A look at the track on Wednesday May, 17, 2017, after practice is finished for the day. The clouds begin to roll in and activity at the track begins to wind down.
Milk Tradition at the Indianapolis 500
Why does the winning driver drink milk?
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 of habit after winning the
1936 race. The Milk Foundation found this moment enjoyable when captured in a photograph of the sports section of his newspaper the following morning. He then decided to make sure it would be repeated in coming years. There was a period between 1947-55 when milk was not offered, but it was revived in 1956 and has been a tradition ever since.
