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This practice first began in 1936 after victor Louis Meyer asked for a glass of buttermilk, something his mother had encouraged him to drink on hot days. Afterward it became a ritual as milk companies became sponsors of the race purse and handed a bottle of milk to the winner to promote their product. A sponsorship of $10,000 is currently paid out by the American Dairy Association if the winner swigs the milk in victory lane. Among Indy car drivers, Emerson Fittipaldi is infamous for drinking Orange Juice instead after his 1993 victory, before he drank the customary milk. Fittipaldi owned citrus farms in Brazil, and wished to promote his industry.

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