It's a quirky but perfectly understandable question some people have about the Indianapolis 500: Why does the winner drink milk? Simply, it's tradition. The Indy ... milk by the official milk ...

Indy 500 officials quickly intervened and told Fittipaldi if he didn’t drink the milk in victory ... Winning driver Pat Flaherty savored the first "official" swig of milk after his 1956 victory.

The celebration after the Indianapolis 500 ... Indy 500. Ahead of Sunday's edition of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, here's more on why the winning driver and team will drink ...

However, there was a time when milk was not the drink handed to winners. Wilbur Shaw, who won the Indy 500 in 1937, 1939 and 1940, became president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and ...