Odd celebrations, tight finishes highlight Indy's best

	Louis Meyer (waving) made as much of an impact for how he celebrated his 1936 Indy 500 victory as he did for actually winning. AP

With the 91st running of the Indianapolis 500 set for this Sunday, SI.com thought the time was right to count down the 10 greatest races in Indy 500 history.

10. 1913

Jules Goux's victory marked the beginning of Indy as an international race. The French driver won in a factory-owned Peugeot, the first win for a non-American driver and car. Goux drank six bottles of champagne during his pit stops, but it didn't seem to slow him down. He won by over 13 minutes.

9. 1936

It wasn't close at the end, but history was made and three traditions began with Louis Meyer's victory by over two minutes. Meyer, who became the first driver to win three times at Indy, asked for a glass of milk -- actually buttermilk -- in Victory Lane and photographers caught it. Meyer was also the first driver to be memorialized on the Borg-Warner Trophy and also the first to receive the pace car, a Packard, as part of his prizes for winning.

8. 1993

Nigel Mansell, the Formula 1 World Champion the previous year but a rookie at Indianapolis, had the lead for a restart with 16 laps remaining. Wily Emerson Fittipaldi, in his 10th Indy, bolted past Mansell on the restart on the front straight. Mansell's restart was so slow that Arie Luyendyk moved up from third place and passed him on the outside deep into Turn 1. Fittipaldi had the fastest lap of the race, 214.867 mph, on 198 and won by 2.862 seconds. There were 23 lead changes among 12 drivers and 10 cars finished on the lead lap.

7. 1989

Al Unser Jr. wasn't as fast as Emerson Fittipaldi, but pit-stop strategy had put him in the lead with five laps remaining. Fittipaldi, though, caught Unser in Turn 3 with fewer than two remaining and darted inside. They touched wheels. Unser spun into the outside wall and Fittipaldi cruised home to his first Indy victory.