Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
By winning his second 500, he joined a fairly exclusive club. Meyer started the tradition of drinking milk (buttermilk at the time) in victory lane that year, when he drank a glass. [3] Following his 1936 victory, he drank from a glass milk bottle instead, as most race winners have done since. [4]
A local dairy company executive recognized the marketing opportunity in the image and, being unaware Meyer was drinking buttermilk, offered a bottle of milk to the winners of future races. Milk has been presented each year since then, apart from 1947 to 1955. Modern drivers are offered a choice of whole, 2%, and skim. [65]
A long-standing tradition of the Indianapolis 500 is for the winner to drink a bottle of milk immediately after the race. This tradition dates back to 1936 after victor Louis Meyer asked for a glass of buttermilk , something his mother had encouraged him to drink on hot days.
Now, there’s an even more compelling health argument, after a new UK study found that drinking a large glass of milk a day, equating to an extra 300ml of calcium, lowers the risk of bowel cancer ...
The NASCAR trophies crafted by the Corning Museum of Glass include a replication of the track outline at Watkins Glen International. 1992 Bill Elliott #11 Budweiser Ford Thunderbird Terry Labonte ...
Gordon made light of this at the season ending banquet, toasting Earnhardt with a glass of milk instead of champagne. However, there were several other major stories in 1995. 1995 saw the Lumina, which had been Chevrolet's official car in NASCAR since the 1989 Winston 500, being replaced by the new Chevrolet Monte Carlo. The Monte Carlo would ...
Reijn, 49, who was previously an actress, told the outlet that that a similar thing happened to her during her 30s when a “way, way younger” actor sent her a glass of milk at a bar.
Lexon Paradox — Two automotive design teams produced two completely opposite cars (e.g., one was the most expensive car ever, the other the cheapest; one was the safest, the other designed to throw flaming victims hundreds of feet in a crash). In the end, the two were combined to create The Paradox. [400]