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Indy 500's iconic Borg-Warner Trophy and its history

The iconic Borg-Warner Trophy is a constant in the legendaryIndianapolis 500race 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 forIndy 500 winners. Click Here For More Sports Coverage On Foxnews.com While 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. Read On The Fox News App 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 theIndianapolis Motor Speedway Museum. The Indy 500 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 Expected Below is a list of every winner of the Indy 500: 1911 – Ray Harroun 1912 – Joe Dawson 1913 – Jules Goux 1914 – Rene Thomas 1915 – Ralph DePalma 1916 – Dario Resta 1917 – Not held due to World War I 1918 – Not held due to World War I 1919 – Howdy Wilcox 1920 – Gaston Chevrolet 1921 – Tommy Milton 1922 – Jimmy Murphy 1923 – Tommy Milton 1924 – Lora L. Corum, Joe Boyer (Co-drivers) 1925 – Pete DePaolo 1926 – Frank Lockhart 1927 – George Souders 1928 – Louis Meyer 1929 – Ray Keech 1930 – Billy Arnold 1931 – Louis Schneider 1932 – Fred Frame 1933 – Louis Meyer 1934 – Bill Cummings 1935 – Kelly Petillo 1936 – Louis Meyer 1937 – Wilbur Shaw 1938 – Floyd Roberts 1939 – Wilbur Shaw 1940 – Wilbur Shaw 1941 – Floyd Davis, Mauri Rose (Co-drivers) 1942 – Not held due to World War II 1943 – Not held due to World War II 1944 – Not held due to World War II 1945 – Not held due to World War II 1946 – George Robson 1947 – Mauri Rose 1948 – Mauri Rose 1949 – Bill Holland 1950 – Johnnie Parsons Indy 500 Polesitter Robert Shwartzman Flows On And Off The Track 1951 – Lee Wallard 1952 – Troy Ruttman 1953 – Bill Vukovich 1954 – Bill Vukovich 1955 – Bob Sweikert 1956 – Pat Flaherty 1957 – Sam Hanks 1958 – Jimmy Bryan 1959 – Rodger Ward 1960 – Jim Rathmann 1961 – AJ Foyt 1962 – Rodger Ward 1963 – Parnelli Jones 1964 – AJ Foyt 1965 – Jim Clark 1966 – Graham Hill 1967 – AJ Foyt 1968 – Bobby Unser 1969 – Mario Andretti 1970 – Al Unser 1971 – Al Unser 1972 – Mark Donohue 1973 – Gordon Johncock 1974 – Johnny Rutherford 1975 – Bobby Unser 1976 – Johnny Rutherford 1977 – AJ Foyt 1978 – Al Unser 1979 – Rick Mears 1980 – Johnny Rutherford 1981 – Bobby Unser 1982 – Gordon Johncock 1983 – Tom Sneva 1984 – Rick Mears 1985 – Danny Sullivan 1986 – Bobby Rahal 1987 – Al Unser 1988 – Rick Mears 1989 – Emerson Fittipaldi 1990 – Arie Luyendyk 1991 – Rick Mears 1992 – Al Unser Jr. 1993 – Emerson Fittipaldi 1994 – Al Unser Jr. 1995 – Jacques Villeneuve 1996 – Buddy Lazier 1997 – Arie Luyendyk 1998 – Eddie Cheever 1999 – Kenny Brack 2000 – Juan Pablo Montoya 2001 – Helio Castroneves 2002 – Helio Castroneves 2003 – Gil de Ferran 2004 – Buddy Rice 2005 – Dan Wheldon 2006 – Sam Hornish Jr. 2007 – Dario Franchitti 2008 – Scott Dixon 2009 – Helio Castroneves 2010 – Dario Franchitti 2011 – Dan Wheldon 2012 – Dario Franchitti 2013 – Tony Kanaan 2014 – Ryan Hunter-Reay 2015 – Juan Pablo Montoya 2016 – Alexander Rossi 2017 – Takuma Sato 2018 – Will Power 2019 – Simon Pagenaud 2020 – Takuma Sato 2021 – Helio Castroneves 2022 – Marcus Ericsson 2023 – Josef Newgarden 2024 – Josef Newgarden Follow Fox News Digital'ssports coverage on X, and subscribe tothe Fox News Sports Huddle newsletter. Original article source:Indy 500's iconic Borg-Warner Trophy and its history