The Borg-Warner Trophy, named for United States automotive supplier BorgWarner, is symbolic of victory in the Indianapolis 500 automobile race. BorgWarner is a U.S. automotive parts supplier, known for its automatic transmissions and turbo chargers. ... Indy 500 redirects here. ... Auto racing (also known as automobile racing, autosport or motorsport) is a sport involving racing automobiles. ...

The trophy, which has been presented in the winner's circle after every race since 1936, is a very large, multi-tiered item which bears the bas-relief sculpture of the likeness of each driver to have won the race since its inception in 1911. It also has the driver's name, date of victory, and average speed. This information is alternated with the faces in a checkerboard pattern. Included on the base is the gold likeness of Tony Hulman, owner of the Indianapols Motor Speedway from 1945-1977. On the top of the trophy is a man waving a checkered flag. Because this man is depicted naked, after the tradition of Ancient Greek athletes, the trophy is most often photographed so that the man's arm is swooping down in front of him. Bas relief is a method of sculpting which entails carving or etching away the surface of a flat piece of stone or metal. ... 5 by 5 checkerboard pattern A checkerboard (or chequerboard) is a board on which American checkers is played. ... Anton Tony Hulman, Jr. ... 1945 (MCMVL) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ... The checkered flag is used in auto and motorcycle racing to indicate the end of the race. ... The Ancient Greek world, circa 550 BC Ancient Greece is the period in Greek history which lasted for around one thousand years and was extinguished by the newly-powerful Christianity. ...

In 1935, the Borg-Warner Automotive Company commissioned designer Robert J. Hill and Gorham, Inc., of Providence, Rhode Island to create the trophy at a cost of $10,000 (the trophy was refurbished in 1991 and again in 2004. Today is valued in excess of $1.3 million). Unveiled at a 1936 dinner hosted by then-Speedway owner Eddie Rickenbacker, the trophy was officially declared the annual prize for Indianapolis 500 victors. Louis Meyer, that year's champion and its first recipient, soon thereafter remarked, "Winning the Borg-Warner Trophy is like winning an Olympic medal." 1935 (MCMXXXV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... Nickname: Beehive of Industry, The Renaissance City Location in Rhode Island Coordinates: Country United States State Rhode Island County Providence Mayor David N. Cicilline (D) Area    - City 20. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 3. ... 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... ISO 4217 Code USD User(s) the United States, the British Virgin Islands, East Timor, Ecuador, El Salvador, the Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Palau, Panama, Turks and Caicos Islands, and the insular areas of the United States Inflation 3. ... Eddie Rickenbacker (born October 8, 1890 – July 27, 1973) was best known as a World War I fighter ace. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ...

Made of sterling silver, the trophy is just under 5 feet, 4 inches (162.5 cm) tall and weighs nearly 153 pounds (45 kg). The base from the original has been expanded in order to hold more winners. This was done most recently in 2004 when the space was added to accommodate all winners through the 2034 race. The actual trophy is not given to the winner; it remains at the Hall of Fame Museum on the grounds of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway. Since 1988, the winner receives an 18 inch tall replica of the trophy during the preparations for the following year's race. Prior to 1988, winners received an 24-inch upright model of the trophy mounted on a walnut plaque. Sterling silver is an alloy of silver containing 92. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2034 (MMXXXIV) will be a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Indianapolis Motor Speedway Wing and Wheel Indianapolis Motor Speedway, located in Speedway, Indiana (a separate city completely surrounded by Indianapolis) in the United States, is the second-oldest surviving automobile racing track in the world (after the Milwaukee Mile), having existed since 1909, and the original Speedway, the first racing... 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

The trophy has had quite a history; track historian Donald Davidson has noted a particular story where a Butler University student was given the trophy to watch in the 1930s before race day. The young man hid the trophy under his bed one night and proceeded to have a night out. Upon his return to his fraternity house, the man found the trophy missing. He looked and looked and became very worried about the trophy's whereabouts. Upon looking in the frat house's basement, he found the trophy surrounded by men who were drinking beer out of it. All of 115 beers were inside of the trophy. Emptying the beer, he wondered how he would get the smell off of the trophy and decided to take a shower - taking the trophy in with him. Butler University is a private liberal arts university in Indianapolis, Indiana (USA), founded by abolitionist and attorney Ovid Butler in 1855. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Phi Kappa Psi fraternity house at Lafayette College. ...

The trophy has appeared in several films, including Winning starring Paul Newman. For over forty years, 1950 Indianapolis 500 winner Johnnie Parsons's name was misspelled on the trophy, an error that has not been corrected and still retains the mistaken spelling of, "Johnny Parsons." In baseball, a pitcher is credited with a win (or W) when, in a game won by his team, he is the teams pitcher at the time that his team takes a lead that it does not relinquish for the remainder of the game. ... Paul Leonard Newman (born January 26, 1925) is an Academy Award-winning American actor and film director. ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... Johnnie Parsons was a Formula One driver (Indy 500 only) from the United States. ...