Editing Indianapolis 500 (section)

===Milk===

[[File:2011 Indy 500 Winner - Dan Wheldon.jpg|thumb|[[2011 Indianapolis 500|2011]] winner [[Dan Wheldon]] holding a bottle of milk]]
[[Louis Meyer]] requested a glass of [[buttermilk]] after winning his second Indy 500 race in 1933. After winning his third title in 1936, he requested another glass but instead received a bottle. He was captured by a photographer in the act of swigging from the bottle while holding up three fingers to signify the third win. 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.<ref>{{Cite web |title=From The Marbles |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nascar-from-the-marbles/ |access-date=2022-08-10 |website=sports.yahoo.com |language=en-US |archive-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222054350/https://sports.yahoo.com/nascar/blog/from_the_marbles/post/Kasey-Kahne-Brad-Sweet-to-split-Great-Clips-Nat?urn=nascar-wp5942 |url-status=live }}</ref>

At the [[1993 Indianapolis 500]], winner [[Emerson Fittipaldi]], who owned and operated an orange grove, notoriously drank [[orange juice]] instead of milk during the televised winner's interview. He eventually relented and also drank from the milk bottle later in the post-race ceremonies after the broadcast was over, but the public relations damage had already been done.<ref>{{cite web |date=12 June 2012 |title=The Greatest 33: Emerson Fittipaldi |url=http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/history/50951/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120510152856/http://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/history/50951/ |archive-date=2012-05-10 |access-date=2012-03-30}}</ref> The snub led to Fittipaldi being booed during driver introductions at the next race on the schedule, held at the [[Milwaukee Mile]] in Wisconsin, a state known for [[Wisconsin dairy industry|its dairy industry]]. Some continued to boo Fittipaldi as late as [[2008 Indianapolis 500|2008]], in which he drove the pace car.

In [[2016 Indianapolis 500|2016]], as a promotion, the track gave out commemorative bottles of milk to 100,000 attendees to toast the winner with milk after the race.<ref>{{cite web|author1=IMS|title=World's Largest Milk Toast Planned for 100th Running of the Indy 500|url=https://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/events/indy500/news-multimedia/news/2016/03/16/worlds-largets-milk-toast-planned-for-100th-indy-500-2016|publisher=Indianapolis Motor Speedway|access-date=May 31, 2016|date=March 16, 2016|archive-date=May 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517010535/https://www.indianapolismotorspeedway.com/events/indy500/news-multimedia/news/2016/03/16/worlds-largets-milk-toast-planned-for-100th-indy-500-2016|url-status=live}}</ref>[[File:Danica-r.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Danica Patrick]] on Pole Day at Indy, 2007]]