Ahead of Sunday's edition of the Indianapolis 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, here's more on why the winning driver and team will drink milk after crossing the checkered flag, and how this ...

We're here to help. It's a quirky but perfectly understandable question some people have about the Indianapolis 500: Why does the winner drink milk? Simply, it's tradition. The Indy 500 is all ...

Indy 500 officials quickly intervened and told Fittipaldi if he didn’t drink the milk in victory lane, his winner’s check would be much "lighter." Fittipaldi relented and drank the milk ...

However, there was a time when milk was not the drink handed to winners. Wilbur Shaw, who won the Indy 500 in 1937, 1939 and 1940, became president of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and ...

After Louis Meyer won the 1936 Indianapolis 500 on a particularly warm day ... poll was started in the mid-90s because it's not the drink it was in 1936. Meyer was drinking milk that was ...

After Louis Meyer won the 1936 Indianapolis 500 on a particularly warm day ... poll was started in the mid-90s because it's not the drink it was in 1936. Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily ...