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IndyCar: Top 10 drivers of all-time

By Asher Fair

INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 25: Will Power of Australia, driver of the #12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet Dallara, James Hinchcliffe, driver of the #27 Andretti Autosport Honda Dallara, and Ed Carpenter, driver of the #20 Fuzzy's Vodka / Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet Dallara (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images)
INDIANAPOLIS, IN - MAY 25: Will Power of Australia, driver of the #12 Verizon Team Penske Chevrolet Dallara, James Hinchcliffe, driver of the #27 Andretti Autosport Honda Dallara, and Ed Carpenter, driver of the #20 Fuzzy's Vodka / Ed Carpenter Racing Chevrolet Dallara (Photo by Robert Laberge/Getty Images) /
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DAYTONA BEACH, FL – JANUARY 26: A.J. Foyt, the legendary driver (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images)
DAYTONA BEACH, FL – JANUARY 26: A.J. Foyt, the legendary driver (Photo by Chris Trotman/Getty Images) /

#1 – A.J. Foyt

When it comes to the greatest driver in the history of IndyCar, A.J. Foyt takes the #1 spot, and it really isn’t even close. While his many records are certainly somewhat within reach and aren’t completely unbreakable, the fact that he sits atop the sport in so many ways makes him the undisputed top driver at this moment.

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Foyt’s 67 victories over the course of his 37-year career in the sport put him in 1st place on the all-time wins list, and that total of 67 is a total that is greater than 2nd on the list by 15 victories. In fact, only seven other drivers in the history of the sport even have half as many wins as Foyt does. He won as many as 10 races in a season, which he pulled off in the 13-race 1964 season.

Foyt’s Indianapolis 500 record also stands out. He won the race four times in 35 attempts, and those four victories allow him to be one of just three drivers in the four-time winners club of the “Greatest Spectacle in Racing”. The other two were already discussed in these rankings.

Foyt’s championship record is perhaps the most impressive. While he sits atop the all-time titles list having won seven championships, no other driver in the history of the sport has ever even won more than four. There are only four four-time champions, meaning only four drivers in the sport’s history have won even half the amount of titles that Foyt won.

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Do you agree with the top 10 drivers in these all-time IndyCar rankings? Who do you think is deserving of a higher spot, and who do you think should be ranked lower? Are there any drivers not in the top 10 who you believe should be?