Scott Dixon cracked the top 10 of the all-time Indy car victory list Aug. 5 in the Honda Indy 200 at Mid-Ohio. His 29th win (28 with Target Chip Ganassi Racing and the other with PacWest), tied Rick Mears.

Below is a chart listing the total Indy car victories of the top 10 and how many each had before they turned 33 (Dixon turned 32 on July 22).

"If I could run for another nine years that would be pretty cool," said Dixon, who is two wins from tying teammate Dario Franchitti, Sebastien Bourdais and Paul Tracy for ninth. "That's a long time, but we would love to work our way to the top."

So let the discussions begin of who’s the best of all time, comparing eras and diversity of schedules.

Some interesting notes about the top 10:

* Bobby Unser had one victory when he was 32 years old (the Pikes Peak Hill Climb in 1966). He certainly was productive afterward. His 35th and final win came at Indianapolis in 1981 – when he was 47 years old.

* The first race A.J. Foyt, Al Unser, Al Unser Jr. and Rick Mears won after they turned 32 was the Indianapolis 500.

* Foyt won his 67th and final race (at Pocono) when he was 46 years old. He won his first when he was 25.

* Al Unser Jr. won his 20th race two days before turning 32 – at Long Beach. Nigel Mansell was the runner-up. He won eight races when he was 32 years old.

* It was two days shy of a two-year gap between Paul Tracy’s 30th and 31st victories (both at Cleveland; the latter in 2007). He earned his 29th win (at Milwaukee) three weeks before his 30th.

* Foyt’s first four victories were on dirt ovals in events sanctioned by USAC. In each, he didn’t start on the front row.

* Four-time CART/Champ Car champion Sebastien Bourdais, who’s competing this season in the No. 7 TrueCar Dragon Racing car, won his 31st race at Mexico City in 2007. He competed in Formula 1 the next two seasons.

* Of Mario Andretti’s 52 wins, 24 came from the pole.

* Michael Andretti won his final race (at Long Beach in 2002) with fellow IZOD IndyCar Series team owner Jimmy Vasser placing second. Vasser had 10 Indy car wins.

* Like his brother, Bobby, Al Unser’s first victory was the Pikes Peak Hill Climb. Bobby was second in that 1965 race.

* Al Unser won the Indianapolis 500 on his 32nd birthday (his 25th Indy car win).

* Dario Franchitti moved into a tie with Tracy and Bourdais with 31 victories by winning his third Indianapolis 500 in May.

At age 32
Driver DOB 1st Win Location Wins
at 32		 Total
Wins
A.J. Foyt Jan. 16, 1935 Sept. 5, 1960 DuQuoin 37 67
Mario Andretti Feb. 28, 1940 July 25, 1965 Indy Raceway Park 31 52
Michael Andretti Oct. 5, 1962 April 13, 1986 Long Beach 30 42
Al Unser May 29, 1939 July 4, 1965 Pikes Peak 27 39
Bobby Unser Feb. 20, 1934 July 4, 1966 Pikes Peak 1 35
Al Unser Jr. April 19, 1962 June 17, 1984 Portland 28 34
Dario Franchitti May 19, 1973 Aug. 16, 1998 Road America 14 31
Sebastien Bourdais Feb. 28, 1979 May 5, 2003 Brands Hatch 31 31
Paul Tracy Dec. 17, 1968 April 18, 1993  Long Beach 18 31
Rick Mears Dec. 3, 1951 June 18, 1978 Milwaukee 19 29
Scott Dixon July 22, 1980 May 6, 2001 Nazareth 29 29

 Note: Races under USAC, CART, Champ Car and INDYCAR sanction