Indy 500: Explaining the story behind the legendary Borg Warner Trophy

The iconic Borg Warner Trophy is constant every year at the legendary Indianapolis 500 race.

Each winner gets a name, average speed, and year of winning, weighing around 110 pounds and has a face engraved on a trophy that is 4 inches tall.

The trophy was first announced in 1936, when it was given to Louis Meyer and declared the annual awards for 500 Indy recipients.

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The trophy was created in 1935, but since 1911 it honored the winners because its name, year, average speed and face are engraved on the trophy.

In its original form, the trophy was 52 inches tall and 80 pounds of sterling silver. It was created to commemorate the 70 race winners. Two bases were added to the trophy in 1987 and 2004, and when they were added to the trophy, they commemorate the winners from the Indy 500 to 2033.

There is one non-race winner engraved on the trophy, but that is Anton Halman. Halman owned the Indianapolis Motor Speedway from 1945 until his death in 1977. His face is the only one in the trophy, which is gold.

This trophy is permanently housed at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway Museum.

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Below is a list of all the winners of the Indy 500.

1911 – Ray Harone

1912 – Joe Dawson

1913 – Jules Goo

1914 – Rene Thomas

1915 – Ralph DePalma

1916 – Dariorester

1917 – Not held for World War I

1918 – Not held for 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-driver)

1925 – Pete DePaolo

1926 – Franck Rock Heart

1927 – George Suders

1928 – Louis Meyer

1929 – Ray Keech

1930 – Billy Arnold

1931 – Louis Schneider

1932 – Fred Frame

1933 – Louis Meyer

1934 – Bill Cummings

1935 – Kelly Petciro

1936 – Louis Meyer

1937 – Wilbur Shaw

1938 – Floyd Roberts

1939 – Wilbur Shaw

1940 – Wilbur Shaw

1941 – Floyd Davis, Mauri Rose (co-equipped)

1942 – Not held for World War II

1943 – Not held for World War II

1944 – Not held for World War II

(1945-Not held for World War II)

1946 – George Robson

1947 – Mauri Rose

1948 – Mauri Rose

1949 – Bill Holland

1950 – Johnny Parsons

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1951 – Lee Wallard

1952 – Troy Rattman

1953 – Bill Vukovic

1954 – Bill Vukovic

1955 – Bob Swickert

1956 – Pat Flaherty

1957 – Sam Hanks

1958 – Jimmy Brian

1959 – Roger Ward

1960 – Jim Rathman

1961 – AJ Foyt

1962 – Roger Ward

1963 – Parnelli Jones

1964 – AJ Foyt

1965 – Jim Clark

1966 – Graham Hill

1967 – AJ Foyt

1968 – Bobby Anser

1969 – Mario Andretti

1970 – Al Unser

1971 – Al Unser

1972 – Mark Donohue

1973 – Gordon Johncock

1974 – Johnny Rutherford

1975 – Bobby Anser

1976 – Johnny Rutherford

1977 – AJ Foyt

1978 – Al Unser

1979 – Rick Mears

1980 – Johnny Rutherford

1981 – Bobby Anser

1982 – Gordon Johncock

1983 – Tom Sneva

1984 – Rick Mears

1985 – Danny Sullivan

1986 – Bobby Lahal

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 Razier

1997 – Allie Louisendick

1998 – Eddie Chever

1999 – Kenny Black

2000 – Juan Pablo Montoya

2001 – Helio Castroneves

2002 – Helio Castroneves

2003 – Gil de Ferran

2004 – Buddy Rice

2005 – Dunweldon

2006 – Sam Hornish Jr.

2007 – Dario Franchitti

2008 – Scott Dixon

2009 – Helio Castroneves

2010 – Dario Franchitti

2011 – Dunweldon

2012 – Dario Franchitti

2013 – Tony Canaan

2014 – Ryan Hunter-Reay

2015 – Juan Pablo Montoya

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2016 – Alexander Rossi

2017 – Sato Takada

2018 – Will Power

2019 – Simon Pagenoo

2020 – Sato Takada

2021 – Helio Castroneves

2022 – Marcus Ericson

2023 – Josef Newgarden

2024 – Josef Newgarden

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