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Indy 500's iconic Borg-Warner Trophy and its history
The iconic Borg-Warner Trophy is a constant in the legendary Indianapolis 500 race every year.Each winner gets their name, average speed, the year they won, and their face engraved on the trophy that weighs roughly 110 pounds and stands just over five feet, four inches tall.The first time the trophy was unveiled was in 1936, when it was given to Louis Meyer and declared an annual prize for Indy 500 winners.CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COMWhile the trophy was created in 1935, it honored the winners from 1911 onwards as they had their name, year, average speed and faces engraved on the trophy.In its original form, the trophy was 52 inches tall and 80 pounds of sterling silver. It was made to commemorate 70 race winners. Two bases were added to the trophy in 1987 and 2004, and those additions to the trophy can commemorate the winners of the Indy 500 through 2033.There is one non-race winner who is engraved on the trophy, and that is Anton Hulman. Hulman owned the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 1945 until his death in 1977. His face is the lone one on the trophy that is gold.The trophy is permanently housed in the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum.TheIndy500 will be broadcast May 25 on FOX with coverage starting at 10 a.m. ET. It will also be available tostream live on FOXSports.comand the FOX Sports app.INDY 500 IS OFFICIALLY SOLD OUT FOR FIRST TIME IN ALMOST A DECADE; 350,000 FANS EXPECTEDBelow is a list of every winner of the Indy 500:1911 Ray Harroun1912 Joe Dawson1913 Jules Goux1914 Rene Thomas1915 Ralph DePalma1916 Dario Resta1917 Not held due to World War I1918 Not held due to World War I1919 Howdy Wilcox1920 Gaston Chevrolet1921 Tommy Milton1922 Jimmy Murphy1923 Tommy Milton1924 Lora L. Corum, Joe Boyer (Co-drivers)1925 Pete DePaolo1926 Frank Lockhart1927 George Souders1928 Louis Meyer1929 Ray Keech1930 Billy Arnold1931 Louis Schneider1932 Fred Frame1933 Louis Meyer1934 Bill Cummings1935 Kelly Petillo1936 Louis Meyer1937 Wilbur Shaw1938 Floyd Roberts1939 Wilbur Shaw1940 Wilbur Shaw1941 Floyd Davis, Mauri Rose (Co-drivers)1942 Not held due to World War II1943 Not held due to World War II1944 Not held due to World War II1945 Not held due to World War II1946 George Robson1947 Mauri Rose1948 Mauri Rose1949 Bill Holland1950 Johnnie ParsonsINDY 500 POLESITTER ROBERT SHWARTZMAN FLOWS ON AND OFF THE TRACK1951 Lee Wallard1952 Troy Ruttman1953 Bill Vukovich1954 Bill Vukovich1955 Bob Sweikert1956 Pat Flaherty1957 Sam Hanks1958 Jimmy Bryan1959 Rodger Ward1960 Jim Rathmann1961 AJ Foyt1962 Rodger Ward1963 Parnelli Jones1964 AJ Foyt1965 Jim Clark1966 Graham Hill1967 AJ Foyt1968 Bobby Unser1969 Mario Andretti1970 Al Unser1971 Al Unser1972 Mark Donohue1973 Gordon Johncock1974 Johnny Rutherford1975 Bobby Unser1976 Johnny Rutherford1977 AJ Foyt1978 Al Unser1979 Rick Mears1980 Johnny Rutherford1981 Bobby Unser1982 Gordon Johncock1983 Tom Sneva1984 Rick Mears1985 Danny Sullivan1986 Bobby Rahal1987 Al Unser1988 Rick Mears1989 Emerson Fittipaldi1990 Arie Luyendyk1991 Rick Mears1992 Al Unser Jr.1993 Emerson Fittipaldi1994 Al Unser Jr.1995 Jacques Villeneuve1996 Buddy Lazier1997 Arie Luyendyk1998 Eddie Cheever1999 Kenny Brack2000 Juan Pablo Montoya2001 Helio Castroneves2002 Helio Castroneves2003 Gil de Ferran2004 Buddy Rice2005 Dan Wheldon2006 Sam Hornish Jr.2007 Dario Franchitti2008 Scott Dixon2009 Helio Castroneves2010 Dario Franchitti2011 Dan Wheldon2012 Dario Franchitti2013 Tony Kanaan2014 Ryan Hunter-Reay2015 Juan Pablo Montoya2016 Alexander Rossi2017 Takuma Sato2018 Will Power2019 Simon Pagenaud2020 Takuma Sato2021 Helio Castroneves2022 Marcus Ericsson2023 Josef Newgarden2024 Josef NewgardenFollow Fox News Digitals sports coverage on X, and subscribe to the Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter.
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