What Milk Will the Indy 500 Winner Drink?

The milk choices have been announced. They were announced a few days ago. Here they are:

DriverOfficially Selected MilkWrite-In Milk
Marco AndrettiWhole
Sébastien BourdaisTwo Percent
Ed CarpenterWholeButtermilk
Helio CastronevesTwo Percent
Max ChiltonWhole
Conor DalyTwo Percent
Simona de SilvestroTwo PercentButtermilk
Scott DixonWhole
Marcus EricssonTwo Percent
Santino FerrucciWhole
Pietro FittipaldiWhole
Jack HarveyWhole
Colton HertaWhole
J.R. HildebrandWhole
James HinchcliffeWhole
Ryan Hunter-ReayTwo Percent
Ed JonesTwo Percent
Tony KanaanTwo Percent
Sage KaramTwo Percent
Dalton KellettWhole
Scott McLaughlinWhole
Juan Pablo MontoyaWholeChocolate
Josef NewgardenWhole
Patricio O’WardWhole
Simon PagenaudWhole
Álex PalouWhole
Will PowerWhole
Graham RahalTwo Percent
Felix RosenqvistTwo Percent
Alexander RossiWhole
Takuma SatoTwo Percent
Rinus VeeKayWhole
Stefan WilsonWhole

Interestingly, American Dairy Association Indiana Inc. (what a name) only gives the choices of whole, two percent, and skim, despite the Indy 500 milk tradition starting when 1936 champion Louis Meyer asked for buttermilk (which is fermented and therefore lasts longer in the heat, which may have been why his mother reportedly told him to drink it on hot days). Hence the write-in column, which American Dairy Association Indiana Inc. does publish, to their credit. Personally, I’ve never had buttermilk, but I’m intrigued. Might have to find some for Sunday.

NIT fan. Joe Kelly expert. Milk drinker. Can be found on Twitter (@nit_stu) and Instagram (@nitstu32).
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