Oscar Mayer to Race Wienermobiles on Indianapolis Oval
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Oscar Mayer’s iconic Wienermobile fleet will be “hot dogging” it later this week at the inaugural “Wienie 500.”
Team Penske extended its event record with a 20th victory in the annual Indy 500 pit stop contest, this time with Josef Newgarden's crew (photo).
The Oscar Mayer wienermobiles are headed to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for the first-ever Wienie 500, set to take place just days before the 2025 Indy 500.
Friday afternoon marked the inaugural running of the Wienie 500 at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, pitting six Oscar Mayer wienermobiles against each other for two laps around the fabled Brickyard. While the top speed of the wienermobiles was considerably less than The Greatest Spectacle in Racing -- they topped out at about 60 mph -- the Wienie 500 nonetheless featured thrilling racing and the sort of last lap dramatics that Sunday's 109th Indianapolis 500 could only hope to provide.