May 25, 2025
The winner of the Indy 500 traditionally drinks from a bottle of milk on the track directly after the race. All drivers select the kind of milk they’d like to drink beforehand so it is ready in case they win. In 1993 Brazilian driver and orange grove owner Emerson Fittipaldi won and instead drank orange juice. He was booed by the crowd.
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