Wiene 500: Slaw Dog, N.Y. Dog Favored in Six-Wienermobile Field
- Oscar Mayer held the inaugural Wienie 500 on Friday, May 23, 2025, at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway featuring six Wienermobiles racing two laps.
- The event built on the Wienermobiles' long history and was planned as a Memorial Day weekend complement to the traditional Indianapolis 500 race.
- Slaw Dog, representing the Southeast, won the photo-finish race after overtaking Chicago Dog in the final moments, amid last-lap overheating drama from Sonoran Dog.
- Each 27-foot, six-passenger Wienermobile reached speeds near 60–65 mph and carried Hotdoggers representing regional hot dog styles in front of nearly 80,000 spectators.
- The Wienie 500 established a new Indianapolis tradition promoting friendly competition and marking the start of summer hot dog season alongside the iconic 500-mile race.
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Slaw Dog triumphs in first-ever Wienie 500 at Indianapolis Motor Speedway
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Give the Borg-Wiener Trophy at Indianapolis Motor Speedway to the Wienermobile affectionately known as Slaw Dog. In a down-to-the-wire race among the six iconic Wienermobiles that serve as goodwill ambassadors for Oscar Mayer, the hot dog-on-wheels representing the Southeast proved to be the big dog on Carb Day ahead of Sunday’s running of the Indianapolis 500. It made a dramatic pass of the Wienermobile repping Chicago at th…
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