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SPEEDWAY, Ind. — Why does the Indy 500 winner drink milk?
According to the Speedway, it all started with legendary driver Louis Meyer, who won Indy in 1928, 1933 and 1936.
Decades before the advent of sports nutrition specialists and beverages tailored specifically to athletic activities, Meyer apparently preferred to drink buttermilk to refresh himself on hot weather. (Hey, we don’t judge here. Dude won three times. Whatever works.)
At one point, that included a swig in Victory Lane.
The Speedway says an executive with the Milk Foundation saw that moment in a newspaper photo and “vowed to make sure it would be repeated in coming years.