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 ...

In one way or another, many American sporting events have grown synonymous with beverages over the years. While each Super Bowl we wait and see what color of Gatorade gets dumped on the winning ...

Milk is a symbol of glory at the Indy ... drink and simply wanted to calm his fatigue on a hot day. "All I could think about was a nice cold buttermilk," the driver recalled, according to the ...

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Ahead of each Indy 500 ... "Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Louis Meyer regularly drank buttermilk to refresh himself on a hot day and happened to drink some in Victory Lane as a matter ...

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On each Memorial Day weekend since 1974, engines roar at Indianapolis Motor Speedway for one of the most iconic events in American sports—the Indianapolis 500. But of course, the Indy 500 is ...

After Louis Meyer won the 1936 Indianapolis 500 on a particularly warm day ... poll was started in the mid-90s because it's not the drink it was in 1936. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily ...