How the Indy 500 is becoming more like the Masters, Pro Football Hall of Fame
The Masters has a green jacket. The Pro Football Hall of Fame has a gold jacket.
Now Indianapolis 500 drivers are competing for a blue jacket.
Indianapolis Motor Speedway unveiled jackets Friday that will be given to race winners. Twenty-three drivers and Speedway owner Roger Penske donned the first jackets along the Yard of Bricks.
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Race winners also get their likeness etched onto the Borg-Warner trophy, and they receive "Baby Borgs," a miniature version of the trophy.
A new tradition.
IMS is pleased to have commissioned the special #Indy500 Winner Jacket, which celebrates membership in the most elite of motorsports clubs, the club of Indianapolis 500 champions.
Today on the Yard of Bricks, the winners were presented with their jackets. pic.twitter.com/jUJkavpNxv— Indianapolis Motor Speedway (@IMS) May 24, 2024
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