

Scott Dixon (2008)

It couldn't go this smoothly, right? Dixon won from the pole position, leading 115 laps. He has started from the pole position four times since, including 2021 and '22 – and has led a race-record 665 laps – but he's still waiting to join the multiple-winners club. Dixon and Tony Kanaan have led 15 Indy 500s, tied for the most.

What he said: "I think I was worried going into the race just because we had such a smooth month. It was one of those things where you're sort of waiting for something to go wrong."

Ryan Hunter-Reay (2014)

Hunter-Reay, who finished 3rd the previous year, swept around Helio Castroneves in Turn 3 with two laps left, then went on to win by 0.06 seconds, the second-closest finish in 500 history behind Al Unser Jr.'s 1992 win (0.043 seconds).

What he said: "It's everything that I've worked for. I was given the chance with a car that could win, and that's all I could ask for."

Alexander Rossi (2016)

Rossi was an IndyCar rookie who had spent years pursuing Formula One rides, having competed in five F1 races the previous year. The then-24-year-old and his Andretti Autosport team ran a smart fuel strategy that resulted in victory before a sold-out crowd in the 100th running of the race.

What he said: “The emotional roller coaster of this race is ridiculous. There were moments when I was stoked, moments where (I was) heartbroken, moments where I was stoked again.

“I need to see a psychiatrist after this.”

Will Power (2018)

Power started 3rd in 2018, the 10th straight Indy 500 he had started on the front three rows. He had not improved on his starting position in his previous nine tries, but he had started and finished 2nd in 2015. The win lifted a weight from his shoulders.

What he said: "I was screaming with one to go, 'Man, I got this!' Unbelievable. I was wondering if I was ever going to win it, and thoughts went through my mind during the month like that. In my career, I’ve had so many wins, so many poles. But everyone always talks about the ‘500.’ And I finally won it."

Marcus Ericsson (2022)

With a late restart resulting in a green-white-checkered finish, Ericsson held off Pato O'Ward with a move called the "Dragon," in which the leading car drives serpentine instead of in a straight line that could create an aerodynamic tow for the trailing car. A crash on Lap 200 resulted in the race finishing under caution.

What he said: "They say winning this race is life-changing, and I'm looking forward to that."

Josef Newgarden (2023)

Remember that move Marcus Ericsson used in winning the 2022 race? Josef Newgarden uses it on Ericsson in a one-lap shootout after a red flag. It's his first Indy 500 win in his 12th start.

What he said: “Everyone has been asking me why I hadn’t won this race, and they look at you like you’re a failure when you haven’t. I’m so glad to be here. It’s just pure emotion.”

This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Indy 500 winners driving in 2024: Helio Castroneves seeks record fifth