Why do race car driver winners drink milk?

Question

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Answer 1

It is a tradition that started a long time ago

Answer 2

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Answer 3

It helps build strong/healthy Teeth and bones !!

Answer 4

That was a tradition that started at the Indianapolis motorspeedway, it was a thank you to all the dairy farmers of Indiana.

Answer 5

It's at the Indy...and "Milk does a body good"

Answer 6

the indy cars are the ones who drink milk

Answer 7

It's just the Indy 500

Answer 8

It's a tradition at some tracks but not all. If you really watch a lot of races after most they drink whatever they are sponsoring. The only one I can think of where they drink milk after winning is the Indy 500. If anyone can please list any others.

Answer 9

The only race the winner drinks milk is the Indianapolis 500.

From indy500.com...

Winner's Drink of Milk

Three-time "500" winner Louis Meyer regularly drank buttermilk on a hot day, as his mother had told him it would refresh him, and he consumed some in Victory Lane as a matter of course after earning his third "500" victory in 1936. A dairy industry executive happened to see a photograph of this in the following day's newspaper and, believing it to be regular milk, vowed to make sure this would be repeated in the coming years. Milk was part of the Victory Lane ceremony between 1937 and 1941 and then again in 1946, the first year after World War II, but disappeared between 1947 and 1955. The tradition was revived in 1956 and continues to this day.

And again, I copied this over from the exact same question someone asked before.

Answer 10

it sets a good example to kids and people will buy milk!!