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NBC SPORTS COUNTS DOWN THE TOP 10 INDIANAPOLIS 500s OF ALL TIME, AHEAD OF GREATEST SPECTACLE IN RACING ON SUNDAY, MAY 28 – NBC Sports Pressbox
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NBC SPORTS COUNTS DOWN THE TOP 10 INDIANAPOLIS 500s OF ALL TIME, AHEAD OF GREATEST SPECTACLE IN RACING ON SUNDAY, MAY 28
High 10 Indy 500s Decided by Panel of INDYCAR Former Drivers, Broadcasters, and Journalists Together with 4-Time Indy 500 Champion Rick Mears
Weekly Countdown Begins At present with the 1967 Indy 500 at No. 10 and the 2006 Indy 500 at No. 9
Movies Posted on NBCSports.com Digital and Social Platforms Accompanied by Articles on NBCSports.com’s Motorsports Speak
STAMFORD, Conn. – April 28, 2023 – NBC Sports activities will have a good time “The Biggest Spectacle in Racing” by counting down the highest 10 Indianapolis 500s of all-time, main into its protection of the 107th Working of the Indianapolis 500 on Sunday, Might 28, on NBC and Peacock.
The High 10 listing was decided by a panel of esteemed INDYCAR broadcasters, journalists and former drivers, together with four-time Indy 500 champion Rick Mears, Indianapolis Motor Speedway president Doug Boles, and NBC Sports activities INDYCAR analyst Townsend Bell.
The panelists ranked the races based mostly on a set of 5 standards: high quality of racing, memorable moments, energy of area, historic significance, and the spectacle of the race itself.
NBC Sports activities will launch two movies every week on its digital and social platforms, detailing how every version of the race merited a spot on the High 10 listing. NBCSports.com’s Motorsports Speak will accompany every video with an article recapping the race and its significance.
The primary two races on the NBC Sports activities High 10 Indianapolis 500 Countdown are the 1967 Indy 500 (No. 10) and the 2006 Indy 500 (No. 9).
| NBC SPORTS TOP 10 INDIANAPOLIS 500 COUNTDOWN | ||
| Rank | 12 months | Particulars |
| No. 9 | 2006 | 19-year-old Marco Andretti passes his father Michael Andretti for the lead with two laps remaining, however Sam Hornish Jr. passes Marco on the end line within the third-closest end in Indy 500 historical past. |
| No. 10 | 1967 | Broadly regarded to have one of many strongest fields in historical past, Parnelli Jones dominates nearly all of the 1967 Indy 500 earlier than slowing to a cease attributable to a gearbox concern with simply three laps remaining. A.J. Foyt assumes the lead after which avoids a wreck on the entrance straightaway as he approaches the checkered flag to win third Indy 500. |
NBC Sports activities continues its protection of the 2023 NTT INDYCAR SERIES this weekend with the Kids’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix at Barber Motorsports Park this Sunday, April 30, at 3 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock.
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