More info. For over 80 years drivers have been handed a bottle of milk soon after crossing the finishing line in first place. Although some drivers enjoy the refreshing taste just moments after stepping out of their cockpit, most opt to pour it over their head. Surprisingly, the drivers are polled on their preference prior to the race by American Dairy Association Indiana, who are in charge of delivering the milk.
Front-row starter Ed Carpenter has requested buttermilk, while defending champion Will Power has no preference. In , Louis Meyer won Indy for the second time, having bagged his first title five years previous as a rookie - one of only nine men to have achieved the feat. But when Meyer won his second title, he asked for a glass of buttermilk because - according to Indianapolis Motor Speedway historian Donald Davidson - his mother had always told him to drink it when he was thirsty.
When he became the first man to win the race three times in , he was given a glass bottle of milk. Currently logged out. Current Members Educators. Today's Hours : 10 am—5 pm. Indoor: 10 am—5 pm Outdoor: Closed for the season. Access Pass. All Exhibits. Indoor Exhibits Year-Round. Outdoor Sports Experiences March-Nov. Future Exhibits. Live Theater Shows. Press Room. Annual Report. Official Partners. Make a Donation.
Donor Memberships. Become a Member. Gift Memberships. Code of Conduct. Gift Certificates. Group Visits. Birthday Parties. Private Events. Special Events. Although there are reports that "Indiana," as the song was originally titled when published in , was played by a trackside brass band as Hoosier driver Howdy Wilcox ran out his final laps on the way to winning the "," it was not until that it was sung on race morning.
He supplied several of the vehicles which participated in a race-morning lap of classic automobiles around the track in , and approximately 45 minutes before the start of the race, he sang "Indiana" with the Purdue University band over the public address system. It was so well received that he was invited back the following year, and in , it was decided to "move it up" to its current slot in the order of the day, just prior to the firing of the engines. By , the release had been timed to coincide, as it does to this day, with the final notes of "Back Home Again In Indiana.
Three-time Indianapolis winner Louis Meyer regularly drank buttermilk to refresh himself on a hot day and happened to drink some in Victory Lane as a matter of habit after winning the race. An executive with what was then the Milk Foundation was so elated when he saw the moment captured in a photograph in the sports section of his newspaper the following morning that he vowed to make sure it would be repeated in coming years.
There was a period between when milk was apparently no longer offered, but the practice was revived in and has been a tradition ever since. The Borg-Warner Trophy , one of the most recognizable trophies in all of sports, has been awarded to the winner of every Indianapolis Mile Race since
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