After battling Rick Mears up front and fighting handling issues, Gordon Johncock edges Mears at the line to win for the second time at Indianapolis Motor Speedway in one of the closest Indy 500 finishes in history. NBC Sports is counting down the Top Indy 500’s of all-time heading into this year’s race. Each week, fans can see which races made the Top 10 by checking out NBCSports.com and the Motorsports on NBC YouTube channel. An esteemed panel of drivers, broadcasters, and historians weighed in to create the Top 10. #NBCSports #IndyCar #Indy500 » Subscribe to Motorsports on NBC: null » Get the latest motor sports news on NBC Sports: https://www.nbcsports.com/motors » Watch Live races on NBCSports.com: http://www.nbcsports.com/live NBC Sports – the home of motorsports – features unparalleled motorsports programming, fueled by the network’s media rights agreements with NASCAR and IndyCar, NBC Sports has more than 1,500 hours of motor sports coverage spanning NASCAR, IndyCar, Monster Energy AMA Supercross, Pro Motocross Championship, SuperMotocross World Championship, IMSA, MotoGP, World Superbike, Nitrocross, and Dakar Rally. Subscribe to our channel for the latest motors news and highlights! NBC Sports Group is the exclusive rights holder to every IndyCar race beginning in 2019. The new agreement is all-encompassing and includes broadcast, cable, digital, streaming and direct-to-consumer rights for all IndyCar Series races. This line-up also includes the coveted Indy 500, one of the most prestigious events in all of sports, which will be broadcast on NBC. Visit NBC Sports: https://www.nbcsports.com/motors Follow Motorsports on NBC on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MotorsportsNBC Find NBC Sports on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/NBCSports Follow NBC Sports on Twitter: https://twitter.com/nbcsports Follow NBC Sports on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nbcsports Subscribe to NBC Sports on YouTube: null https://nbcsports.com/motors/nascar Top 10 Indy 500s of all time: No. 2 - Johncock edges Mears in 1982 thriller | Motorsports on NBC null